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    Literary Criticism: Oedipus the King The pursuit of knowledge was very critical to the Greeks. Even if the truth was terrifying and hard to grasp‚ they saw it as an important virtue. The theater served as a medium for the examining of these ideas of knowledge and truth. Many playwrights at the time used the self-realizations of their protagonists as underlying themes for their tragedies. For example‚ in Oedipus the King.  Sophocles uses Oedipus’s transformation‚ along with the plot‚ to emphasize

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    prison‚ Defoe is extremely detailed on the setting and on Moll’s reaction. The only thing more noticeable than the sheer amount of detail in Moll’s account‚ is the length in which it is conveyed in. Moll recognizes Newgate as “... the place‚ where so many of my comrades had been lock’d up‚ and from whence they went to the fatal tree; the place where my mother suffered so deeply‚ where I was brought into the world‚ and from whence I expected no redemption‚ but by an infamous death...” (Defoe‚ pg. 275)

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    and the Fury" Literary Criticism “Within this rigid world Caddy is at once the focus of order and the instrument of its destruction‚” (Bloom 20). Candace Compson‚ “Caddy”‚ is the central character of the novel even though none of the narration is seen through her eyes. In each of the three sections by her brothers she is the main subject. Caddy represents something different to everyone one of her brothers‚ but remains the center of their lives. “Faulkner was a pioneer in literary modernism‚ dramatically

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    rushed‚ leading to an inconsistent message. Consisting of approximately 170 pages‚ The Alchemist is split into two parts; the proper splitting would be seventy five to eighty pages in each part‚ but instead‚ is completely disorganized. In a literary criticism article by David Kelly this is pointed out: “The book is lopsided‚ with part 2 comprising of roughly two and a half pages as Part 1.” The book was not only physically unbalanced‚ but the amount of major events in each part were also varying

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    January 11‚ 2013 Literary Criticism “The Shinning Houses” By Alice Munro The short story The Shinning Houses by Alice Munro epitomizes a time of great change‚ showing a conflict between the old and the new. Mary is the main character of the story and is faced with a decision that could potentially change the life of her neighboring friend‚ Mrs. Fullerton. Mrs. Fullerton is the oldest living member of the newly growing community‚ but her fifty year old house is being threatened by the on going

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    Justin Johnson Hr 3 Literary Criticism Essay Pride and Prejudice The late 1700’s weren’t exactly a friendly time period for women and Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice affirms this. You were born into the life you live‚ so there wasn’t much independence for women who weren’t brought into wealth. The way to gain wealth or social status was through marriage if not already had. Wealth was key in many relationships between men and women and created a bond in which they thought was true happiness

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    A Literary Criticism of Charlotte Temple Charlotte Temple is a novel written by Susanne Rowson in the late eighteenth century. The novel was first published in England‚ but was soon published in America having many different editions throughout the years. Charlotte Temple is considered the second American book and was extremely popular during its time of publishing due to its somewhat short length and topic. Charlotte Temple is a story of an innocent and ignorant young girl who is seduced by a

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    Literary Theory and Criticism and Its Relevance Today Literary criticism is primarily the evaluation of the importance of a particular work or body of work on such grounds as: the personal and/or cultural importance of the themes and the uses of language of a text; the insights and impact of a text; and the aesthetic creation (or‚ performance) of the text; mainly as these areas are seen to be reciprocally dependent‚ supportive or inflective. The word ’criticism’ has ordinary-use negative connotations

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    thinking long after you finish reading it. On the other hand‚ there are also many literary critics who contend that opinion and say that the novel is overly sentimental and simplistic. The view I obtained while reading The Kite Runner would be in agreement with the first statement. I also believe that the novel is deep and makes one think about the choices we make and the inner workings of the human mind. One literary critic writes “The first-person narration is a problem here for a number of reasons

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    “Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” -Gene Fowler Fowler conveys that writing is a difficult‚ exacting task. The purpose of writing is to put our thoughts into words‚ and to make our words move our readers. Many writers are frustrated by their inability to put their thoughts onto paper. I have always had a difficult time writing. I find that I have good ideas‚ but that putting my thoughts into words is challenging

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