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    The Drover S Wife

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    The Drover’s wife Exposition Outline of the setting – desolated‚ harsh environment‚ poor living‚ bleak‚ Australian bush Outline meaning sketch which is the narrative form of his writing‚ the first two paragraphs are pretty brief about its setting Techniques Technique Example Explain Tone – unequivocal (clear‚ leaving no doubt) ‘near waterless creek’ ‘nothing to relieve the eye’ describes harsh and barren landscape Use of accumulation “built of round timber‚ slabs and stringy-bark‚ and floored with

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    The novel Jane Eyre is predominantly a bildungsroman‚ Jane’s development throughout the novel is one of the most important aspects of the narrative. During Jane’s time at Thornfield she makes huge emotional progress through her relationship with Rochester and the discovery of Bertha Mason‚ eventually resulting in her departure from Thornfield. In chapter 11 when Jane first arrives at Thornfield She is unsure of her surroundings and the description of the thorn trees alludes to fairytales such

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    Compare how the authors portray marriage as a convenience rather than a relationship in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘the Doll’s House’ During the times in which these texts were written marriage was more for a convenience purpose rather than being based on love. Divorce was not acceptable in society throughout the 1700 & 1800’s‚ which meant women were effectively confined in their marriage. In later 1700‚ marriages were arranged between lower and upper class for convenience and wealth. Austen’s novel

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    How does Steinbeck explore the theme of loneliness in “Of Mice and Men” In “Of Mice and Men”‚ the theme of loneliness is central to the novel. It is introduced to the reader at the very start of the novel i.e. the first time that we see George and Lennie they are walking apart – “they had walked in single file down the path and even in the open one stayed behind the other”. Throughout the novel we see that everyone is lonely and it seems that the description of George and Lennie at the start of

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    Tanabata S Wife

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    TANABATA’S WIFE By Sinai Hamada I FAS-ANG first came to Baguio by way of the Mountain Trail. When at last she emerged from her weary travel over the mountains‚ she found herself just above the Trinidad Valley. From there‚ she overlooked the city of Baguio itself. Baguio was her destination. Along with three other women‚ she had planned to come to work on the numerous roads that were being built around the city. Native women were given spades to shovel the earth from the hillsides‚ and to make way

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    How does the author show sympathy for Curley’s wife? On the ranch there is a well known woman merely referred to as ‘Curley’s Wife’. As the characters develop we find that she is not in fact the unimportant‚ nameless character we first perceive her as‚ but rather she is a relatively complex one‚ with much more to her than we first gather‚ causing us to feel sympathy for her later in the novel. In this essay I will state how John Steinbeck influenced the reader to feel sympathy for Curley’s wife

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    How does Shakespeare present the flaws in Macbeth and in The Laboratory and The Last Duchess? Shakespeare shows in Macbeth how the character of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth has big ambitions to complete and they take on pride. Likewise in the Labotory‚ the speaker who is the women takes on the leadership in this theme as the flaws within her character is similar to Lady Macbeth. Browning presents the duke in my last duchess to be manipulative as you are trying to figure out if he was the one to kill

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    Feelings towards Curley’s Wife In the novel “Of Mice and Men” we find that the writer has manipulated our feelings as the novel progresses. These feelings are those that are towards Curley’s wife. When Curley’s wife is introduced into the novel we find that she has been depicted by not only the reader but the ranch workers that are in the book as purely a distraction towards the men. Steinbeck never tells the reader her name; this means that we keep the idea that she isn’t seen as a person to

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    a) How does the author present the character of Crooks? In ’Of Mice and Men’ Crooks is presented as a lonely man who quickly gains our sympathy as readers. Steinbeck’s novel as a whole uncovers the loneliness at the heart of American society at the time‚ using a microcosm of this society represented by the ranch. The ranch houses a number of figures arguably intended to represent different aspects of mankind. The boss and his son represent the capitalist figures in society who are withdrawn

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    How Does Steinbeck hint and trouble to come later in the novel in Chapters One and Two of Of Mice and Men? On several occasions throughout Chapters One and Two in the book of Of Mice and Men‚ the author- John Steinbeck- hints at trouble to come. Whether it’s Lennie and his animalistic characteristics or George and his short temper‚ some how there is an alarming sense of trouble to come. The character of Lennie‚ who is viewed as an outcast due to his appearance and small mind‚ fails to know

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