Henry James' long short story "The Real Thing- and Christina Rossetti's poem "In an Artist's Studio- are alike and different in various ways. ... In James' "The Real Thing-, the artist, who is also the narrator in the story, views everything from his perspective. ... Although many differences are demonstrated throughout both works, the major difference between Henry James' "The Real Thing- and Christina Rossetti's "In an Artist's Studio- is the artists' interpretation and definition of the real thing. In "The Real Thing- when the artist meets the Mon...

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James was born in New York City, His dad was also named Henry James. ... Henry James was a lot favorites to people like example, Author James Thurbers favorite author was Henry James. ... The thing that made him so great of a writer were his characters he made his characters as real as possible and he had a unique style with them. ... Henry James was the first writer to introduce the theme of an American writings in Europe. In conclusion, I was thrilled to learn about Henry James the best writer in the world. ...

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Henry James was one of the famous writers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... In the Henry James novella, "The Turn of the Screw," I believe it is the psychological implications of the story that has been illustrated by Sigmund Freud who wrote about it in The Interpretation of. ... Henry James skillfully has his readers integrated into his story. ... "He struck her, inevitably as gallant and splendid, but what took her most of all and gave her the courage she afterwards showed was that he put the whole thing to her as a favor, an obligation he should gratefully incur&...

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The American philosopher-psychologist William James was born in New York City in 1842 to the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh. ... Twelve years after he began writing it, in 1890 James, along with Henry Holt of Boston, published the book "Principles of Psychology". ... James argued that sensations without associations don't exist in real-life experiences. ... It also tries to explain how any living thing deals with their specific environment. ... http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2000/entries/james/ "James, William," The Colombia Encyclopedia, 6th ...

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William James History of Psychology, William James was one of the forefathers of modern psychology. ... The American philosopher-psychologist William James was born in New York City in 1842 to the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and his wife Mary Walsh. ... Twelve years after he began writing it, in 1890 James, along with Henry Holt of Boston, published the book "Principles of Psychology". ... James argued that sensations without ...

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In this fictive story (that the fan titled as "fan fiction") Bonny calls the characters by their real star names "Ryan" and "Reese", and uses real associations with the stars ("Reese has an agent?"). ... The fan is therefore "active" and "critical" as Henry Jenkins might put it. ... To have this on the fan's web page, obviously means that they had discovered this site beforehand, and had the pleasure of doing such a thing, wanting to share it with people alike. ... Perhaps he is a more contemporary version of James Dean, the other object of my next fan site to discuss. ... Ken Carpenter ...

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(Ebert 3) Newland Archer was one of these men who always had to do and/or wear what was "the thing." "[I]n the first place, New York was a metropolis, and perfectly aware that in metropolises it was "not the thing" to arrive early at the opera; and it what was or was not "the thing" played a part as important in Newland Archer's New York- (Wharton 4) The descendants of an aristocratic family were taught "the mannerisms and rituals expected of well bred young women [and men] in those days. ... Most of the people that Wharton "enjoyed the company of [were] intelligent men" such as Henry ...

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I immediately turned to google and my boyfriend for answers and they both said the same thing: "You should take a pregnancy test to know for sure." ... At 163 bpm (beats per minute), it was music to my ears; so beautiful and precious and most importantly, real. ... Liam Henry James Boatright was beautiful and just all around perfect. ...

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The Bostonians by Henry James illustrates the Boston reformers throughout the women's suffrage movement. James portrays the mercurial nature of the through his political satire. ... Ms Luna, "was sufficiently pretty; her hair was in clusters of curls, like bunches of grapes; her tight bodice seemed to crack her with vivacity little of she might partake in the nature of her sister. (3-4)" James describes Luna as notably pretty, yet in his mocking nature, makes her appear as if she tries to hard, because she has no real quality to capture a man. ... The one thing Olive "hates" the most ab...

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On the other hand Shepard's heroes fit their twentieth century environment and all of them are involved in Hollywood's filmmaking industry: Henry is a producer, Austin and Lee are scenario-writers. ... Henry's chair "resembles a dentist's chair. ... It is the real place where Shepard spent his formative years, yet the playwright also condemns its artificiality. ... Taking into consideration the nature of their art, Henry and Austin serve as the subjects of comparison. Supposedly Henry also works for the film-making industry, probably he is some kind of producer, whose task...

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Really, the only thing people ever knew about the kid was that he lived and he died by the gun. ... Eventually, his mother met another man named William Antrim; William Henry McCarty started going by Henry to avoid confusion with the adult William. ... As he was known to his classmates, Henry was still considered a good student. ... Billy(Henry) was still a pretty descent kid even by today's standards. ... Without any parents to tell him what to do, Billy hung around the saloons and committed his first real crime to get some money. ...

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The dissatisfaction for many, and believing mindlessly in something with no real evidence was intolerable. ... Among the many Writers/Novelists of this time period some of the most influential writers include: James Joyce, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Crane, Gustave Flaubert and, Frantz Kafka; All of whom are not only prime examples in rejecting the romantic perspective in their writing, but are also masters in exhibiting freedom in altering the form, and substance throughout their writing to adequately exemplify motifs of modernism. While Joyce, Crane, James, Hemingway, Flaubert, ...

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It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. It was separated from the land mass of Europe around 6700 BC before snakes and other varieties of plant life were common in the country. ...

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McCleery), and Buck Henry (Room Clerk). ... This new feature served also as a tool to attract the youth who now had another cult star since James Dean, and one that they feel more identified with, Dustin Hoffman. ... However, the underwater sequence with the diving suit was shot in a real outside pool with a glass wall. ... "He lets you go ahead, and do your thing. ... Real humor is the purest truth when it works." ...

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Victim and Victimizer The Loyalty of Love Washington Square by Henry James tackles love and loyalty on his very complex character, Catherine Sloper. ... The young mother would die just a week after giving birth (James). ... As Doctor Sloper is dying he ask of one thing from Catherine. ... Townsend and lives on as a confirmed spinster in her Washington Square house (James). ... After Morris Townsend abandoned her, and the egoism of her father and aunt was inescapable she began to exhibit signs of her real independence. ...

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Imagine that everything surrounding you right now is magical and all these things can never be seen in the real world. ... Each character has his own unique traits that we encounter in the real world. ... Just like what Henry Van Dyke said , " A true friend is what the heart needs all the time." (Henry Van Dyke 2) Both Hermione and Ron were always there to help and back up Harry in times of need. ... One thing missing, though, in this Harry Potter book was the absence of worship or praise to God by the characters of the story. ...

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He had changed the names of his friends and some of the details, but the real identities of the characters were obvious to anyone in Paris (Selkirk 92). ... Counted among those friends were Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Max Eastman, Lincoln Steffens and Wyndahm Lewis, and he was acquainted with the painters Miro and Picasso (4). ... The only thing Hemingway thought about was writing and finishing The Sun Also Rises. ... The Sun Also Rises can be related to real life by accepting the fact that it was written from a man's real life experience. ... At th...

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Although William Shakespeare gained fame from his works, he made most of his money in real estate. ... The most amazing thing about William Shakespeare is that his works are even more famous now than when he was alive. ... * No one knows William Shakespeare's real birthday, for sure. ... When James I came to the throne (1603) the troupe was designated by the new king as the "King's Men" (or "King's Company"). ... Shakespeare entertained the King and the people for another ten years until June 19, 1613, when a canon fired from the roof of the theatre for a gala performance of ...

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It is clear that Flaubert's aim was not to exalt or condemn any behavior; but rather to create a genuine and real experience that is felt in the reader, that intrigues and horrifies the mind. Henry James praises Madame Bovary for its perfection, claiming that it "both excites and defies judgment. ... In his letters to Louise Colet, he explains his plans for Madame Bovary: "What seems beautiful to me, what I should like to write, is a book about nothing, a book dependent on nothing external, which would be held together by the strength of its style, just as the earth, suspended in the void...

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Steinbeck's social thought is based upon three strands of 19th century American philosophy: the Emersonian concept of the Oversoul, the humanism and embracing of mass democracy idealized by Walt Whitman, and the pragmatism of Henry James. ... Upon his return, Casy has decided that sin and virtue are all part of the same thing- the Emersonian concept of the Oversoul. ... In chapter fourteen, in one of the intercalary chapters the narrator asserts that humans are "unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe... Although, the act was somewhat violent, Casy's real purpos...

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He spoke of apprehension and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security" (PNP 170). ... While Catherine and John are riding along in his carriage, John begins making negative comments about James" carriage to make his own sound better: "Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? ... Yet, when Catherine suggests that they turn back for fear that James" carriage will break down, Thorpe replies, "Unsafe! ... The other main male character in Northanger Abbey is Henry Tilney, who, we are told, is the hero of the novel. ... Although Miss Tilney does not seem to have a ...

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It does not matter where this person is located, it could be on the other side of the globe or in the next block, you will get the image and the sound in real time. ... As Henry David once said, "men have become tools of their tools". ...

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The expansion west was not the only thing that encouraged the growth of industry; good economic times and a rise in population fueled the odds in a large market. ... The Bessemer process which was the first cheap industrial method of making steel from pig iron, was named after it's inventor Henry Bessemer who was born January 19, 1813. ... Henry Ford inventor of the automobile was born in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. ... James Egolf home in Western Pennsylvania. ... This historic episode saw real wealth increase accompanied by an increase in living standards and life expectancy....

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The sterility of art is not only stressed continuously but is also to be found in the novel when Dorian Gray blames Lord Henry for having poisoned him with a book: you poisoned me with a book once. ... As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. ... The gods had given Oscar Wilde everything, rank, wealth (Lord Henry Wotton), brains, art (Basil Hallward), and good looks (Dorian Gray), attributes these he suffered, suffered terribly. ... James Gazette, was that it (the novel) is far too crowded with sentimental incidents, and far too paradoxical in style, as far, at an...

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