supernatural‚ haunted spaces‚ and young girls who are innocent and weak. A specific TV series on Netflix comes to my mind when I hear of gothic conventions: The Vampire Diaries. The Vampire Diaries is very much about the supernatural. The main character‚ Elena‚ is a young teenager who lost both of her parents in a car accident. She is very weak‚ young‚ and a girl‚ relating to innocent girl theme. She falls in love with a much older man‚ who is 162 years old. Since he is a vampire‚ he appears a lot younger
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Realism to Mexican literature. Magical realism is the exaggeration of a certain aspect of an otherwise normal setting‚ making it seem magical. The first scene with the element of Magical Realism in the film is in the event when Tita was ordered by Mama Elena to bake the wedding cake for her sister and her lover’s wedding. Engulfed by the pain and utter sadness‚ she cries over the batter and in effect‚ when the guests ate at the wedding‚ all of them cried and/or puked on the River and yearned for their
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the department and their specific job. Morale was also low‚ and this is another cause for inefficiency. 2) I think she should recommend that the work load should be more evenly distributed throughout all of the employees. Another thing is that Elena should probably be taken out of her position of management‚ because she said that she didn’t like it‚ and the clique rarely listened to her anyway. Sam and Jose should also probably look at the work done by their department‚ and the employees should
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seems to have been brought about from circumstantial events that seem to outweigh traditions of the Mexican community. Mama Elena plays a main character throughout the novel until her passing away as a leader (hard and tough)‚ as well as a decision maker in the family. These roles are not typical for the women of her time‚ but they were because of her husband’s death Mama Elena takes up the roles of running the household‚ as well as making decisions‚ such as adherence to tradition‚ and the duties in
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Good morning Principle‚ Teachers and my fellow schoolmates. We are the chief EAs this year. I’m Christy from class 4F and she is Alice also from class 4F. It’s hard to believe that this is the last English day of this school year. Yes‚ we’ve been through a lot. Alice‚ do you remember those amazing English activities we held this year? Of cause I do! And the most unforgettable is the English Week. It is a great success. Everyone loves our activities. Yes. There are a lot of things we’ve never
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to do with this event. Ironically enough‚ what should seem like such a major event in an essay title American History seemed to just blend more into the background of the story while the major conflicts and climax focused more on the event between Elena and
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Esquivel uses Tita’s constant battle against Mama Elena to show how women struggle to be heard and how both men and tradition can be strong oppressors. Laura Esquivel employs magic realism throughout ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ to show how Tita’s emotions are transmitted and exaggerated through food. Laura Esquivel presents the supernatural as an everyday event‚ however not all the characters accept it in the same way as reality‚ for example Mama Elena remains convinced that Tita is somehow doctoring
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He comes off as uncaring‚ unfaithful‚ and at times creepy. In the movie‚ Ben acts almost the same way‚ but he seems more human like he has good intentions but keeps messing up in spite of them. We see some of his attempts to be affectionate with Elena. We see that his relationship with Janey has a lot more to it than just sex‚ as much as he would like to think otherwise. These differences are in part because in the book Ben’s thoughts seem to be his own and we see him messing up‚ but without the
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The female characters play a major role in the story. They were equally a victim of social and culture burdens. Elena‚ George Kracha first wife spent all her life in agony. After losing her first born to fever in Hungary‚ she was suffered from goiter and depression. After coming American she shows no sign of improvement. Elena did the housework such cooking‚ washing scrubbing. Later‚ she started taking borders to help her family financially. Despite her commitment to her family her husband hated
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The story was about a girl named Esperanza. In her family‚ Esperanza had a younger sister Elena‚ her mother is Isabel and her father is Alejandro. However‚ she did not live in a peaceful family - Her mother never wanted her and tried to abort her before she was born. After her birth‚Isabel and Alejandro were separated and Isabel never care about her. After Isabel experienced a heart-attack and was sent to hospital. The kids met their father and everything miraculously became better‚ and the story
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