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    In the essay A Room of One’s Own‚ the author Virginia Woolf states that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." She believes that women need money as it would release them from their dependence on men; and a room of their own as it would provide them with the time and space in order to write with no interruptions. The money and the room are symbolic of greater issues‚ such as freedom‚ privacy and financial independence. In the early 20th century‚ due to their lack

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    The main thing is‚ why don’t they just leave? The answer in the best haunted house literature is‚ they don’t leave because they cannot. Something keeps them inside. When someone takes on a house they form a bond between self and architecture. Houses are where people have to go when they are trying to hide. This makes it all the more terrifying when the houses turn on us. Our houses are everywhere. Author Shirley Jackson doesn’t require her characters to investigate and discover the real identity

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    Introduction to Prose Analysis Formalist Approach Analysis to Haunted House Short Story Charles Dickens [pic] Written by : Dhian Nurma W C0307002 Annissa Maulina C.N.R C0308001 Sabila Rosdiana C0308006 Yunita Tyas P C0308008 Casandra Aleksia C0308023 Dorina Nur K C0308082 English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret Surakarta University 2010 There are many approaches to reading and interpreting literature for analysis. One of

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    The shinning takes place in a haunted hotel in colorado. The story behind the hotel is that some of the guests were killed‚ a former caretaker (jack) takes his family there to live after he takes the position as a caretaker. Jack‚ his wife‚ and their little boy all moved into this hotel. Jack hopes that the isolation of the hotel will help him reconnect with his family. After a couple months of living in the hotel Danny‚ (the little boy) starts possessing telepathic abilities‚ all without his parents

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    warren smith. These citizens grow up under the same social institutions and although classes are drawn up on wealth; it can be conceived that two people may have very similar opinions of the society that created them. The English society which Virginia Woolf presents individuals that are uncannily similar. These two individuals carry the names of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith. Clarissa and Septimus‚ share the quality of communicating through actions‚ not words‚ and perceiving death as

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    Virginia Woolf is an English author and journalist known for her unique nonlinear prose style. She was born into an English household in 1882 and wrote her first novel in 1915 called The Voyage Out. Woolf spoke at many colleges and universities throughout her career. She delivered moving essays and short stories during her time there. She suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1941 (“Virginia Woolf Biography”). Professions for Women‚ an abbreviated version of a speech delivered by Woolf

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    Haunted houses are one of the most popular stories of all time passed through the generations by generations and have told in many cultures around the world. Haunted houses have captured the imaginations of storytellers‚ paranormal experts‚ and scientists. All haunted houses has a story behind it on how it became haunted. The scenes of grizzly murders or tragic deaths are what they usually shows in the movie. A house is haunted if demons or ghosts terrorized the house (Carroll). Ghosts in

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    Haunted Houses in America Have you ever passed through a house and heard some loud screams and noticed some unusual moving figure? You must have heard about different kind of stories about the haunted houses in America. If no‚ then read about some real haunted house stories that are actually real as the stories are told by witness. These stories are about haunted mansions from where people have heard dread sounds and have seen strange visions. If you are planning to visit one of these houses with

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    VIRGINIA WOOLF; BIOGRAPHY AND WORKS An Album Submitted for Final Exam History of English Literature 2011 DHINI R. H_06185065 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-ANDALAS UNIVERSITY 1/7/2011 VIRGINIA WOOLF – BIOGRAPHY AND WORKS An Album Submitted for Final Exam History of English Literature Compiled by: DHINI REZKY HUSADA 06 185 065 ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2011 I INTRODUCTION The movement of English literature is immortalized by

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