The short story, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and the novella, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, both contain covert alternate meanings that emanate from the authors' literary style preferences. ... Both Kafka and Hemingway exhibit, through their styles of writing, ambiguous meanings, implied motifs, and similar hidden themes. ... The notion of leaving the reader to interpret their own version of the story's meaning is also applicable to Kafka's novella "The Metamorphosis," but not directly because of his choice of literary s...

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One major and obvious theme that is constant throughout the novel is obsession. ... The second theme that is continuous throughout the story is imprisonment. ... However, she also goes through a metamorphosis that Humbert tries to stop, since the metamorphosis seems to occur in reverse. ... Similarly to Lolita, The Collector also exploits the theme of obsession throughout the entire novel. ... The second theme of imprisonment is extremely apparent throughout The Collector as well as Lolita. ...

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Hopkins often uses intense themes such as drug addiction, mental illness, abuse, and prostitution to hold the attention of her readers. ... This allows the reader to join the metamorphosis occurring in Kristina's psyche. ...

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The "Revolution" in Literature During the 19th/20th Centuries An influential English Modernist Virginia Woolf once said, "On or about December 1910, the world changed". This statement is regarding the drastic change in the culture of society with the beginning of exploration of the meaning of li...

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The technique of the plot formation in the dialogical novel is realized in artly productive interaction of the theme and problem. The theme intention of the author is corrected by apofatic unpredictability of the hero, and the consciousness of the apofatic hero extends due to the author. ...

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