The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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"We Real Cool"‚ by Gwendolyn Brooks can be regarded as one of the most influential poems for the black community in the 1960’s. Brooks displays intense passion within the poem. If the reader does not feel the black struggle within the poem‚ they should read it again. Brooks wrote this poem at the peak of the black oppression in America. Blacks in America were not giving voting rights‚ and basically were second class citizens. Many blacks felt as though school could not help them in a system that
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country‚ although it is sometimes used more specifically to refer to the analysis of texts and other cultural discourses that emerged after the end of the colonial period (after the success of the liberation and independence movements). Among feminist critics‚ the postcolonial perspective has inspired an attempt to recover whole cultures of women heretofore ignored or marginalized—women who speak not only from colonized places but also from the colonizing places to which many of them fled. Postcolonial
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or even a disease caused by eating rye infected with fungus (Brooks). Samuel Parris called for a doctor in February to examine the girls. Unable to find anything physically wrong‚ he suggested
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voiced the views and thoughts in this way. Gwendolyn Brooks and James Brooks are to examples of just that. Brooks was one to give the reader a story‚ however‚ they needed to dig into her life to discover the true meaning. James Brooks did the same through his short stories. In 1950‚ Gwendolyn Brooks‚ who lived most of her life in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in part because of her social concerns. Brooks herself said that she attempted to "feature people and
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coffee in her hands‚ her gray-dark hair pulled back in a bun. For nearly 50 years Tyler has been making it up – and telling the truth – about love‚ family‚ work and death‚ while leaving current events for the nonfiction writers to handle. Readers and critics have welcomed her inventions. She is a consistent best-seller. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for "Breathing Lessons‚" and this spring is receiving a lifetime achievement award from The Sunday Times in London. Many remember her for "The Accidental
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Rupert Murdoch Information about a phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. can be found daily in almost every newspaper in the country. News Corps.‚ which owned the now defunct News International‚ is in trouble following public outrage that phones of everyday victims were tapped in order to obtain stories for the newspaper’s articles. It seemed at first that the phone hacking of News International was limited to members of the British Royal Family‚ celebrities‚ and politicians
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order for “King Lear” to have relevance within the context of the society. Each interpretation of the text extracts and concentrates on certain ideas‚ issues‚ themes‚ values of the play‚ altering the way the play is received amongst audiences and critics. Shakespeare ’s tragedy King Lear can be interpreted in many ways and many responses. The imprecision’s and complication of the play has led to its many production. Interpreting the issues and ideas in King Lear is dependant upon each individual
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A movie the calibre of The Shawshank Redemption only comes along once in a long time. The acting and story stand out in the mind of many critics as the best of all time. The novella written by Stephen King is what the movie was based upon and they are quite similar. Although there are similarities‚ the movie captivates and grabs the viewer as opposed to the novella‚ which seems to drag on a bit. Darabont’s adaptation of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption turns an average novella into a theatrical
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“A Rose for Emily” is a very interesting short story my William Faulkner. His characters and way with words really is what makes the story . Emily is alone‚ for the most part‚ throughout her whole life. Her dad died during the story. She had her love‚ Homer Barron‚ that didn’t love her. Emily really was stuck in the past with her thoughts and feelings according to the way the towns person decided to tell it. The setting is what really had a lot to do with this story.According to the article “what
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