"Literature opens a dark window on the soul‚ revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good." This quote means that literature will show all sides to a person not just their good side. It will show how evil a person maybe even though they may seem nice. I would have to agree with this quote because in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth was once a noble man but the powers of greed made his true side come out. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ Willie the main
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Oliver Wendell Holmes once said‚ "we do not read literature for improvement or instruction." However‚ there are many reasons to disagree with Holmes’ conjecture; there is a great deal of literature that provides philosophical insight along with entertainment. The wisdom and education provided by books such as Mark Twain’s "Huckleberry Finn" and Frank Herbert’s "Dune" strongly contradicts Holmes’ view. "Huckleberry Finn" was a novel written two decades after slavery was abolished in the United States
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The Spectrums Purpose The fifth chapter of The Educated Imagination‚ “The Verticals of Adam” by Northrop Frye‚ explains his feelings about the necessity for children to be exposed to some fundamental texts in the literary spectrum in a certain order to best enable them to understand twentieth century society. The understanding of the Christian Bible‚ and Greek/Roman mythology are said by Frye to be key factors in how a child will interpret future literature. It is noted by Frye that the bible should
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Oliver Wendell Holmes once proclaimed‚ "we do not read novels for improvement or instruction‚" however there are many individuals who would disagree with Holmes’ inference. There is a great deal of literature that offers much more than amusement for its audience. In fact‚ insight and wisdom is often gained from reading‚ which can be applied to most all of our lives in some way. The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel as well as Keeping Faith by Frank and John Schaeffer significantly opposes Holmes conception
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chiseled robust frame that contours the perfect shadow in any light devises a common image. This recurring concept of the undaunted hero is archetypal; these symbols represent things that have been experienced throughout human existence. They are continuously used by writers and artists‚ meaning that the fundamental concept is transferred‚ making archetypal language a part of the everyday world. The daily lives of people are immersed in these symbols and ideas‚ leaving most unrecognizable. It is
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believe an archetypal lens best suits this poem because it factors in the ending‚ characters‚ and themes. At the end of the poem‚ the Grinch relinquishes all the stolen goods because he is touched by the spirit of Christmas. Within a Marxist context‚ the Grinch was stealing in order to abolish the class structure‚ and to sustain himself. However‚ he takes more than necessary and readily relinquishes it‚ proving that he is not stealing out of desperation but because he is evil. An archetypal lens considers
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family does their best to survive. There are 4 main types of analytical lenses that can be used to look at Steinbeck’s work‚ including the archetypal‚ gender‚ marxist‚ and historical lenses. Archetypal deals with character types and their narrative design. Gender deals with the roles and stereotypes applied to the different gender roles in the novel. The marxist lens focuses on socioeconomic influence and historical information from the time period. Character design is a large part of any form of creative
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THINGS FALL APART LENSES Chapters One through Three: Marxist Lens In chapters on through three of Things Fall Apart by China Achebe‚ it introduces the protagonist‚ Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a wealthy and highly regarded person in his village know as the Iguedo. Okonkwo’s main drive in life is to be manly and he actually fears weakness. He gained his title as a powerful warfighter by defeating Aluminize the cat in a wrestling match who‚ up until the fight with Okonkwo‚ was undefeated for seven years
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stage because her action was not thought out well however; if she would not have went to Ursula‚ then the story would not have progressed and had the happy ending it did. For Theseus‚ he felt a need to show how he is closely related or better than Hercules. With a prideful mindset “Theseus refused to go by water‚ because the voyage was safe and easy” (Hamilton 1028). Theseus’ refusal to go the “easy way out” was an arrogant statement. Theseus felt as if he needs to prove himself to the Greek people
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ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM & PSYCOANALYTIC CRITICSM A. ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM The term archetypal comes from the Greek word arche (beginning) and typos (imprint). But as linguistically‚ the term arch is an adjective means literally “chief” or “principal” and prefix types that can be meant “highest” or “important.” Walker (2002:17) argued that archetypes are unconscious principles to returning images‚ symbols‚ or patterns. Thus statement can be explained that an author when make a literary work sometime
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