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Women’s Struggles in Victorian England in Princess Ida
"Come, mighty Must! Inevitable shall!" Blanche, an ambitious instructor at the illustrious Castle Adamant, exclaims this as she contemplates her future at the school. She is welcoming of change and its possibilities. She understands that change and reform in the way things are done can be beneficial, depending on one's point of view. W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan saw these changes happening in the world around them when they debuted Princess Ida. Change was something that all of Victorian London…...
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The Journey of Self-Discovery in The Awakening, a Novel by Kate Chopin
During the time period in which the Awakening took place the role of women was simple. They were like machines that could not think for themselves. Men controlled them and told them what to do. They had no say in anything but they never complained. They just accepted things the way they were. Women had no jobs during this time. They also could not vote. All they were supposed to do is stay at home, cook, clean, and watch over…...
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The Internal Story of Edna in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Awakening by Kate Chopin, shows the internal story of Edna Pontellier; a married woman with children who is on vacation with her family through realizations and determinations. We first meet Edna through her outer shell. She is portrayed as a devoted wife, a loving mother, a fantastic friend, and a woman who is very content with her life as it's passing by. However, when Edna meets Robert Lebrun, who is a younger and charming man, it seems like it…...
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The Conflicting Forces in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
All the way throughout history, in both real life and in works of fiction, people have frequently been affected by two or even more conflicting forces. An excellent example of this phenomenon can be found in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin. The two main viewpoints that affect protagonist Edna Pontellier the most are the push towards being a perfect homemaking mother and wife that society is insisting upon and her own mind pulling her towards the idea of…...
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Middle Ages How to Take Care of a Woman and Have Character for a Knight
When looking over history and researching love, the first story I remember being told growing up was the one of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It was based on the story that they were created for each other and from the point meant to be together; under the direction of God. Then the next story that I can recall is the story of Cinderella and Snow White, where Princes came to their rescue to claim them as…...
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Hannibal’s Popularity
In the novel, The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, Harris develops the role of serial killer Hannibal Lecter into an unforgettable, forever popular character through Lecter's attention grabbing, repulsive acts. The popularity began when the genre of horror fiction was created, and a cult-like following developed. As the attraction and popularity grew, the following grew, and the violent serial killers turned into celebrities. The serial killers began to take over American entertainment in movies, books, and TV; American's…...
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The Experience of Injustice and the Sense of Revenge of Shylock and Prospero
Shakespeare's Shylock of Merchant of Venice can arguably be one of his most prized characters with his complex nature involving religion and usury and the different ways to interpret his attitude throughout the play. Upon studying Shylock's character, the question of intent makes considerable recurrence. Critics John Gross and D.M. Cohen have argued that he was a power-hungry "monster" that took a stab at a Christian as soon as he had a chance, while Rita H. Silverman and Kenneth Gross…...
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Daydreams in the Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
In our present World. life can become routine and everyday activities can become dull especially if your life is dominated by other people. Reading a comedy lightens up the day. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber. is a humorous portrayal of a pathetic. timid man who would daydream to escape the conflicts of the real world. He has a nagging Wife and life situations never go his way, He used his daydreaming as a way of looking…...
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A Personal Overview of Heaven and Hell
A lot of people believe in heaven and hell. They’re both real, good and evil exists. Everyone in this world has a chance to honor God and his rules and all of us have a second chance to live a better life, and we should brace ourselves and follow god, because he is the only one who controls if we go to heaven or hell depending on what we do in our lives either good or evil. Heaven is a…...
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Harry Potter & the Holy Grail Quest
J.K. Rowling‘s novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire shares an uncanny similarity to the legendary Arthurian quest for the Holy Grail. Harry and King Arthur have remarkably analogous origin and background stories. For instance, they both were orphans, have an invisibility cloak, use a magical sword, and countless other similarities. Each task in Harry Potter’s seems to be a microcosm of the famous quest for the Grail. The first task involves Harry stealing an egg from a dragon.…...
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Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire Conflicts
In the book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the main idea is that Harry has been chosen to compete in the Tri» wizard Tournament (even though he does not meet the requirements to participate) so that someone could abduct and kill him. Throughout the book, there were many problems and conflicts which finally led to the main problem being solved. The first problem that Harry faced was being chosen to compete as a fourth competitor in the "Hi-wizard…...
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The British Connection in the Movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ‘5 Stone was pretty fun to watch now knowing much of the historical works of British literature. This movie really sums up so much of what the British imagination has to offer. Harry Potter in general has a plethora of monsters, demons, and other interesting creatures in its movies (i.e. three»headed dog in the forbidden corridor), much like some of the works we have read to this point (Doctor Faustus), Harry’s mission is also similar…...
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Severus Snape as a Tragic Hero in the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
In the Harry Potter series, Severus Snape can be considered a modern day tragic hero, Severus was the son of a wizard and a muggle, or a regular person. Thus, in the wizarding world, Severus was considered a “mudblood,” which means “dirty blood.” Because of this, Severus certainly did not come from high status and faced many challenges that most wizards did not have to face. He also grew up as an awkward boy who was often made fun of,…...
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Civil Rights in the Wizarding World in the Harry Potter Series
One of my major reading questions, as I was reading through the Harry Potter series this semester, was the question of civil rights in the wizarding world, especially as it pertains to blood status, and what I found was an intense demonization of squibs that I hadn‘t noticed before reading it this time, Argus Filch, for instance, is so embarrassed at the fact that he must hide both his squib status and his Kwikspell course from Harry and anybody else…...
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Child Due To Divorce
The individual that I have chosen to write about is Alecia Beth Moore, also known as “P!nk”. Here’s some background, P!nk is a singer/song writer, she got her name from the movie “Reservoir Dogs”, a film that she had seen in her childhood and whose character Mr. Pink is someone that her friends had agreed that she resembled. She was the second born who lived a relatively middle-class life, however she was a child of divorce that caused P!nk to…...
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Is Under Severe Stress Due to Divorce
I was about 3 years old at the time my, brother was five. Our parents were going through a divorce, so my grandparents offer to look after me and my brother until the divorce is final so that we weren't caught up in the mess. My Grandparent's anniversary was coming up, so my grandmother thought it would take her mind off things to spend some time with us, so she could relax. She and my grandfather went out for the…...
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The Loss and Guilt of Medea From the Play Medea by Euripides
After reading the play, “Medea”, I must side with Medeai Of course this must come as a shock as she is a child killer, however, I do believe she is the person who lost the most which may be why she reacted so erratically. In Medea’s defense, she gave up her entire life for Jason. She betrayed her father and moved to Greece where she is a foreigner. Medea births two of Jason’s children and the nurse even claims Medea…...
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Relationship Between Medea and the Chorus in Euripides’ Tragedy
ln the play, Medea, a central set of characters is the Chorus, They are made up of the women of Corinth, They are used as messengers throughout a lot of the ancient plays, ln this play, they start off by feeling sorry for Medea, a woman who is about to be left by her husband, the famous Jason. They begin the play by trying to cheer up Medea, But, as the play progresses, they start to feel more sympathetic for…...
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No Personal Freedom in The Giver’s Dystopia
Some say The Givers world would be fact and fiction based on our world. The Givers a dystopian world, a dystopian being a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. The giver is set in a city that’s supposed to be utopian world, Writing by Lois Lowry. In the story we follow a 12-year-old boy named Jonas, in his society that has eliminated pain and strafe. But some would agree that only certain aspects of their world correlate to…...
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Control in Orwell’s Farm, Huxley’s World, & Netflix’s Merits
Examining dystopias does reveal potential dangers for our own society. A dystopia is an imagined place in which everything is wrong and intolerable. The methods of governmental control in the dystopias of Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and Fifteen Million Merits from the Black Mirror series by Netflix are very different from what we live by. Witnessing the different methods may impact people’s minds making them think it may work in our world. However…...
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Utopia and Dystopia in the Futuristic Novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley‘s Brave New World was written to satirize the early “utopian” dream of altering human nature in order to create a conflict-free society The “dystopia” is a futuristic, unified world that is seemingly filled with blatant moral and ethical decay but in which every person is conditioned to be blissfully happy The novel is primarily seen from the perspective of Bernard Marx, who, isolated and ridiculed, is a direct contradiction to the ideals that the society presents. Bernard’s circumstance…...
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The Time Machine and Dystopia
As a society progresses, all elements which influence the society itself, such as class systems and social norms, progress along with it. HG. Wells provides a deeper meaning to his story in The Time Machine, as analyzed in critical essays “The Time Machine and Wells’s Social Trajectory,” by John Huntington, “Wells the Myth-Maker," by Bernard Bergonzi, and “Eat or Be Eaten,” by Kathryn Hume, to provide a call to action to the reader, evoke awareness of the dangers of a…...
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Dystopian Elements in Lord of the Flies
A society will never be able to function smoothly when it has elements of a dystopian lifestyler In William Golding‘s book Lord of the Flies, a group of boys crash on an island they believe to be paradise, but in reality it is a devolving society. Throughout the book factors of a dystopia start to show immediately This is shown through a lack of control over the island, their lack of authority, as well as how savage the boys slowly…...
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The Dangers of a Dystopian Society
George Gerbner once said. “Fearful people are more dependent. more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong. tough. measures and hard line postures... They may accept and even welcome repression if it promises to relieve their insecurities." People are then basically slaves under someone's control. an act at their bidding. In a world where an individual is being dominated by a brutal society, Adystopian society is the most dangerous society for an individual; It will display make…...
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Examples of Utopian and Dystopian Society in Animal Farm by George Orwell
The world is currently a very diverse place. There are no dystopian societies on Earth as of right now. Sadly, there are no utopian societies either. Many modern examples of literature show what it would be like to live in a dystopian or utopian society. The classic book Animal Farm by George Orwell shows examples of animals living in dystopian and Utopian societies. The book starts off with the animals living in a dystopian society. The animals have no choice,…...
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The Lack of Hero in the Dystopian Novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
When one imagines the typical dystopian novel, the generally contains image contains escapeless suffering and despair, with one hero or cause trying to turn over the oppression. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, is plentiful in the first, but lacks the latter. A patriarchal, totalitarian society full of strict laws and rigid class structures must have some sort of glimmer of hope for redemption, or else why would it be written about? But Offred, our narrator, is no hero. She…...
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Dystopian Societies in Brave New World and Gattaca
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, uses parody, of various utopian novels, to present a futuristic dystopian society where everyone is the same and ”everyone belongs to everyone." Huxley uses parody to warn what the future may hold if society as a whole doesn't change its current path. The book is a warning that by attempting to create a utopia it subsequently creates a dystopian; people conditioned from birth, eliminating individuality, creating complete uniformity. Although most people in Brave New…...
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The Life of the Author Shirley Jackson and Her Influence on Dystopian Literature
Shirley Jackson had a major impact on the world of dystopian literature, Her writings were greatly revered and criticized. Although she offended many, she was a brave author who inspired other writers to follow her footsteps to dystopiai Dystopia can be defined as a place in the future that is “perfect“; where individual freedom and expression is discouraged and everyone follows the rules. This was best displayed in “The Lottery’h Shirley Jackson was an inspiring and unforgettable author of the…...
CultureDystopiaLiteratureThe Lottery
The American Dream Eventually Fails
“If you can make it through the night, there’s a brighter day” (Tupac Shakur). This quote relates to the theme of the American Dream because Lennie and George were hoping for better days to come so they could be successful. Two men who travel together during the Great Depression. Steinbeck explores the major theme of the hard work that is needed to achieve the American Dream dies. Steinbeck used the characters, George and Lennie, to show that the American Dream…...
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Working For a Video Game Company
Elizabeth Cohn Villa Latte With Skim Milk USS Callister is episode 1 of season 4 on the Netflix series 'Black Mirror. This particular show is mind bottling both metaphorically and literally in the sense that each character is a digital copy of there human 'real world' self. This episode stands out more than the others due to its intense storyline and plot. Every Black Mirror episode is different, though some have the same actors. The actors in this episode portray…...
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The Video Game Series on Which The Book is Based
I chose this book because I loved to play the video game series that this book is based on. The original game “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was created by Scott Cawthon who is the author of this book. I found and read the book with a mindset that this book could potentially reveal clues or solve the mysteries in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. It was a very easy read due to the fact that the book was so…...
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Loss in Wuthering Heights and Remembrance
In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, a main character, loses the love of his life, Catherine. Similarly, in the poem "Remembrance", the speaker has lost someone they loved. While they have these similarities, the endings of Wuthering Heights and “Remembrance” are much more different and demonstrate two different ways of handling grief and death. In the final chapter of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff’s health begins to detoriate. He refuses any food that is offered to him, and he wishes to be alone often.…...
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Two Lovers in Wuthering Heights
In Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte portrays a conflict between Catherine’s feelings for two contrasting cltaracters through the use of irony through the abundant passion the two have for her and the lack of passion for herself. The symbolism of events which define the efforts of Catherine's lovers to get closer to her and their inability to succeed and die detailed contrasts of Catherine’s relationships in the novel to convey that competiLion is only worth it if what is desired can…...
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The Impact of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights in My Life
The English literature classes I had enabled me to discover a wide range of novels which have helped me developed my perception of life. But the two novels which I enjoyed studying the most is Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte. In this essay I will discuss some factors which made me enjoy the novel. First of all, it has an amazing story which is based on the essence of true love in a world where material things are important.…...
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My Feelings for Nelly Dean & Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
Being Heathcliff, at this point of the novel, Catherine is already dead. My love got separated from me and the only thing which remained in my life is revenge, As I needed someone to talk to, I made Nelly my confidant as she is the only one who can understand me after all that has happened However, now the situation has changed. I do not feel the need to fight or even eat. I am fed up with my life…...
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Wuthering Heights vs Thrushcross Grange
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte creates defined distinctions between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. These differences are evident through the way Bronte describes the appearances of the houses, reflects the houses characteristics onto the occupants, and changes the characters who move from house to house. Within this novel, Bronte does a phenomenal job creating two houses that are contrasting to each other: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, These manors seem to have personalities of their own, and these are reflected…...
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Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, a Novel by Emily Bronte
Reading for pleasure has always been one of my favorite hobbies. In fact, I started to read more and more after I read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The character of Heathcliff caught my attention and in no time, Heathcliff became my favorite fictional character. In this essay, I will describe some of his character traits. Heathcliff is a young man who has not been showered with much love during his childhood. This made him quite a stonehearted person because…...
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Wuthering Heights: Complex Family Dynamics
Throughout Wuthering Heights, you see numerous examples of the complexity of domestic partnerships and also the hostility that can sometimes establish within those relationships, The book reveals the impacts that abuse can carry children through several generations, along with the terrible nature of children. It additionally shows the long lasting result abuse can carry people as well as the toughness it can draw out in grown-up survivors. The novel can best be summed up with the quote, "Pleased individuals reproduce…...
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Foil Characters in Wuthering Heights
In the novel, Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte portrays Heathcliff and Edgar as foils of each other, due to their contrasting personalities and appearances. In chapter 8, Catherine notices the definite difference between the two, observing that it resembled a exchange in "a bleak, hilly, coal country for a beautiful fertile valley" as Heathcliff walks out and Edgar walks in, Healthcliff‘s dark and rough appearance emphasizes the bright and elegant appearance of Edgar, Overall, Edgar's appearance is portrayed as "good" while…...
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Wuthering Heights, a Novel by Emily Bronte
As part of our Wuthering Heights project, we discussed the plot and theme of the story, We went through the main parts of the story including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and the resolution, Before getting into this we should have added a brief summary of the story to fully put together the pieces of this story as a whole. We should have also touched more on what the main conflict of the story was and not just…...
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