The Story The setting of “Rothschild’s Fiddle” is a squalid little village where Yakov Ivanov‚ a Russian coffin maker‚ and Rothschild‚ an equally poor Jewish musician‚ both live. Yakov lives in a one-room hut‚ which contains his gloomy wares as well as his humble domestic possessions. Childless‚ the dour Yakov barely notices Martha‚ his downtrodden wife of fifty years. Yakov has an unexpected side to his character‚ for he is a gifted‚ if rude‚ violinist who is sometimes invited to join the local
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Introduction: Bestseller versus classics has been a subject of controversy from the time immemorial. Many readers think of them being located poles apart. However‚ many think them to be complementary to each other. A classic‚ by nature‚ has to be a masterpiece‚ a gem written by the author in such a way that it is almost flawless‚ possess something that no other book has done. But unfortunately‚ by the very nature of the word ‘bestseller’‚ a piece of work has to pass through the rigours of trade‚
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human nature. Working with directors Alexander Fedotov and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko‚ Stanislavsky would eventually co-found the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. His international success in the early 1900s is tied to the rise of Anton Chekhov’s popularityas a playwright. Chekhov‚ already a
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leads to divine disturbance and disappointment‚ the tradition of exile‚ an essence of modern civilization‚ which is deeply rooted in many literary figures. In other words‚ what those writers elicit in their literary work is narratives of EXILE due to their disastrous displacement‚ persecution and sufferings of culminating holocaustic experiences. However the tradition of exile didn’t first started from writers but the story of exile first started from religion and myths “Adam and Eve”‚ “Ram
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Short stories came into the literature world as brief‚ single sitting stories‚ yet containing an exclusively developed subject. A short story is packed with descriptive details that form together to grab the reader’s attention in a short amount of time. The authors indulge in rich details to create the narrative into a jaw dropping meaning story from the beginning to the ending. The author begins with constructing the story with the building blocks of literary devices. Short story authors apply the
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Tennessee Williams was a post-modern dramatist following World War II who brought Southern Gothic style to popularity. He conveyed realistic‚ broken characters to his audience‚ drawing inspiration to his own family. In 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire first appeared on the Broadway stage. In 1948 it had brought fame to Marlon Brando and won Williams a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Within the drama‚ themes of beauty‚ desire‚ manipulation‚ and social class draw empathy for the manipulative Blanche. Tennessee
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------------------------------------------------- The Seagull‚ Anton Chekhov ------------------------------------------------- Key Facts full title · The Seagull author · Anton Chekhov type of work · Play genre · Tragi-Comedy language · Russian. English Translation by Paul Schmidt time and place written · Written in 1895‚ Russia date of first publication · Not applicable (drama) publisher · HarperCollins‚ Harper Flamingo edition narrator · None point of view · Not applicable (drama)
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In Anton Chekhov ’s "The Lady with the Dog" the exposition‚ or background information that ’s important to know for the story‚ is almost entirely given at the very beginning. Most importantly we learn that the protagonist of the story‚ Dmitri Gurov‚ disrespects females and‚ "almost always spoke ill of women‚ and when they were talked about in his presence‚ used to call them the lower race‚ ’" (Booth‚ Hunter‚ and Mays 218). This is important to know because it helps the reader understand how profound
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Anton Chekov “One must never lie. Art has this speculation.” Chekov is seen as absurd dramatist Absurd Theatre Theatre of the Absurd is a designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction in the late 1950s. Their work expressed the belief that human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all \communication breaks down. Logical construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and to its ultimate conclusion‚ silence. Explores the absurdity of attempting to
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jealousy‚ alienation - all this reflected in her work with the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters. Her short stories are also notable for their use of stream of consciousness. Like the Russian writer Anton Chekhov‚ Mansfield depicted trivial events and subtle changes in human behavior. 1.2 About Garden Party Garden Party(1921)‚ which Mansfield wrote during the final stages of her illness‚ has being the peak of her achievement. Alpers said that Garden
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