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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Édith Piaf Birth name Édith Giovanna Gassion Also known as La Mome Piaf Born 19 December 1915 Died 11 october 1963 (aged 47) Genres cabaret‚ torch songs‚ chanson Early life Much of Piaf’s life is a big mystery. She was born Édith Giovanna Gassion in Belleville‚ Paris. Her birth certificate has the Hôpital Tenon‚ the hospital for the 20th arrondissement of which Belleville is part. She was named Edith after the
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Ethan Frome‚ the protagonist in the novel Ethan Frome‚ by Edith Wharton‚ demonstrates the characteristics of loneliness or fear of it and unselfishness throughout the novel. Ethan Frome shows he fears loneliness with his marriage to Zeena. Zeena is Ethan’s cousin‚ who helps him nurse his mother while she is ill. Both of Ethan’s parents pass away‚ so he lives afraid and fearful of being left alone now because he has no other family. He decides to marry Zeena because of his panic of being lonely forever
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In 1993‚ John Madden directed a movie version of Edith Wharton’s novel Ethan Frome. Both the movie and novel is set in the fictional New England town named Starkfield and tells the story about a husband and wife who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena’s constant illness. In both versions‚ the character of Zeena Frome is portrayed as a sickly wife who displays a degree of hypochondria. Despite her physical weakness she‚ not Ethan‚ holds the dominant position in the household. The image
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Ethan Frome Passage Analysis “The next morning‚ when I looked out‚ I saw the hollow-backed bay between the Varnum spruces‚ and Ethan Frome‚ throwing back his worn bear skin‚ made room for me in the sleigh at his side. After that‚ for a week‚ he drove me over every morning to Corbury Flats‚ and on my return in the afternoon met me again and carried me back through the icy night to Starkfield. The distance each way was barely three miles‚ but the old bay’s pace was slow‚ and even with firm snow
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Flow Landslide in Comparison and Contrast between Contractive Soil The Hollow of the Three Hills and Moving Finger by GAN Gok Ling Theme In the short stories ‘The Hollow of The Three Hills’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne and ‘The Moving Finger’ by Edith Wharton‚ Common: The writers convey the theme of the supernatural through various techniques. Difference: Hawthorne’s story is more open about the supernatural and uses the setting and one of the main point to portray the darkness of the poem and the abnormal
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Exploring the Irony of The Age of Innocence Title In the aftermath of the First World War‚ Edith Wharton wrote the timeless novel The Age of Innocence‚ serving as a flashback to the period in which Wharton herself was raised. The Age of Innocence story takes place in upper-class New York society during the 1870s and highlights the distinctive social codes of the aristocratic class. Choosing the title The Age of Innocence to represent Wharton’s story is highly ironic due to the sinister characters
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Ethan Frome Film/book review Review| By Parker Place ‘Ethan Frome’ revivifies novel’s prestige With his latest venture‚ director John Madden delivers another Blue-chip film adaptation of Ethan Frome‚ a novel by Edith Wharton. Madden translates the novel into an adequate cinematic reflection by using the dreary and bitter Northeastern winter‚ and the capture of types of light in scenes to accent the bare narration with corresponding moods. Madden introduces us to the pitiful image of our
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Some books are to be tasted‚ others to be swallowed‚ and some few to be chewed and digested: that is‚ some books are to be read only in parts‚ others to be read‚ but not curiously‚ and some few to be read wholly‚ and with diligence and attention. ~ Sir Francis Bacon A LIST OF FAMOUS SHORT STORIES Famous short story writers are Edgar Allan Poe‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ Anton Chekov and O Henry. Some of these authors have gained much fame and recognition in the literary world entirely through
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Many say that money cannot buy happiness; in Edith Wharton’s "The House of Mirth" the saying could never hold truer. Often times‚ morality fell second to the deep need for financial security. New York’s high society in the early 20th century eradicated some‚ while making others realize their true beliefs. Social Darwinism was at the height of its popularity and many people believed in survival of the fittest. The characters in "The House of Mirth" show that life is what you make of it. Those
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