Milton Unit 4 : Alexander Pope William Blake Unit 5 : William Wordsworth: “Ode on Intimations of Immortality”* Prelude (1805 edition)‚ Book I S.T. Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner* “Kubla Khan” Paper II : Fiction I Unit 1 : Aphra Behn Henry Fielding Jane Austen : Oroonoko : Joseph Andrews : Emma Mansfield Park : Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities : Middlemarch : Tess of the D’Urbervilles The Woodlanders Unit 2 : Unit 3 : Charles Dickens Unit 4 Unit 5
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because of the plague‚ he has been brought to the point of where the one he loves most‚ Elinor Mompellion‚ is murdered. The murder makes Michael resign as a rector and start to doubt God. Elinor and Aphra also experience change in different ways as Elinor’s trust and compassion for others grows and Aphra turns to witchcraft‚ in which both impulses result in the death of each of them. This is all clear confirmation showing that through the book where characters such as those mentioned continue to exist
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CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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characters worlds change throughout the book as a result of the plague. In particular Aphra Bont‚ Anna Frith and Michael Mompellion. Aphra is living in a world where she is now alone and starts to go insane. Michael‚ the once respected town Rector loses his faith after the death of his wife and Anna Frith‚ the main protagonist of the novel and a very courageous one at that as she tackles the plague head on. Aphra Bont‚ the stepmother of Anna and the wife of Joss Bont was greatly affected by the plague
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Robinson Crusoe‚ colonizer or pioneer of change? Defoe ’s novel Robinson Crusoe stormed the world with a spirit of adventure new to its era‚ quickly becoming a classic piece of European literature that even today grasps the attention of both young and old. The tale‚ as told by a shipwrecked man on his own on an isolated island‚ allows us to vicariously experience an excitement and discovery that almost does not exist in our modern world‚ and is surely a large factor in the novel ’s popularity
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after his misfortunate forgotten retrieval from the punishment of having knives hammered through his hands into mine stowes. Aphra The character Aphra in the novel by year of wonders written by Geraldine Brooks is portrayed as mean‚ wild and cunning just like Josiah her husband. Anna there step daughter ‘was always a pair of hands before I [she] was a person. Aphra was very much a bystander in Anna’s life‚ especially when it came to Josiah beating her‚ Aphra’s only remark was when he struck
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Year of Wonders: Practice essay This text demonstrates the difficulties of holding on to faith in times of adversity. Discuss. Geraldine Brook’s novel ‘Year of Wonders’ is a true story of Eyam‚ a small village in the north of England‚ which made the remarkable decision to voluntarily quarantine itself when struck by the plague in 1665. Set during the restoration England where Puritan Christians were losing their battle against the Church of England to simplify practices‚ Brook’s explores how
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Year of Wonders: In excruciating detail! Structure YOW is a novel in 3 parts: 1. Prologue: Leaf-fall 1666 Now 2. Main: Spring 1665 Year of Wonders/Year of the Plague 3. Epilogue: Leaf-fall 1666 Now Why this structure? To hook the readers into the story straight away. Prologue p.3 Apple picking time “I used to love this season.” p.3 “…where he sits still and silent.” P.3‚ paragraph 3‚ line 1 Readers: Who’s this guy and why is he depressed? What’s happened to him? p.4 “It
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Michael Mompellion Elinor Mompellion Josiah (Joss) Bont Aphra Bont Elizabeth Bradford Colonel Bradford Anys Gowdie Other Characters For each of these characters‚ write a brief description of their roles in the novel and their relationships:
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Geraldine Brooks‚ she explores how such horrible tragedies can bring out the worst in human nature. The plague was a major disaster that can affect many people in different ways. Brooks expresses these misfortunes through certain characters such as Aphra Bont as she was a selfish‚ uncaring character who manipulated the people of Eyam‚ Colonel Bradford as he was a heartless coward who only thought of himself and Josiah because of his poor decision making and attitude that was presented in the text.
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