James Fenimore Cooper’s Leathertocking Tales : 19th century American Frontier Literature. 1/ General overview: The frontier romance is an imaginative form of literature giving shape and meaning to the American experience. It portrays the ambivalent drama of the frontier hero‘s encounter with the natural world and the feeling inspired by the American frontier spirit. The Leatherstocking Tales are also about the narrative exploration of historical episodes. American Romance with Cooper is about
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The Last of the Mohicans The book Last of the Mohicans is based on a novel by James Fenimore Cooper‚ and revolves around a clan of Native Americans called the Mohicans. The main characters are Hawkeye‚ his adopted father Chingachgook‚ and his adopted brother Uncas. Chingachgook‚ and his son Uncas‚ are the last of the Mohican tribe or blood line. The movie is also based on these three characters. The era that both stories take place in is the 18th century during the seven years war between
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How Does James Seek To Disturb and Involve The Reader In The Turn Of The Screw? The Turn of the Screw‚ written by author Henry James‚ although defying many gothic conventions remains one of the most suspenseful and sinister tales of the Victorian Era. The novella’s enthralling nature effectively seeks to disturb and involve readers and this is made evident through James’s successful use of a variety of structural and literary techniques to create and prolong suspense and ambiguity. James first
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The brief but complex stories of "Araby" by James Joyce and‚ "A&P by John Updike focuses on character traits rather than on plot to reveal the ironies that inherent self deception. The theme for both Sammy from "A&P" and the narrator from "Araby" is the transition from childhood to adulthood‚ a process that everyone experiences in one’s own way and time. The transformation that both characters make from children to adults includes unrealistic expectations of women‚ focusing upon one girl in particular
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James Madison was the fourth U.S. president. He was a big part in United States history because he helped co-write the Federalist Papers and helped write the drafts of the United States Constitution. The Federalist Paper #10 was written by James Madison published on Friday‚ November 23‚ 1787. James Madison wrote the Federalist Paper to the people who lived in New York. James Madison discussed in the paper how a good union could help control the violence caused by the faction. Madison defines factions
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James VI of Scotland (more commonly known as James I of England) was the first Stuart King of England. He was the son of the Catholic Queen of Scotland‚ Mary and her husband Lord Darnley. Due to the death of his father and the abdication of his mother‚ he became King James VI of Scotland at the age of one. He eventually married Princess Anne of Denmark in 1589 and gave birth to his first of many children in 1594. James I was a successful ruler due to his pragmatic and practical nature. He realised
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Q: ‘From the very beginning‚ how does James create an atmosphere of tension‚ unease and fear in the novel ‘The Turn of The Screw’? Henry James is able to create and perpetuate an atmosphere of tension‚ unease and fear throughout the novel ‘The Turn of the Screw’ from the initial few sentences. The first thing we read of the prologue: “The story had held us”‚ instantaneously sparks curiosity in the reader as to what the story entails – since the plot of the story typically serves as the basis
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This extract is from the opening of the short story Araby‚ which is part of a collection of short stories written by James Joyce‚ known as "Dubliners". Irish experiences had a huge impact on James Joyces writing. The settings and the subjects of his stories are all based in Ireland. This short collection establishes a vision of life in Dublin which serves to show the condition of the Irish nation as a whole. In this story indeed Joyce portrays an image of Dublin and its people through themes which
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April 13‚ 2013 “The Realization” James Joyce wrote various stories one which was Araby and the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. In both stories the main character experiences an epiphany. In Araby the young boy realizes he is only in love with Mangan’s sister because of her image and not her personality as he knows nothing of it. In the preceding story‚ Stephen Dedalus questions whether to become a priest‚ but decides on writing upon observing a beautiful woman in the water. Both
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History 020 Rachel Chow 1 January 2011 A REVIEW OF JAMES K. POLK AND THE EXPANSIONIST IMPULSE James Knox Polk‚ a candidate of the Democratic Party in 1844‚ became the US president between 1845 and1849; however‚ he remains largely forgotten today‚ in the popular US imagination‚ because memories concerning his presidency had been overcome by memories of the most famous presidents like Abraham Lincoln. Remembrance of Polk as the 11th
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