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Duality in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Analyzing RL Stevenson's Works

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He wanted to respect him. Mr. Poole was his loyal servant continuously until Dr. Jekyll's death. Although propriety was extremely important, his faithfulness and devotion towards Jekyll was more prioritized. “Poole, my butler, has his orders; you will find him waiting your arrival with a locksmith” (36). At times like these, even friendship and loyalty can outshine and be more...

The Yellow Wallpaper and Good Country People: Comparative Analysis

3 Pages 1300 Words
Throughout history, society has had an image of how everyone should act andpresent themselves that conforms to the serotypes society has constructed. With society’s constructed image people tend to develop a habit of seeking approval from others, following along with the crowd by conforming and not forming their own individual identity. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Flannery O’Connor short stories both...

Real Women in "In the Time of the Butterflies": Critical Analysis

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In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, the Mirabal sisters are living in an exceedingly patriarchal, “manly” society. The sisters are fighting their personal struggles while creating a symbolism of rebellion against Trujillo. Alvarez portrays the “butterflies” as real women by showing their personal lives as they go through their coming of age rites, through relationships, political, and...

Critical Analysis of Several Stages of Hero's Journey

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According to mythological tradition, what are all hero have in common with the heroes of ancient myths? In my opinions, they are all variants of the same hero. If we consider hero’s journey as a circle, the journey begins and ends in a hero’s ordinary world, but thickest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some...

Comparative Analysis: Bloodchild, Intracom, The Time Machine

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The encounters between humans and alien have been represented in many ways, within the multiple universes created under the genre of science fiction, both in movies and books. In this essay, the authors and their respective works chosen to be analyse are Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler, Intracom by Ursula Le Guin and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Each...

New Vision of Selfhood & Black Aesthetics in Toni Morrison’s Sula

5 Pages 2193 Words
“We want everything said about us to tell of the best and highest and noblest in us. We fear that the evil in us will be called racial, while in others, it is viewed as individual”. (Du Bois, 55-56) W.E.B. Du Bois expressed his desire for the idealized literary representation of the blacks in these words, in his essay “Negro...
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A Motion Picture Portrayal of Alzheimer’s Disease in The Notebook: Analytical Essay

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Memory loss and cognitive decline are common symptoms among people diagnosed with Dementia. Over time, these primary symptoms progress (Alzheimer’s disease) and often lead to inadequate self-care or even the failure to remember family members, especially a significant other. In the opening scene of The Notebook, one of the main characters (Allie) gazes out her window and imagines a young...

Comparing Real Freedom in The Metamorphosis and The Bell Jar

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Freedom is always an interesting and important topic. In the United State, every citizen is supposed to be free. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, citizens have many rights such as freedom to express yourself, right to vote in elections for public officials, and freedom to pursue 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'. In this analytical paper,...

Thoreau vs Marx: Analysis of "Economy" in Walden

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When one thinks of the economy one doesn’t usual think about the human aspect to it, yet the human aspect is the most important element of the economy itself. The economy is the very foundation of how we build character and is ideally central to any moral life. One of the most well known economies in the world is the...
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Thematic Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories

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Introduction Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Good Country People, are seminal works that explore themes of morality, redemption, and the human condition. Through her Southern Gothic style, O’Connor presents a unique lens into the complexities of human nature, often infusing her narratives with irony and dark humor. Both stories feature protagonists who encounter...

Analysis of Gulliver's Narration in Swift's Gulliver's Travels

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The narrator Gulliver in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, has long been a subject of interest for literary scholars, as he is not a character who develops or acts effectively and self-reliantly, but because he is strictly a means used by Swift to serve “larger satiric purposes” (Rawson 73). Jonathan Swift puts immense dynamism into characterizing his narrator and making his...

Critical Analysis of Jonathan Swift’s Satire Gulliver’s Travels

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In Jonathan Swift’s satire Gulliver’s Travels, the narrator Gulliver has long been a topic of interest for literary scholars, as he is not a character who develops or acts affectively and independently, but because he is strictly a tool used by Swift to serve “larger satiric purposes” (Rawson 73). Jonathan Swift puts great effort into characterizing his narrator and making...

Response Journals on Modernism and Imagism

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Response Journals on Modernism and Imagism: 7 Different Modern Poems 1. Walt Whitman- Song of Myself Walt Whitman is one of the most popular American poets. He wrote a poem called 'Song of Myself' and it is the longest poem in his 'Leaves of Grass'. As all other modernist poets, in his poem, he broke out the traditional style or...

Swift’s Alleged Misogyny in ‘Gulliver’s Travels’

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Loaded with exceeding evident detestation of the female body and follies, Jonathan Swift’s most works serve largely to contributing towards tarnishing the Dean’s reputation as a misogynist male writer. However, before passing such a crude judgement upon the Dean, it is crucial to take into account some of his other writings; including those that he did not perhaps intend to...

Analysis of African American Women in "Gone with the Wind"

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African Americans are the most stereotyped group of people in modern and historical United States. America’s history with racial prejudices/biases against African Americans dates to the early eighteenth century, “in the 18th and 19th centuries, many prominent whites in Europe and the U.S. regarded black people as mentally inferior, physically and culturally unevolved, and apelike in appearance” (Racial Stereotypes from...

Romanticism in Frankenstein: Comparative Analysis

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Introduction: The Multifaceted Nature of Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus is a 19th-century masterpiece part of the literary canon. In the vast majority of cases, it has been classified as part of the Gothic genre. Moore and Strachan (2010) have pointed out that the Gothic novel is a key Romantic genre that deals with the supernatural and,...

Chaucer's Characters as 1400s England Reflections

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Thesis: The Miller, Wife of Bath and Pardoner in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, are not mere reflections of England in the 1400s, but allegorical representations of modern society. Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has been celebrated as his most prolific work. The way he brought social commentary together with poetry; using rhyming couplets through iambic pentameter as he allowed the use of...

Mark Twain's Views on Huckleberry Finn

3 Pages 1492 Words
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, now known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. His father, John Marshall, was a lawyer and his mother, Jane Clemens, took care of Mark and his six siblings. Although his father was a lawyer, his income was low and the family lived in poverty so his oldest brother, Orion, was forced...

The Concept of Nazi Camps in Ivan Denisovich

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Introduction In the annals of 20th-century literature, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" stands as a profound narrative of human resilience amid oppressive circumstances. The novel, set in a Soviet labor camp, offers a poignant exploration of totalitarianism, echoing the horrors akin to Nazi concentration camps. While Solzhenitsyn's work is rooted in the Soviet Gulag system,...

Negative impact of environment in Silent Spring

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Introduction “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature- the assurance that dawn comes after night and spring after winter” - Rachel Carson Nature remains as the beginning of the world. It is believed that God created nature first and then human beings to preserve and enjoy its ambiance. Human’s duty to preserve nature have been started...

Childhood Abuse in "Daddy" and "My Papa's Waltz"

3 Pages 1184 Words
Have you ever seen or had a bad relationship with a male figure in your life? Children around the world get abused every day, weather is physical or mental abuse leaving an impact on their lives forever. In the two poems “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke the main subject that the authors portray is...

Postmodernism in Toni Morrison's Sula: Critical Analysis

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The purpose of post structuralism is to identify the disunity of the work. The binary oppositions show disunity of the novel in two ways, paradox and irony. 1) Paradox The first paradox is the location of the Bottom and valley town of Medallion. The Bottom is located above the valley town of Medallion. The Bottom is the place where black...
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The Art of Persuasion: Reflective Essay

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Persuasion is a general term of influence. Every person requires the art of persuasion at some point in his life, and this is the only method a person can follow to achieve what he wants. A persuasion is a form of influence, a process that directs people to accept an idea, attitude or action. Persuasion requires technology because no one...

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