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    IV AN ANALYSIS PAPER ON ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD Submitted to: Mrs. Joneth D. Vibar Submitted by: Vincent del Castillo IV-St.Francis of Assisi Outline of Analysis 1 Author’s Style 1.1 Anton Chekhov as a Playwright and Author of Short Stories 1.1.1 Russia’s best known Modern Playwright 1.1.1 Master of the Modern Short Story 1.2 Anton Chekhov and his Influences 1.2

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    Do you confess to your parents or do you deny the crime? Anton Chekhov addresses this common feeling of the internal conflict faced by children in his story of a boy who steals his father’s cigarettes‚ displaying the influence of the unconscious mind in the conflicted feeling of the child. When reading Home by Anton Chekhov through a psychoanalytic lens‚ it is apparent that

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    Response to “Pious prophets” a novel excerpt from Anton Lavey “Pious prophets have taught man to fear Satan. But what of terms like "God fearing"? If God is so merciful‚ why do people have to fear him? Are we to believe there is nowhere we can turn to escape fear? If you have to fear God‚ why not be "Satan fearing" and at least have the fun that being God fearing denies you?” (45) This novel excerpt from The Satanic Bible plays around with the term “god fearing” and‚ in a way‚ mocks some of the

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    In Anton Chekov’s “The Lady with the Dog”‚ Chekov uses direct language along with slight descriptions to dictate the setting. However‚ the main purpose for the settings of Yalta and Moscow are to influence Gurov’s motives and feelings. The atmosphere that Gurov is open to is infectious. The locations of Yalta and Moscow represent two different ideologies in Gurov’s life. Yalta expands on the mischievousness and romantic aspects of Gurov while in Moscow the boring and mundane life of Gurov is exhibited

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    considered an artist because he occasionally touches buttons to make music isn’t aware of his vast capabilities. He primarily produces in the electro house genre but has extended out‚ drawing influences from dubstep and classical music. He was born Anton Zaslavski and was raised in Kaiserslautern‚ Germany where he started his musical career. He began playing the piano at the age of four and the drums at twelve. By the time he was a preteen he was composing and producing numerous rock songs in his

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    In the Bet Christian States struggles with imprisonment for fifteen years of his life. This is Internal conflict because it is man vs. man. In that fifteen years‚ he deals with loneliness and depression. He is offered ways to help‚ like wine‚ music‚ and books. He denies the wine‚ tobacco for a year. After being confined for some time he writes several letters‚ but rips them up when he is finished. In his second year of confinement he is silent in the lodge. The Bet is Internal conflict because Christian

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    While both the original and the reworked versions of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" are interesting stories‚ Anton Chekov ’s is more compelling than Joyce Carol Oates ’s due to a point of view from a different character‚ a stronger main character overall‚ and a more intriguing setting. In these two stories the account of what takes place is told from opposing sides of the relationship. In Chekov ’s version of "The Lady with the Pet Dog‚" the story is told from the perspective of the male side of the

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    “Placing a $2 Bet” Poetry Analysis “Placing a $2 Bet for a Man Who Will Never Go to the Horse Races Any More” by Diane Wakoski is an expression of animosity she feels toward her father after meeting him for the first time in 14 years. It is an exploration of her philosophy of life and how her unhappy childhood has impacted her. Wakoski writes about her painful relationship with her father and explores the distant and miniscule relationship between father and daughter. “Placing a $2 Bet” is a poem

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    Short Paper 4 EngLit 0325 In 1899‚ Anton Chekhov wrote a story titled “The Lady with the Little Dog” describing a love affair from a married man’s perspective. Seventy-three years later‚ Joyce Carol Oates wrote her own rendition of the same story‚ this time writing from the female perspective‚ titling it “The Lady with the Pet Dog”. Many feminists had criticized Chekhov for his original portrayal of women in the original story‚ and considered Oates’ version a feminist rewrite. Contrary to this

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    Irony Essay In the timeless tragedy Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles implements masterful irony in the forms of dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational ironies‚ which are essential contributions to the theme of the limitations of a man’s potential caused by fate. The dramatic end of Oedipus raised a crucial question of the extent of a man’s impact on society in the minds of the Chorus‚ “Luckless Oedipus‚ whom of all men I envy not at all” (1378). The reason that this question is elevated into the minds of both

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