Introduction 'The story of an Hour is a short story written by an American author, Kate Choplin. This story takes place at Mallard Residence, the home of Brently and Louise Mallard. As we read the passage of the story, we will know how Mrs. Louise Mallard mourned her husband's death -Mr. Brently Mallard. It only shows how Mrs. Mallard loves...
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Introduction Twentieth-Century English Poetry contains the poetry of over 280 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, A.E. Housman, John Betjeman, Fleur Adcock, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Isaac Rosenberg, D.H. Lawrence and Carol Ann Duffy and many others. It also incorporates works by poets such as Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot,...
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I or Eye This essay ponders upon one of the main aspects present in James Joyce's Ulysses, namely Joyce's ‘postmodern' turn, discourse parallax. In order for this to properly happen, the first and foremost issue to discuss should be the chapter titled ‘Cyclops', this being the chapter in which I opt to analyze this aspect. During my analysis, it is...
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This essay gives a brief summary of the novel The Book of Not and how the black Africans were treated badly at the hands of the whites by applying the Critical Race Theory. Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel The Book of Not was published eighteen years after Nervous Conditions. It is a sequel to the story Nervous Conditions. It is a refined,...
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Introduction "Nervous Conditions," a novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga, provides a profound exploration of the societal changes in post-colonial Zimbabwe through the lens of gender, education, and cultural identity. Published in 1988, the novel captures the struggles faced by African societies transitioning from colonial rule to independence. This essay analyzes how the main characters navigate these transformations, highlighting the tensions between...
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Zadie Smith is a British author, essayist and professor of creative writing. She was born in North London in 1975. Her father is a working-class Caucasian English man and her mother is a Jamaican immigrant. Since childhood she got absorbed in every book. In one of the interviews, she said that she “inhales” books and takes them with her in...
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Published in 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel, Nervous Conditions, was the first novel published by a black Zimbabwean woman- not because African women were not writing novels, but because of the difficulties African women faced when attempting to publish works of literature. Due to the issue that African women were not previously given a voice in literature, Dangarembga’s novel unearthed decades...
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Raymond Williams identifies three perspectives that define the meaning of culture – the ideal, documentary, and social. His categories of culture and the political environment in which these categories were drawn are recognizable in The Hunger Games trilogy. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a well-known movie that portrays the cultural and social differences in the country of Panem that...
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Critical analysis surrounding Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, has frequently focused on the portrayal of Nyasha’s eating disorder in relation to Westernised notions of feminism. For instance, Supriya Nair explains: “It is interesting that in a larger context of severe malnutrition, Nyasha suffers from anorexia nervosa and bulimia, disorders generally associated with white, middle-class women.” Readings such as Nair’s recognise that...
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In White Teeth by Zadie Smith, reminders of the past are everywhere, not always flattering to their subjects, and it at times seemingly all-consuming for the characters. For Smith, the past is so crucial that she begins the novel with a line from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: “What’s past is prologue” suggesting that history and the past have a profound...
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The use of brutal and venomous tones us in the poem as would praise of its unadulterated rage towards male dominance, to wariness at its usage of holocaust imagery. These tones are present in the entire poem “Daddy”. In the poem “Daddy” Plath sees that she explains how her life is as she lives with her decease father and how...
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Two world wars, an intervening economic depression of great severity, and the austerity of life in Britain following the Second World War help to explain the quality and direction of English literature in the 20th century. The traditional values of Western civilization, which the Victorians had only begun to question, came to be questioned seriously by a number of new...
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Ulysses is dwelling on his return home after his long and fulfilling journey through the seas and is unsatisfied with what he has returned to. He is longing for the satisfaction of sharing the adventures that he experienced after the Trojan war, however, he is disappointed when his kingdom is nothing but ungrateful. Ulysses feels disrespected when all that the...
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During this rotation I began reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It novels about the messy lives of what would best be described as the nomadic travelers, Dean Moriatry and Sal Paradise. Dean is extremely reckless, and in no way is he bothered by that– hopping from wife to wife, leaving his children for a fun life. Sal does...
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As growing up, we tend to learn a few values about life and the history behind it from others. Cultural values are beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment that is hereditary and forms a core for that culture, which include gender roles, leadership qualities, family ties and honor. The cultural values hold...
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1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Visual effects and computer graphics are essential need for the television and film industry nowadays. The entertainment industry in India has seen massive growth in the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing industries in India. Visual effects is getting more popular because it provides the feel of reality. The trend of using...
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Introduction Documentaries have long served as powerful tools for education, awareness, and social change. By capturing real-life events, people, and situations, they offer viewers a unique lens through which to view the world, often prompting reflection and discussion. The impact of documentaries is profound, as they not only present information but also evoke emotions and inspire action. This essay critically...
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What is unique about the narrative form in which each novel is written? White Teeth’s ability to switch time periods and characters in a chronological flow at the same time, allows the readers to see how every sequence in one’s life ripples and changes others. The excessively descriptive stance that Smith takes by criticizing the appearance and personality traits of...
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Tsitsi Dangarembga‘s Nervous Conditions is a semi-autobiographical account on the story of Tambu’s experiences growing up as a woman in Rhodesia, in modern day Zimbabwe. The story begins after her brother’s death, expressing her lack of grieving over it. Her parents had sent her brother to school but did not have enough money to send her to school as well....
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The undertaking of a transition from one phase of life to another can prove difficult and there may be obstacles to overcome along the way. To transcend adversity, an individual will often need to maintain diligence and perseverance to seek new beneficial opportunities and the development of self-belief. This attitude towards self-development can also allow and individual to gain support...
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Introduction Jack Kerouac's seminal work, On the Road, has left an indelible impression on American literature and culture. Published in 1957, it encapsulates the spirit of the Beat Generation, a group of writers and artists whose work reflected a profound dissatisfaction with the prevailing norms of the 1950s. Kerouac's narrative is a tapestry of the restless quest for freedom and...
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The inconsistent points of view presented that form Hughes’ roles as both a composer and persona in Birthday Letters, are revealed in the interaction with memory and hindsight. In “Fulbright Scholars” this interaction is displayed in the tension that is produced in the opening of the poem from the repetition of the juxtaposition of rhetorical questions which he writes answers...
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Now, I have done a bit of research and exploration into these two texts and quite frankly I came across the fact that both these dystopian texts share similar ideas despite the different contexts. The Hunger Games, the third movie, Mockingjay, is part of the trilogy, following her rescue from the catastrophic Quarter Quell, Katniss Everdeen awakes in the division...
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Introduction Symbolism is a powerful literary device used to imbue narratives with deeper meaning and complexity, and Suzanne Collins' "Mockingjay" is replete with symbolic elements that resonate with readers on multiple levels. The third book in "The Hunger Games" trilogy, "Mockingjay" not only serves as a thrilling conclusion to Katniss Everdeen's journey but also as a profound commentary on themes...
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There are other mentions of nature, for instance: “The sky” (v3), “sea and hill” (v6), “that rock” (v10), “The leggy birds” (v11), and “Water and ground” (v16). Nature is important in this poem, “breakers shredded into rags” (v10), breakers are heavy waves which become white foam. (Wikipedia) This is really inspiring for the narrator. A lot of his poems are...
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Textual conversations between conflicting texts highlight both the parallels between the composer’s ideologies as well as their conflicting attitudes, underscoring the contrasting outlooks from both parties. Resonating and reaffirming this idea is the contradictory interplay between Sylvia Plath’s poetry collection of ‘Ariel’, authored during an era of gender digression, where women were stereotypically branded as housewives,; and Ted Hughes’ attempts...
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Society today is deeply attached different types of ideologies, values and beliefs. In considering the Sanskrit epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, both the epics illustrate dharma, family values and political and war strategies. With these two texts as reference, even though modern world views often contradict with the ideas presented in these epics as the importance of values can differ from...
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The novels taken for analysis are White Noise and Libra. The main protagonist in the novel White Noise is Jack Gladney. The work focuses on the ideas fear of death, creating false identity to survive in the society. The choice of the supermarket is significant for Jack's ultimate transcendence. It is the trope of existence throughout the novel. Indeed, the...
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Introduction to Narrative Closure in White Noise Analysing the narrative structure of the works provide and interconnection between the formal and thematic function of the novel. Fiction provides a distinctively narrative means of countering the loss of individual, meaningful experience so often associated with the ahistorical, simulacral, and absurdly ironic nature of postmodernity. DeLillo is considered as one of the...
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His son Heinrich as they are driving to school in the rain. Heinrich told his dad that, in spite of what looks like rain on the windshield, the radio said it wasn’t going to rain until that night. His dad is frustrated. “Just because it’s on the radio doesn’t mean we have to suspend belief in the evidence of our...
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