Texts can be re-contextualised and manipulated in order to be relevant to a modern day society. However‚ the transformation is usually apparent and thus a link can be established between the original and the new. The transformation can give the audience a better understanding of societal values and attitudes present in the texts. Jane Austen’s book Emma(1816)‚ relevant to society in Regency England‚ is relived in a modern day context relevant to the 20th century American society in Amy Heckerling’s
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The Importance of Being Earnest‚ written by Oscar Wilde‚ is a play that was first performed and published in the late nineteenth century. This play was written during the decline of the Victorian era and portrays the lifestyle of the era’s upper class in the author’s amusing point of view. While this was the era of supreme manners‚ well-educated men‚ and the utmost marriageable women‚ Oscar Wilde depicts his characters in a more truthful manner by revealing their contradicting statements and dishonest
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that Emily‚ being a real lady “to forget noblesse oblige—without calling it noblesse oblige” (535). “Emily is exempted from general indictment because she is a real lady-that is‚ eccentric‚ slightly crazy‚ obsolete‚ a “stubborn and coquettish decay”‚ absurd but indulged; “dear‚ inescapable‚ impervious‚ tranquil‚ and perverse”; indeed‚ anything and everything but human.” (561). Who would believe she would have murdered someone in order to have their
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Pride and Prejudice is set in the country in early 19th century England. During this time the Enlightenment period was at an end. Therefore society was governed by the idea of democracy and the rights of men. The rise of secularism and scientific theory also shaped beliefs during the time. During this period in England the Prince Regent is spending frivolously and the aristocracy is indulging more than ever in luxuries. This is in part why Jane Austen emphasizes money. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen
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Grant Guerrero Mrs. McFarlin English IV period 3 November 11‚ 2012 A Reclusive Existence His dog put “her head down as though afraid to look at him. When she was a yard away he fired‚ blowing her skull to fragments”(281). Immediately after murdering his dog‚ he turns the gun on himself and commits suicide. The protagonist‚ Mr. Flory‚ is clearly deeply depressed at the end of the book‚ but symptoms are presented throughout the entire novel: “Should he go down to the Club for tennis after all
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Importance of Being Earnest Analysis In true definition of farce‚ Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest incorporates unlikely and improbable situations‚ extravagant characters‚ and the occasional mistaken identity. Wilde’s farce relies on creating absurd situations that characters approach in means they find entirely logical in his parody of high society. His protagonist‚ Algernon is the only character aware of the absurdities of Victorian high society‚ and responds by taking absolutely nothing seriously-leading
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Daniela Abbruzzese Lewis Clayton SOSC2560A: Ideology and Everyday Life Wednesday‚ 27 November 2012 Fate‚ Morality and Free Will within Literature Tracing back to the primordial era‚ several ancient plays used the notions of morality‚ free will and fate. In several literary pieces there is an issue between the human preconception to fully assent fate and the natural desire to control destiny. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocle and Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ it is shown that the matters of
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Existentialism is often defined as a philosophical movement or tendency‚ emphasizing individual existence‚ freedom and choice. As a result of the diversity of positions associated with this term it is impossible to define precisely. There are‚ however‚ basic themes common in existentialist beliefs. As is evident through the root of the word‚ exist‚ there is a stress on definite individual existence and freedom of choice. Developed between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ this ideology influenced
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the reader how items that appear precious‚ are not always valuable in reality. Similarly‚ Shakespeare uses a rhyming couplet‚ to further add emphasis on the fact that he is not worthy of love. In addition‚ the reader can infer that because of the absurd standards of desirability set by society‚ will surely leave Bassanio in dismay and uncertainty‚ reflecting to the
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Shakespeare ’s ’Romeo and Juliet ’ is a tragedy told in two language styles‚ prose and verse. Death‚ fate‚ disorder are all minor components of this classic story centred on a dangerous love that reaches across the barriers of family and convention. Some perceptions of love in this play are dutiful‚ passionate‚ sexual and so forth. Throughout this essay I will be exploring the different perceptions of love and how Shakespeare ’s use of language and structure further emphasises each perception.
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