Right when the family sees Heathcliff‚ they react by saying‚ “put him in the cellar‚” and stereotypes him as a thief because of his lower status (Brontë 53). They also say that he is “quite unfit for a decent house” and then kicks Heathcliff out of their house (Brontë 53). They view him like a servant that is dirty and not worthy of anything. However‚ their treatment towards Catherine is completely different. They treat her like a princess by pampering her‚ and Heathcliff notices the “distinction between
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Classical and Gothic Architecture � � The cultures of the ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans were significantly influenced by religion. Greek Classicism brought about some of the most beautiful artwork and architecture that still exists today. The style strives to exemplify a culture of harmony‚ order‚ reason‚ intellect‚ objectivity‚ and formal discipline (Sporre‚ 2010). Classicism is best exemplified in the ancient temples that are found throughout the region of Greece and Italy. Gothic style art
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danger and mystery compared to a setting with a small little house and bright skies. Gothic means darkness and to be truly gothic‚ I believe a story must contain at least one if not all elements such as nighttime‚ supernatural‚ and fear of an unknown setting. It is because of these stories that these elements are considered scary today and I think the authors at the time chose them because they get away from the typical romantic setting. The haunted houses in Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto and Anna
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The case study above focused on two American television shows produced in Hollywood‚ but the female detective as protagonist seems to be a popular trend across most of the western world. Currently‚ Scandinavia and the United Kingdom has popular drama series with female protagonists‚ many of them highly regarded by national and international critics alike. In America‚ there are also other shows to support this current trend of female detectives. Some of them follow the more supernatural strand like
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The Gothic In 1798 an anonymous author published a commentary that revealed exactly how some writers received the Gothic during this time: “ Take—An old castle‚ half of it ruinous A long gallery‚ with a great many doors‚ some secret ones. Three murdered bodies‚ quite fresh. As many skeletons‚ in chests and presses. An old woman hanging by the neck; with her throat cut. Assassins and desperadoes‚ quant. suff. Noises‚ whispers
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The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Protagonist: The Protagonist in the Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne is a tall elegant‚ beautiful women. She has dark abundant hair and according to Nathaniel Hawthorne deep dark eyes. Hester Prynne could leave people awestruck. She was such a nice‚ kind‚ and generous woman. She was also the greatest seamstress to most. Hester Prynne is the main focus of our story The Scarlet Letter. (65) Antagonist: The antagonist in the story is Dr. Roger Chillingworth
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Mistakes are often essential factors of one’s wisdom and future success. People can always gain precious life lessons from their flaws‚ which resemble the pebbles that make a stable and perfect road. In the novel Typical American written by Gish Jen‚ the protagonist‚ Ralph Chang‚ makes a mistake in which he shifts and tortures his original American dream to a false and ‘poisonous’ dream that causes his ultimate familial‚ moral and financial collapse; in other words‚ he fails to create a ‘China’ with
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Atticus as a Protagonist Granted. It is an interesting word‚ Granted means to “To accept without question or objection; assume.” You never know when the world is going to take people or change them for good. To Kill a Mockingbird shows this exactly‚ People killed‚ characters changed‚ and people lying. Expect the unexpected. To begin with‚ Robert Anton Wilson once said‚ “There is absolutely nothing in this world that can be taken for granted.” This is exactly what the novel is about. Tom Robinson
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The jarring shrieks of my alarm ricochet through cobalt blue coated walls‚ stirring my consciousness into an alert state. It is indeed ten o’clock on a blistering summer Tuesday; the distant whistling of sparrows can be heard outside along with the soft humming of cars passing our refined uptown street. My ears examine the house; it is quiet – hardly a sound other than the clinking of tags as our four-legged children traverse through the living room. Never wanting to leave my lax position I stretch
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are perfect examples of Southern Gothic literature. Southern Gothic literature has points that must be satisfied in order to be classified in this genre. “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” satisfy all of these requirements. These requirements include setting in the south‚ puzzling characters‚ and exposing the deeper issue behind the face value of problems. These two short stories combine these three elements to produce two pieces of Southern Gothic literature. “A Rose for Emily”
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