Journal Chapter 1: In the first chapter‚ the author first writes about the origin of the stone. Then it comes to the very end of the story and writes a conversation between the stone and the Taoist called Vanitas. Next‚ it starts to talk about the story which first starts with the decline of Shi-yin Zhen`s family. When reading the origin of the stone‚ I find the description of the stone provides me with a great sense of mystery‚ which keeps me reading forward. Maybe it is because the stone is
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One of the greatest perfections of literature‚ Tsao Hsueh Chin’s Dream of The Red Chamber is a compelling read that arouses the reader to want more despite its complexity and length. The Novel vividly portrays forgotten customs as well as enduring intrigues of a wealthy but declining aristocratic family in the Qing dynasty during the middle of the 18th century. The reader gains an insight on specific aspects about the Chinese family values‚ social hierarchy; inter family relationships‚ and customs
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From ‘Dream of Red Chamber’ to explore the marriage system in imperial China ‘Dream of Red Chamber’‚ written by Cao Xueqin in the eighteenth century‚ is the first Chinese novel which used a love tragedy to convey the message of the miserable marriage life of the Chinese. It was a common practice for author to turn a love tragedy into a happy ending instead. For example: in ‘The palace of eternal youth’‚ despite troubles in the present life‚ the two main characters‚ Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan‚ were
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Part One The Background of Two Characters Pride and prejudice and A Dream of Red Mansions almost exist in the same time‚ although their authors belong to different countries. With the development of the history‚ the two works attract more and more people. 1.1 The Basic Relationship of Pride and Prejudice Pride and prejudice’s author would like to choose the daily life as the material‚ which is in stark contrast as for the popular sentimental novels and the affectation of writing methods. It vividly
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TITLE | SUMMARY | KEY QUOTES | The Bloody Chamber | A young girl travels on a train to her husband- the Marquis. While at his French castle‚ she learns that he takes enjoyment in her embarrassment. She is a pianist- a blind piano tuner hears her playing and falls in love with her. The Marquis tells her that he is leaving on business‚ forbidding her to enter one particular room. She enters the perverse room‚ encountering all the dead bodies of his previous wives. The girl realises that the Marquis
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‘The role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves
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The bloody chamber is a very interesting story to read. At the beginning of the text it seems as if the story is about a young woman who is nervous about her new adventures in becoming a young bride. She tells of how at first she feels guilty leaving her childhood and her mother‚ but is anticipating her new life as a marquise. When the narrator was first explaining how her husband came across it reminded me of a stern man. However the way he courted her and acted when he took her virginity gave the
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------------------------------------------------- Anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber (an-echoic meaning non-echoing or echo-free) is a room designed to stop reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves. They are also insulated from exterior sources of noise. The combination of both aspects means they simulate a quiet open-space of infinite dimension‚ which is useful when exterior influences would otherwise give false results. Anechoic chambers were originally used in the context of acoustics (sound
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Privy Chamber Attention to my fellow Englanders in support of King Henry VIII‚ I am the night of the Shire for Surrey‚ and although I may not take vote in today’s agendas‚ I can still inform you on important matter. As a dear friend of the King‚ I‚ nor should any of our other Englanders wish struggle‚ persuasion‚ and corruption on to our king. Which is why I am here telling you about this chamber in which we meet and discuss public and private matters with the King and help him make decisions‚
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simultaneously vulnerable and dangerous‚ and that young women undergo certain rite of passage designed to teach them how to control their bodies and their desires.” In which ways do you think carter depicts and challenges this view within the ‘Bloody Chamber’? Angela carter shows two side of the argument. Carter uses the ‘new woman’ and ‘puppet’ women in her stories as she gives the ‘puppet’ women voices that they never had before and shows the ‘new woman’ journey from being voiceless to a powerful
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