I have read two extracts from two books; Atonement by Ian McEwan and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The following is a comparison of the two texts. The two stories are written in different centuries. A tale of two cities was written in the 19th century‚ and Atonement was written in the 21st. The english language develops and all the time‚ and in 200 years it changes quite a bit. That is one of the reasons to why the older text is severely harder to understand. When you are not a native
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Comparison between Shakespeare and Pinter Both extracts are obviously dramatic texts‚ although the differences between Shakespeare and Pinter are considerable. Set in 1592‚ Shakespeare’s Richard III focuses on the epic story of a man striving to be king at any cost. By contrast‚ Pinter’s post-modernist concerns highlighted through this ‘kitchen sink drama’ focuses on the claustrophic oppressive domestic world of an ordinary family. Shakespeare’s Jacobean reflection is equally as intriguing as Pinter’s
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THE STRANGER AND METAMORPHOSIS: A COMPARISON By WEI YUDAN School of Government‚ 1000016939 [Abstract] Kafka’s novel The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Stranger both lie an essential absurdity‚ and they both feature situations out of which come to light existentialist values. While The Metamorphosis highlights that one must interact with society in order to have a meaning in life. As for the differences‚ each novel has its individual narrative point of view and typical writing style. [Key Words] The
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fact‚ education should be approached as a reservoir or a generator of the spiritual values that are necessary for the human to live a full-fledged life. According to the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs the two highest steps of the human development – are esteem’s needs and self-actualization. These two steps are leaving behind the other three steps - biological and physical‚ safety‚ belongingness and love needs. These first three steps can be achieved even without spending any time on the education. But
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Survey of English Literature / Comparison between Beowulf and the Wanderer 10th October‚ 2013 / Esma Bike Bostancı BEOWULF AND THE WANDERER There are many factors to consider in comparing the two poems of the Old English society – Beowulf and The Wanderer. While they have many similarities; they have‚ within their structure and plot‚ many differences we can easily find or eventually make out. When we look at both the poems in terms of their genre; while they are both products of the
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Shirley Jackson’s‚ “The Lottery”‚ clearly expresses her feelings concerning traditional rituals through her story. It opens the eyes of readers to properly classify and question some of today’s traditions as cruel‚ and allows room to foretell the outcome of these unusual traditions. “The Lottery” is a short story that records the annual sacrifice ceremony of a fictional small town. It is a detailed narrative of the selection of the person to be sacrificed‚ a
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Nur Liyana binti Aznan Debbie Lynch ESL 004 Comparison Essay: revision paper 21th November 2014 The Two Different World High school as well as university have been major parts of my life and I went through a transition between these two diverse and different worlds. My high school‚ which was International Education Centre (Intec) was a preparatory center for students who want to further their education abroad. After I graduated‚ I started my tertiary education at Pennsylvania State University at
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Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals Gothic Style is some of the most beautiful works of art that man have ever made. It originated with the Romanesque style of building which lasted for about one hundred years before it was replaced by Gothic styles. The founder of the Gothic style was a man by the name of Abbot Suger. Notre Dame de Chartres cathedral was built in France between 1145 and 1513 and is Gothic architecture. Another Gothic architecture is the Bourges and it is
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1. Where you surprised by the ending of the story? If not‚ at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson start to foreshadow the ending in paragraph 2 and 3? Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? A: I was quite shocked by the ending of the story‚ mainly because I did not know exactly what the people of the village were competing in the lottery for. I was not sure if the win was for money‚ better jobs
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Inborn Evil and Weakness of Mankind Displayed in “The Lottery” “It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception‚ with awareness‚ and perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.” This insightful quote was once said by Psychologist Stanley Milgram who received his PhD in Psychology at the age of 28 (Blass 69). In the short story “The Lottery”‚ a fictional tale written by Shirley Jackson in 1948‚ a close community
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