Considering the geographical setting and portrayal of landscape‚ English authors would frequently set their works in the catholic southern Europe where civilization alternates with marvellous nature. Often‚ the Alps are involved in the story. With the geographical location‚ another attribute is connected. That is the names‚ which often sound exotic and correspond to the setting in France‚ Italy or Germany. Additionally‚ Punter emphasizes that “men were never called Richard because names of Italian
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they make the woman an abject figure‚ something that is seen as disgusting but natural and is ever present beneath the surface. Barbara Creed describes this in her article‚ Horror and the Monstrous Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection‚ when analyzing Kristeva’s theory of abjection in reference to the feminine. She says‚ "We can see its ideological project as an attempt to shore up the symbolic order by constructing the feminine as an imaginary ’other ’ which must be repressed and controlled in order
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of the attack‚ the basic science behind it‚ and some of the major aftereffects as well. During the explanation of the attack on the twin towers‚ Amis makes an intense statement: “no visionary cinematic genius could hope to recreate the majestic abjection of that double surrender‚ with the scale of the building conferring its own slow motion.” This sentence is beautifully terrorizing. It indirectly describes the falling of the towers; however‚ it does so powerfully. Because the sentence lacks visual
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Dispute and Cost Control in the provision for Variations - a Comparative Analysis of NEC3 & PSSCOC A. Variations (cost control) B. Dispute Resolution A. Cost Control in Variations Generally‚ cost control in the provision of Variations under most of the building contracts are stated in different steps. Hence‚ the steps can be generally divided into 3 stages which are variation notification‚ quotation submission and valuation based on rate‚ quantity or daywork. The comparison on the Variations was
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Kurtz’s Final Breath Horror in society defines as an intense feeling of fear‚ shock‚ or disgust. Within our society an extreme juxtaposition between individuals exist‚ those who seek out horror for thrills and personal enjoyment compared to people who scurry away from it without a moment’s delay. As Kurtz murmurs his final words “The horror” readers struggle to identify which variety Kurtz fits into and what he meant when he stated his final ominus words. Kurtz’s true meaning examines his own
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In critiquing the Foreign Fighters Bill introduced by the Australian government‚ Zifak (2014) notes how the vague wording of definitions meant that even individuals not involved in ‘terrorist’ activity overseas would be potentially trialled as so (p. 22). The bill notes “foreign incursion” (p. 22) as involving acts of “subversion” (p. 22)‚ and plans to “overthrow the government” (p. 22). If such acts done overseas could be broadly categorised as acts of or in support of terror‚ Zifak argues that
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Reinventing Gothic Literature” she says‚ “Celebrities in the new gossip economy are simply the ghostly‚ gothic embodiments of our shared anxieties...they’ve willingly become the tragic heroes and doomed heroines in our collective tales of terror‚ abjection and ridicule.”(Chocano par.13) Celebrities are the ones that have it harder than any of us because they go through so many scary things every single day. From their private lives all out in the open to being threatened by people that hate them‚ they
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I didn’t say yes. I can say no to anything I say vile‚ and I don’t have to count the cost. But because you said yes‚ all that you can do‚ for all your crown and your trappings‚ and your guards—all that your can do is to have me killed. The political heroism in Antigone’s resistance is her refusal of state power. Antigone says no to all she finds vile‚ and in this sense she is more powerful than the ruler beholden to his throne. Despite all his trappings of power‚ Creon finds himself helpless‚
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Quotation & Context (Include the Page Number) Personal Response Connections to the Theory- Marxism (Refer to the Secondary Source) Page 33- ‘Good or bad‚ he just does it. He doesn’t act on principle but on impulse‚ and the source of his impulses is dark to him. Read a few lines further: “His madness was not of the head‚ but heart.” A mad heart. What is a mad heart?’ In Chapter Four‚ Professor Lurie addresses in his University Romantic Studies Class‚ the power ones emotional state can
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Victorian literature predominantly endorsed happy endings‚ as seen by the renowned Charles Dickens’s novels. Although less known‚ Emily Brontë was also revered for her writing that ended optimistically. The inclusion of a conclusion that left readers buoyant and not disconsolate earned Brontë a large audience. In the final chapters of Wuthering Heights‚ Brontë’s only novel‚ Heathcliff undergoes a spiritual reassessment of himself and apprehends that the love he feels for Catherine surmounts his hunger
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