In Madame Bovary, Flaubert uses a narrative strategy called free indirect discourse, also known as free indirect style. Though Flaubert is attributed for creating free indirect discourse, many other Realists began to use the technique in their writings. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, free indirect discourse is defined as "a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterances of a fictional character as if from that character's point of view by combining grammatical and other features of the character's direct speech with features of the narrator&#...

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Hemingway's story "Hills like White Elephants" is not characteristic of the mainstream modernist writers such as Joyce or Woolf that mainly uses free indirect discourse. ... For example, when Jig rises and looks at the nearby "fields of grain and trees along the bank of Ebro." ...

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Narrative peculiarities in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway- This essay (that I would rather consider as an analysis) will deal with the narration, narrator and narrative techniques of V. Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway-. V. Woolf - the voice of women in modernist narration. Virginia Woolf probably is one of...

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Jane Austen makes use of an elegant language, containing a lot of wit and free indirect discourse. We can find an example of this in Mr Collins' proposal to Elisabeth, where he explains his motivation to marry her, and how he would act as a husband. ... She is embarrassed of the whole situation, and maybe also a bit offended that he indirectly states that she is dependent upon him not to become poor. ... "My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish. ...

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The narrator plunges in the mind of Septimus and reports in free indirect discourse the thoughts and feelings of this character towards the scene. ... For example, Clarissa Dalloway´s flashback in the past during her walk to the flower shop informs the reader already at the beginning of the novel about crucial aspects of Peter Walsh and why their relationship did not work out, and why she chose to marry Richard instead of Peter: It was the state of the world that interested; Wagner, Pope´s poetry, people´s characters eternally, and the defects of her own soul. ... In this free indirect disc...

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For example, in sixteenth century England, a loyal subject of Henry VII was imprisoned for saying, "I like not the proceedings of this realm." ... There would be no interesting newspapers, no free religion and no free thoughts. ... For example they strongly denounced the British parliament's enactment of a series of tax levies to pay off a large national debt that England incurred in its Seven Years War with France. ... (Kairys, 3) Prior to the "30s, the court upheld seditious libel laws and suppression of speech or writing based on the weakest proof that it could lead to disorder or u...

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The use of free indirect discourse allows the narrator to express events from Winston's point of view, sometimes echoing his thoughts, "And yet he was in the right!" ... For example during the "Two Minute Hate", the reader is able to track Winston's changing emotions through the process, "at one moment Winston's hatred was not turned against Goldstein at all, but, on the contrary against Big Brother" In "1984" the narrator is the only individual "voice" allowed freedom of speech within the novel, and therefore provides an account, which is more likely to be uncensored, of Win...

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When the messenger on the slave ship assures him that he and his friends will be set free, he believes it. ... Behn shows her disgust about the beheading through the character Oroonoko: "[ ] he had heard of the [ ] deplorable Death of our great Monarch; and wou"d discourse of it with all the Sense, and Abhorrence of the Injustice imaginable" (Behn 13). ... Behn indirectly condemns the captain's act: "Some have commended this Act, as brave, in the captain; but I will spare my sense of it [ ]" (Behn 31). ... In this example, the corruption of the European society shows very clearly. ... Aft...

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The novel is narrated using free indirect discourse, which means that, although the all-knowing narrator speaks in the third person, she often relates things from Emma's point of view and describes things in language we might imagine Emma using. ...

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This illustrates that the government needs the media more than the media needs the government due to the fact the media has the ability to shape and form political discourse. ... Agenda setters are the larger media corporations that set the trends, for example, the New York Times, NBC, and CBS. ... Long before advertisement emerged, newspapers had to pay for their own business; for example, they had to pay for their features, format, style, and promotion. ... As a result, ad-free newspapers took a plunge in the media competition, or were marginalized to succumb to advertising agencies. ......

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Throughout the play there are many examples of Torvald treating Nora badly and in a way insulting her because she's a woman. ... When Nora, for example, is preparing for the ball, she asks Torvald what she should wear and what to perform instead of deciding for herself. ... Here there is an illocutionary act in the underlying force with which Torvald is trying to urge Nora indirectly to confess... He's accusing her indirectly by following the hinting strategy which is achieved through employing some hedges like "seem, supposed to... As this is an indirect insult which implies that ...

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This is also an example of how Charles is representative of a Realist character. ... In Madame Bovary, Flaubert uses a narrative strategy called free indirect discourse, also known as free indirect style. Though Flaubert is attributed for creating free indirect discourse, many other Realists began to use the technique in their writings. Eckardt 4According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, free indirect discourse is defined as "a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterances of a fictional character as if from that character"s point of view by combining grammatical and othe...

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Unlike US, India essentially never accepted alcohol as a part of normal social discourse or eating behavior, nor ritualized consumption as a part of religion. ... The media has played a leading role in encouraging the use of alcohol among young people by such means as the portrayal of drinking in congenial social settings, by associating the habit with glamour and celebrity status, and by direct and indirect advertising. ...

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Overt conflict encompasses subtle, indirect, and highly controlled behaviors to direct aggressive, violent, and uncontrolled behaviors Stage IV, outcomes will be either functional or dysfunctional dependant of how the conflict unfolds and is handled. ... For example, the introvert working with a team foresees a problem that will develop after the teams project is completed; however, does not say anything because the team did not ask his or her opinion. ... On the other hand, the extrovert using the same example of foreseeing failure of a team project would probably tell the team before hand. ...

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These changing representational demands have created pressures on the system, leading indirectly to the formation of new parties. ... For example, all parties called for fiscal restraint and the elimination of the deficit. ... For example, Lyon presents the view that parties are solely to blame for their decline. ... The rise of the Conservative government meant that women's issues were being drowned out by the pursuit of reducing the deficit and free trade. ... The movement revealed that certain parties" representation capacities can be challenged and that parties" discourses and pra...

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These changing representational demands have created pressures on the system, leading indirectly to the formation of new parties. ... For example, all parties called for fiscal restraint and the elimination of the deficit. ... For example, Lyon presents the view that parties are solely to blame for their decline. ... The rise of the Conservative government meant that women's issues were being drowned out by the pursuit of reducing the deficit and free trade. ... discourses and practices can indeed be changed. ...

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Example: "Follow your leader" Melville. ... After considering these examples, it becomes clear that Vanderbilt's main argument is that "Benito Cereno" was "one of the bitterest moments in Melville's quarrel with the first vengeful and deadly Master." (75) His support includes an analysis of what he asserts is Melville's point of view on slavery; a detailed description on his view of Melville's statement about the "black complicity," or mutual darkness, of humanity; and an explanation of how this relates to Melville's feelings about God. ...

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One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. Rather one needs to consider the problem by relating it to the specific social formation. In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive an...

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This affected people both directly and indirectly. ... Venture Smith is an example of this. ... When he was a free man, he bought a couple slaves their freedom, and in turn they ran away instead of working for him and paying him back. ...

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A prime example of this clash can be the rise of communism during the 1900's. ... For example, everyone be his or her own boss. ... Clearly, Marx believes that society should be able to grasp their desires and wants in life and be freed from alienation. ... This concept of repression leads me to the discourse on Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalysis. ... The term psychoanalysis is primarily reserved for the study of the unconscious life of the psyche; for example, instinctive impulses, fantasies, and repressed childish affections. ...

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This was brought to a halt by the First World War and the bout of anti-free trade protectionism that led to the Great Depression in 1930. ... For example, the International Telecommunications Union sees globalisation as the innate human desire for the integration of individuals in villages and cities and the integration of people of all races and backgrounds into nations Other organisations are concerned that the free spread of communications technology proceeds without impediment of censorship or any other official constraint Environmentalist groups, such as Friends of the Earth, The Sierra...

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Whether it affected us directly with the loss of a loved one or an incident we were a part of, or indirectly by heightened security at the airports causing delays, sudden drop in a stock values we own, or emotionally by the countless reports and images displayed by the media, terrorism has affected us all and shows no signs of going away anytime soon. ... The Trojan Horse, the death of Julius Caesar, the Boston Tea Party, Sherman's March to the Sea, the Holocaust, and the events of 11 September 2001 are all examples of acts of terrorism. ... Egoryan's proposal is based on examp...

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The economic conditions in the previous two decades, the growing discourse with the social privileges of the few fueled what many say was inevitable. ... The definition was simple: those citizens who paid the equivalent of three days" wages in direct taxes, had the right to vote in indirect elections.# The National Assembly looked to create equality and enacted other reforms as well. ... It allowed people to "be free to do such business and to exercise such profession, art or trade as he may choose." # France also abolished slavery, however, only in France-not in the colonies. ...

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Force of arms excludes for example trade embargoes and blockades. ... Indirect combatants are the unarmed helpers of the soldiers in military ways such as transporters of supplies, weapons producers, etc. ... The indirect killing of non-combatants or neutrals is permissible according to the principle of double effect. ...

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