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    [pic] Quaid-i-Azam University‚ Islamabad Submitted to : Dr. Rukhsana Submitted by : Bushra Nazir Semester : M.Sc. IR 2nd Department of International Relations INTRODUCTION In modern days a country is said to be developed if it is socially as well as economically revived. If any country is economically developed but socially lackxing behind it can’t cope up with the present standards. Same is the case with social development it alone cannot drive a country

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    Noah Hill AP Language and Composition 13 August 2015 The Awakening: Literary Criticism Summaries. In Cynthia Griffin Wolff’s analysis of the novel The Awakening‚ Wolff identifies Edna’s struggle with sexual identity‚ and exploits in conveying her experience of displaying primitive behaviors‚ through utilization of Freudian psycho analysis. Wolff further supports her thesis through utilization of literary and cultural analysis. It is argued that her interactions with others sexually is uninteresting

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    “Ethan Frome” is a novel by Edith Wharton written primarily in third person point of view. The story was set in the small town of Startfield‚ New England. During the time period‚ that the story was told‚ the season was winter. With this‚ Wharton portrays the town as cold and desolate and this is shown when the narrator states‚ “or through the thin obscurity of a clump of leafless trees” (22). This shows that the environment is not very appealing and plain. This kind of environment emits a sense of

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    impressions of what those occurrences may have been. As several critics have pointed out‚ the only "facts" of Ethan’s story are to be found in the narrative frame; the information contained within the frame cannot be considered reliable because‚ as Cynthia Griffin Wolff explains‚ it

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    large roles in Edna’s awakening. They each represent her independence in her awakening. Chopin’s great-grandmother taught her tales of her French ancestors. She taught her so much French that she began speaking it more fluently than English (WolffCynthia Griffin). French is frequently spoken by the characters throughout the book. The location in The Awakening are references to locations Chopin has visited before. Kate and Oscar Chopin moved to New Orleans. This is where the book takes place. She

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    referred to as a "perfect" society. In their attempt to escape the persecution they had come so accustomed to‚ they set up their own rigid belief system based on the inclusion of the human soul and the exclusion of everything else as being unimportant (Wolff 14). The belief system of the Puritans allowed for several different types of theologies‚ two of which are the Covenant theology and the Paradise theology. The Covenant Theology is‚ in fact‚ the theology upon which the Puritan sect of religion

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    years‚ her writings became more “somber” and were not well received. Chopin became depressed and her failing health was hard for her to deal with. On August 20th‚ 1904‚ Chopin died of a stroke‚ possibly due to a hereditary form of circulatory trouble (Wolff 225). Chopin’s theme is unique in the sense that they were written during a time of women’s inferiority‚ especially since most of her main characters attitudes towards marriage is as much against society’s morals as they themselves are. These characters

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    Cited: * WolffCynthia Griffin. A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton. 2nd ed. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company‚ 1995. * [Schriber‚ Writing Home: American Women Abroad: 1830-1920 (1997)‚ 172].

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    therapist. Annie buys the advertisement company to where Aaron has nothing. The ladies decide it wasn’t revenge. It was justice for their friend who committed suicide because of neglect. They have to pay for the center contribute to their dear friend Cynthia swann Section B

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    Freudian Dissidents and Non-Freudians. Hamden‚ Connecticut: Archon‚ 1984. 181-197. Showalter‚ Elaine. "Feminist Criticism and The Awakening." Introduction. The Awakening. By Chopin. Ed. Nancy A. Walker. Boston: Martin Press‚ 1993. 158-189. WolffCynthia Griffin. "Un-utterable Longing: The Discourse of Feminine Sexuality in The Awakening." Studies in American Fiction 24.1 (1996):2-23. Full-Text. InfoTrac Web: InfoTrac Onfile. Online. Gale Group. Kimbel Library‚ Conway‚ Sc. 10 Mar. 2004.

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