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    Virginia Woolf vs. Orhan Pamuk Aykut Can TÜRKMEN Petroleum – Gas University of Ploieşti Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare and indicate the affect of “stream of consciousness”. Moreover‚ I tried to show the (dis)similarities between these two important writers. In this paper‚ for Orhan Pamuk‚ I focused on the novel which is called “Sessiz Ev (Silent House)”. Key words: stream of consciousness‚ omniscient point of view‚ third person narration‚ impact

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    Virginia Woolf was an English author. She was a feminist‚ publisher‚ essayist and critic. Woolf commonly acquired female authors Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. Woolf analyses women and their struggles as artists‚ their position in literary history and need for independence in her works of literature. Woolf’s short story “Angel in the House” has a deeper meaning then just a female author sharing pointers and stories on how she succeeded in her career to another woman trying to become a successful

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    play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The strife between George and Martha in terms of the power struggle they face and the difficulties they have placating truth and illusion is reflected within the play’s major themes of sexual‚ physical‚ and mental control. The dissatisfaction of George and Martha’s marriage is mirrored within the plays setting‚ and affects the interaction and dialogue between the play’s two sets of couples‚ George and Martha‚ and Nick and Honey. By employing the use of contrast

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    "They’re looking for it; they’re drawing the curtain‚" one might say‚ and so read on a page or two. "Now they’ve found it‚’ one would be certain‚ stopping the pencil on the margin. And then‚ tired of reading‚ one might rise and see for oneself‚ the house all empty‚ the doors standing open‚ only the wood pigeons bubbling with content and the hum of the threshing machine sounding from the farm. "What did I come in here for? What did I want to find?" My hands were empty. "Perhaps its upstairs then?" The

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    of the Internet. In the essay A Room of One’s Own‚ Virginia Woolf discusses the importance of women and fiction‚ and most importantly their connection. If she supported a modern day idea‚ Virginia Woolf would argue the Internet is the best resource to have because of its ease of access and countless resources. In the 21st century‚ the Internet is the easiest and most convenient way to find all of these types of

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    There’s always something odd and intimidating about being a guest at someone’s dinner party. When you walk in‚ the interior looks clean enough to be sold the next day‚ and the hosts are cheerful to an alarming extent. In in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf‚ Edward Albee slowly chips away at this mask from all four characters until all that is finally left at the end of the final act is the revealing‚ truthful pulp of each person. This enormous culturally impactful play (and movie) could never be successfully

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    Mrs. Dalloway is a complex and compelling modernist novel by Virginia Woolf. In the novel‚ published in 1925‚ Woolf comes up with a new literary form using which she reveals her views of political‚ economical and social issues artistically in her work. Virginia Woolf ’s short stories‚ essays‚ letters‚ diaries and novels are full of criticism of the social structure. For example‚ in her first novel‚ Night and Day (1919)‚ she criticizes the patriarchal dividend in the family that enslaves women. In

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    Analysis of the hypothetic character Judith Shakespeare in Virginia Woolf   Looking through the book shelf‚ Virginia Woolf realized that even with a willingness to get to know about women and women’s thoughts about fiction at that age‚ it would be unlikely to access the objective truth--there was simply a lack of writing on the goodness of women by men‚ neither was there enough self-reflecting materials written by women to be found. It was a time when prejudice in men’s mind was wildly active in

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    Writer and women’s rights activist‚ Virginia Woolf‚ argues in‚ “if Shakespeare Had a Sister “(1929) that women are just as capable as men‚ had they been given the same circumstances. She conveys this message by her use of pathos‚ logos‚ and syntax. Woolf’s message that women could’ve been just as successful as men if they were treated the same is reinforced by her appealing to pathos.”She found herself with child by that gentleman and so-- who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart

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    JOURNAL LOG: The Death of the Moth Virginia Woolf The passage “The Death of the Moth” has been excerpted from Virginia Woolf’s (1882-1941) collection of essays and published one year after her death. Throughout this particular passage‚ she symbolizes a moth and its insignificance yet contribution to nature‚ along with her views on life and death. She skillfully elaborates about this moth‚ providing information that reveals it is much more noteworthy than it is treated. She begins her writing

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