“A ROSE FOR EMILY”----WILLIAM FAULKNER Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical)‚ mystery‚ the supernatural‚ ghosts‚ haunted houses and Gothic architecture‚ castles‚ darkness‚ death‚ decay‚ doubles‚ madness‚ secrets‚ and hereditary curses. The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants‚ villains‚ bandits‚ maniacs‚ Byronic heroes‚ persecuted maidens‚ femmes fatales‚ madwomen‚ magicians‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ monsters‚ demons‚ angels‚ fallen angels
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Wars of the Roses was not just one war‚ it was a series of ongoing wars between two parties‚ The Lancaster Party and the York Party. They were fighting over the English throne. The Lancaster party had a red rose‚ York had a white rose‚ and the Tudor rose was both red and white. This is why the series of wars that were named the War of the Roses. They did not name the wars until several years later. Some might say that the marriage of Margaret and Henry Tudor had been why the War of the Roses ended‚ but
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classic novel Emma‚ by Jane Austen. However‚ have you ever considered that Emma is Clueless? Yes‚ Amy Heckling’s 1995 movie‚ Clueless‚ can be related to the novel Emma‚ published in 1816. There is no doubt that Clueless substantially derives‚ and is adapted from Emma. However‚ apart from similarities‚ there are differences and adaptations from Emma to Clueless. These are necessary as a result of the disparity in values and attitudes between the early 19th century England of Emma and late 20th
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Emma‚ by Jane Austen‚ is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels‚ Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel‚ Austen wrote‚ "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."[1] In the very first sentence she introduces the title character
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On Characterization in Emma by Jane Austen Introduction Jane Austen‚ one of the distinguished English novelists of the 19th century‚ is indeed so fine an artist and credited with having brought the English novel to its maturity. Born on December 16‚ 1775‚ the seventh of eight children-six boys and two girls‚ she had more than common varied contact with the limited world of provincial gentry because her father was a rector of Steventon in the county of Hampshire in South-central England. She lived
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you’re on top of the world‚ and then there’s times when you don’t have the strength to get out of bed in the morning. A best friend is someone who’s supposed to be with you through both of these times and then every time in between. Emma Rehm is my best friend. I met Emma in fourth grade when I joined a basketball team that she was on. At first we weren’t great friends‚ but the we quickly grew close and we have been inseparable since then. She has been with me through literally everything. When I ran
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FEATURES & CHARACTERISTICS OF EMMA MAERSK FEATURES Name Emma Maersk IMO Type Owner Shipyard Delivered Tonnage Length Breadth Service Speed 9321483 Container Vessel A.P. Moller-Maersk Group Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd 2006 11‚000 TEU 396 m 56 m 25.20 knots CHARACTERISTICS • Recycling the exhaust‚ mixed with fresh air‚ back into the engine for reuse • High-efficiency waste heat recovery system • Electronically controlled engine. • The vessel hull is painted with a biocide-free‚ silicone-based antifouling
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Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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The Social Evolution of Emma Woodhouse As the saying goes‚ one cannot judge a book by its cover. This is especially true in the novel Emma by Jane Austen. The novel pertains to this saying‚ but beyond that the characters do as well. Emma Woodhouse‚ the shallow heroine cannot see behind looks and what the reasoning is through people’s actions. She is so aloof to what is happening outside of her perspective that many people’s actions in the novel‚ which are predictable many times to the reader‚ end
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Direct Discourse in Jane Austen’s‚ Emma Jane Austen is often considered to have one of the most compelling narrative voices in literature. Blurring the line between third and first person‚ Austen often combines the thoughts of the narrator with the feelings and muses of the focalized character. Emma is perhaps her most prominent example of free indirect discourse‚ where the narrator’s voice is often diffused into that of the characters. In the following passage‚ Emma takes on her role at match-maker
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