BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM Biographical criticism begins with the simple but central insight that literature is written by actual people and that understanding an author’s life can help readers more thoroughly comprehend the work. Anyone who reads the biography of a writer quickly sees how much an author’s experience shapes—both directly and indirectly—what he or she creates. Reading that biography will also change (and usually deepen) our response to the work. Sometimes even knowing a single important
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Aphoristic style- the use of sentances or phrases within a larger essay or speech (usually persuasive) that stand out as memorable statements (aphorisms) in themselves. What we obtain cheap‚ we esteem too lightly Tyranny‚ like hell‚ is not easily conquered These are times that try men’s souls The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph Through the flame of liberty may cease to shine‚ the coal can never expire. It matters not where you love‚ or what rank of life you hold
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mischievousness‚ and depravity. As war increases in brutality to a certain extent‚ society’s aspects are intensely affected;this issue can result in the destroying of land‚ culture‚ and other tangible aspects. A poem‚ “Bitter Strawberries”‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a sardonic way of describing a war that have occurred in Russia. While this piece offers little insight into human nature‚ it portrays some solid images‚ even though disconnected and often jarring. “All morning in the strawberry field”: the
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Feminism is defined as the principle advocating social‚ political‚ and economic rights for women equal to those of men. Throughout history women have played different roles in different societies‚ but have for the most part been considered subservient and inferior in status to men. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the "sociology of the family" became the more prominent concern of feminists. Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ or philosophical‚ grounds
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I am a victim of introspection(Sylvia Plath)‚ Ethan Frome is a victim of this and society. Ethan Frome is a man that married a girl for the wrong reasons then finds his true love but society gets in the way ‚written by Edith Wharton published in 2004.Ethan isn’t the only victim there is ‚ Zeena‚ and Mattie. This shows that everyone in the world is a victim to society. Society is an obstacle for them and it could destroy their lives. Ethan started to become a victim of introspection and society when
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pleased about his reflections of the past or burdened (as did the speaker of “Piano”)? He is mindful in this poem we could see his reflections as calming and accepting of his situation we can see this in the phrase as he learns to close them softly. Sylvia Plath‚ “Mirror” (p. 579) 1. Why does the lake condemn the candles and the moon as “liars”? The lake represents the true state of the women as she sees herself in the lake but she didn’t like to see what she discovered by looking into the lake. So the
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of our world.” To what extent does your study of the elective “After the Bomb” support the given statement? In your response‚ you must make reference to the play “Waiting for Goddot’ and two texts of your own choosing. If you so wish‚ you may use Plath as a second prescribed text but you will still need to write about two additional texts. Particular events have such broad and long-lasting ramifications for our society that they shake the very pillars upon which our world is built. The dropping
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Face it: we were all little kids once. We all ran around our home with bright red capes hanging from our slight‚ skinny shoulders‚ cheeks flushed and eyes alight with wonder just about ready to swallow up the world. We were all little kids once‚ and as little kids we dreamt and dreamt and imagined unimaginable things. We were all kings and queens and marvelous superheroes and crafty villains. But somewhere along the way we grew up and left all of these dreams behind‚ shed them off and walked along
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African-American maids in the South) Shoeless Joe‚ WP Kinsella (baseball) Franny and Zooey‚ by JD Salinger (from 1950’s; If you have an interest in world philosophy or eastern religion‚ you’d probably like this.) The Outsiders‚ S.E. Hinton The Bell Jar‚ Sylvia Plath (mature themes) Research Novel Lottery Preparation For our project‚ you will read one of the books
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COM 1102: WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE Fall 2013 class time: M W F 10:00 am office hours: M W 11:00-11:45 am; M 5:00-6:00 pm and by appointment office: 626 Crawford phone: 321-674-8370 email: lperdiga@fit.edu website: my.fit.edu/~lperdiga turnitin.com course number: 7023849 turnitin.com password: Hangman Class Schedule 9/11 E. Annie Proulx‚ “55 Miles to the Gas Pump” (87; 578-579) 9/13 Mark Twain‚ “The Story of the Good Little Boy” (615-619) Due: Peer
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