A View From the Bridge "A view from the bridge" is a play scripted by Arthur Miller in 1955. The play is based in a city called Brooklyn which is situated in the state of New York. A view from the bridge is presented to the audience by a prominent character called Alfieri. Alfieri is the most significant character in the play because he is known as a good lawyer‚ a good friend to Eddie Carbone (a longshoreman) and surprisingly he is also the narrator. Alfieri is obviously the most significant
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Why Study Literature? Thursday in one of my Introduction to Literature courses‚ one of my students said‚ "Ma ’am‚ I have a question. No disrespect‚ but...." We all know the feeling that comes with any question or remark that begins that way. I thought‚ "Oh boy. Here it comes." "...Why do we need to learn this? Is my commander going to send me a poem and ask me to explicate it?" This question always flummoxes me--not because I have no answer‚ but because the answers are so obvious to me
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Literature Exam 1 Study Guide Chapter 1: Reading the Story Terms: Commercial Fiction: Fiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste. (pgs. 61-66) Literary fiction: Fiction written with serious artistic intentions‚ providing an imagined experience yielding authentic insights into some significant aspect of life. (pgs. 61-66) Stories: “The Most Dangerous Game” (pgs. 67-85) Published 1924 Commercial Fiction Richard
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Wuthering Heights In A Nutshell Published in 1847‚ Wuthering Heights was the only novel Emily Brontë published‚ and she died the year after it came out. It is the story of Heathcliff‚ a dark outsider who falls in love with the feisty Catherine and rages and revenges against every obstacle that prevents him from being with her. Wuthering Heights is violent even by today’s standards and is not only full of references to demons‚ imps of Satan‚ and ghouls‚ but also depicts some pretty disturbing scenes
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Full Synopsis Cast & CrewAwardsRelated MoviesBased on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker‚ The Color Purple spans the years 1909 to 1949‚ relating the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg)‚ a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband‚ sharecropper Albert (Danny Glover). Celie pours out her innermost thoughts in letter form to her sister Nettie (Akousa Busia)‚ but Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back‚ allowing Celie to assume that
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C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\sf1.htm To my sister Janice‚ Who taught me how to read‚ Which was the beginning of wisdom‚ And how to be charitable‚ Which is wisdom’s end. About the Author No one had ever won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel two years in a rowuntil 1987‚ when Speaker for the Dead won the same awards given to Ender’s Game. But Orson Scott Card’s experience is not limited to one genre or form of storytelling. A dozen of his plays have been produced
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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West
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