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    Ethan Frome‚ a novel by Edith Wharton is a novel written with simplicity and control. Throughout the novel many techniques are used. Her choice of vocabulary and sentence structure is severe to the outline of her story and the characters in it. Wharton builds up patterns of imagery‚ behavior and specially powerful words; all in which serves a purpose of her stylistic writing. In chapter 5‚ when Mattie quotes “I hope Zeena ain’t broken anything she sets store by‚” she called after him as he turned

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    Ibsen: Keeping it Real Since 1879 Realism is a style of writing in which the author strays away from romance and fantasy and leans toward the everyday life of real people and the negative aspects of their lives. The Norwegian author Henrik Ibsen captures the true essence of realism in his famously controversial play A Doll’s House. Nora is an idealistic wife who bows down to her husband’s commands and fulfills his every wish. When Torvald‚ her husband‚ fell sick she did everything she could to save

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    THE RISE OF REALISM (1860-1914) The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) between the industrial North and the agricultural‚ slave-owning South was an important event that marked American history. Before the war‚ idealists championed human rights‚ especially the abolition of slavery; after the war‚ Americans increasingly idealized progress and the selfmade man. Business boomed after the war. War production had boosted industry in the North and given it prestige and political clout. The enormous natural resources

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    Coursework. Re-read from page 16 “When his wife first proposed that they should give Mattie an occasional evening…” to page 17 “and that words had at last been found to utter his secret soul.” Ethan Frome is a novel written by Edith Wharton‚ it was published first in 1911. It recounts the story of a “couple” in an fictive isolated village‚ Starkfield in Massachusetts. With the arrival of Mattie‚ a cousin of Zeena‚ their lives changed radically. This extract is situated at the very beginning

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    Literary realism is the trend‚ beginning with mid nineteenth-century French literature and extending to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors‚ toward depictions of contemporary life and society as it was‚ or is. In the spirit of general "realism‚" realist authors opted for depictions of everyday and banal activities and experiences‚ instead of a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation. George Eliot’s novel Middlemarch stands as a great milestone in the realist tradition

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    AMERICAN REALIST SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE The realism is the anti-thesis of idealism. Some jurists refuse to accept the realist school as a separate school of jurisprudence. American realism is a combination of the analytical positivism and sociological approaches. It is positivist in that it first considers the law as it is. On the other hand‚ the law as it stands is the product of many factors. In as much as the realists are interested in sociological and other factors that influence the law

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    Realism is one of the key theories in international relations. Realism can be simply understood as a political point of view‚ which emphasizes on competition among countries in terms of power‚ with the aim of reinforcing their national security. For some scholars‚ realism is already obsolete as it only makes sense in the time of war. However‚ with regard to many issues arising‚ its premises and tenets still stand the test of the time‚ proving their reasonability. When it comes to realism‚ classical

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    Defoe’s Adventures of Robinson Crusoe‚ first published in 1719‚ was the only earlier prose fiction to earn similar favour. The change in opinion‚ as well as the last step in the novel’s rise to sovereignty‚ has been attributed to the growing presence of realism as the novel’s defining formal characteristic. Before the eighteenth century‚ prose fiction was a relatively rare phenomenon and aroused controversy about narrative fabrication‚ a largely religious concern quite foreign to readers today. Nonetheless

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    realism and neo realism

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    Elaborate upon the concept of Realism and Neo-Realism in international relations with a focus upon the works of Morgenthau and Waltz. Most theories of international relations are based on the idea that states always act in accordance with their national interest‚ or the interests of that particular state. State interests often include self-preservation‚ military security‚ economic prosperity‚ and influence over other states. Sometimes two or more states have the same national interest. For example

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    Edith Cavell

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    October 2014 Name: Edith Cavell Life: Edith Cavell was born on December 4‚ 1865 in Norfolk‚ United Kingdom. Edith Cavell began her profession of nursing at age 20. She soon moved to Belgium where she was appointed matron of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels in 1907. During World War I in 1914‚ the Berkendael Institute was converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers of all nationalities. Edith Cavell was a British nurse serving in Belgium who was later

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