As soon as Jane Eyre reaches Thornfield, we are subtly alerted to Bertha’s presence through the use of the servant Grace Poole. Bertha, through the portrayal of Grace Poole, is seen as mysterious and shadowy, especially with her characteristic “demonic laugh”, leading Jane to believe that these sounds and appearances originate from the servant. However, both the reader and Jane...
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Imagine that you are living in the middle of the 1950s and you are located in the middle of New York City, ordering a smoothie from a store with your girlfriend. You look ahead and watching her eyes glow beautifully. But assume then your girlfriend disappears one day and leaving you with an untouchable smoothie all alone. That is what...
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“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is an amazing short fiction. This short story tells the story of a woman who fails to live up her high reputation and fitting in a community where almost everyone knows each other business. “A Rose for Emily,” tells the story about a lonely old woman name, Miss Emily Grierson, living a life...
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The deep green pigment in the Salinas Valley River stained the future of Lennie Small and the image of the events that happened there left memories of the colorful scenery in black and white. The breaking of Curley’s bones prompted Lennie’s dreams to reside among the river. Of Mice and Men is a novel by John Steinbeck encompassing the characters...
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Abstract The present paper try to focus on the major contributions of Jane Austen during the Romantic Age. This period was a revolutionary period in literature and rebellion against the old standards of Classicism. The writers of this period tried to establish individual freedom in the world of imagination. In the present paper the focus is on the discussion of...
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Arguably one of the most well-known events in Defoe’s 18th-century masterpiece Robinson Crusoe is Crusoe's discovery of the footprint in the sand. Crusoe can be seen peering downwards, appalled at the sight of an oversized and remarkably distinct single footprint which, oddly enough, is still visible several days later. The image, a construct of what the novel means; the adventurer...
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The conflict of deviation from society’s traditional norms proves exceedingly controversial, especially in nineteenth-century England, a setting in which social and behavioral norms dictate the lives of individuals. However, author Jane Austen tackles this conflict by conveying the impact of individuals’ surroundings on their personal and social development in her novel, Pride and Prejudice. The lives of the Bennet family...
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Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë, is classified as a “bildungsroman,” meaning it is a novel that traces the development of the main character from a young child to adulthood. After being orphaned as an infant, Jane struggled to find acceptance from the family members that raised her. Her status as an orphaned, impoverished woman slates her at the bottom...
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“There’s no place like home” is often referred to as a symbol to show the importance of home to a person. Setting, as it is used throughout the story, has a significant impact on the main character of the novel. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, setting is a crucial factor towards Huck Finn as...
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To what extent does A Midsummer Night’s Dream endorse male superiority? A Midsummer Night’s Dream amplifies gender tensions that derive from problematic family and romantic relationships. When the play begins, a young woman squabbles with her father for the right to choose her own husband, the duke is set to marry a woman he overthrew in battle, and the King...
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Disorientation is often the cause of much anxiety. The human inability to control the breakdown of social or personal order can be the source for significant panic and disarray; that which is many times mentally jarring. This element of confusion for characters within literary works often times becomes their downfall, as they are placed in situations in which reality is...
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Writing is influenced by many factors, such as class, time, and beliefs, just to name a few. These factors vary as literature moves through different time periods and places. It is interesting to find similarities between pieces of literature written in opposite sides of the world and hundreds of years apart. But no matter the distance or time major themes...
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Authors reference other texts to construct emphasis on themes, bring out characterization and intrigue the reader on deeper meanings. Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” depicts a dystopian society composed on the reliance of drugs, production of new technology and efficiency of mass production. In the novel, there is constant reference to William Shakespeare including direct quotes from...
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The theme of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is how technology changes the world for the worse. In this society books are banned and people rely on technology for everything. This book shows the importance of knowledge and being able to think on your own. Technology has a big impact good and bad, in Fahrenheit 451 and in daily lives...
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The story Jon by George Saunders revolves around the main character's experience in a dystopian world as it is written in first person limited. The main character's name is Randy, however he insists that people call him Jon, because that was the name that his mother gave him before she supposedly died. Jon lives in a government facility with other...
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'In all the time of my solitary life, I never felt so earnest, so strong a desire after the society of my fellow-creatures, or so deep a regret at the want of it.' - (Robinson Crusoe). In Robinson Crusoe we can see Daniel Defoe wrestling with one of the framing questions of our course: how does one know? Within the...
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Sigmund Freud defines id, ego, and super-ego as the three parts of the psychic apparatus in his structural model of the psyche. Id is the part of someone's personality that contains basic drives, ego deals with the organized part of someones personality and with reality principles, and superego contradicts Id and aims for perfection. The Lord of The Flies by...
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In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner tells a story that revolves around the life and death of Emily Grierson. Miss Emily is an elderly lady who is secluded from the rest of the town. Her overbearing father died around thirty years ago and since his death, she has not been able to find her own ground. Due to this,...
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Introduction Gothic literature, a genre marked by its exploration of the macabre and mysterious, has captivated readers for centuries. With its roots in the late 18th century, Gothic literature has evolved to encompass a wide range of themes and settings. This essay explores the unique manifestations of Gothic literature in three seminal works: "Fortune Island," "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, and...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most important pieces of American literature from the eighteen hundreds. An amazing satire revolving around a poor white boy and runaway slave that challenged all ideas about racism from the time. Although racism was the central focus of the novel, I believe that Twain was also critiquing how education was perceived...
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There is an epidemic spreading across human society. It is the consumption of easy to perceive ideas. Award winning American author Ray Bradbury warns us of it’s grim effects in his Fahrenheit 451. Average, upstanding middle-aged Guy Montag finds himself dissatisfied with his life, realizing that there is more to experience than society allows. He is a fireman in dystopian...
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Two classics, “Oedipus Rex,” written by the great Greek playwright Sophocles, and “Hamlet,” work written by the world famous and renowned English author William Shakespeare. Both works are identified by their arduous search for justice and revenge, a very important factor in their respective dramas (Shmoop). Hamlet's story revolves around the death of King Hamlet of Denmark, the succession of...
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As everyone starts to grow up, they begin to develop their own identity, as well as begin to identify their moral values. Through methods like lying, as shown by the character Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, we can see how a person develops and changes. Lying and its effects is one of the main...
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In the play, ¨Hamlet ¨ the main character, Hamlet struggles to deal with his father´s death and the recent marriage between his mother and uncle , causing Hamlet to spiral. This may all be to blame by Hamlet’s apparent Oedipus Complex and his unconscious verses his conscious mind. Through out the play William Shakespear proves how Hamlet’s madness leads him...
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Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were regarded as women's most significant professions. Considering that the role of women in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was kept mostly concealed and unrecognizable throughout the whole novel, Fitzgerald uses small yet potent words in the form of...
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In the world of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the government is in complete control over information and news. Books have been banned and firemen once used to protect the public by putting out fires now serve to censure the information by burning books. Instead of water meant to put out fire and to save people. The firemen now possess...
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Over history, Hamlet has been criticized heavily by literary critics, mainly over his mental psyche. Questions have been asked about how Hamlet’s mind works and what drives him to be so hesitant in the majority of the play. Carl Jung’s theory on human psychology archetypes offer an effective way of getting insight to Hamlet’s questionable and hesitant actions which ultimately...
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Medea written by Euripides is based through Greek society where only men were allowed to take part in politics, law and war. Men were regarded as superior to women, but were not seen as equal to each other and saw themselves as very strong, powerful humans. Male power is the capability or ability for men to direct or influence the...
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In The Things They Carried, Tim O’brien emphasizes that diverging into reality is far more difficult than adapting to war. As the story continues, a variety of themes are taking a large role into defining what it means to tell a true war story. The theme constantly shifts due to the portrayals of numerous characters being depicted. In the duration...
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In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain uses many different elements to get his point across. For example, he uses satire through the character’s dialect to illustrate his opinion. The characters morals also play an important role to help the reader understand Twain’s motive. Through the characters Huck and Jim, Mark Twain presents a contrast to the ridicule...
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