Introduction The question around which this paper is based is: How effectively does Charlotte Bronte demonstrate feminism through the use of her male characters in the book Jane Eyre and contrast the conventional image of women at the time? ‘Feminism’ in this sense being, acts that support the equality of genders. (Oxford Living Dictionaries, 2019) Jane Eyre was published by Charlotte Bronte in Britain in 1847, during the Victorian Era. Gender roles were becoming increasingly defined, at this time and...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for interest in Puritan faith and how he incorporates that into his stories. “Young Goodman Brown” is a perfect example of this, for the characters Puritan values play a huge role to the stories meaning. The first time reading through this story, it was unclear on what Nathaniel Hawthrone was trying to explain to us. After reading through it a couple more times it finally came clear to me that there are a couple different major...
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“From now on, as soon as I decide to do something, I’m going to act immediately”. William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Macbeth’ explores Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s ambition for power and how it leads them to guilt. The fight between Macbeth’s ethics and desires eventually leads him to justify his actions in his mind so he can be at peace with his conscience. Macbeth’s ambition to become king leads him to battle with his conscience over what he must do to achieve...
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And Then There Were None is a well-renowned murder mystery novel written by Agatha Christie. It is one of Christie's finest works of literature and subsequently an ideal example of a good murder mystery novel. To determine whether a novel is a good example of a murder mystery novel, one must have the ability to utilize and understand the ultimate necessities required to structure a murder mystery novel. This is because the book consisted of suspense, characterisation and a satisfying...
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The setting of this novel is in a part of the Antigua and Barbuda a British country in the West Indies. The country is very hot, charming sceneries and elegant mountains and valleys. Compared to other countries in the West Indies, This part of Antigua and Barbuda was under the British colony and the whites ruled for many years. In the colonial period, British colonizers imported slave workers from India and African countries so that they can work in sugar...
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Feminism is mostly considered as a Movement. It helps to recover women’s rights in the society. In the eighteenth century, women had a lot of rules in society. According to the black people, men are always one step ahead of women and believe that they have various privileges. The main theme of feminism is based on women's equality. Mainly, the feminist critic is often focused on gender, race, and sexuality in literature and other aspects of life. Feminism is a...
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Antagonist and Protagonist To start off, the protagonist of “In Cold Blood” would have to be the detective “Al Dewey”. Al was a cop that came to the scene. He wanted to find the killer of the family because the Clutters were a popular family that really did not have any problems with anyone. It was almost like Al was best friends with the Clutters because he was trying so hard to find the person that killed them. Dick was...
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The act of revenge does not fail to collect an extraordinary audience which gives their full attention, thanks to the easy indisputable fact that revenge raises one in every one of the good queries with reference to human life: however do I ask for justice once the law ceases to perform properly? Shakspere abroaches into the human fascination for the act of revenge and created a play that has revenge as its predominant motif. 3 revenge plots make up the...
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There have been various approaches applied to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso sea. The struggles of women in the Victorian era in finding their identities and gaining acceptance within a male dominated society is evident in both novels. This essay will look into and compare a feminist and psychoanalytical approach to the novels in depth. Bronte’s emphasis is on dreams, with Jane constantly battling between her ID & Ego, in comparison to Antoinette who only desired...
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In the novels ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan, the theme of perception is crucial to the unfolding tragedies that occur. The novels are based on the perspectives of Briony and Nick, both of which demonstrate a foolish sense of immaturity at the beginning of their stories. As their stories progress, so do Briony and Nick’s ability to acknowledge hindsight. Hindsight is the understanding of an event, but only after it has happened...
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Identity, what it means to be one’s self or a part of a larger whole, has often been presented differently in different literary works; Take, for example, Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and Tomson Highway’s play “The Rez Sisters”. In “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, Le Guin describes a conflict between the harsh and sometimes contradicting “truths” of a society, and the values that one believes in. On the other...
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Dystopian literature is often defined as a fictional genre that depicts the society to be unfair and setting. Dystopian literature has been around for a while now. Dystopian literature usually depicts the future of society, whether it's the lives of the citizens or the overall control of the government. Characterization is defined as is the act of creating and developing a character. Characters in the dystopian genre develops all throughout the story just like any novel. Lastly, setting is the...
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Abstract The purpose of this extended essay is to challenge the effects of the life and ordeals of literary icons on their poetry, by examining the question ‘To what extent did Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath’s life of crisis affect their poetry?’ The scope of this essay encompasses two poets. The unique and exceptional poetry of Dickinson as well as the idiosyncratic journey of Plath drew me to these particular poets. This paper explores Dickinson and Plath’s life threads and...
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Why would someone murder another? What goes through someone's mind after committing murder? And how are murderers created? Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky tackled these questions in 1866, precisely 154 years ago, in what would become one of the most renowned books of Russian literature: 'Crime and Punishment.' Overview of the text Analysis: This novel follows the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a young law student in Saint Petersburg. At the start of the story, we read that he ran out of...
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The Fault In Our Stars is a novel composed by John Green, a prestigious creator of Young Adult fiction. The story gives a record of Hazel, who can barely recall existence without malignant growth and has nearly surrendered expectation on her life. She at that point meets Augustus Waters, a malignant growth survivor and once had a tumor in his leg, which peruses her preferred books for her and spends time with her and this encourages her to accumulate quality....
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“Children are meant to grow up, and not to become Peter Pans. Not to lose innocence and wonder; but to proceed on the appointed journey [...] on callow, lumpish and selfish youth peril, sorrow, and the shadow of death can bestow dignity, and even sometimes wisdom.” J.R.R Tolkien, On Fairy Stories (Tolkien, 1983) Both Tolkien and Lewis wrote about characters going on great adventures into the “unknown world”, meeting new people, and returning to their “known world” different but wiser....
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