The charm of this masterpiece is not only is it a gothic novel, but a romantic and science fiction novel as well. ... Frankenstein is clearly a gothic novel, but at the same time it is a romantic novel as well. Romantic literature includes themes such as love for nature, the rejection of society, and intense interest for the unknown. ... Shelley effectively was able to combine a gothic, romantic, and science fiction novel to create a masterpiece. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Walt Whitman Through the history of the United States there have been many poets; with them came an equal number of writing styles. Walt Whitman is certainly one of the most unique American poets. Greatly criticized for his view of the world, his works of literature has left a lasting impression o...

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This refuted the Romantics way of thinking that there is always a happy ending, and supported the beliefs of the Realists, that there is sadness in the world and one must get over it and move on with their life. ... Sight imagery is again used to relate the realism in the story, The Story of an Hour, to life and to refute the beliefs of the Romantics. ... The Romantics like to believe that women wanted to be married and under the control of a man, but Kate Chopin refuted this idea by the fact that Louise became delighted by the idea of life without her husband. ... In a Romantic's stor...

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The human brutality and cruelty exposed by Josef in his account of the Holocaust stands in dire contrast to the romantic fairytale of Briar Rose. ... As follows, Jane Yolen presents Briar Rose as a fairytale by making it a romantic story with a happy ending, although it also has darker qualities. ... Although their romance is not the main focus of the novel, Stan provides a romantic interest throughout the novel. ... Another romantic scene is found between Aron, Gemma, and Josef. ...

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It seen as a work of reprehensible moral content - particularly Emma's glorification of adultery as a means of romantic fulfillment, her suicide, and religious offenses. ... Emma commits all of her immoral acts while remaining under romantic illusion. She serves as a brutally real representation of the overly ideal and romantic mind. ... It is caused by her destructive romantic intention and vision, which is where the novel draws its fascination. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel, Lord Jim, centers on Jim, the protagonist who is a romantic dreamer. ... "He passes away under a cloud, inscrutable at heart, forgotten, unforgiven, and excessively romantic" (Conrad 351). ...

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Through the selection of his story, the Knight displays a chivralic and romantic role in the medieval world. ... This very classical and romantic genre reflects the Knight's role in the medieval world. ...

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This first paragraph also sets a romantic tone to the passage. ... The overall passage gives the impression that Almasy was once a romantic person "he remembers picnics, a woman who kissed parts of his body that are now burned". ...

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He thinks he is in love with a girl, but in reality all he has are his romantic thoughts and an unrealistic idolization. ... He is deceiving himself into thinking the love he has for her is real by failing to see that it is based on the dream world he created and the romantic novels he has read. ...

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After his family dies he dismisses his love of the Romantics and seeks refuge in the technical safety of Mozart and Bach "as if seeking some kind of ultimate discipline, some perfect control to set against the treacheries of emotion" (pg 50). He could no longer stand the Romantics because of the pain that listening to them caused him. ...

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What the people in the film industry came up with for the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" was pretty interesting. "The Most Dangerous Game" is about a man that falls off a boat and floats onto an island where the only resident is a man hunter. Much of the story was made more "glam" for the sil...

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Doctorow style brings innovation to literary forms, being considered a post-modern narrative, breaking up with some literary values and devices that had been used before since the romantic era. Maybe this shift in the literary form implemented by Doctorow is an evidence that the old forms did not apply anymore to that kind of society - which is the same thing that happened with the developing of the romantic narrative- and it works to show us how art can be a good clue, once one contextualises it, to understand the way a society is structured. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was merely performing for monetary gains rather than some romantic gain, which clearly leads me to believe that he either very secure in the fact that he has no companion, or this is just a facade that is portrayed by the character playing the character of the fool. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are millions of parts to my personality, and it is hard to narrow such a complex structure down to an animated character. I would like to think of myself as unique and individual, and I am. However certain aspects remind others as well as myself of the Disney animated character Ariel, from The...

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Vladimir Nabokov´s Pale Fire, first published in 1989 is considered to be one of the first Post-modern novels in the English speaking world, primarily because of its narrative structure; the novel is written as a poem with 999-lines by the fictitious writer John Shade. Shade´s next-door neighbor...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Rebecca is a bittersweet novel. Some aspects of the story are exceptional and well written, while others are not. It contains powerful characterization and strong foreshadowing but too much imagery. First, Rebecca contains awesome characterization. At the beginning of the story, the reader may be lo...

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London London, by Edward Rutherford, is an excellent historical work. Although the novel is spread out over 1124 pages, 21 chapters, and 2051 years, Rutherford expertly keeps the reader's interest. The overwhelming amount of material is woven intricately through the lives of loveable fiction...

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For example where he focuses that the mother was the one that told him that the girl would rest her head on Phill's shoulder while Gonzalez,2 he played, and that was where he got the idea for the name of the song, it makes me imagine a girl telling this story as if it were very romantic instead of the father just saying it because it happened with the lack of any sentimental value for him. ...

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In the novel, "Frankenstein", we learn of one man's attempt to play God by creating a creature. This Gothic tale of horror is written in the form of an epistolary, which is a series of letters. These letters are written by a minor character by the name of Captain Walton. It is through his letters to...

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The three poems that I feel explore different attitudes to love and sex effectively are The Beggar Women' by William King, To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and Rapunzstiltskin' by Liz Lochhead. The first one is pre-1900 and is written with the woman as the stronger character. It explore...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. She is a 19-year-old girl who lives with her father and two younger siblings. She has also an older brother Harry. Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. Eveline works at the Stores and because of her ...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. She is a 19-year-old girl who lives with her father and two younger siblings. She has also an older brother Harry. Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. Eveline works at the Stores and because of her mo...

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• Grade Level: High School

After completing Jane Eyre I read through the different literary criticisms that I was provided and found one to be very appealing to me, this was the criticisms by Helene Moglen. In this criticism, Helene points out some events in Jane Eyre that I also found very interesting. Helene states how amaz...

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Life has never been easy for African-Americans. Since this country's formation, the African-American culture has been scorned, disrespected and degraded. It wasn't until the middle of the 21st century that African-American culture began to be looked upon in a more tolerant light. This sh...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. She is a 19-year-old girl who lives with her father and two younger siblings. She has also an older brother Harry. Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. Eveline works at the Stores and because of he...

• Word Count: 846
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School