The Stranger is Mersault, the storyteller and hero of the novel. He feels alone in the world. His story is isolated into two segments. Part I manages the normal undertakings of Mersault, except on two key occasions. The story starts with the demise of Mersault's mom. Since he is a straightforward man who acquires sufficiently only for himself, Mersault sent...
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Living by ideals breeds hypocrisy. This was evident in the Victorian era: the era of contradiction. The societal morality during this time placed a great value on sexual restraint, low tolerance of crime, and a strict social code of conduct. One was expected to live life earnestly. This obsession with the pursuit of earnestness made people, specifically the upper class,...
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Contrastingly, although duality in The Picture of Dorian Gray is portrayed by dividing one’s self into two, in The Importance of Being Earnest, there are several instances of characters taking on dual identities. Jack Worthing is an especially interesting case of this dual identity because, in the end, he becomes the person he has been portraying all along. This causes...
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In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare portrays Romeo as an impulsive and immature character who is ruled by his emotions. He is presented as a Petrarchan lover and his language at the start of the play characterizes him as an inexperienced lover, however, as the play progresses he has an increased maturity as a lover which is marked in his...
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In the Shakespearian dramatic tragedy play, Romeo and Juliet, there is much visible or known information detailing the importance of the minor characters. The friends of Romeo’s, Mercutio, and Juliet’s nurse are both characters that are not considered a major or main focus of the play, but play a crucial role in the advance of the play’s momentum, turning points,...
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In the story Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, The characters Candy, George, and Curley's wife have unrealistic dreams given their circumstances because Candy wants to do things without them being taken from him, George has hopes to work for himself, and Curley's wife wants to be a movie star. The character Candy in Of Mice and Men has...
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 The significance that the grandfather’s deathbed speech had on the narrator is unclear. The narrator himself seems confused by the speech and tries to ignore it for most of his life, but once he starts seeing the world and the people in it as they truly are, he uses the speech to give his own life new meaning. I think...
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In Thor: The Dark World, Thor develops through the Hero’s Journey. He starts off wanting to be the king of his father’s realm, but an attack on Asgard and the love of his life contracting an Infinity Stone teaches him otherwise. The first part of the Hero’s Journey starts in the hero’s ordinary world; in this case, Asgard. Thor was...
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In most tales, there is an epic quest played out by a protagonist character. This character can be openly declared as the hero, or be a simplistic and mundane person who unintentionally takes the hero role. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ends up being that hero and works through a wild crusade he never consummately signed up for. Our narrative...
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Bilbo Baggins is a simplistic sentimental hobbit. However, when a band of devious dwarves and a renowned wizard Gandalf the Grey, arrives at his home with a treasure map in hand, his quiet life is disrupted. Gandalf reminds Bilbo of the stories of orcs, giants, and adventurers being lured into a thrilling adventure. Shortly thereafter, Bilbo was enticed to one...
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The novel L'Ă©tranger, which translates as 'The Stranger' or 'The Outsider,' bears a striking resemblance to Camus' philosophical concept of absurdity. The book L'Ă©tranger translated as The Stranger or The Outsider strongly resembles Camus' philosophical idea of absurdity. Camus claims in his writings that individual lives and human existence lack rational meaning and order. However, because individuals struggle to embrace...
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When two people look at the same image, it can be seen differently depending on their own experiences. Sensory is based on how people perceive things, their habits, and their outlook on life. Everyone chooses different aspects of a message to focus on whether it is what interests them or what someone considers important. In the novel, The Stranger, Meursault’s...
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 American literature shows the relationship between traditional and modern values in Tennessee Williams's psychological drama A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). After the brief introduction, the author focuses on two main characters Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski who symbolize significant historical pressure between the traditional values of the Old South, and the modern values of the New South. The central heroine...
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Modern Dramas engage audiences by bringing the problems of life to the stage. The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose, is a Modern Drama that covers real-life social issues, portraying themes of social class, race, justice, and innocence. The play is based on 12 jurors who are instructed to deliberate a case where an 18-year-old, Hispanic boy from...
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 There are a lot of famous dramas in Japan, and many people enjoy watching them. When I was in elementary school, some dramas led to the sales of many celebrities. And also there were so many masterpieces that it was said to be the golden age of the drama. I was a prisoner of drama at that time. Among them,...
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Throughout the years of recorded history, women have continuously been overshadowed by their male counterparts. Even though the roles of women throughout the ages of literature have differed, they still encompass the same ideas. From the beginning, they’ve had many degrading roles: from sexual objects to forbidden fruit, to home-centered. Ralph Ellison’s invisible man is no stranger to these criticisms....
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Oscar Wilde has a tremendous reputation and impact in a satirical context all around the world. He covers his criticism in the text with humor and wit. The Importance of Being Earnest is one of his well-known plays and in that play, we can seize the criticism of the nature of marriage, the constraints of morality, and the distortion of...
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The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, is a delightful fantasy adventure comedy. The film follows a pair of lovers, Westley and Buttercup, trying to find their way back to each other after being separated for many years. Westley is a farmhand who works for Buttercup’s family. Buttercup taunts Westley daily by making him do numerous degrading tasks for her....
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Go on adventure, and conquer the fear, sometimes we need to follow our heart and do things that scare us the most or we aren’t strong enough to do. Marlin expresses inordinate fear towards the ocean, he teaches Nemo to fear because of his past experiences. His first step to vanquish the terror that controls his life is the quest...
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The story of Divergent is set in a futuristic dystopian city, Chicago. The city, built by its founders, is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, Abnegation: The selfless Amity: The peaceful Candor: The honest Dauntless: The Brave Erudite: And the Intelligent Teenagers have to decide which faction they want to go for the rest of their...
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Frozen, by Walt Disney Pictures, revolves around two sisters, Elsa and Anna. Princess Elsa of Arendelle possesses magical powers that enable her to create snow and ice. As children, the two sisters would often use their powers to play together until one day Elsa accidentally injures Anna. After this incident, the King and Queen keep the sisters away from each...
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The main protagonist of this story is a twelve-year-old boy named Miguel. Although his family banned music from their lives, this young boy still dreamed of to be part of a musician. The reason why their family banned the music into their lives was because his great-great-grandmother Imelda believed that her husband who was a musician left her and her...
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During the eighteenth century, the English social life in early eighteenth century such as marriage and social class has been described clearly. The society used marriage as a way to find both financial and romantic fulfillment. Men have great advantages than women in the society because they are more entitled to inherit the land and money that is left off...
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Elizabethan drama developed upon the medieval Miracle plays, Morality, Interlude, Masques, and Pantomime that largely dealt with biblical and mythological themes. The Tudor dynasty introduced secular themes in drama; exercising his monarchical powers, “...Henry VIII was inadvertently legitimizing great national issues as subjects for plays.” (Saquet, 1968, pp .105.). Queen Elizabeth I, on her part, built three prominent outdoor theatres:...
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The issue of race and identity can be found in African American communities for many years. Such texts as Jazz by Toni Morrison, The Invisible Man by and Zora's Their Eyes were watching god discuss this theme. This theme covers the three narratives and it is clear in the character's voices and actions. This issue of race affected African Americans'...
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In the film Fight Club, Edward Norton plays the role of the Narrator, who is a white–collared insomniac. The main character Edward Norton in the film applied himself the Ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. The main character adopted a different character for himself to avoid reality and to live a different easier life in society. The Ego...
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According to ADAA, “40 million adults deal with suffering and only 36.9% of those individuals receive treatment.” Sonny’s Blue by James Baldwin, circles a character named Sonny who uses jazz to escape suffering. The narrator and Sonny are both siblings who were raised in Harlem and exposed to drugs and alcohol. Sonny became addicted to heroin while the narrator became...
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Following the narrator's perspective along the tale, it’s possible to sense he is a worrying man, who is scared of reality after everything he went through. As he faces the reality of something unpleasant yet familiar, we catch a glimpse of who Sonny is through the narrative and his perspective. For instance, in a specific part of the story, the...
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When we talk about life, we may always think life is a drama. Dramatism is a theory that compares life to drama. Kenneth Burke was the person who founded Dramatism Theory and he claimed that it was a way to analyze people’s relationship with each other. Dramatism contains three key aspects: identification, the pentad, and guilt restoration. Dramatism is an...
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In both Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, webs of deceit are spun through various characters misrepresenting the truth. Gender is frequently used as a tool to advance the characters' ability to deceive, or in some cases, hinder it. Both authors use these two key themes to develop their contrasting storylines, one being a...
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