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    Conor Morrison Dec. 8‚ 2011 From Grimm to Gorgeous When we live in the world we live in‚ there will be conflict‚ confrontation‚ and a solution. Often times‚ when it is a matter of someone being offended‚ this results in censorship of whatever happened‚ or the artwork that was displayed. That is not always a bad thing though‚ for example the Grimm brothers’ children’s and household tales. These gruesome tales have been changed and edited due to their nature of murder‚ incest‚ rape‚ and other

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    Bram Stoker Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf‚ Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child‚ bedridden for much of his boyhood. As a student at Trinity College‚ however‚ he excelled in athletics as well as academics‚ and graduated with honors in mathematics in 1870. He worked for ten years in the Irish Civil Service‚ and during this time contributed drama criticism to the Dublin Mail. Despite an active personal and professional life‚

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    Regina Moore English 104 February 4‚ 15 Short Essay: Perrault’s Cinderella Folklore‚ modern media‚ and historical events within the western world have shown us time and time again that women are meant to be the fairer and weaker of the two sexes; while reiterating the idea that men are strong‚ valiant‚ and ultimately the saviors of all women. This notion has been used to fortify the difference between the two genders‚ asserting the claim that women cannot save themselves

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    When it all started film was just a short series of pictures that would rapidly progress in order to show movement. Then it started to become more than just a few pictures and it grew into movies that after time developed with plots and main characters who would dance across the big screen. Out of all of these developments none have grown as much as the sophistication of the female main character. Often they were just there in order to fill a spot in the story but they then grew into a main part

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    Essay:Presentation of women in "The Rover" Aphra Behn’s play‚"The Rover"‚ set in 17th century is a brave attempt by the playwright who seeks to address the plight of women and their limited freedom in the patriarchal society and brings to fore women’s desires‚both sexual and emotional. The status of women in that era was indeed deplorable and even the playwright had to overcome a lot of hurdles in order to sustain in the society that was extremely prejudiced against women writers and ’clubbed a

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    ‘acceptable’ and what can be perceived as taboo; these theories also suggest how people should be represented. For example‚ theorist Vladimir Propp proposed that there are eight main characters to a film‚ stating that the woman is the passive “damsel-in-distress”. In Propp’s book Morphology of the Folktale it is stated that the children who are interested in the fairy-tale genre‚ they apply their personalities with the character they feel most connected with: “Presumably‚ the kinds of choices made

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    This book report is being written for Mr. Reynold Bassant‚ lecturer for Comparative Literature. The book which was carefully selected is New Moon‚ it was written by Stephanie Meyer‚ one of the most promising new authors of this century. The book has 563 pages and was first published in hard cover by Little Brown and Company in September 2006‚ in the United States of America. After mass circulation and the sale of two million copies‚ the book became the New York Times Number One bestseller for 2007

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    “Settle Down It’ll All Be Clear” (Phillip Phillips) Over time‚ Frank’s journey to rescue his debilitated sister‚ the siblings’ dependence on each other becomes more evident. Frank and Cee Money‚ the protagonists of Toni Morrison’s Home‚ exemplify this powerful need‚ a need that at times flirts with greed. The reason Frank feels so responsible for Cee is due to the fact while growing up they had neglectful parents as well as an abusive grandmother‚ his failed relationship with Lily‚ and lastly him

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    The Character of Tom Jones in the Novel Tom Jones A character study always shows the good and evil side of a man. Here in this assignment I have to unfold the characteristics of Tom Jones- the protagonist of the novel Tom Jones. No man is without mistakes. But it is also true that totally corrupted person is rare. Here in this novel from a general esteem one can say that Tom is a playboy and has no moral ethic. But if one knows Fielding’s view of virtue then he is sure to uphold Tom’s character

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    February 11‚ 2013 Feminist Literary Theory History of Female Writing * Before the 20th century‚ there were very few female writers * Most were from the 18th-19th century * Back then‚ writing was seen as an important task * Hence the reason why writing was a “male task” * Women had a lack of authority * Plenty of male literature * Male bias‚ stereotypes Waves of Feminism 1. Late 1700s – early 1900s * Mary Wollstonecraft wrote Vindication of the Rights

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