Today, any person who studies dramatic monologue cannot bypass Robert Browning, an important figure shifting the transition from romanticism to modernism in English literature. Although he was highly regarded in the current academia, he was definitely a poet who lived ahead of his time. Despite...
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In All The Kings Men, Jack, finds for his dissertation to get his PhD, he writes on his great uncle, Cass Mastern. Cass Mastern was a poor when he was born, but his brother, becoming rich from cotton plantations, came back and supported Cass financially. By the suggestion from Jefferson Davis, he...
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It is evident that Newland Archer goes through a series of events that define his personality and from which we can deduct the truth. Archer finds redemption in his sons, love and pity coming from May. The biggest constant motif of The Age of Innocence is mortality and immortality. When Wharton...
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I can identify with the way Australian culture changed through migration, as it has had a profound effect on Australia as a whole. It is the dream of every migrant; to live a worry-free life in a new country, however this can be a tough road littered with obstacles. Peter Skrzynecki is a renowned...
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“We sit in the mud, my friend, and reach for the stars.” — — “Whereas I think: I'm lying here in a haystack... The tiny space I occupy is so infinitesimal in comparison with the rest of space, which I don't occupy and which has no relation to me. And the period of time in which I'm fated to live...
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The Merchant of Venice (1596) is one of Shakespeare’s most outstanding comedies. For the past more than 400 years, it has been paid close attention to and also highly praised. Many people, such as literature critics, historians, and the scholars who study religion, have keen interest in it not...
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“A Mercy,” by Toni Morrison takes place around the forming of the United States of America when slavery weren't just defined from race. Around this time slavery was getting popular and had finally hit the U. S. with storm. A major theme in this story is the stereotypes of women. One stereotype...
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In Ivan Turgenev's novel, 'Fathers and Sons,' there are many contrasting ideas, people, and places; between Pavel and Bazarov, Madame Odintsov's liberal views versus Bazarov's nihilistic views, the older generation versus the new one. The two places, however, that I think...
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Gentleman Brown and Brierly are two notable characters in the novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim is about the story of Jim and his struggle to be recognized as a successful man. He failed at first but when he did find success, it was cut short, proving that his past would haunt him forever...
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Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" Summary: In "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare, Shylock is always portrayed as the villain of the play. However, a study of his strengths and weaknesses reveals how hard it is to tell whether he is a villain or a victim. 'The Merchant of Venice'...
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The inner peace of recognizing our place in our universe has been one of the concerns of our existence. To obtain harmony between what we think, do and project, it should be striven by all. A tool that has served as the human being internalize these goals and at some point feel that we are near...
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“In the end, you are exactly--what you are. Put on a wig with a million curls, put the highest heeled boots on your feet, yet you remain in the end just what you are.” -Mephistopheles (Goethe 1829) In analyzing whether Faust, in Goethe’s First Part of Faust was a villain or a hero, it would be...
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TWO MAJOR THEMES IN MERCHANT OF VENICE A major theme in the Merchant of Venice is mercy. Mercy depicts a large part of this play, mercy is one of themes that ends it. In the courtroom scene of Act 4, scene 1, both the Duke and Portia present mercy as a better alternative to the pursuit of either...
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Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein: Still the Wretched Fools They Were Before Jeremy Burlingame Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, wrap their stories around two men whose mental and physical actions parallel one another. Both stories deal with characters, who strive to be the...
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An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann was a determined and caring man who was passionate when it came to his beliefs. However, Stockmann was also an idealist who was rather naive when it came to reality. As the Medical Advisor of the baths, he wanted to expose the truth of the hazards that...
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The Merchant of Venice is a comedy written by Shakespeare, but it is arguable that it can also be called a tragedy. A dictionary meaning of a tragedy is, “a drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or...
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A compelling book should consist of an array of complex ideas and leave the reader with a sense of satisfaction. That book must only regretfully leave the hands of its reader and enthusiastically return. An Enemy of the People written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Oxford University Press...
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Lord Jim is a wonderful, compelling novel by Joesph Conrad detailing the life of Jim as told by Marrow. The primary element used by Conrad in this novel is his uses of internal conflict within his characters. These conflictions shape his characters and makes the complex. Conrad's writing style of...
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Newland Archer's Key to Life Newland Archer is known as a successful lawyer on the streets of New York and is also known to have come from one of the best families in New York. Being engaged to May Welland, his life is the standard of perfection to any citizen to have known who he was. To Newland...
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This is my first journal reflection while I am reading my novel, and I would like to choose two questions to help me on the literature. First of all, I have some puzzles about the plots in the first few chapters and characters, especially the main two characters and the relationship between them...
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In “An Enemy of the People,” Henrik Ibsen adopts the theme that the majority of people are always wrong. This is to say that if one wishes to find truth in the world he must look to the minority of people. There is great wisdom in these words. The majority of people are not the most...
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Faust as a Tragic Hero In the story of Faust, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust is whirled into an adventure of sin and deceit. The further Faust follows the devil the closer he comes to his own demise, taking down with him the innocent Gretchen. As Faust goes on he embodies the...
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“Each time you happen to me all over again.” — — “The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!” — Page 387 — “Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” — — “We can't behave like people in...
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As the old saying goes, there are two sides to every story. This is because in real life, and when analyzing literary works, people often perceive situations differently than one another. What the reader and that characters perceive to be happening in a story is not always what it seems. This...
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Faust as a Romantic Hero In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, the protagonist exhibits many characteristics of a typical romantic hero. First, he is larger then life. He has obtained numerous advanced degrees, and conjures up spirits. In his effort to go beyond knowledge and gain experience he...
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Henrick Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People is a play set in a town on the southern coast of Norway. Dr. Stockmann discovers trouble when the water of the Baths is contaminated with bacteria, leaving the whole town at risk to become sick. Several of the town's leading men like Hovstad (the paper's...
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Carol is a modern, college educated woman. In the novel we see a great distinction between small town existence and the sophistication of city life. When she moves to Gopher Prairie, she sets her mind on reform, intending to transform the small town into a place of sophisticated culture...
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The Ambassadors was the first written (1900-1901), but second published (1903), of the three major works with which Henry James concluded his career as a novelist. Like The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl, it treats Americans abroad in Europe, and like those novels it relies on careful...
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Qinghai Lin Update profile My courses Logout . Friday 06 December 2013 You have approx. 3:48:00 time online since last Monday. eLearning Home Back to Aces Centre . You are here Aces Centre / > BSBMKG506B-DB1 / > Assignments / > Assessment Task 1 . Case study – D. A. Garden Supplies part 1...
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Written sometime between 1596 to 1598, The Merchant Of Venice is classified as both and early Shakespearean comedy and as one of the Shakespeare’s problem plays. Scene 1 introduces one of the major plot points as well as several key characters. When Antonio, Solanio and Salarino enter at the...
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In “Just Off Main Street” author Elmaz Abinader depicts the physical and social barrier between Americans and hyphenated Americans such as Arab-Americans who live in dual sensitivity facing identity crisis, racism and other various problems living in America. In the first part of the story...
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Glossary—The Merchant of Venice Act I, Scene II 1. “By my troth”—a mild oath like “Upon my word” 2. aught—anything 3. surfeit—overindulge 4. superfluity—excess 5. Hare—to run fast 6. “overname them”—say their names over 7. colt—a young, or inexperienced person 8. Death’s-head—skull 9...
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“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” — — “The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of...
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romanticism is a period during the early nineteenth century where literature and fine arts were based on imagination, personal emotion and freedom from any form of rules. One of the leading authors that exhibit this in his writing is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. One particular story that...
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Conflict appears in many different shapes and forms, internal and external, small and large scale, but all force characters to make difficult decisions. Henrik Ibsen’s play, An Enemy of the People, focuses on the internal conflict of Dr. Thomas Stockmann as he chooses between crippling his...
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In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust, we see the romantic side of the ninteenth century. In the age of romanticism we see the dominance and assertion of a more individualist society heavily based on imagination and freedom. When society became more heavily individualized poets began...
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“The happiest topographic point on earth” “Where dreams come true” I bet at least one of you in this room thought instantly of Walt Disney World. Well you are right. I am here to inform you about the happiest topographic point on Earth. Disney World has a immense impact on me and my household and...
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Eternal Feminism in Faust Goethe concludes his famous literary work Faust by exalting the “eternal feminine. ” However, Goethe does not present us with a clear meaning of this term. I believe Goethe is saying that man’s struggle for knowledge and enlightenment can only be fully achieved when he...
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The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, was first published by Fawcett Crest Books in 1968 and runs to 304 pages. The two protagonists, Danny Saunders and Reuven Malther, are boys thrown together by fate after a serious accident when Danny almost blinds 15-year-old Reuven. They become friends though the...
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Play analysis "Arms and the Man" By Bernard Shaw "Arms and the Man" starts with gunfire on a dark street in a small town. The romantic and willful Raina is about to begin her true-life adventure by sheltering the handsome fugitive Bluntschli, enemy of her equally handsome fiance Sergius The...
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Bandier grew up in a small Pennsylvania town, her father and uncle ran three businesses through which they served the neighborhood. From the store gate Bandier saw no difference between her father and the people on the streets. This idea soon changed when she met the two Barbie like girls in school...
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The Chosen, by Chaim Potek, is a novel written about two Jewish boys growing up in Brookyln. Though they lived only five blocks from each other, Danny and Reuven lived very different lives, primarily because of the influence of their fathers. Reb Saunders and Mr. Malters approached raising a child...
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The IRDA vide their presentment dated 14th July 2000, sing Registration of Indian Insurance Companies Regulation, 2000 stipulates that every insurance company in the concern of life insurance shall put and at all clip maintain invested non less than 15 % of his controlled financess in...
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Chaim Potok uses historic events to help shape the plot of The Chosen and create conflicts and challenges for the characters to overcome. Specifically, the Holocaust and the Zionist movement create a feeling of aversion between the Malters and the Saunders by setting the Malters' reform Jewish...
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The title 'Arms and the Man' derives from the opening lines of the popular epic of Virgil, 'Aeneid' : 'I sing of Arms and the Man' However, as Virgil highly praises war as described by its heroes, Shaw's aim in writing 'Arms and the Man' is to provide a more...
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“Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast,And each will wrestle for the mastery there.” — — “Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear,Why do you light my torture here?How often have you seen me toil,Burning last drops of midnight oil.On books and papers as I read,My friend, your mournful light...
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In The Chosen, Potok describes the Jewish culture during the period of World War I. Beginning with the affluence of Polish Jews before the war, Potok established a circle of relationships. In the book, there are three main relationships. The first one is father-son, between Danny and his father...
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Victoria Louis Perspective Through the Eyes of George Eliot What separates The Mill on the Floss from other novels of the Victorian era is its unique narrative style. The narrator gives readers a detailed insight into all of the characters and tells us their thoughts and feelings. However, the...
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The Following dialogue is spoken by Duke Vicentio in Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’, Act 3, scene 1. Duke Vicentio makes Lord Angelo the leader of Vienna temporarily and pretends to leave but instead dresses as a friar to observe the goings in his absence. Angelo is strict, moralistic, and...
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Silence in "The Chosen" In the book "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok, there are many situations where silence between characters is present. Some characters, such as Reuven and David Malter, believe that this deprivation is a cruel and inexplicable way of raising a child. On the other hand, Reb Saunders...
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