A Raisin in the Sun; Lorraine Hansberry Themes: One of the central themes depicted in the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ was racial discrimination. Because the main characters in the family of the play were African American during the time when racism was still greatly expressed‚ the Youngers endured hardships that complicated their goal of the American Dream. They were looked down upon and rejected because of the color of their skin‚ but they did not let that stop them
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they show racism in two unique ways‚ from "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ racism is distinctly shown through a small town‚ Maycomb‚ through the eyes of a young girl‚ Scout. The growth of racism is proportional to the growth of Scout. The concept of Bildungsroman‚ a German word meaning novel of growth/ education comes into context in relation to Scout and her view of her "world". While in the Mississippi Burning‚ racism is shown through various film techniques‚ symbolic meanings and mediums. "To Kill a
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Why is Frankenstein considered a Gothic novel and Great Expectations considered realist? The Gothic sub-genre takes its name from the medieval or Gothic architecture of the oppressive castles favoured by novelists such as Horace Walpole (Walder‚ The Realist Novel‚ p.28). Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764) is usually considered the first Gothic novel‚ introducing familiar elements such as the isolated‚ atmospheric setting for sinister‚ supernatural occurrences‚ the obsessive‚ solitary hero tortured
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“Chronological order is the most convincing way to convey a story or an idea.” Comparing two or three of the works you have studied‚ agree or disagree with this statement. (November 2005) Chronological order is one of the many ways adopted by authors to write and in some aspects‚ it can be said that it is the most convincing in conveying a story. Convincing in this sense would refer to how easily the readers are able to understand and comprehend the story‚ with the way the story is written and subsequently
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ITL –NOVEL SELECTED TYPES Romantic – This form of novel goes beyond ordinary experience and social predicaments into make-believe. Something new is being searched for in an alternative world beyond familiar circumstances so that the novel’s purpose is a moral or ideal issue. Nevertheless‚ the transportation to some idealized world‚ or going on a somewhat fantastic journey‚ can lead to disappointment‚ and its moral outcome. The characters’ ideals can be crushed. The fantastical journey can be a big
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up for her right’s‚ and venturing creative thoughts." I put forward that Bronte throughout her text not only revises the themes of male power and oppression‚ but reconstructs them also. The text is a female bildungsroman of it’s time‚ sometimes subtly and sometimes overtly tackling the patriarchal view of women.
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AP ENGLISH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS (Question 3) Sample Question 1: In some works of literature the insanity (or a period of insanity) of a main character plays a central role. Choose a novel or play of literary merit and write an essay in which you discuss the mental illness of a central character and the specific ways in which that character’s illness relates to the larger themes of the work. Avoid plot summary. Sample Question 2: “The struggle to achieve dominance over others frequently
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Article: Paule Marshall ’s ’Brown Girl‚ Brownstones ’: reconciling ethnicity and individualism. (African American woman author ’s semiautobiographical novel) Article from:African American Review | Article date:June 22‚ 1998 Edward Said claims that "students of post-colonial politics have not . . . looked enough at the ideas that minimize orthodoxy and authoritarian or patriarchal thought‚ that take a severe view of the coercive nature of identity politics" (219). Paule Marshall ’s Brown Girl‚
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The Victorian era is considered by many to be a period of intense sexual repression‚ as expressed in Sexualities in Victorian Britain: ’the Victorians were notorious as the great enemies of sexuality; indeed‚ in Freud’s representative account‚ sexuality sometimes seems to be whatever it was that the middle-class Victorian mind attempted to hide‚ evade‚ repress‚ deny’ (Miller and Adams‚ 1996). Modern critics such as Michal Foucault have recognised that Victorian prudery is no more than a ‘repressive
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is one of the most widely recognized and beloved stories of all time. The popularity of the novel and its author has made the book a frequent subject of literary criticism. Although the work has received mainly praise‚ some critics attack the novel. Since its publication‚ Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist has evolved from being criticized as a social commentary and a work of art‚ to a literary and artistic composition. Charles Dickens was born Charles John Huffam
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