Religious ideas have manipulated societies for centuries and existed as covert supremacy, dictating the actions executed by humanity. Religious discrimination is not a prehistoric phenomenon, with modern-day occurrences such as antisemitism and the holocaust, predominantly initiated by faith. Islamophobia is amplified issues emerging from terrorism and Islamic radicalism and extremism, as well as recent terrorist attacks. This has initiated stereotypical...
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Macbeth, a Scottish general driven by ambition and greed commits unspeakable acts and is then haunted by his guilt and paranoia. The playâs main characters are driven by the same theme which is the power of unchecked ambitions. Tell Tale Heart follows an insane narrator who tries to prove his sanity to the audience after murdering an old man with...
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Select one of the short stories and discuss how a particular social group is constructed eg race, gender, socio-economic status. Particular social groups are often constructed in a negative light. In the short story âA Jury of Her Peersâ, the author, Susan Glaspell constructs a patriarchal society in which females are tremendously disregarded. The author uses various narrative conventions to...
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We are here today because the value of the literary canon and its influence on the current school curricula has been attacked and questioned. Classics, for English teachers like us, are the âMona Lisaâ and âThe Last Supperâ; the microscope and periodic table; the abacus and calculator. Harold Bloom, a giant defender of the literary canon, once stated that âAll...
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Robert Frost born on March 26, 1874 was an American poet and winner of 4 Pulitzer Prizes. Famous works include âFire and Ice,â âMending Wall,â âBirches,â âOut Out,â âNothing Gold Can Stayâ and âHome Burialâ but arguably his most famous is 'The Road Not Taken,' which is often read at graduation ceremonies, as the poem is written about life choices....
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prizeâwinning British author William Golding, published 17th of September 1954 is 224 pages of a genre of Allegory. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an unknown uninhabited island during a fictional worldwide war in 1950 during a disastrous attempt of a group of young men...
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The novel written by American author Angie Thomas and published in 2017 titled, The Hate U Give explores the relationship between race and identity. The predominant theme (of The Hate U Give) is racism, especially how it manifests in violence and police brutality. Starr, the main protagonist, who faces discrimination and prejudice from her white classmates and white police officers,...
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To be loved. So reads the name of Beloved. But the importance of the story lies not around whether Beloved is a product of imagination. Instead the novel weaves itself around nothingness, the almost imperceptible trace of extinction, and nothing else is the history of American slavery. This is in the centre of this book; a discussion with all language,...
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I ran my hands through my hair brushing it back as I reached to open the door to my dorm. I quickly rushed myself inside and shut the door behind me. âThe bloody cold,â I muttered to myself, walking into the room. âWhere the hell is everybody? Itâs like a goddamn morgue out here.â I glanced over to where Caulfield...
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The concept of marriage is typically accepted as a cooperative separation of power. However, in Justin Kurzelâs film adaptation of Macbeth, power constantly shifts between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth-- thus displaying different moments in time in which one character holds power over the other. Originally, Lady Macbeth uses verbal language techniques to control the relationship she has with her husband,...
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare is an Aristotelian play set in the backdrop of the Elizabethan era where Shakespeare narrates how manipulation fuels an individualâs thirst for power and control resulting in the downfall of humanity. Shakespeare ultimately crafts a tragedy whereby, through the characterisation of Lady Macbeth, he illustrates the important and relevant role of manipulation from her ability to...
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Harper Leeâs fictional bildungsroman novel, âTo Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), published in 1960, depicts Americaâs discriminatory historical period of the 1900s. It entails the perspective from a reflection of the author's childhood and it also includes the racial prejudicial ways of the past. The novel was positioned in the small old town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. The cultural...
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ABCâs âThe Critic's Luke Buckmaster states that âone of the reasons Anna Karenina still a relevant text today are the key themes and key messages of infidelity, yearning for love and broken relationships which are never going to fall out of relevance.â One of the great virtues of the adaption of Anna Karenina'sâ The Beautiful Lieâ is that it relies...
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One of human's biggest failures is our negligence to abuse of power and control. Manipulation of others by a person with authority for their own personal gain is a form of abusive power and control. The novel highlights the hidden faults of communist rule as well as the inevitable return of a totalitarianism-based society. Animal Farm, George Orwell (1945) uses...
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What do Stasiland and Never Let Me Go suggest about social systems that depend on disempowering people? Plan: Control and Surveillance Different worlds set up by both regimes Rebellion and Fight Back In both Anna Funderâs Stasiland and Kazuo Ishiguroâs Never Let Me Go, respective regimes employ various methods to control its citizens. In many ways, both governments leave individuals...
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âThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeâ, composed by Mark Haddon, is a prose-fiction novel narrated from the aspect of an autistic teenager, Christopher Boone. Christopher is a 15-year-old boy suffering from a condition resembling âAspergerâs Syndromeâ (AS), which limits his non-verbal communication skills and demonstrates difficulty when empathizing with peers. These difficulties which arise from Christopherâs disorder...
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The Victorian period was known for its strictly defined values and highly regulated culture. Charlotte Bronteâs biographically-styled narrative uses the novel form and characterisation of Jane Eyre to critique these intense values. This process compelled individuals to reassess their perspectives of the Victorian era and adjust their views on society. Bronte is challenging these realities from Jane Eyreâs earliest days...
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Abstract: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or Modern Prometheus has always been the focal point in dealing with the shifting paradigms of humanity and monstrosity. The critical question is there- Is the âcreatureâ really a monster or is he essentially human? It is most notable that throughout the novel the creature has been degraded by other people, mostly by his own creator...
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Introduction: Lord of the flies was first published in 1954. It has never gone out of print, it has been among the best-selling novels in both Britain and USA, it has been studied in schools and universities all over the world. Lord of the Flies is in part an allegory of the Cold War, as in 1940, it was William...
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The author behind one of the most well-known television series once stated that, âA reader lives a thousand lives before he dies⌠The man who never reads lives only one.â George R. R. Martin, the writer of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire later adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones, modernized a once-popular William Shakespeare...
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The Novel, âAdventures of Huckleberry Finnâ, by Mark Twain is about a boy named Huck, and a slave named Jimâs adventure to find freedom the story is centered in Missouri. Both Huck and Jim are looking for freedom from different things. Huck is looking for freedom from the grips of society, while Jim is looking for freedom from physical enslavement....
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This paper is an attempt to analyze the following aspects of the graphic novel Maus: A Survivorâs Tale by Art Spiegelman. Firstly, the novel as a depiction of postmodern ethnography and the experience that is enriched in the narration. Secondly, the reflexity of memory and how the author has brought in the relation between memory and history. And finally, how...
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Structurally, Between the World and Me is an immediate issue of James Baldwinâs The Fire Next Time; both texts were literal as sign to jack heirs and free at axial moments in Black festive movements. An ideal classroom pericope abstract will likely be plastered with the distinction âMark Twainâ, âShakespeareâ, âCharles Dickensâ, âGeorge Orwellâ, and so on. More novel writers...
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How would you feel to be under constant surveillance, to be told what to think and do? If you had the slightest taste of freedom in a controlling environment would you fight for that freedom or not even try to grasp it. In both 1984, Allegory of the Cave, and Why Do People Follow The Crowd, you have selected citizens...
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In William Faulknerâs short story âA Rose for Emilyâ, Emily was a forlorn lady that experiences a lot to discover love. Emilyâs father dies when sheâs thirty, at that point a man named Homer arrives at town who Emily winds up falling in love with. Roses have various implications, âred, the lover's rose signifies enduring passion. White, humility and innocence;...
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âWouldnât they be surprised when one day I woke out of my black ugly dream, and my real hair, which was long and blonde, would take the place of the kinky mass that Momma wouldnât let me straighten?â (4) A theme in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Angelouâs identity struggle as a black female. During this time...
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Behind every person, object and event, there is a veiled motive, undetectable by the public. Deception is an act or statement which misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept or idea that is not true. Appearance leads to the formation of an opinion, which can be inaccurate due to deception. There is a thin line between perception and...
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This project is based on two plays, Trifles and A Raisin in the Sun, and how a new set of actors are going to be cast to play each of the characters in the plays. The plays vary tremendously in nature and the world they bring in for the audience and hence, their characters differ too. Trifles, written in 1916,...
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Are sacrifices inevitable? Every day, these gestures of altruism are made all around the world. From soldiers risking their lives for the civilians of a nation, to something as simple as high school students sacrificing their sleep for their education, dedications are unavoidable during our lifetime. Whether it be a modicum to give up, like sleep, or a copious bit,...
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When an awful crime is committed like murder nobody suspects the doting housewife to be the one that did it. Decades ago women were consistently diminished when they were in the presence of males. Men went to work and women were submissive housewives that cooked, cleaned and did everything for their husbands. This is a representation of gender roles. The...
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