Title of Work: Frankenstein Author: Mary Shelley Date of Publication: January 1‚ 1818 Genre: Gothic Biographical information about the author: Born as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft on August 30‚ 1789‚ Mary was the only child of her father and mother. Hardly more than a week after having Mary‚ Wollstonecraft died‚ leaving William to raise Mary and her half-sister‚ Fanny‚ whom William chose to adopt. When Mary was four‚ her father remarried but resentment
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Title/Author: The OdysseyBy: HomerDate of Publication/Genre: unknown; epic poem | Biographical information about the author: Next to nothing is known about Homer. He probably lived in the late eighth and early seventh centuries. He was blind and he also composed Iliad. | Historical information on the period of publication: The time was very influential to the story. During this time‚ all stories were passed on by word of mouth. People who were gifted with a silver tongue were held in high regard
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In the movie Sense and Sensibility by Emma Thompson she creates a vivid and dramatic film by conveying the original author’s intent. Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British drama film directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by Emma Thompson is based on the 1811 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. The actors develop their characters and had an amazing performance. Throughout the movie Michael Coulter took advantage of the use of cinematic techniques. Also in the film included a lot of thematic ideas
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Antonio José García Gil ’’Sense and Sensibility’’ Jane Austen ( 1775-1817) When Mr. Henry Dashwood dies‚ leaving all his money to the son of his first wife of John Dashwood‚ his second wife and three daughters are left without permanent home and very little income. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters (Elinor‚ Marianne and Margaret) are invited to stay with their distant relatives‚ Middleton‚ at Barton Park. Elinor is sad to leave his home in Norland because she has become closely linked to Edward Ferrars
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Essay Society places many pressures upon people with regards to specific gender roles. There are stereotypical male and female character roles that pervade literature in all cultures. In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility sisters Elinor and Marianne represent “sense” and “sensibility‚” respectively. Although two very different characters‚ they face many similar obstacles when it comes to finding a potential husband so they can secure their place in society as well as financial security. Due
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she might have abandoned it in favor of the mode of narration we eventually get? (Go back to the text for answers…) -Richardson’s Pamela and Austen’s Marianne both embody—albeit in quite different versions--what the eighteenth-century called sensibility. >They’re both depicted in states of heightened emotion (notice the proliferation of scenes in which they cry‚ blush‚ swoon‚ etc.‚)‚ and they both seem to be governed by their emotions (although this is a little complicated in Pamela’s case).
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Major Works Data Sheet Details of the setting (include changes in setting) Significance of setting to the meaning of the work The Scarlet Letter is set in Boston in the mid-1600’s. There are a number of different settings inside this‚ including Dimmesdale and Chillingworth’s quarters‚ the scaffold at night and day‚ Hester’s cottage‚ the Governor’s home‚ and the forest. The setting of Boston in the mid-1600s is important to the work mainly because of the people. If it was
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AP/ PRE-AP English Name _ _ Per. ___ Fiction Major Works Data Sheet |Title: _The Great Gatsby_________________________ |Biographical information about the author: | |Author: _F. Scott Fitzgerald_______________________ |Born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24‚ 1896 in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ |
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Major Works Data Sheet Fabbiha Chowdhury‚ Rebecca Rich‚ Yusra Ahmed- Band 2 Title: The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde Date of Publication: December‚ 1898 Genre: Satire‚ Comedy of Manners Historical information about the period of publications: Wilde originally wrote the play during the summer of 1894 in Worthing‚ England. Although it was performed the following year‚ it wasn’t published until 1898 due to Wilde’s tainted reputation and bankruptcy. Wilde had prosecuted
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contrast the sisters‚ Elinor and Marianne‚ in Sense and Sensibility to Cecily and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demands and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood VS Cecily and Gwendolyn In this paper‚ I intend to show the similarities and differences between the sisters in Sense and Sensibility and those in The Importance of Being Earnest
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