Naturalism in Stephen Crane’s “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚” is a novella written by Stephen Crane and published in the year 1893. This work was published during the time of the Industrial Revolution‚ when factories were appearing everywhere. Their workers were often not paid enough to lead a decent life‚ and suffered from their situation. They were not very civilized and sometimes aggressive in their behavior. Perhaps because of this radical change from a more agricultural
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identities of the female protagonists in ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ and ‘Top Girls’ Williams and Churchill present the past as a haunting spectre that threatens the characters progress in their future life. Both playwrights construct the past as an emerging chain that‚ parasitic like‚ has clinged onto the protagonists’ present and immobilised the characters ability to function and progress. The retroactive structure of Top Girls reinforces this. Marlene attempts to escape her working class roots in
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚ the animals are penniless products of the America’s Industrial Revolution. Through realistic and naturalistic lenses‚ Davis and Crane are connected through their abilities to create a unique spectator-to-subject relationship between the audience and characters. To speak to a broader issue of course‚ the authors used what is possibly the most effective method to arouse a necessary disturbance in the hearts of their readers. In Life in the Iron Mill and Maggie: Girl of the
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Response The Diary of a Young Girl written by Anne Frank is an inspirational coming of age diary written to teach the reader that difficult situations lead to maturity. Anne’s diary shows the evolution and maturity of Anne’s character over a few years. Anne had to face many challenges in her difficult situation. She was hiding in a confined Annexe because she was a targeted victim of genocide during the Holocaust. These situations led her to an entire new level
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June 12‚ 1942‚ she knows it is a special gift. She calls the diary ’maybe one of my nicest presents.’ She has no way of knowing‚ of course‚ of the important role the diary will play in recording the years she must spend in hiding. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank details approximately two years of the life a Jewish teenager during World War II. During much of the time period covered by her journal‚ Anne and her family are in hiding in an attempt to escape Hitler’s anti-Jewish laws and genocidal
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Moral Hypocrisy is Affected by Everyone In the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚ the author Stephen Crane portrays hypocrisy throughout the story. The protagonist in the book is a young woman‚ Maggie Johnson‚ who has many responsibilities and is forced to make many difficult decisions. The story takes place in an urban city in the slums of New York‚ the Bowery. During the 1890s many people lived with hardships financially‚ emotionally and economically. Crane is a naturalist author; therefore
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Truthfully‚ the flappers made up a small percentage of the women during this time‚ and the flapper image was greatly amplified by the media‚ which is why the flappers have a great impact on the collective memory of the 1920s today. There was such a radical rebellion against the society and culture associated with the true flapper‚ that only a small number of women would be willing to fully accept it. Most women would modify the characteristics of a flapper to a much smaller scale and
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Reflection Paper Philosophy of Man Charina D. Vargas Everyone of us has its character that either being suppressed or kept in the deepest muddle of ourselves. For a young girl like Anne Frank‚ writing and sharing the highlighted events in her life during their refuge in the “Secret Annex” located behind a shelf of books in Mr. Otto Frank’s office‚ Anne’s father‚ has evidently showcased the distress‚ longing‚ hunger‚ agony‚ merriment‚ love‚ melancholy and
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mechanisms and introductions of social groups like the “Flappers”. One transportation mechanism that revolutionized society were airplanes. First off‚ the use of airplanes was in its beginning stages during this time period. During
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baby vamp: an attractive or popular female‚ student. 14. balled up: confused‚ messed up. 15. baloney: Nonsense! 16. banana oil!: I doubt that! 17. Bank’s closed: no kissing or making out i.e. "Sorry‚ mac‚ bank’s closed." 18. bearcat: a fiery girl 19. beat it: scram‚ get lost. 20. beat one’s gums: idle chatter 21. bee’s knee’s: terrific; a fad expression. Dozens of "animal anatomy" variations existed such as: elephant’s eyebrows‚ gnat’s whistle‚ eel’s hips‚ etc. 22. beef: a complaint or
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