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    James Joyce reveals in “The Dead” a number of inner conflicts in the character of Gabriel. He makes it clear to the reader of Gabriel’s challenges of man v. self through techniques such as the motif of time and symbolism. The number uses the motif of time to describe Gabriel’s inner character. Joyce mentions how Gabriel has a feeling of not being as sympathetic as what he thinks he should be. “He wondered at his riot of emotions of an hour before‚” shows how Gabriel reflects on who he is and who

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    “The dominant theme in ‘A Christmas Carol’ is redemption.” –Do you agree? In Charles Dickens’ perennially popular novella‚ ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843)‚ we encounter a world where serious social problems lurk beneath an otherwise imaginative and engaging narrative. Through exploring a world of fiction and fantasy‚ the author does not shy away from depicting the importance of maintaining ones basic humanity in times filled with rampant industrialism and social injustice. In fact‚ through miserly

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    person when she leaves her house and in a sense lives a double life and has two personalities. In the story the author writes‚ “She wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked one way when she was at home and another way when she was away from home” (Oates 325). This was an example of how Connie lived this double life. Connie made herself very vulnerable when she goes out with Eddie and exposes herself as a “woman” when she is not. What I feel is significant about this piece of literature is the story

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    ENG102.0820 Professor: Hyewon Shin Student: Oscar Carvalho-Neto Final Paper "Araby" - James Joyce One of the most intriguing works by Irish writer James Joyce is "Araby" in which a young boy‚ who is the narrator‚ leads a carefree life in a Dublin neighborhood before falling in love with his friend’s sister. He is always watching her steps‚ every single morning. When they finally speak‚ the girl mentions the existence of an exotic bazaar in town‚ named "Araby". The narrator then becomes obssessed

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    James Joyce’s ‘Araby’ is a short story that examines the life of people living in North Richmond Street and is described from the point of view of a child. Joyce describes the narrators awakening and sexual awareness “when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped” (1202). In Joyce’s short story gives us a hint of the nature of innocence and how it was shattered with the inability to control the situation as it unfolds. The narrator tries to find ways to satisfy his promise to the girl he cares

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    matter of Dubliners? Joyce constructed and defined his style of scrupulous meanness in order to‚” betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city” (Attridge 1990 :42). Joyce saw Dubliners as an opportunity for catharsis for both the city and Ireland as a whole. The book would purge Dublin of its paralysis and enable the people of Ireland to take‚” one good look at themselves in my nicely polished looking glass” (Attridge 1990:41). In essence‚ Joyce saw scrupulous meanness

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    lord-of-the-rings.org (2009). Lord of the Rings: Gandalf the Grey. Retrieved from http://www.lord-of-the-rings.org/books/gandalf.html for comparison essay. shmoop.com (2012). Nestor: Character Analysis. Retrieved from http://www.shmoop.com/iliad/nestor.html for comparison essay. wikia.com (2012). Gandalf. Retrieved from http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gandalf for comparison essay.

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    illness such as cancer often make radical changes in their lifestyle and behavior when confronted with the fragility of life. In literature‚ change is often accompanied by great drama such as A Christmas Carol where the character Ebenezer Scrooge tries to find out who he is. In A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens uses the supernatural to dramatize the need for Ebenezer Scrooge to change from miser to socially responsible citizen. At the start of the novella‚ Scrooge is a bitter man who is obsessed with

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    attention from the main interest of the drama" (Sir Walter Scott). Dryden‚ says Saintsbury‚ "omits whatever in the original story is shocking and repulsive from the romantic point of view.... The best pieces of All for Love cannot‚ of course‚ challenge comparison with the best pieces of Shakespeare ... but the best passages of this play‚ and‚ what is more‚ its general facture and style‚ equal‚ with certain time-allowance‚ the best things of Beaumont and Fletcher‚ and therefore the best things of almost any

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    In this story‚ Oates writes about Connie who is a fifteen-year-old girl who‚ like most‚ notices her good looks in the mirror. Her mother has never approved of her and her actions and compares her to Connie’s older sister‚ June‚ who is twenty-four. June lives at home and works at Connie’s high school as a secretary (Oates‚ 1). Connie and her friends enjoy going to the movies‚ at least that is what she tells her father. They really go to a restaurant across the street to meet boys. Connie met a guy

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