The Crucible The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953 is a classic American work. ... The movie version of The Crucible changes the perception of many of the characters and destroys the drama of this classic work. ... The questioning in the theatrical version allows the reader to surmise for themselves what really occurred in those woods. ... It also allows the reader insight into John and Elizabeth's relationship. By confronting John the reader understands her love. ...

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The novel, like Trainspotting and Bridget Jones", is another potential cult classic. ... Statement of the Problem Rob, being the unique and well-developed character that he is, allows readers to either relate to him or despise him. ... It is evident that there are times when he is chauvinistic and detestable, and there are times when readers may actually feel sympathetic towards him. ... She was the classic Feminine Female complementing the classic Masculine Male. It is very easy for female readers (sensitive male readers at that) to despise such a man. ...

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In two of early America's greatest works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, readers are exposed to the vision of two great authors of the 18th and 19th centuries and while it is possible for one to simply read and enjoy the plot of these stories, it is impossible to overlook the similarities in their greater thematic issues. ... What really attracts the reader's attention in this work is the concepts behind these two traveling men--their energy, their resilience, their superior wit over the townsfolk and the wa...

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This is the reason, why the crimes seem insoluble to the reader. ... As time passes the needs and wants of reader change, Christies novel differs from Conan-Doyle's as the modern reader wants a more puzzling, complex plot to those wrote by Conan-Doyle. ... Watson asks the questions that the reader wants to hear such as "what can it mean?... - Through the use of these questions the writer manages to engage the reader in the story. ... Holmes is the classic detective. ...

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The novel "Rebecca" shows us as readers how insecure and intimidated a woman is by another woman. ... "Readers love it, as well they should, for in the best gothic fiction, realism and romance join forces to create a territory somewhere between this world and some other in which almost everything is slightly, deliciously over the top" (Yardley 1). ... "Seventy-five years ago this month, Rebecca was published, and readers flooded bookshops to discover the dark nature of that "something". The novel was to be du Maurier's masterpiece and a classic of 20th-c...

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At first glance, Lewis's popular satirical novel Babbitt would appear to be a completely different work from Thoreau's philosophical classic Walden, uninspired by and possibly even disputing Thoreauvian principles. ... This in turn gets the reader to reevaluate himself on the grounds of being too quick to comply. ... Babbitt is a satirical character, portrayed for the reader to look down upon alternatively in pity and disgust, but not without some sympathy. Thoreau, by contrast, takes a completely different approach, challenging the reader not to conform but to rebel. ...

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It seems that the readers eyes are always drawn to the large shoulders, strong legs and huge chest. ... Returning to the fight with the mutant leader, we do see the classic comic book version of masculinity. ... At that moment, when Batman leaves his armored Batmobile, you truly see a classic comic book manly man (Page 78). ...

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Monomania Written By Monomania Outline 1) Introduction a) Contrasts and comparisons introduced for: i) Moby-Dick ii) Billy Budd Compare 2) Fate and the role it plays in the two novels 3) Obsession and the role it plays in the two novels 4) The role and appearance of religion in the two novels Contrast 5) Openness and recognition of monomania in the main characters 6) Origin of the evil nature of main characters 7) The concept of innocence and how it does or does not apply to the main characters 8) Concl...

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Little does he know, the foreshadowing of his comments seem almost too obvious to the mindful reader. ... Of course the rational is classic and easy to see through. ... The passage does clear up a few questions any inquisitive reader would have about the outside world. ... The classic hypocrisy seen here is too hard to miss. ...

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Such is the case of tragic literature and the cathartic effect it has on the reader, which has deteriorated a great deal from Sophocles" writing of the true tragedy, Oedipus. ... The classic tragedy, Oedipus tells the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus who foolishly tries to challenge fate and evade prophecy, which proclaimed that he would murder his father and marry his mother. ... Aristotle's requirement of a single tragic flaw is also present in Oedipus, which adds to the result of a very high level of reader identification. ... It is evident that because of the decreases of the numb...

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Through the first two lines of this stanza, "On desperate seas long wont to roam,/Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face," it is obvious that it is Helen that goes on this journey. ... In this poem, Poe takes his readers through the heart of misery with an overcastting shadow of terror. ... However, as the poem continues, the reader sees the dark aspect that is attached to so much of Poe's work. ...

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Literary criticism is a broad term used to define the different theories in which a reader can critique literary works. ... What might a given interpretation of a literary work suggest about the psychological motives of the reader (Brizee, 2013)? These questions can be used to get the reader thinking while using a psychoanalytic lens. ... This criticism allows readers to dig deeper into a story to produce new understanding that what is portrayed on the surface. In using psychoanalysis, the classic novel, "The Great Gatsby" evolves from a tragic love story into one full of dysfunction. ...

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Therefore it is relevant to examine this kind of literature to see if the theory that can be applied to more "classic literature" can be applied to comic books. 1.3 Literature Review This research is compiled of both primary and secondary sources. ...

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One man had a profound influence on the multitudes with his revoltingly true novel that screamed and cried for social reform and managed to rise up above the din and emerge as a true American classic. ... Classifying the novel is no easy task to undertake, as the author's purpose and the reader's interpretations are very different. ... In fact, the reader meets the characters in the first chapter and by the last chapter knows them no better than in the first. ... It really takes the human touch out of the book and forces the reader to focus on the conditions the characters are in ins...

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 The Purposes of Every Day Make Up and What Does It Express Introduction Beauty is an abstract term, whose issues are related to human tastes. With a more complete definition of this term deals the aesthetic, a discipline within philosophy. Like any emotional assessment, establishing beauty i...

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At first Cossette might signal to the reader anti-feminist ideas and may place Hugo in a negative light. ... Hugo, through his diverse representation of women, introduces the reader to admiration and sympathy for women and spreads knowledge about political fight for justice these women face everyday. ... Fantine, through her struggle shows the reader true strength. ... Eponine breaks away from the classic ideal of a women being controlled by a man, either a father or husband. ...

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On the date of July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, a now known brilliant writer, was born. Hemingway was conceivably the only writer to achieve the combination of international celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. Hemingway was brought up in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, close to the prairies and woods west of Chicago. Both here and in Michigan, he could explore, camp, fish and hunt with his father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway. ...

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The Journey of Odysseus and Telemachos In The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Richard Lattimore, several themes are made evident, conceived by the nature of the time period, and customs of the Greek people. These molded and shaped the actual flow of events and outcomes of the poem. Bel...

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The use of what appears to be a swear word has the effect of grabbing the readers" attention. ... this invites the reader to assume that the perfume really is suited to them, so there's no reason at all not to buy it. ... The fact that it is available "exclusively" at only certain shops aims the make the reader believe that they are buying something special, something that's not available to just anyone; that buying into the image of this product would make them something special. ... The older fashioned polished floor gives the scene a more classic feel. ...

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The reader is left thinking, "This could really happen."" ... It forces the reader to see that the darkness is inside them, too. The story itself is a parody of the classic British children's story Coral Island by R. ... He asks reader about their vision of Kurtz "Do you see him? ... It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream - making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream- sensation - Conrad's goal is to make the reader see' Kurtz. ...

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The Thing about the Beats One of the novels that has caused a great impact since it was written until now is the modern classic On the Road, the second novel of one of the most controversial writers of his time Jack Kerouac. ... The ending for Sal is not what the reader would really want for him. ... For many readers, the end was not significant at all: "On the Road is a monotonous tale of one man's search for nothing" (barnesandnoble.com- #2). ...

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HISTORY: in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal papers, and other archival records, artifacts, and oral accounts. Historians use this material to form coherent narratives and uncover linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the acc...

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Jane Eyre's 'Reader, I married him' close to the end of Charlotte Bronte's novel (1847) that bears the character's name, shows the reversal of roles and the decision-making capacities that the new generation of socially aware women could demonstrate. ... When the novel Wuthering Heights first published, it found revolting, iredeemably monstrous, and too odiously and abominably pagan to be palatable to the most vitiated class of English readers. Outside of Wuthering Heights, there is no madness in Victorian fiction, so the reader felt fear with a disgust in front of t...

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SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT" An anonymous author wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the 14th century. It was written in a dialect from Northern England. The poem uses alliteration similar to the Anglo-Saxon form of poetry. Alliteration uses a repetition of consonants. The poem ends the...

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For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju's mother is confined to a very secondary position. It is only through the advent of the rise in fiction by Indian women writers that the woman has been able to assume a major role in the novel. Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspect...

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