Introduction to Narcissism in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' The Picture of Dorian Gray follows the protagonist, Dorian Gray, as he lives his life youthfully. Throughout the novel, Dorian leads an obsessive and reckless life in an effort to maintain his youth and beauty. As a result, a painting done by Basil Hallward takes on Dorian Gray’s aging. Dorian becomes...
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There is still reluctance among many secondary school students to accept Shakespeare as an author who speaks to them and their problems. This misguides them into thinking and focusing on the fact that Shakespeare's language is “too difficult”. His work shows various ideologies and perspectives that surround a variety of societal and internal concepts. So in that case, following up...
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What Cause the Civil War? The American Civil War was a result of differences between the north and south to maintain their way of life, as most historians have argued. I plan to show how abolishing slavery, and economic differences between the regions played equal roles in the cause of the American Civil War. Introduction The American Civil War was...
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Introduction: Symbolism and Female Oppression in "The Yellow Wallpaper" This paper aims to identify and analyze those symbolisms prominent in “The Yellow Wallpaper” which represent the struggles of the oppression of females in the 19th century. “The Yellow Wallpaper” manages to represent the patriarchal society, specifically that of the 19th century in America, and is thus often read as feminist...
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Text: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Prescribed Question: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? My critical response will: Show how different social classes are portrayed in the Victorian Era. Show how Pip’s character is heavily influenced by the world and people around him. Show the turning point at which Pip’s character becomes static. Show...
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Good and Bad Art from Tolstoy’s and Danto’s Perspective Abstract Although people realized that there is a problem in defining what is art a long time ago, this question is still controversial until now. Tons of artists and philosophers claim their own standards for categorizing good art from bad art. Lots of people relate art to beauty and pleasure, but...
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During the Great migration times, moving men had almost no open doors in their lives. These men made a trip from spot to spot with no family, no companions, and no home. Achieving the American Dream was the main thing that kept these men persuaded in existence with would like to one day accomplish them. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of...
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In Elie Wiesel’s novel, Night, the values and identities of the Jews have stripped away as dehumanization played a momentous element in their lives during their time spent as prisoners. This is shown through the unfortunate events of prohibition and forceful assimilation the Jews endured in Sighet and Auschwitz-Birkenau, public humiliation including trauma and physical abuse encountered in Buna, and...
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Common Sense covers many topics relevant to the time, as the purpose of the pamphlet was to persuade colonists to powerfully support the cause of American independence from Britain, Paine had to make two points clear. The first point was that America’s relationship with Britain has never been a good one. Paine reminds his readers of America's toxic relationship with...
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The Attention Span Crisis Over the year technology has been taking over humans’ lives. Humans are lacking in their attention span, and all because of the internet. The internet is making us stupid. In an article by Nicholas Carr “Is Google Making us Stupid?”, Carr explains the idea of how the internet has changed our lives by changing the way...
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Introduction Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" is a profound exploration of human relationships and personal growth, set against the backdrop of Victorian England. One of the pivotal characters that influence the protagonist, Pip, is Miss Havisham, an eccentric and reclusive woman who has a significant impact on his development. Miss Havisham's influence extends beyond her immediate interactions with Pip, as she...
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Introduction Literature is freedom of literature and expressing your thoughts whereas law is fixed and its boundaries cannot be expanded. Law is set of rules through which society is governed and literature is reflection of human behaviour. Law is neutral but literature is personalized. Law is limited by its own connotations. Law, Literature and Cinema have evolved and are evolving...
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Introduction Raphael Hythloday’s description of Utopia depicts a society whose people’s behaviors and natures cannot be considered abnormal. Most, if not all the actions can be regarded as within the realms of physical possibility. Yet, the real world remains distinct from Utopia with the latter being regarded as a perfect form of the former. This, however, raises the question as...
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The representation of people in W.B Yeats’ poetry is greatly dependent on the demonstration of real-life events to enable readers to perceive and understand the true and genuine emotions of the human experiences of these people. In both “Easter 1916” (published in 1916) and “An Irish Airman Foresees his death” (written in 1918) written by Yeats, focuses on real-life scenarios...
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Escaping the Prison of Marriage In Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour', Mrs. Mallard is the wife of Mr. Mallard. It is believed Mr. Mallard is dead due to an accident with a train. Josephine, Mrs. Mallard's sister, and Richards, a family friend, tell Mrs. Mallard talks about her husband's fate gently because she has a heart condition. Afterward,...
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Introduction Character development is oftentimes character driven. Charles Dickens demonstrates this through a story of a young, innocent orphan boy named Philip Pirrup, otherwise known as Pip. Pip goes on various adventures through the novel and meets incredible characters such as Abel Magwitch and Estella (his tasteful love interest). Along the way, their social status and personal views impact his...
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Great Expectations analysis Uncle Pumblechook is Pip’s sloppy and messy uncle. He will shamelessly take credit for Pip's rise in social status throughout the rest of the novel, even though he has nothing to do with it. “Uncle Pumblechook: a large hard-breathing middle-aged slow man, with a mouth like a fish, dull staring eyes, and sandy hair standing upright on...
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People should keep your friends close and your enemies closer because the people you think are your friends can stab you in the back. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys crash-landed on a deserted island where they formed rules and a system of government. Without the supervision of adults, they quickly turned violent and...
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There are major events or experiences that you can go through that will play an important part in adulthood. In the story “The Flowers” the author Alice Walker showed this by using the time period of which there was racial discrimination towards the African Americans. A moment in this story that changed the main character Myop is when she discovered...
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Introduction "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," written by T.S. Eliot, is often considered a landmark in Modernist poetry. Its publication in 1915 coincides with the tumultuous period of World War I, a cataclysmic event that not only reshaped geopolitical landscapes but also deeply influenced cultural and artistic expressions. Eliot's poem, while not explicitly about the war, emerges from...
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Dante, a famous Italian poet, gained his fame from his most important work The Divine Comedy. He grew up in Florence until he became exiled forever by the leaders of the Black Guelph. During the time he spent outside of Florence, he entered his most successful period as a writer. He writes the trilogy, The Divine Comedy, while he travelled...
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Introduction The early 20th century heralded a seismic shift in literature, as writers sought to break away from traditional narratives and embrace the complexities of modern life. Among the most influential works of this era are James Joyce's "Ulysses" and T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," both of which exemplify the modernist ethos. Modernism, characterized by a deliberate departure from tradition,...
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Innocence versus the disturbing and horrifying truth of reality. Sadly innocence loses. After reading 'The Flowers' by Alice Walker and 'Dirge For a Saturday Night' Kathleen Sutton the reader gets a taste of the macabre tone of Racism. Although, the poem 'Dirge For a Saturday Night' was a disturbing piece of art it cant compare to short story, 'The Flowers'....
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Abstract There is a gap of over ninety years between the advent of T. S. Eliot as a major poet and the literature of our own time. An approach to Eliot at the end of twentieth Century might lead one to believe that Eliot is now out dated, that he belongs to the twenties and that the intellectual, emotional and...
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Key Facts about: Full Title: The Chosen Author: Chaim Potok When Written: from 1960 to 1967 in Philadelphia, Israel, and Brooklyn Where Written: The United States of America When Published: in 1967 Genre: a coming-of-age novel Setting, time, and place: June 1944, Williamsburg, a part of Brooklyn. Point of View: The story is told from Reuven Malter's point of view...
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The Waste Land is a poem of breakdowns, psychological breakdowns of marriages and relationships, breakdowns of poetry and language and evidently the entire world. The carnage of the first World War had laid waste to Europe and made a mockery of civilisation thus starting the evolution of modernism and new forms of expression. After the war, it was T.S Eliot...
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In today’s world, although significant strides have been made towards the pursuit of gender equality, women continue to face discrimination in the workplace, at home and in society. In works such as “This is a photograph of me” by Margaret Atwood, the speaker is wistful and has made herself unimportant even in her death. In “Spelling” by Margaret Atwood, the...
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Life does not come easily; everyone must sacrifice something. While some people sacrifice the bare minimum, other will sacrifice everything. These sacrifices are what truly define their character and moral values. Those who sacrifice the most are the ones that display these traits boldly and with the most passion. In “The Minister’s Black Veil” Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the sacrifices Mr....
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A Woman’s Place The human history with strewn with events that glorified men while women were pushed aside. In the historical context, whether it about wars or people, the vast majority was a platform for posing men as figures of worship and women as accessories for men’s decoration. History has been written by men for men. The last five to...
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Abstract Living among the Whites has caused many problems for the Blacks throughout the history. African Americans, who are African in their roots and American in their life, as opposite races, are segregated from the White's societies due to their colored skin. They are considered as uncivilized and lowbrow people who do not have equal rights to the Whites. Thus,...
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