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    for the sake of happiness (Behn 720-722; act 5). Then all the other characters begin to celebrate and everything seems to be just fine. However‚ what if the ending seems a bit rushed? A couple of events before this sort of memory wipe of all the other past

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    Essay:Presentation of women in "The Rover" Aphra Behn’s play‚"The Rover"‚ set in 17th century is a brave attempt by the playwright who seeks to address the plight of women and their limited freedom in the patriarchal society and brings to fore women’s desires‚both sexual and emotional. The status of women in that era was indeed deplorable and even the playwright had to overcome a lot of hurdles in order to sustain in the society that was extremely prejudiced against women writers and ’clubbed a

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    York: Oxford University Press‚ 1990 Pearson‚ Jacqueline‚ The Prostituted Muse: Images of Women and Women Dramatists 1642–1737‚ London: Harvester Wheatsheaf‚ 1988; New York: St Martin’s Press‚ 1988 Spencer‚ Jane‚ The Rise of the Woman Novelist: From Aphra Behn to Jane Austen‚ Oxford and New York: Blackwell‚ 1986 Todd‚ Janet‚ The Sign of Angellica: Women‚ Writing and Fiction‚ 1660–1800‚ London: Virago Press‚ 1989; New York: Columbia University Press‚ 1989 PEARSON’s survey is a solid introduction to the

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    Natasha Germain Prof. McMaster 2 October 2012 ENGL 3535 Reality Shaped by Romantic Obsession: Examine the Effects of Social Hierarchy on the Female Voice in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko The narrative perspective of Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko attempts to tell this travel journal from the first person perspective. The female narrative voice is what pushes and pulls the readers in all directions through her detailed log of colonialism. The importance of the first person perspective in Oroonoko is it allows

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    “There is no sinner like a young saint” – Aphra Behn. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne is forced to wear the letter “A” as punishment because she committed adultery‚ when her husband was away. In the beginning of the story‚ Hester Prynne does not reveal the name of the other sinner‚ but later it is revealed to be the minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. A theme Hawthorne uses in the story is public sin versus private sin and is given throughout the Hester and Dimmesdale have to

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    Bibliography: Books - * Ashley‚ Maurice – The Glorious Revolution of 1688‚ Hodder and Stoughton‚ first edition‚ 1966‚ London * BehnAphra – Oroonoko‚ Penguin Classics‚ first edition‚ 2003‚ London * Coetzee‚ JM – Foe‚ Penguin Classics‚ second edition‚ 2010‚ London * Defoe‚ Daniel – Robinson Crusoe‚ * Fielding‚ Henry – Joseph Andrews and Shamela‚ Penguin Classics‚ first edition

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    Janet Todd argues that the “[s]eventeenth-century England patriarchal society” has turned Behn “into a distinctly unique and ‘freethinking writer’” (qtd. in Temmerman 3). In fact‚ she starts her poetic revolution as early as the Twentieth century. She even “rebels against these conventions and openly writes about topics such as desire and sex”

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    problems‚ like inequality‚ have plagued not only America‚ but other countries as well. It is an ongoing problem that has had a negative impact on our society in the United States and other countries. In stories‚ such as Voltaire’s “Candide‚ or Optimism”‚ Aphra Behn’s “Oroonoko”‚ and Ihara Saikaku’s “Life of a Sensuous Woman”‚ women are portrayed differently all around the world. Although these women are from different parts of the world‚ they all share similarities while also having distinguishing factors

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    attempted to outshine the other by disfiguring himself to an extremer degree: “When he who is first asked‚ making no reply‚ cuts off his nose and throws it contemptibly on the ground‚ and the other does something to himself that he thinks surpasses him…” (Behn 56). Despite the fact that the killer intends to disgrace Oroonoko by removing his genitalia‚ and after that later‚ his nose‚ he in truth glorifies him through the procedure of dismemberment. Through his dismemberment‚ Oroonoko accomplishes a Christ-like

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    The Restoration period begins when King Charles II returns to his throne in 1660. The Restoration Period has brought back aspiration to a separated nation‚ however no political resolution has been bothered to be put in place until religious problems have been dealt with. King Charles II reinforced the Anglican Book of Common Prayer‚ and anyone who opposed this was sent straight to jail. King Charles is forced to break up the Parliament and divide England into two political parties‚ the Tories and

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