Zoe Spanswick Mrs. Smith English III 13 November 2015 Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth In the span of Edith Wharton’s life‚ she has created sixty-seven astonishing works. She captivates the reader’s mind through her words and ideas. The House of Mirth is one of her most commonly known novels. In Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth‚ three themes are society and class‚ wealth‚ and feminism. Edith Wharton was born of January 24‚ 1862 into a society of aristocrats. She was the daughter of Frederic
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In his book Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress‚ Sijie Dai introduces us to the lives of two young boys who were transported to the village side in order to be “re-educated”. The boys immediately fall in love with the Little Chinese Seamstress‚ however they state that she is too “uncivilized”. We see through the following passage‚ “This fellow Balzac is a wizard. He touched the head of this mountain girl with an invisible finger‚ and she was transformed‚ carried away in a dream. It took a while
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As the novel reaches its climax and falling action‚ Russell demonstrates that Susan is free and has gained control over her life as she is no longer possessed by a demonic creature. Firstly‚ when Father Sargent calls the orphanage‚ he has a short conversation with Susan: Susan: Hello‚ Father. Father Sargent: Hello yourself‚ young lady. Merry Christmas Susan: Thanks. The same to you. Father Sargent: How are you? Susan: Wonderful! (Russell 133). The fact that Susan responds with the word “Wonderful”
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Upon being elected as the next commander in chief‚ Trump’s dream of building a wall is no longer just a campaign tactic. His views for the next four years of the United States raise many doubts throughout minority communities. The future of America may look very similar to the setting in Othello. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello‚ the title character is a 16th century Moorish general of the Venetian army who‚ because of the cultural and historical background of the play’s setting‚ the playwright‚
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Tennessee Williams did a fine job of centering his play bill A Streetcar Named Desire‚ on the protagonist‚ Blanche DuBois. With that stated‚ and to answer the loaded question of who portrayed the most intriguing character from scenes 1-3‚ most assuredly‚ Blanche DuBois would have to be the only logical choice. Her introduction to the story sets the persona of her character. Through the vivid details of her wardrobe‚ in contrast to the setting of the story line and the over-dramatic‚ self-righteous
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Have you ever wanted to rule a kingdom with your true love? In The Selection‚ by Kiera Class‚ a girl named America get picked to try to win over the Prince’s heart with over 15 other woman. The protagonist named America is a strong‚ independant‚ and kind hearted. American makes a little friend group in the castle. Her friends were named Lucy‚ Marlee‚ and Anne But she also meet people who were really rude like Celeste and her friends. The prince’s name was Maxon. This book is a Fantasy. It takes place
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Draft Imagine words are currents in the sea and you are a boat. This is what it is like to read the novel‚ ‘Tomorrow when the war began’. The words send you adrift into another world‚ with such suspense‚ sadness and exhilarating action‚ John Marsden has created a masterpiece. John Marsden’s novel ‘Tomorrow when the war began’ is a must read book. It takes the reader on a shocking and exhilarating journey through the invasion of Wirrawee‚ a small coastal town in New South Wales‚ Australia‚ where
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Though it was naïve of Vladislava to put some trust into one person‚ with trust issues nonetheless‚ it had been her choice‚ and she needed to stick with it. Court manners were also in play here‚ and she had believed it to be even more risky not to have her maid in the room with her then for her to be somewhere else. “You are too kind‚ Messere Laurent.” She simply stated‚ with a nod of her head‚ completely agreeing with his words. “Trust‚ even earned‚ is hard for me to grasp. But I hope one day
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Oscar Wilde was born in the Victorian age and lived in a high-class family. Basically his purpose for writing this play was to mock the ignorance and arrogance of upper-class Victorian society‚ especially the values of marriage at the time. In Victorian times‚ the parents decided their child’s marriage. Lady Bracknell mostly valued Jack’s age‚ income and bloodline. “You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter ---a girl brought up with the utmost care---to
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Petruchio’s words‚ Katherine shows that she is not intimidated by any man‚ and nor does she have any interest in foolish banter. Katherine also uses her language to resist the patriarchy when she continues to verbally attack Petruchio. Katherine fires back in reponse to Petruchio’s sexist comments with retorts such as “Asses are made to bear‚ and so are you” (2.1.199). Here‚ Katherine is directly calling Petruchio a beast of burden that has little to no intellect. In this time period‚ women were
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