A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce‚ first serialised in the magazine The Egoist from 1914 to 1915‚ and published first in book format in 1916 by B. W. Huebsch‚ New York. The first British edition was published by the Egoist Press in February 1917. The story describes the formative years of the life of Stephen Dedalus‚ a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology‚ Daedalus. A novel written in Joyce’s
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India” AUTHOR: Edward Morgan Forster TYPE OF WORK: Novel TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN: 1912-1924 England DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: 1924 TENSE: Past THEMES: Culture Clash; Friendship; Ambiguity; Religion CHARACTERS: Dr Aziz‚ Mr Fielding‚ Adela Quested‚ Mrs. Moore‚ Ronny Healsop SETTING ( TIME ): 1910s or 1920s SETTING ( PLACE ): India‚ specifically the cities of Chandrapore and Mau. Carico... CHARACTERS Dr Aziz Is the central Indian character in the novel. He works at the government
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Forster’s novel A Passage to India portrays a colonial India under British rule‚ before its liberation. For convenience’s sake‚ Western civilization has created an Other as counterpart to itself‚ and a set of characteristics to go with it. An "us versus them" attitude is exemplified in Forster’s representation of The Other. Separation of the British and the Indian exists along cultural lines‚ specifically religious/spiritual differences. Savage or ungodly cultures were to be assimilated into or at
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Gothicism confusing good and evil. Miss. Strangeworth is spreading gloom onto people which is also related to Southern Gothicism. To go on with these Southern Gothic elements‚ the non-participating narrator describes Adela Strangeworth and her perception of others. 71 year old Adela Strangeworth is placed as a Southern aristocrat as
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Oppression Within “Like Water for Chocolate” and “The House of Bernarda Alba” Lead To Unnatural Consequences? In both ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ and ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ rebellion against oppression is a strong theme‚ with both Tita and Adela struggling to break free of their mother’s authoritarianism. However‚ it is important to realise that with both characters‚ the authors are using them to symbolise their own journeys. Federico Garcia Lorca uses Adela’s strong willed fight against Bernarda
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The novel and film ‘A Passage to India’ written by Forster and directed by Lean is about the Society of British people in India. Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested arrived in Chandrapore‚ India because Mrs. Moore’s son Ronny and Adela are recently engaged. However‚ when they arrived they sensed‚ and were quickly trapped in‚ a prejudiced British community which misuses the natives of India and abuses them throughout the whole novel and film. ‘A Passage to India’. The film is directed by Lean presents
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dispirited for most of the‚ time and we do not often see the side of her character which so endears her to Aziz. Her second meeting with Aziz at Fielding’s tea party is the last time we see her in a carefree mood. Her problems begin at that party: first‚ Adela indiscreetly tells Aziz that she does not intend to settle in India; this remark indicates to Mrs Moore that her mission has resulted in failure and Fielding observes that she ‘looked flustered and put out’; secondly‚ Ronny rudely breaks up the party
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Hallock‚ Isaiah Hallock built a farmhouse on this spot around 1832. It burned to the ground in 1915. In the mid 1920s Konstanty and Adela (Lipnicka) Cichanowicz (both born in Poland) bought the 35-acre farm consisting of the Little Hallock House east of the current Cich farm garage‚ the circa 1832 Isaiah Hallock barn and various outbuildings. Konstanty and Adela married in Glen Head‚ LI in 1912 and started their family in Glen Cove. They moved to Mattituck c. 1920 to work as a farm laborer.
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Moore and Adela‚ foreign to India‚ were devastated at their arrival by the marxism and comedy of manners in India. They were shocked with the behavior of the British towards the Indians‚ the level of arrogance from the British shocked them. They quickly felt responsible and wanted to make immends with the Indians. As far as Mrs. Moore and Adela reached this barrier of friendship they wanted with the Indians the universe kept trying to pull them back‚ evil strikes from within the caves Adela enters and
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The word “silence” is constantly repeated throughout the play. In fact‚ the very last word that comes out of Bernarda’s mouth is “silence.” What do you think this word can symbolize? In the play called “The House of Bernarda Alba” by Garcia Lorca‚ Bernarda Alba is a mother of five who silences her daughters and servants several times throughout the play. In many instances of the play‚ the word silence is used or is enacted‚ placing great significance to the word. If the word is taken out of context
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