Essays on Literary Genres

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Written Information as a Better Means of Communication

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Before the telephone was invented, people wrote letters to each other to stay in touch. Soldiers would write letters to their wives and families conveying their love and, even today, people write letters to better communicate. Writing is a way of expressing yourself, a way...

Postmodernism Short Story The Crying of Lot 49

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Personal and Collective Identity The Crying of Lot 49

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Epictetus, the Greek Stoic philosopher, said, “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” Defining one’s personal identity may coincide with this ancient Stoic principle, but what is not mentioned is the human transformation that must take...

Postmodernism Short Story The Crying of Lot 49

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Ups and Downs in The After-life in Marriage

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In many novels that depict the story of relationship, a woman meets a man throughout the plot in social institutions such as school, at a party, at the mall, or even online. Soon this couple falls in love, and eventually decides to tie the knot;...

Literature Review Marriage and Family Novel

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Analysis of The Methods of Communication in The Crying of Lot 49

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Despite the fact that The Crying of Lot 49 is chock-full of the use of methods of communication, the only time when anything is actually communicated is when a few songs are sung by The Paranoids. Any letters mentioned in the novel are void of...

Postmodernism Short Story The Crying of Lot 49

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Moving Scenes Unveiling in 'Crying of Lot 49'

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Just before the morning rush hour, she got out of a jitney whose ancient driver ended each day in the red, downtown on Howard Street, began to walk toward the Embarcadero. She knew she looked terrible – knuckles black with eye-liner and mascara from where...

Postmodernism Short Story The Crying of Lot 49

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Hornor's Deceptive Ways of Acquiring Power Ranks

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Throughout Wycherley’s play The Country Wife, characters reverse the time period’s normal power dynamics of reputation and gender to create power from a state of powerlessness. While certain characters appear to be powerful due to their status, honor and reputation, other seemingly powerless characters are...

Comedy

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Relation of Clothing to Identity:disguise,costume

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‘The roote of my desire Was vertue cladde in constant louse attire.’ (Arcadia, III) Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay Attire and appearance lie at the heart...

Drama

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Humour as The Backbone of The Country Wife

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As a Restoration Comedy humour is central to Wycherley’s play. Like many other Restoration Comedies The Country Wife is characterised by farcical humour that runs throughout the whole play, generated through wit, sexual innuendo and a great deal of dramatic irony. However, Wycherley’s use of...

Comedy

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Equality in Gender: Encouragement of Women's Abilities

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There are many texts that deal with the role of the individual male in society; their positions are discussed politically, socially and personally. However, in-depth discussion of the individual female role in society is often lacking during the Restoration period. Women are props, background objects,...

Comedy

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Black Culture Generalised by Charles W. Chesnutt's The Conjure Woman

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In order to rationalize the south’s peculiar institution of slavery, the southern plantation novel surfaced. It idealized the plantation lifestyle by creating and romanticizing characters that otherwise would be viewed upon as evil by blacks—the oppressed. Life was portrayed as easy and carefree by the...

African American Culture Short Story

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Women Freedom Portrayed by Eliza Wharton in 'The Coquette'

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‘The Coquette’ by by Hannah W. Foster is about a young woman, Eliza Wharton, who has an inclination towards coquettish behaviors. The story is a series of letters that warns Eliza about the danger of her life choices, which is primarily a choice between two...

Novel

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Gender Role Depicted in 'The Coquette'

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Although Hannah Webster Foster names her book The Coquette, there is ambiguity in who the true coquette of the story is. Eliza Wharton, named the coquette by Foster and the other characters of the story, does not follow the rules of coquetry. Instead it is...

Gender Roles Novel

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The Hubris of Mankind in 'Convergence of The Twain'

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Hardy’s “The Convergence of the Twain” tells of the events that lead up to the sinking of the Titanic through its collision with an iceberg, while on a deeper meaning, highlighting the tragic consequences of the hubris of mankind. Through opposition and diction, the speaker...

Poetry Thomas Hardy

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Monetization by Characters in 'The Corrections'

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The Lambert family, the protagonists of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, view the world through a lens which attaches monetary value to people, objects, and actions. Money is a constant presence in their lives, whether there’s plenty or not enough. Alfred, Enid, Gary, Denise, Chip, and...

Character Novel

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The War Between Man and Nature in "The Convergence of The Twain"

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Thomas Hardy’s “The Convergence of the Twain” describes the events leading up to the sinking of the Titanic as well as the aftermath; however, on a deeper level, the work explores the theme of the conflict between man and nature. These opposing forces demonstrate the...

Poetry Thomas Hardy

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Humanity's Contribution to Its Downfall in Hardy's "The Convergence of The Twain"

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In his poem “The Convergence of the Twain,” Thomas Hardy describes the unfortunate, yet truly inevitable, sinking of the supposedly invincible Titanic. Concurrently, the poem depicts humanity’s vain struggle against the steadfast forces of nature. The poem’s structural organization as well as diction and figurative...

Poetry Thomas Hardy

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Deception and Disguise Evident in 'The Country Wife' and 'The Conscious Lovers'

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Deception and disguise, classic elements of comedy, are found in both William Wycherly’s The Country Wife and Richard Steele’s The Conscious Lovers. These devices rely on gaps of knowledge between different characters, or between characters and the audience, of a person’s true identity, but the...

Comedy Literature Review

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Origin of Fetish in 'The Conjuring Stories'

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A fetish object possesses a distinct, almost superstitious power, often linked to sexual gratification, desire, and even worship. As noted in the article “Sexualization in the Media,” fetishization is a cultural, psychological, and social technique that magnifies certain items, rendering them larger than life, animate,...

African American Culture Short Story

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The Conference of The Birds': The Story of Sheikh Sam'an Summary

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The Conference of the Birds is a love story about a man who chooses to change his lifestyle and religion in order to obtain the love of a woman. Sam’an, a Muslim sheikh, is in love with a Christian woman. During this time period, it...

Araby Poetry