modern fantasy stories contain some sort of magical elements‚ some stories have a higher fantasy quotient than others" (Jacobs & Tunnel‚ 89). There are six basic fantasy motifs‚ as discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel‚ including magic‚ other worlds‚ good versus evil‚ heroism‚ special character types‚ and fantastic objects. If a story contains all six‚ it is classified either as a classic fairy tale‚ or a modern high fantasy. Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is an example of a modern high fantasy‚ as
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On the Quest for Love In James Joyce’s story “Araby” from Dubliners‚ a young Irish boy in Dublin is followed through his endeavors to court a young girl and his trials along the way. In D.H. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” a young boy named Paul contemplates wealth and respect to earn the ardent affection of his mother. Both “Araby” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” employ a storyline based on romanticism from the medieval period‚ in which a juvenile went out on a quest to find something
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of Araby 9/28/04 Araby‚ by James Joyce is a story about a young boy experiencing his first feelings of attraction to the opposite sex‚ and the way he deals with it. The story’s young protagonist is unable to explain or justify his own actions because he has never dealt with these sort of feelings before‚ and feels as though someone or something totally out of the ordinary has taken him over. The boy can do nothing but act on his own impulses‚ and is blind to the reasoning behind him. Araby is
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Final Fantasy XIII’s Parallels to Mythology Final Fantasy is a roleplaying videogame series‚ which includes many elements‚ and morals that can be found in Greek mythology. The plot of this video game is highly complicated‚ due to it taking place in a futuristic or alternate universe. Although there are fourteen different editions of Final Fantasy‚ the themes of the games all remain similar. They all take place in separate galaxies‚ which are much different from ours. Most characters are based off
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Linkages between Concepts and the Indian Marketing Reality Hedonism – A Devotion to Pleasure as a Way of Life Products that completely depend on hedonism Soft-drinks‚ biscuits‚ chocolates‚ fast foods and snacks completely depend on hedonism associated with the taste-buds. “Country of origin” effects are quite useful in such categories. There is already an existing image in the minds of the consumers‚ and brands use them to further their proposition. French champagnes and Swiss Chocolates are examples
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the evil cannibalistic witch; authors tended to paint the line separating the two through their uses of certain writing tools. The point Atwood attempts to drive into the reader is women’s naivety and overall downplay of rape. Margaret Atwood‚ author of Rape Fantasies‚ relies heavily on Irony and Characterization to get her point across. In the story Estelle‚ the narrator and main character‚ shares her rape fantasies along . In all of them she is a victim‚ later in the story‚ we find out that the
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"It ’s the sense of touch. In any real city‚ you walk‚ you know? You brush past people‚ people bump into you. In L.A.‚ nobody touches you. We ’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much‚ that we crash into each other‚ just so we can feel something." Detective Graham Waters from Crash Racism‚ stereotypes‚ and prejudices these three topics are some things that we deal with daily in current day America. All though these are issues that we all deal with daily‚ they are
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all. True enough‚ this recommendation once put into use for the two stories "The Rocking Horse Winner" (by D. H. Lawrence) and "Araby" (by James Joyce) could lead to a revelation of many details in common between them‚ especially the setting‚ or the living environment of the leading characters. The likeness is that both the novelty in life targeted by "I" character in "Araby" and mother love thirsted by Paul are partially obstructed by the disturbing surroundings. In "The Rocking Horse Winner"‚ there
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A hero named Jenny. ‘Jenny‚ you have to wake up now it is twelve o’clock and you’re still sleeping!’ my mom shouted from downstairs. I forced myself up from the bed‚ changed to my everyday clothes and hurried downstairs. ‘Good morning.’ I said. ‘Honestly Jenny‚ sleeping until twelve o’clock is not a good habit.’ she told me. ‘Well‚ I don’t see why you think it’s so bad‚’ I replied. ‘I go to bed later at night than you do‚ and therefore I wake up later.’ I explained‚ but as always‚ there are two
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Danger of Virtual Reality In recent years‚ the development of information technology has created technical and psychological phenomena‚ which opened to a new quality of human perception and experience as well as has opened a new world - the world of "virtual reality" or "imaginary world of reality". “The term ‘artificial reality’‚ coined by Myron Krueger‚ has been in use since the 1970s; however‚ the origin of the term ‘virtual reality’ can be traced back to the French playwright
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