A piece of literature will be acknowledged with acceptation into a literary canon. ... This is not meant to devalue what effect taste has to do with literature and understanding literary movements. ... Quality from my perspective has to to with how the literary piece catches my attention. ... This is typical of the older dystopian fiction genre, as now and the majority of dystopian fictions revolve around a character is completely aware that they're living under the regime of a corrupt government. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a literary context "Gothic" is most usually applied to a group of novels written between 1760 and 1820. Characteristics of the Gothic novel are: an emphasis on portraying the terrifying, insistence on archaic settings, a very prominent use of supernatural forces, the presence of highly stereotypical characters and an attempt to perfect the technique of literary suspense. ... Character and events are exaggerated beyond reality to become symbols, ideas and passions. ... Without the psychological analysis, which is available today, Lewis attempts to offer symbolic suggestions as to the cause...

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In a literary context "Gothic" is most usually applied to a group of novels written between 1760 and 1820. Characteristics of the Gothic novel are: an emphasis on portraying the terrifying, insistence on archaic settings, a very prominent use of supernatural forces, the presence of highly stereotypical characters and an attempt to perfect the technique of literary suspense. ... Character and events are exaggerated beyond reality to become symbols, ideas and passions. ... Without the psychological analysis, which is available today, Lewis attempts to offer symbolic suggestions as to the cause...

• Word Count: 1271
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. ... Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel. Arthur Dimmesdale, the Reverent and the protagonists" lover, was not a very powerful character. ... Hawthorne also marks the power that Dimmesdale gets when he is pr...

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Montag's life is unfulfilled and dictated by ignorance until he meets Clarisse McClellan, whose character is a catalyst. ... The professor has memorized literary works in the hopes that one day he will be called upon to recite them so that they may be re-written. Captain Beatty is another essential character. While Beatty's character vehemently detests books and those who read them, paradoxically, he is well educated and often includes literary references in each of his conversations with Montag. While the supporting characters such as Millie, Mrs. ...

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The variety of passionately displayed themes, interactions, and events presented in The Bluest Eye provide an understanding of Toni Morrison's inner thoughts and beliefs which were highly impacted by her various life experiences. Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers b...

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Rushdie has painted a picture of social agenda utilizing the literary tools of fiction, fantasy, allegory, and a dash of imagination to bring us an example of modern-day metafiction. Trying to put things in context, and indeed trying to figure out a root cause, requires a look at historical references as well as an understanding of the literary genre at hand. ... With this edict hovering over Rushdie's head Haroun and the Sea of Stories takes a more transient role in his literary time line and covertly addresses many issues in the literary genre of metafiction. ... Haroun, the main char...

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In particular, she investigates Fluebert's most perplexing allegorical character, the blind beggar. ... Evans' review of the beggar's emblematic significance to the story's characters and themes gives a more in-depth revelation of Emma's tragedy. ... These books reflected the more exuberant aspects of Romanticism, a literary and artistic movement that focused on the expression of the emotional and imaginative life of the individual. ... He hints towards his disgust through Emma, who fuels her outlandish desires by indulging in literary works centered on Romanticism....

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Because of this lack of acknowledgment by the literary establishment, the critic P. Hunt maintains that children's books should be displaced from the literary canon altogether (7). But when viewed from both a critical and emotional standpoint, children's literature occupies a very dense subgroup of the Literary Canon. ... Nevertheless, Little Women is a story about teaching and educating young women about maturation, and Alcott effectively uses her characters to relay her messages across to her readers. ... When Barrie teaches his readers about childhood, he does so through the ch...

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Soon after her birth, her family moved several times to various Quaker communities in the rural south, which would eventually show through in her somewhat Southern literary style. ... In most of Tyler's novels, the main characters struggle and, at the same time, depend on their families. ... Perhaps one of Tyler's greatest family novels is If Morning Ever Comes, a story about a home that is "cluttered with people and objects and becoming the place characters often leave and always miss" (DISCovering Authors). ... In Tyler's second novel, The Tin Can Tree, the feeling of stagn...

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In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational irony in order to demonstrate the common theme of isolation in their literary works "A Rose for Emily" and "Richard Cory." Both Emily and Richard are alienated from their small town communities because of the...

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In "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy," by Mabel Maney, the characters exist in a reality where sexual preference plays no role as to whether they"re accepted in society. ... Maney cunningly utilizes many literary elements to present her readers with more insight on the unfairness of the way homosexuals are treated today. ... The main character in the novel, Jane Bond, ironically, does not feel uncomfortable or uneasy by indulging in public displays of affection with her female partner. ... Another example of paradox can be seen when Agent Pumpernickel, a character who can identify himsel...

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The introductory female voiceover is interrupted by the character himself at the moment of pronominal identification: "But when he- that is, I" (Tilde Swinton's Orlando interjects, looking straight at the camera) - cam into the world (the voiceover continues), he was looking for something else. ... Thus Orlando's desire and future are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. ... As with any literary adaptation, Potter's adaptation of Orlando has been met with much ...

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Ernest Hemingway uses a literary style called the "Iceberg Theory" to convey only the information that he feels is pertinent, and leaves the rest to the reader to determine. ... This is particularly the case in Hemingway's short story because of his creation of the literary style called, "The Iceberg Theory". ... The conscious literary choice to use the iceberg principle in "Hills Like White Elephants," and the unintended translational impact that occurred in "The Metamorphosis," combined with Kafka's ambiguous literary style, both provide expl...

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In this novel Hopkins again uses first person narrative and switches perspective between the twin characters, Kaeleigh and Raeanne. Both characters offer distinct voices; Raeanne being "codependent [and] cowardly" and Kaeleigh being "cold [and] controlled" (Identical). Throughout the novel both characters struggle with the effects of their father's abusive actions, and ultimately come to a shocking realization on the final page. ... Along with the literary techniques utilized by Hopkins, she also sparks intrigue through her unique placement of words on the page. ... T...

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" Rejecting these concepts was among many of the cultural forces that drove literary modernism. ... Modernism, as a literary style is built upon the ideas and concepts found in both literary naturalism and realism; All together the beliefs in these theories reject the basis and ideals of romanticism. ... For example, many of the characters in modern literature will face personal challenges in varying from the question of mental well being, the misery in relationships, and the concept of constant pressure to uphold any particular demographical position in society. ... Therefore, the...

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The character of Elizabeth, as with most characters in Austen's novels, is developed fully by description, dialogue and narrative techniques such as letters. ... Her character does improve significantly throughout the novel. ... These characters are both portrayed as one-dimensional and extremely self-centered, however, due to Austen's skill at character observation, both come across as believable characters. ... A major literary device that Austen uses to enhance characterization in her novels, and particularly Pride and Prejudice, is dialogue. ... The interactions of various...

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The literary elements of plot development, characterisation, setting and themes, combined with the characteristics of the text, allow the novel to conform to and challenge the classical approach of detective fiction while exploring interesting ideas about power, corruption and life's facades. ... The other characters of the novel also help to differentiate Valentine from traditional male counterparts. ... This shows the power of Claudia Valentine rather than Harry Lavender, as a woman in a typical male job, acquiring all their skills while preserving her feminine character. ... The view...

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The novel contains immense paragraphs of description which deal with the feelings and situations of each character in thorough detail. ... Though the language that Jane Austen has utilized in Emma has transformed to accommodate modern responders of Clueless, the values and themes communicated through these literary vehicles are essentially identical. ... Both characters undergo a transformation and become self-aware, respectful and mature. ... The character of George Knightley in Emma is parallel to the character of Josh in Clueless. ... Essentially, both stories are the same: the main charac...

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To examine critically the sudden rise of the novel in this age it is important to understand the social background and circumstances which helped to make it the most thriving literary form of the 18th century. ... The subjects of the novels were not Greek or Roman gods, nor knights or clowns but people from their own times and their own worlds. 18th century novelists chose sea-men, doctors, maids and even prostitutes and highwaymen as their chief characters but it was rare to find a duke or a knight being the hero of any novel. These novels chose not only average people as central characters ...

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The essay will further examine the similarities and differences between the literary text and the film adaptation through a consideration of the variations on the original (style and content), and how these variations in the adaptation change the meaning and effect of the original. ... In the book, the characters were more spirited, in the Victorian sense, lacking that exuberant, while the characters in the movie were just the opposite, as they were far more energetic and spirited in their portrayals of the character. ...

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For me, such a segment of the novel was the variety of characters of women depicted by Allende throughout the story. ... La Senora's character fascinates me with its strength of survival instincts, eternal youth, creativity, and restlessness. ... No matter what character I try to analyze, Eva Luna's presence is felt in all of their lives. Above I was examining struggles of individual female characters from the novel, but in the light of Eva's character they all become stages and steps that she has to take to go all the way from a poor " rebellious orphan - climbing " the social ...

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After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, t...

• Word Count: 4675
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After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, t...

• Word Count: 4673
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Aphra Behn is a complicated figure within English theatrical history. As the first woman in England to classify herself as a professional writer and playwright, she wrote to support herself and to prove a point during a time when women were deemed subordinate to men. She was a commoner among royals...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate