It is also said that it shows thematic depth: The themes merit revisiting and study because they are complex and nuanced. ... Literary merit has many different meanings. ... Kapasi, the tour guide, thinks that he has fallen in love with the mother of the American family, Mrs. ... This is one of the literary merits that are touched upon in this poem. ... This poem shows examples of literary merit because it is complex. ...

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World View on Race and Democracy, a Study Guide in Human Group Relations. ... Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185; Variation: Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185. ... Oxford African American Studies Center. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ... Akam begins this assessment by commenting on The New Negro movement that nurtured such well-known figures guided by Alain Locke. ...

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World View on Race and Democracy, a Study Guide in Human Group Relations. ... Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185; Variation: Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Black Studies; BC-185. ... Oxford African American Studies Center. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ... Akam begins this assessment by commenting on The New Negro movement that nurtured such well-known figures guided by Alain Locke. ...

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While studying literature, you will notice that poems comes in many, many different forms. ... The growing history and influence of the poetry slam, especially on the younger generation of writers, suggest that the practice is not just a passing "fad. " The serious critic must cease treating the slam as a literary novelty and recognize it for what it is: a movement which combines the literary, the social potential of verse, and which does so with the audience as its judge and guide. ...

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One of Petrarch's legacies was his belief that the recovery and study of the works of antiquity could restore virtue, culture, and social order. ... This literary form is to this day is known as "Petrarchan sonnet." ... His imitation of Virgil's Aeneid shows the degree to which he relied on Classical literature as a source and guide. ... Petrarch had unwittingly become the creator of historical analysis and literary criticism. ... Based on his studies of Cicero, Petrarch believed that there had to be more to virtue than religion. ...

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In this novel Fitzgerald fortunately uses location to differentiate social statuses among his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide the characters and the direction of this novel. ... She doesn't care about anyone except those who will help guide her on the correct path to improve her life, as she thought Tom would have done for her. ... He uses this element to guide the characters. ... "Modern Fiction Studies". ...

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The  doppelganger  is a literary technique in which a double (or look-alike) appears in the story as a representation of evil. 2. The doppelganger technique is a literary technique by which a character is duplicated (usually in the form of an alter ego, though sometimes as a ghostly counterpart) or divided into two distinct, usually opposite personalities. ... More than a regular story, the latter one, is a study of the unconscious mind, and in some critic's opinion is an early version of Freud's theory of the subconscious. ... However, it does not refer to all impulses, but to t...

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Prose study. In order to compare the literary styles of Dickens and Hardy I will use 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens and 'The Withering Arm' by Thomas Hardy. ... Dickens' style guides us through the plot as if we are there, closely spectating the events of the story. ...

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"Vulgarity" in The Woman Warrior -----A Stylistic exploration Abstract: The Woman Warrior is a book written by the great contemporary Chinese American woman writer Maxine Hong Kingston. It has not only become the milestone in the history of Asian American literature, bu...

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As do proverbs, African American folktales have origins rooted in West African literary and cultural forms of expression. ... Africa has a long literary tradition, although very little of this literature was written down until the 20th century. ... They are a warning against foolish acts or a guide to a persons good conduct. ...

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If a literary work does not raise questions and attempt to break from orthodox thinking, what use does it serve in a school? ... Both of these literary works help inspire students in their educational careers, they do nothing to possibly negatively impact them! ... Truly, though, studies prove that reading can lead to more enriching and fulfilling lives. ...

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"Whenever one studies a writer, it is generally necessary to know something of his or her life and times. ... As Marmee, "she is a strong women, the head of the household and guides her daughters through their troubles and their faults. ... [b] MacDonald, Ruth K., "Louisa May Alcott," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 42: American Writers for Children before 1900, edited by Glenn E. ...

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In other words, we, as readers, felt guided by the author's words to seek the hidden or deep signification of these symbols. ... Concerning the literary theory, we have opted for Northrop Frye's theory on symbols. ... Thus, we will try to study them, and to link them to the author's life, thanks to biographies and the work of some critics. ... He deprives her of any consideration except for the scientific one; she is a mere object of study for him. ...

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Introduction In this comparative study I will examine the representation of the magical creatures in two adaptations of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: the eponymous video registration of Benjamin Britten's opera performed at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1981, conducted by Bernard Haitink, produced by Peter Hall and designed by John Bury, and Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play of 1999. ...

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Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew has always been an important play for those who study gender and its depiction early literature. ... Love guides many of Lucentio's future actions throughout the play. ... There is always a hope that his character might have more depth, but it was only "Bianca's love- (V.i.98) that guided his actions. ... The Taming of the Shrew acts as a comedic guide for reconstructing how a man can make his wife submit without resorting to violence. ... "Yet as a liter...

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was the guiding rule, and everyone was someone else's prey. ... Following graduation, Sinclair went on to graduate study at Columbia University, where he began writing full-length novels with serious social themes. ... Some of the worst abuses of labor conditions took place in the big cities like New York and Chicago, and it was in Chicago, the cattle and commodity market of the Midwestern United States, that Upton Sinclair found the setting for the book that was to bring him fame: He first won recognition by his novel The Jungle, (1906), a powerful realistic study of social condition...

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Mongolian Rule in China What makes a government in any country strong? Some say it is how the government interacts with the people, while others say that it is the laws and how strictly the government abides them (Dolan 120). The Mongols in China ruled two dynasties - the Yuan, and the Qing, each w...

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Tolkien's clear understanding of the Holy Spirit, allowed him to manifest it and use it as the most recognizable Biblical functions such as comforter, guide, indweller, and giver. ... During his teenage years, Tolkien attended King Edward's School and along with a group of friends, he created the Tea Club and Barrovian Society where they exchanged and criticized each other's literary works. ... In Tolkien's early career, he continued to study linguistics and eventually became a professor at Oxford University. ...

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Teachers know how to address the issue of the struggling reader but the problem is teachers are afraid to address reading concerns because they feel that they were not credentialed to teach reading, they feel they are only expert in the area of their certification and it is the English department's ...

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Confucianism in Japan and China The Japanese people had little civilization of their own until, during the fourth century AD, they began to have contact with the Chinese. From them, they borrowed a great deal of their culture, including their ideas of philosophy and their form of government. A...

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Memory was divided into four parts: natural (which consisted of technology and information about inan- imate and animate things), civil, ecclesiastical, and literary. ... In the section devoted to History, Jefferson relegated Bacon's major division of Ecclesiastical History to a subsection of Civil History and eliminated altogether the section reserved for literary matters. ... On the other hand, Jefferson expanded Bacon's Imagination section into a Fine Arts category that embraced not only literary works but also such decorative and fine arts as gardening, painting, architectu...

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The Visions of Light Vs Darkness When Joseph Conrad composed Heart of Darkness he created a literary masterpiece which embodied the essence of light contrasting with darkness. Throughout the novel Conrad constantly utilizes the images of light and dark and uses them to mold a vision, which the reade...

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Children in the Brothers Karamazov Children are portrayed in "The Brothers Karamazov" as being mistreated by adults and by God. Ivan, who is the most troubled by children's sufferings, doesn't want to forget them so he keeps articles about the misfortunes dealt upon children. The story also incorporates tales of children that are in the town, and surrounding areas, who become important to the plot of the story. By the end of the book Dostoevsky wants you to feel such grief and sadness for the children that it might even challenge your faith to God. The...

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Studying its application could help other cultures integrate their traditions into American minds. ... Perhaps it was not a coincidence that his name is literary translated to ten-thousand years, everlasting, forever or perpetual. Even after Emperors devised new calendars or adopted the calendar we used today, people continued to be guided by Wan-nien-li's calendar and celebrated Chinese New Year on the first day of the perpetual calendar. ...

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Character Analysis John Proctor A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's husband. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin - his affair with Abigail Williams - that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined. In a sense, The Crucible has the structure of a classical tragedy, with John Proctor as the play's tragic hero. ...

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