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    Realism is a literary movement which began in France and eventually came to the USA as a response to romanticism. This literary style focuses on the details of actual life‚ and strives for detailed‚ realistic‚ and factual description. “The Story of an Hour‚” written by Kate Chopin‚ is a perfect depiction of realism. This short story presents the reality of society‚ woman‚ and marriage in 1900’s. The author uses characterization‚ conflict‚ and theme to make the story a piece of realism. In the story

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    "The Glass Menagerie" uses quite a few different literary devices that help to convey the story. It uses elements such as imagery to aid in setting the scene of the text. It also uses allegory to express a hidden meaning behind the story. However‚ one of the most prominent devices that the author uses is symbolism. A few of the different forms of symbolism that are used are Laura’s glass menagerie‚ the glass unicorn‚ and the fire escape. Laura’s glass menagerie‚ as told by the title of the story

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    and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is no exception. There are many reasons why this story is quite unusual and there are experiences to keep it interesting. There are also many literary elements which lend to keeping this story exciting enough to be worthwhile to read. The main literary element is characterization. The diverse array of characters make this story much more than an everyday experience in an average person’s life. One of the most interesting and exciting characters

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    The Painted Door- Literary Essay Marriage is something that is sometimes hard to keep and brings struggles to people’s lives. “The Painted Door”‚ a short story written by Sinclair Ross‚ involves a married couple who goes through multiple conflicts and endeavor to live with each other on a distant farmland. Ann‚ John’s solitary wife‚ has fallen into an unusual attraction to John’s friend Steven. Although John is partly responsible for his tragic end‚ Ann should also take the blame for John’s death

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    unorthodox is very disturbing. For example‚ “Natural disasters are dramatic enough people photoshop years old pictures‚ out-of-context videos and inevitably which causes havoc and disruption with citizens”. This quote implies that A.J. is using the literary device hyperbole‚ when using this device he does not agree with the using of photoshop during these type of natural causes due to the interruption and bad view on the

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    Have you experienced the complete opposite of a love letter? Well‚ the novel Cat’s Cradle is just that‚ addressed to American society‚ and signed by author Kurt Vonnegut‚ In the novel‚ Jonah‚ the narrator‚ encounter’s multiple Americans on his trip to the island of San Lorenzo whom each have stories that are shared with Jonah‚ a working journalist. In this novel‚ Vonnegut showcases absurd characteristics‚ that are common among Americans‚ in order to express his opinion that American society is simply

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    making it no surprise that authors everywhere create stories based around the sport of killing. In the horrific and sadistic stories of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game‚” the authors use literary elements to illistrate nefarious murderers . No matter the motives of these murders‚ demented people always commit them. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” the guile Montresor seeks vengeance on Fortunato‚ an imprudent man who has an addiction to alcohol

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    the The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a take action before thinking kind of person‚ which is also known as impulsive. To begin‚ “Then Kino’s fist closed over the pearl and his emotion broke over him. He put his head back and howled. His eyes rolled up and he screamed and his body was rigid” (Steinbeck 20). Kino did not even think if he wanted the village to now he had the pearl. After he screamed there was no turning back from the villagers coming to his canoe and finding out he had the pearl. If Kino

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    of the way. This implies the superiority of the pigs because of how they can make up rules easily. The quote relates to power controlling its bolder because the pigs are so corrupted with power they require other animals to get out of the way. The literary element‚ subtext‚ presents the theme because in everything the supposed controller is saying in between the lines‚ their authority is really talking. My experience with this book taught me that power can take over people minds.

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    Joshua Harrell Mrs. Royal ENG 232 oN 2/3/14 A Response to Desiree’s Baby The literary work of Kate Chopin in “Desiree’s Baby” is very unique and very capturing at that. Kate Chopin’s message in the story is very clear and consists of very hasty and belligerent decisions and judgments made by the characters involved. The most captivating thing about this story is the fact that the author takes a very complex and unstable storyline that should be told in a much longer fashion‚ and portrays

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