Explain why EACH character is important. 2. Describe an important idea in EACH text. Explain why EACH idea is important to teenagers. 3. Describe an unusual event in EACH text. Explain why EACH event interested you. 4. Describe TWO interesting language techniques in EACH text. Explain how EACH technique helps you understand EACH text. 5. Describe a challenge faced by a character or individual in EACH text. Explain how the challenge helps you understand EACH text. 6
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Survey of Humanities Formal Criticism: The Triumph of Death The Triumph of Death is an amazing and very exaggerating piece of artwork. I was going through the Artcyclopedia database and found this masterpiece. The image presented is very chaotic; we can see a scene of death all over the artwork. It is really hard to describe all the elements that we can see in the painting. The medium used in the painting is oil in panel. First of all the perspective used in the artwork is very effective. The
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1. (c.) Psychoanalytic Criticism Psychoanalytic Criticism was first mooted by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. It deals with the mind of the author at the time of writing hence the “psycho” aspect of it. The text is seen as a dream and the readers unravel the mysteries of the dram as they read and endeavor to gain understanding of the text. In this theory‚ the author’s mind‚ the impact of the text on the reader and the third character are of paramount importance. This theory came from psychology
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat 1• What atmosphere is created in the first three paragraphs that describe the build-up to the race? 4 marks 1. The atmosphere that is created is a one of suspense‚ gusto and fervour. Everyone is speaking with a real passion and their keenness is overwhelming with enthusiasm. At first it all great and cheerful but then the cameraman doubts the scenario and thinks it wouldn’t pull through and this is where the suspense comes from and then it happens and there
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Racism: A Comparison and Contrast of Two Literary Works The words‚ purpose and identity are familiar with mankind. These words can mean many things to many different individuals. Each person on this Earth is uniquely made with unique DNA patterns and fingerprints that cannot be matched with any other individual among the billions of people that occupy this planet we call Earth. Why is prejudice so common among people if everyone is unique and special? This question remains unanswered. Many authors
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Marxist criticism is a type of criticism in which literary works are viewed as the product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect‚ propagate‚ and even challenge the prevailing social order. Rather than viewing texts as repositories for hidden meanings‚ Marxist critics view texts as material products to be understood in broadly historical terms. In short‚ literary works are viewed as a product of work (and hence of the realm of production and consumption
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How can you get around without a horse? Well‚ with a wagon of course‚ but Jewel’s horse still makes a multitude of appearances throughout the book. The horse develops a very unique physical and literal meaning to every person. Ultimately the horse represents the independence exists between Jewel and the family because he doesn’t want to be a Bundren. The family sees the horse as unloving and separate from everyone else that is part of the family‚ which makes it appear like an extension of Jewel
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Literary Analysis Zhavier Jupiter The two wonderful stories called Walk Two Moons and “The Guest” share a common theme. The theme for both stories is that one should not judge anyone till you know exactly who they really are. However‚ the two stories reveal the theme to their audiences in different ways. The story Walk two Moons reveals it by the characters his/her actions. The theme for Walk Two Moons is‚ “Don’t judge a man till you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” This is the theme because
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Literary Analysis Questions A. Historical 1. Is this method of composition indicative of the period? 2. Is the subject matter representative of events occurring at this time? 3. Is the philosophical outlook indicative of the historical period? 4. How does the work relate to works in the same time period? To other periods? To works from other countries at this time? 5. What culture existed for this writer? 6. Is the work part of a historical trend (novel‚ Christian literature‚ allegory‚ political
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The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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