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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Criticism The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel that depicts the evil side of human nature and is developed by motifs and the morals of the characters. There are many characters that show opposite moral believes‚ allowing the reader to judge the deterioration of a character’s virtues by comparison. This novel has also lead to many personal issues for Oscar Wilde as it was used against him in a trial for homosexuality. There are many theories to the main theme of the

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    Authors often use their works to convey criticisms of society. Such works of literature do not directly criticize specific real people or events. They do however present a sense of the writer’s concern with issues of social injustice and misguided values. Two strong examples of social criticism through literature are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both novels the writers project their social criticisms to the reader through the use of characterization

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    Rafael G. Literary Criticism: The Cask of Amontillado When doing anything in life there are so many alternative ways of looking at something with all of them being influenced by what you see in the world around you. A teacher may see things that contrast from a politician; a doctor as opposed to a writer. Even the differences from a man to a woman or what part of the country you grew up in can dilute one way of thinking from the next. That is why considering things in ways that you may not

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    Critics of the New Deal The New Deal aroused criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. The right criticized it for not being extremely socialist. Meanwhile‚ the left believed it was not liberal enough. Before the New Deal‚ the government did not intervene with the economy massively. The conservatives were supporters of such concept because they believed in the laissez-faire economics. Nonetheless‚ when president Roosevelt proposed the New deal‚ they felt the president was aiming to impel

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    Lam 1 Bethany Lam Mrs. Patrick American Literature 22 December 2009 Literary Analysis and Criticism of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Human beings have all experienced guilt‚ the consequence of committing a wrong‚ and the manipulation it has on decisions. In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” author Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the theme that guilt is strong and has the power to overcome conscience; he uses characterization‚ the conflict‚ and symbolism to communicate this message. The characterization

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    Philosopher Robert Louden presented a criticism of virtue ethics. Rather than arguing that virtue ethics as a moral theory is wrong‚ Louden argues that the agent-centeredness of values ethics fails to provide adequate guidance for the action of the agent‚ thereby making the theory useless and disregardable. Louden’s first criticism is that virtue ethics does not allow for actions to be viewed separately from the agent (Louden‚ 228). This focus on virtues and not actions result poses a problem when

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    live in accordance with the values she regarded them as having a responsibility to follow. As was mentioned‚ a perfectibilist mentality can involve a high standard for oneself and others. When people fail to live up to these standards it can incur criticism. And if such standards are rejected‚ it brings the potential of offending the thinker and the lowering of regard for the transgressor. Angelina’s reaction to and defection from the Presbyterian Church is something befitting a person with a perfectibilist

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    Michael Prather 12/4/08 Essay #2 The Objectification of Women in “On the Road” A Feminist Criticism In On the Road there is an ever-present objectification of women. As a result‚ the woman loses her human qualities and can be compared to an inanimate object. There are several ways in which this objectification takes form in the novel. It is achieved through the act of gazing at women. The woman can also be used as a means to achieve something else‚ in this case sensual pleasure. Since the culture

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    I do agree with Bradley that the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn serves as part of Twain’s criticism of American society. The fact that Huck knew that Jim was a freed slave‚ and still allowed Jim to be chased‚ chained and recaptured‚ speaks to how truly indoctrinated Tom Sawyer was in Southern racist and elitist traditions. Tom waited to share that critical information about Jim until Tom had completed his adventure‚ at a substantial personal cost and risk to both Jim and Huck. Furthermore

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    3. Method‚ Material and Source Criticism In this section the process of choosing cases will be presented. The method that was used will be included‚ as well as its pros and cons. Furthermore‚ the material will be described and a source criticism will be combined with this. 3.1 Comparative Method Comparative analysis means to weight two or more different aspects against each other in order to find similarities and differences. Within comparative analysis there is something that is called “lens”

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