In what senses can we take this major Victorian novel as a feminist text? Writing in 1966‚ R. B. Martin‚ who makes many fine points about about the novel ’s techniques and meaning‚ argues that it is essentially pre-feminist: The novel is frequently cited as the earliest major feminist novel‚ although there is not a hint in the book of any desire for political‚ legal‚ educational‚ or even intellectual equality between the sexes. Miss Bronte asks only for the simple — or is it the most complex?
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The Talented Mr. Ripley: Novel and Film Novel While the suspense and thriller qualities of Patricia Highsmith’s novel‚ The Talented Mr. Ripley‚ are certainly important‚ it is arguable that the most significant aspect of the book is its tone‚ or style. Published in 1955‚ this is fiction that consistently and powerfully adheres to a specific kind of writing. More exactly‚ it carries on the traditions of the 1940s detective story‚ and through a hard‚ plain style. Every scene‚ and from the opening
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Anthills of the Savannah is a fictional novel by Chinua Achebe. The novel tells the story of three educated friends who become major figures in a new regime in the fictional West African land of Kangan. The new regime has been in power for a couple of years‚ the coup overthrew a former dictator. The three friends have all assumed important positions within the new government. Sam is the presidential dictator‚ who has become a leader that does not care much for the people but more for the power that
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Independent Novel Project Ever since the creation of pen and paper‚ authors and storytellers have used concepts and ideas from humans in order to develop a personality within the story. In the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain‚ by James Baldwin‚ James uses the human nature idea of loneliness
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Ana Perez Mr. Scofield Advanced Placement Literature 23 September‚ 2015 In the novel‚ In Great Expectations‚ Philip Pirrip‚ who is also known as Pip‚ experiences various stages of moral maturity. He transforms from a young boy filled with shame and guilt to a selfish‚ young man‚ and finally into a man who has a true concern for others. Pip goes through three stages in the novel; shame and guilt‚ self-gratification‚ and his stage of redemption. This exposure functions as a window opening
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John Shipley is a very interesting character in Margaret Laurence’s novel‚ The Stone Angel. The story is written from the point of view of Hagar Shipley‚ who is John’s mother. We see John as he is portrayed through his mother’s eyes. Hagar loved her son very much and it is possible her view of him is bias because of this. In this novel John Shipley is portrayed to us as being smart‚ cold and wild. John was described by his mother as being somewhat intelligent. "He could count up to a hundred with
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The novel Boy21 was written by author Matthew Quick. The story takes place in the broken down city of Bellmont. The author organizes the novel in chronological order to keep the time frames in correlation with when the events occurred. The setting is critical to the story because the school he goes to generally has a direct effect on events that occur during the story. The story has both a humorous but serious tone throughout different parts of the story. The protagonists of the book are Finley‚
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help his family = TRAUMATIC EPISODE of his life that made him a SUPPORTER of POOR PEOPLE He began to work as a parliamentary reporter In 1834 he began writing articles about life in London and then he became a successful writer -> he wrote 15 novels‚ published in weekly and monthly episodes He was a supporter of social reforms (because he was aware of social corruption) and he wanted to DENOUNCE the condition of the EXPLOITED CHILDREN in FACTORIES and SLUMS He loved theatre: since he put
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JOSEPH ANDREWS BY HENRY FIELDING Q Write a note on social criticism as presented in book I and book II of this novel. This novel is basically a satire on mode of living of the social classes of 18th century. The most promising and solid features (as a means of social criticism) that one might extract from the novel‚ in the light of book I and book II are highlighted as below: Artificiality of love Here the example of lady booby explains the point clearly. She loved Joseph as claimed by herself
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Independent Novel Study Reflection Questions Moe Awad Characters 1) The character I enjoyed the most was the main character Tobias Eaton. Tobias is the son of Marcus and Evelyn Eaton. His father Marcus was said to have noticed Tobias’s divergence at a young age so he stayed strict on him.His mother Evelyn died at a young age and so he was left with his abusive father Marcus. Although during his well prepped aptitude test he got an abnegation result he instead chose Dauntless as
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