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    The Role of Fathers in 20th Century Literature There is a very common trend in 20th century literature‚ and it is the lack of fathers and/or father figures in the literature. Throughout the course of this class‚ the readings featured often followed this trend and over half of the stories did not include a father or father figure. In the story Recitatif by Toni Morrison‚ there are two young girls who are living in a boarding home because their mothers cannot take care of them. In this story‚ like

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    17th Amendment The Seventeenth Amendment made it so there would be two senators from each one of the states‚ voted in by the people. The senators would be given a six year term and have one vote each. They added an article to the amendment so when vacancies happen in the senators seat the state legislation would assign someone until the people voted a senator in. The old way of picking state senators was by state legislatures choice. This way was used to make sure that the federal government

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    The first estate was made up of the clergy who made up 10% of the land. They were exempt of Frances taxes because they always agreed and voted with the king. Doing that made them one of the top Estates. The second Estate is made out of the nobility. The nobles made up 25-30% of the land and had leading positions in France and had tax exemptions. They also voted and agreed with most of what the king said which made them another top estate with the king. The next estate is the third estate

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    In 17th century England‚ a wide variety of factors transpired to influence normal people to leave their homeland for the new English colonies in America. Some of these factors were “push” factors: negative events that made conditions worse for English citizens and influenced them to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Other factors are known as “pull” factors: positive aspects held by other lands that made them specifically attractive over others. For English citizens in the 17th century‚ the key

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    ENGLİSGH LİTERATURE IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES Social ‚ political‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and historical background The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the period of the European Renaissance or four great transforming movement of European history. This impulse by which the medieval society of scholasticism‚ feudalism‚ and chivalry was to be made over into what we call the modern world came first from Italy. Italy‚ like the rest of the Roman Empire‚ had been

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    WAR FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY TO INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER The invention of the powerful artillery guns would change man ’s role in warring engagements. The artillery guns at first were very limited by their own design. The guns were very heavy and had to be transported by water‚ which meant that only towns and fortresses that were close to a body of water could be attacked with artillery also known as the cannon. There were also some fortresses that were impervious to the early cannon attacks

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    intellectual movement initiated by French philosophes that encouraged the common people of the time to analyse and reason for themselves‚ rather than accept traditional ideas. This brought about the development of the individual person in eighteenth century France‚ causing them to question the authority of people such as divine ruler or religious leader. Man began to perceive daily life through his own eyes rather than viewing it through an authoritative figure because of the Enlightenment. These ideas

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    Most critics agree that children’s literature is a diverse paradoxical area of study combining different literary genres. Like the concept of childhood‚ children’s literature is a social and cultural concept that evolves over time. Since the fourteenth century‚ children’s literature has gone through different literary periods each defined by its own divisions and genres. Many children’s novels‚ such as J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy‚ and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe were published

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    English Satire: the great works of 18th century. Before the beginning at least a brief definition of satire should be given. What is satire? It is a genre of literature‚ in particular‚ which uses an entire arsenal of various comic means‚ like sarcasm‚ irony‚ hyperbole‚ grotesque‚ parody etc. in the aim of criticising someone‚ pushing individuals or the society as a whole to improvement. To add for the further understanding‚ satirical literature may be classified on the basis of the degree of the

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    1.05 19th Century of American Literature PROMPT TWO Choose one short story and one poem from the 19th century. Write to compare the ways in which each of these may be considered representative of American culture during the time period in which it was written. Cite specific evidence from the literature to support your ideas. Short story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin A woman by the name of Mrs. Mallard has some heart problems so those around her are worried that revealing the news of her

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