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    Many theories demonstrate insight into the concept of war‚ international relations and domestic relations. Realism and liberalism provide pictures that relate and coexist‚ yet are opposite in theory. Realism is conservative and pessimistic. Realists plan for permanence of the current international state of affairs. Liberalism is progressive and optimistic. Liberals believe change is necessary and inevitable. Neither viewpoint gives us the right or wrong side as both contain truths depending on circumstances

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    expectations and responsibilities for women. Women were supposed to be subjected to their husband and care for their kids. Literature was a way to send a message that something isn’t okay‚ society’s ranking of women then led to Henrik Ibsen to create “ A Doll’s House”. Henrik Ibsen uses the play “ A Doll’s House” to show and critique society’s expectations of women‚ society‚ and issues with the upper class during the victorian age. Don’t live by the world’s expectations. The play states in act two “Surely

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    A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a piece of literature written as a play. It portrays the stereotypical gender roles in society of the late 1800s. The main character‚ Nora Helmer‚ is a housewife that comes at her husband’s beck and call. He has the ultimate power over her‚ controlling her like a marionette. With her controlling husband‚ the assumptions of society‚ and her childhood friend Christine planning out her life‚ Nora makes the drastic decision to leave her husband and children. When she

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    During the Victorian time period‚ there was very unequal treatment between women and men with the expectation being that women should simply stay in the house and let the men support them. For example‚ in A Doll’s House‚ Torvald calls Nora his “sweet little spendthrift” because she always ask for money to spend on housekeeping. On the other hand‚ in Ghosts‚ when Mrs. Alving ran away once from her husband‚ to Pastor Manders‚ he made her return and endure with her husband’s dissipation. Both of Ibsen’s

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    MAGICAL REALISM IN PAULO COELHO’S BRIDA D. Vijaya Lakshmi Sr. Asst. Prof. Vishnu Institute of Technology‚ Bhimavaram‚ A.P. 9493309769 dvlakshmi1973@gmail.com Abstract Magic Realism or Magical Realism‚ a narrative technique creates a trend and a new genre in international contemporary fiction. The German critic Frenz Roh first used the term Magic Realism‚ a new art form in 1925. Later it is developed by Post-Colonial writers such as Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Marquez‚ who are the most reputable

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    What is realism? Dictionary.com defines realism as “a theory of writing in which the ordinary‚ familiar‚ or mundane aspects of life are represented in a straightforward or matter-of-fact manner that is presumed to reflect life as it actually is.” Simplified‚ realism is a way of writing that portrays real life‚ and not imagination. Some characteristics of realism are: it renders reality in great detail‚ social class impacts the story‚ events are plausible‚ the ending may be unhappy‚ and diction is

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    reasons. The novel has many gritty facts of life and explains the lower class. It also has shows the harshness of reality. Finally‚ Ethan Frome is an example of men having no free will and can’t avoid their fate. Ethan Frome shows examples of Realism because of the gritty facts portrayed throughout the novel. It shows many things that make the lower class of life seem horrible and harder than what used to be thought of the poorer men. The upper class felt that poor people had no worries‚ but as

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    that has stimulated thinkers‚ philosophers‚ theologists and scientists for thousands of years‚ hence led emergence of idealism and realism as two major traditional philosophical schools of thought in the realm of philosophy. So this paper projects the meaning of idealism and meaning of realism then discusses in detail the basic assumptions of idealism and those of realism and how these two traditional schools of thought differ and their implications within the educational setting. Meaning of idealism

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    as escapist fiction. However‚ even though magical realism may contain what we deem to be fantasy elements‚ magical realism “conveys the reality of one or several worldviews that actually exists or existed” as stated in Bruce Holland’s article titled‚ “What Is Magical Realism Really?” (1). There are multiple versions of it‚ each with its own cultural background and beliefs. Magical realism is a type of realism but “one different from the realism...most of our culture now experiences” (1). Although

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    Jessie L. Nichols Professor Herron Theater Arts 102 03 May 2011 Realism in Playwright Realism was introduced to theater in the 19th century as a revolt against writing and theater conventions of the past. Auguste Comet‚ Charles Darwin‚ and Emile Zola where major influences on the theater of realism. Realism is a style that focuses mostly on the five senses of sight‚ hearing‚ taste‚ smell‚ and touch causing a change in costumes and in sets of theater from previous styles of writing. We will

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