Gothic novels are a type of romance‚ Gothic meaning “wild”‚ “barbarous” and “crude” and rise from the idea of darkness‚ supernatural events‚ anti-heroes and a form of tyrannical or evil presence felt throughout the novel. The first Gothic Novel to be published in Britain was Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Oranto”‚ subtitled “A Gothic Story” in its second edition. Later novelists include Ann Radcliffe (The Mysteries of Udolpho)‚ M.G Lewis (Monk). Their influence to this type old literature can be
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“Both Albee and Williams use their male characters to explore a link between virility and status in both ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ and ‘Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf’.” Showing appreciation of context and with close analysis of structure‚ form and language‚ consider to what extent you agree with this assertion. Through male characters’ Albee and Williams‚ assess the links between virility and status by analysing behaviour and their interaction with same-sex and female characters. The play Wright’s
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Title: ‘As the boundaries between public and private policing become increasingly blurred‚ it is a matter of urgency that we close the accountability gap between the highly regulated agents of the state and the barely regulated agents of private security’. Critically explain and discuss this statement. There may be widespread agreement that the boundaries between public and private policing are becoming increasingly blurred‚ (Johnston‚ L.‚ 1992; Stenning P. C.‚ 1993; Nallah M.‚ 2002; Boija
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‘It is often suggested that the source for many of William Wordsworth’s poems lies in the pages of Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal. Quite frequently‚ Dorothy describes an incident in her journal‚ and William writes a poem about the same incident‚ often around two years later.’ It is a common observation that whilst Dorothy is a recorder – ‘her face was excessively brown’ – William is a transformer – ‘Her skin was of Egyptian brown’ . The intertextuality between The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals and
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Emily Dickinson was an American poet who lived in Amherst‚ Massachusetts‚ where she lived an introverted and reclusive life. She was brought up in a strict Puritan family‚ though her poems suggest that she rebelled against her strong‚ religious upbringing‚ and many of her poems reflect the view that she did not see religion as a positive or sacred way to live you life‚ and while her family joined the church‚ Dickinson remained unconverted and so this made her ineligible for church membership.
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analyzing Extremely loud and incredibly close‚ Othello‚ The Social Network and The Great Gatsby. In Extremely loud and incredibly close‚ there is a conflict between Oskar and his mother. They have a tense relationship ever since Dad’s death. It is caused by Oskar’s self-obsession with his own grief and his emotional immaturity. He thinks his mom is moving on too soon. He overlooks how his mom needs some comfort too. “Mom was with Ron in the living room‚ listening to music too loud and playing
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During my first year in college I was cut from the baseball team. To most people that would be a minor bummer in their lives‚but to me and my family ‚it was more of calamity ‚in fact‚ more like a death in the family. To explain why ‚I need to digress here and explain something about my past few years. All through my life I have played and excelled at ball ‚ from the time I played T-ball at the Sylmar Independent Baseball League to my first year in college. My mother and father were always
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“Out‚Out-“ and Bredon Hill are two very different poems which both deal with the theme of unexpected death. “Out‚Out-“‚ by Robert Frost‚ is the story of the death of a boy caused by a buzz-saw. The title‚ “Out‚Out-“‚ was taken by Frost from Shakespeare’s Macbeth – these words were used to express Macbeth’s grief at the death of his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ saying “out‚out brief candle”‚ which enforces the idea that a life has prematurely ended‚ which echoes the theme and narrative of the poem. However
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Communication is vital in order to be happy and to build and sustain successful relationships with others. This is a key theme shown throughout the texts Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close written by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ The Social Network directed by David Fincher‚ Othello a play by William Shakespeare and Little Miss Sunshine directed by both Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. During the texts there is a lack of communication between characters. Various events cause an absence of communication
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Context Paper Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977 in Washington D.C. Foer is the middle son in a Jewish family. His mom was the daughter of a holocaust survivor and his dad was a lawyer. Growing up‚ Jonathan was always a little bit different. At the age of 8‚ he was injured in a classroom chemical accident that spiraled into a breakdown lasting about 3 years. During this time he wanted nothing more than to be “out of his own skin.” Foer was inspired to start writing after he started his freshman
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