Anand had been an active observer of the myriad changes taking place in social‚ cultural‚ political and economic landscape of pre and post-independent India. His short stories sketch the deep-rooted caste‚ class and gender bias in the lives of Indians. ‘Lajwanti’ is a heart-rending portrait of a woman who tries to flee to her father’s home in order to escape the brutal and sexual advances of her brother-in-law in her husband’s house. She is caught mid-way by Jaswant‚ her brother-in-law‚ who forces
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techniques and look our for comedic elements. Make note on theme and character. A Woman Of No Importance Themes: The author Wilde criticises the victorian upper class in a variety of different ways. They are usually throughout the first two acts in the abundance of witty dialogue the protagonists engage in. Lady Caroline displays her own ignorance when she dismisses ‘new woman’ Hester Worsley a somewhat pious woman who is independent and financially secure. She patronizes Hester through
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Little Mermaid was not an original Disney character/story‚ though this shouldn’t have been a surprise since Disney’s princesses all come from stories developed by people outside of Disney. Like Disney they take someone’s original story and add so much more to them to make them appropriate and more appealing to children of all ages. Andersen and Disney both share the similar story lines when it comes to the main idea of the story. In both The Little Mermaid stories‚ Ariel wanted to ultimately become human
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Vital and Dynamic Characters in A Tale of Two Cities A dynamic character is one who changes greatly during the course of a novel. There are many fine examples of dynamic characters in all Dickens novels. Three of these characters are Dr. Alexandre Manette‚ Jerry Cruncher and Sydney Carton. Dynamic characters play a very apparent role in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Dr. Manette starts his life as a young successful man but then is traumatized by imprisonment and again
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between children and their parents. The Mother‚ in the short story The Word Love‚ sympathizes with this description of a mother’s duty but is torn between the love for her daughter‚ and the values of her community. While young‚ her daughter would ask and then receive whatever nurturing she had craved‚ but when disciplined was needed the mercy of a loving mother seemed to be lacking. Instead of a loved one rebuking and correcting a child who had disobeyed‚ a judge would come forth and dispence the sentence
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The poem that I chose for my formal response is called The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart. It is written by Margaret Atwood‚ who is a famous writer. Her poem could be referred to as an "anti-love" poem. It talks about the heart and how the speaker believes that it is undependable and confused. At one point in the poem‚ the speaker says "but most hearts say‚ I want‚ I want‚ I want‚ I want. My heart is more duplicitous‚ though no twin as I once thought. It says‚ "I want‚ I don’t want
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Lydia Turner 10M Napoleon and Snowball are characters who represent Stalin and Trotsky. Explore the conflict between these two characters presented by Orwell in Animal Farm ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegory which presents George Orwell’s views on communism in the form of an anthropomorphic fable. The main characters are Snowball and Napoleon‚ who represent Trotsky and Stalin‚ are two opposing characters whose conflict is presented in a number of linguistic and structural ways. An example of this are
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A Comparative Analysis of Characters: Two Women Rediscovering Love Most people don’t realize how similar they are to others. Specifically‚ two people in different short stories are going to be oblivious to one another. The character Delia‚ from author Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” is remarkably like George Saunders’ character Callie in his short story “Puppy.” Though Saunders’ conjured up Callie more than seventy-five years after Hurston thought of Delia‚ the popular author incorporated some of
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"Tunnel" Essay Sarah Ellis’ main character‚ Ken‚ in her short story intitled "Tunnel" is a study of a reliable‚ responsible‚ and brave young teenager. Ellis’ characterization of Ken reveals his teen life‚ and also provides insight with regards to his later life‚ and compliments upon his change in attitude towards life‚ from being wild and adventurous to having a summer job as a babysitter. Throughout the story the characterization of Ken is detailed and clear. Not all teens are responsible‚ but
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remember it all very well lookin’ back it was the summer I turned eighteen” you can tell she is a young lady‚ and as you continue through the lyrics you acknowledge that “Fancy”‚ her mother‚ and young sibling live in a “rundown shack” and her father had left them. She continues to tell us that her mom buys her a dress and sends her out to the streets due to her being sick and the baby being hungry. Throughout the song her mother states‚ “Here’s your one chance Fancy don’t let me down” illustrating
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