A woman, deemed as a fallen one, showed signs of disregard of the set norms, expressed sexual aggressiveness, and ignored the need to be submissive to the men in her life (Gilmour 18).The theme of a fallen woman became a popular topic in literary circles during this age. ... This is a reminder of the fact that the lady is becoming a fallen woman. ... Consequently, death is the punishment for this fallen woman who chose to break the Victorian ideals and look into public space and thus be a "home for fallen women would be another total world for him to control. ... " (Hartley 39) The f...

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Blake again establishes the bond between prophets and the fires of Hell by telling of an angel who, having been converted by a devil, embraces the fire and, consumed by it, arises as the prophet Elijah. ... But first, Man must be liberated and his perceptions made clean so that "everything would appear to man as it is, infinite," and this all important task has fallen on one William Blake, prophet, author, & printer. ... Another possible concern suggests itself in Blake's fantasy of the Angel's fate-all of Blake's anxiety may just as well be ascribed to the somewhat...

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In fact, Moravia recalls biblical imagery early on in the novel, when Cesira says, "God knows, if there ever was an angel on this earth it was [Rosetta] (Moravia 9). Moravia also compares Rosetta to angel (Moravia 6), and a sacrificial lamb (Moravia 335), foreshadowing the consequences of the war for her. ... When Cesira and Rosetta encounter French officers after leaving the church, Cesira screams, "Do you know what they've done . . . in a church, under the eyes of the Madonna . . . they've ruined her for good and all, a daughter who was an angel and now it's worse than if sh...

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This idea can be taken and linked to Milton's idea of how the world was created, how God, after expelling Satan and his angels out of heaven, creates another world for the other creatures to live in; ideas such as this were seen as God like, and artistic creativity was seen as God like. ... Before the creature tells his tale he says '"Remember I am thy creature; I aught to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen Angel whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed."' ... Later, Frankenstein says that he had been 'misled by passion' and that he was under 'the evil in...

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Abstract This paper explores the research question "How is fear being manipulated by literary elements in horror and thriller genres, as illustrated in Patrick Suskind's Perfume and Bram Stoker Dracula? ". Through an analysis of the concept of fear, and the examination into the depth of the use of l...

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