Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Plath explore the theme of mortality in Hamlet and Lady Lazarus. In both Lady Lazarus and Hamlet the semantic field of mortality and death can be clearly seen. Hamlet’s second soliloquy‚ ‘To be or not to be’ can be found in act three‚ when Polonius and Claudius are hiding behind a wall listening to how Hamlet responds to Ophelia. Although there is a huge time difference between when they were written it is surprisingly similar in its semantic field of
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Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway have focused on its themes of gender roles‚ repression‚ issues of feminism and its writing techniques. I will be examining it from a different perspective; that of mental health issues‚ particularly isolation and depression. Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar also voices similar concerns with these issues of mental health. As an established writer‚ Virginia Woolf published her novel Mrs Dalloway in 1925. It was at a time when Woolf was mentally stable. She had previously
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography
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“A White Heron” In Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron[comma]” Sylvia goes through a time of transition and experience to become her true self in finding what makes her happy‚ becoming a more mature female‚ and being truthful to herself. Sylvia is not the typical young girl; childhood is generally a time of discovery and experience. Jewett chooses to write about the maintenance of innocence through in her story‚ “A White Heron.” Sylvia‚ the protagonist‚ has an awakening that begins a deeper altitude
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In the book‚ The Bell Jar‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ the main character‚ Esther‚ experiences feelings of alienation. Esther shows her isolation by detaching herself from everyone else. With the build up of mental disorders and life tragedies‚ Esther attempted to take her life four different times. Esther rather not be alive than deal with the cruel world she believes she lives in. Alienation generates from a series of events unique to the person experiencing the feelings of isolation. Mental disorders
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BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM Biographical criticism begins with the simple but central insight that literature is written by actual people and that understanding an author’s life can help readers more thoroughly comprehend the work. Anyone who reads the biography of a writer quickly sees how much an author’s experience shapes—both directly and indirectly—what he or she creates. Reading that biography will also change (and usually deepen) our response to the work. Sometimes even knowing a single important
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Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves. What we obtain cheap‚ we esteem too lightly Tyranny‚ like hell‚ is not easily conquered These are times that try men’s souls The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine‚ the coal can never expire. It matters not where you love‚ or what rank of life you hold
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mischievousness‚ and depravity. As war increases in brutality to a certain extent‚ society’s aspects are intensely affected;this issue can result in the destroying of land‚ culture‚ and other tangible aspects. A poem‚ “Bitter Strawberries”‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a sardonic way of describing a war that have occurred in Russia. While this piece offers little insight into human nature‚ it portrays some solid images‚ even though disconnected and often jarring. “All morning in the strawberry field”: the
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Feminism is defined as the principle advocating social‚ political‚ and economic rights for women equal to those of men. Throughout history women have played different roles in different societies‚ but have for the most part been considered subservient and inferior in status to men. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the "sociology of the family" became the more prominent concern of feminists. Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ or philosophical‚ grounds
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I am a victim of introspection(Sylvia Plath)‚ Ethan Frome is a victim of this and society. Ethan Frome is a man that married a girl for the wrong reasons then finds his true love but society gets in the way ‚written by Edith Wharton published in 2004.Ethan isn’t the only victim there is ‚ Zeena‚ and Mattie. This shows that everyone in the world is a victim to society. Society is an obstacle for them and it could destroy their lives. Ethan started to become a victim of introspection and society when
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