The Christmas carol written by Charles Dickens has a wide range of characters to contrast each other. The author’s intention is clearly defined through the characters in the different classes of society. Shown through their personalities and how they feel about their lives differentiates the characters. Ebenezer scrooge as the main character has the personality of a grumpy man with a hatred for Christmas representing the inertia of the middle class. Fred scrooge’s nephew on the other hand is the
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 – 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet. He was the eldest son of ten surviving children of Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane Murray.He received a strict Catholic education‚ attending several Jesuit schools in Dublin before studying philosophy and languages at the University College‚ Dublin. Joyce’s childhood was marked by constant moves and persistent financial difficulties. In his early twenties James Joyce emigrated permanently to continental Europe. Despite living
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"Coventry Carol" is an English lullaby sung in the 16th century mystery play The Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors. It tells the tale of Mothers mourning the soon deaths of their children during the Massacre of the Innocents‚ a biblical and historical event where all infants under the age of two in Bethlehem were killed. The Coral itself is a Renaissance piece as it contains the stylistic aspects of the time period such as: cantus firmus‚ counterpoint‚ as well as Picardy 3rd. Cantus firmus‚ the
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Two Gallants – James Joyce Renowned Irish modernist‚ James Joyce wrote ‘The Dubliners’ at the turn of the 20th century and the novel was published at the height of Irish Nationalism in 1914. The realist fiction draws on three main characters who each‚ individually exemplify the Irish working middle class while under English control. The story reveals Joyce’s detached and unsympathetic attitude towards his homeland and as he said to his Publisher‚ “I seriously believe that you will retard the course
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Araby is a short story written by James Joyce‚ in the story there a young boy that obsess with his friends sister‚ the girl which live next door to the boy. The young boy is unnamed however the entire story is from his perspective. The narrator infatuation is so intend that he can’t even speak with the girl that he like. One day she ask him if he is going to araby which is a town “bazaar”. The girl said that she won’t attend the festival in the town. Which triggers him to set his mind that he must
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or for other people. This is not a very wise thing to do because people often feel disappointed and embarrassed for getting their hopes up so high. One good example of this is the narrator in the short story “Araby” by James Joyce. In his brief but complex story James Joyce concentrates on character rather than on plot to reveal the ironies within self-deception. On its simplest level‚ "Araby" is a story about a boy’s first love. On a deeper level‚ it is a story about the world he lives in that
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James Joyce - A Little Cloud (in: Dubliners) A Little Cloud has not generated significant critical debate‚ despite Warren Beck’s unorthodox interpretation of the denouement in 1969. Chandler’s relationship with his son – not with his wife Annie or journalist/ friend Gallaher – could be the crucial‚ epiphanal element of the story - Joyce portraying a father who is just beginning to ‘learn [...] what the heart is and what it feels’ (A Portrait 252)‚ a man whose conscience is awakened‚ despite his
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A great work of art that has a great impact on my life is the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickson. The story tells of a cold hearted‚ selfish business man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his
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in their lives. In Araby‚ James Joyce explores that thought with a story of a young boy falling for a girl. The boy in this story is a light-hearted child that loves playing in the neighborhood with his friends. One of his friends‚ Mangan‚ has an older sister and all of the boys are infatuated with her appearance. The sister desperately wants to attend a bazaar named Araby. “She could not go‚ she said‚ because there would be a retreat that week in her convent” (Joyce n.p.). The boy offers to go and
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workplace‚ verbal and written. Both of these formats are important‚ but written communication takes more effort to be clear‚ brief and informative. There are various styles of written communications‚ and each style has a purpose and audience. Written communication can have significance as in legal documents and manuals‚ and it provides function in the workplace in the form of reports and presentations (Suttle‚ n.d.). Depending on the writing skills of the writer‚ the written communication can negatively
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