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    picture of women’s isolation in a bleak world is finely drawn.” During the dialogue between Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ they discuss the loneliness of the Wright house. Mrs. Hale states that she stayed away because it weren’t cheerful. It’s down in a hollow and you don’t see the road. (732) Minnie was isolated from all of society. John Wright would not even consider a telephone. In his opinion‚ people talked too much. Christine Dymkowski writes‚ “The separateness of the female and male worlds is

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    Tragedy struck again when Louisa’s father had a stroke. Louisa gave Lulu to her sister so she could care for him. Louisa’s Father‚ Bronson Alcott died in March of 1888. Louisa died two days later‚ on March 6. She rests on Authors’ Hill in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord‚ Massachusetts. By the time she died at she age of 56‚ Louisa May Alcott was not only a respected author‚ but also an inspiration to women all around the

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    cards are kept‚ he notices that Lennie has something in his pocket as well: a dead mouse. Lennie explains that he likes to pet the mouse’s soft fur as he walks. George takes the mouse from Lennie and throws it into the bushes. He then admonishes Lennie for his behavior‚ warning him not to behave badly‚ as he has done so often in the past‚ and ordering him not to say a word when they meet the boss at the new ranch. He reminds Lennie of past misadventures‚ specifically an episode in the town of Weed

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    Research Essay In the story The Californian’s Tale there is one main theme that leads to others. This main theme is evident it is love. Henry has a great love for his wife. His love was a never-ending feeling for her. "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love." Henry probably had such a hard time with his wife’s death that he blocked it out of his mind and started to believe that she really was still there‚ and that she still loved him. The quote above describes why

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    Ethnic Conflict in Assam

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    still imprinted in our minds. In the selected novel “Jerei Hagramaya Gawo” though the focus is chiefly on the ethnic conflict amongst the Aadivasis and the Bodo’s‚ the novelist has kept in mind the rising feeling of nationalism and the sense of alienation experienced. It has been half a century since India got its independence but the attitude of the government towards the Bodo’s was not enthusiastic

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    Othello Research Paper

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    As he is a Moor‚ and is discriminated against:Act 1 Scene 1 89-90Iago: "Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram is tupping your white ewe."Act 3 Scene 3 448Othello: "Arise‚ black vengeance‚ from thy hollow cell."Act 5 Scene 2 166Emilia: "The Moor hath killed my mistress."- deep in his heart‚ Othello believes that he doesn ’t deserve happiness‚ love. He thinks that because he ’s black‚ because he ’s a Moor that rage‚ murder‚ being betrayed is in his

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    somewhat of an obsession to modern film producers and leading film companies in recent years. This acceleration of Gothic themed films started in 1922 with the film ‘Nosferatu’; this was then followed by ‘Rebecca’ in 1940. And the list continues‚ Sleepy Hollow (1999)‚ Corpse Bride (2005)‚ Sweeney Todd (2007)‚ and one of the more modern examples‚

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    A Dialogue Son : Father‚ what do you mean by Epic Theatre? Father : It is the new type of theatre‚ introduced by Bertolt Brecht‚ a German dramatist in the 1940s. It is also called the Dialectical Theatre. Son : Dialectical? What does that mean? Father : You don’t know what Dialectic means? It is an art of investigating truth by discussion and logical argument. Socrates started it in the fifth century Before Christ‚ in Athens. Here again it has

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    Jordan Lindberg Akhmatova Explications CIVT 200: Looney Explication 1: “Epilogue I” Requiem: a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead— a token of remembrance. Anna Akhmatova’s Requiem is a lamentation‚ a narration of grief-stricken oppressed during Stalin’s reign of terror. It is difficult to analyze single parts of Requiem‚ as each poem is vital to the other—one cohesive tale. The main body of Akhmatova’s Requiem is individual‚ Akhmatova focusing on the torment caused by her son’s imprisonment

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    Nissim Ezekiel's Poetry

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    His contribution to Indian poetry is important both for its quality and variety. His early poetry has close affinities with the work of T.S. Eliot‚ W.H. Auden‚ Ezra Pound and Rainer Maria Rilke. Ezekiel’s poetry renders the contemporary themes of alienation‚ spiritual emptiness‚ isolation‚ and fragmentation with humour‚ compassion and irony. Personal‚ unsentimental feelings expressed show ironies with the complexities of emotions and consciousness‚ Ezekiel mainly aimed at the preciseness of image and

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