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    Approaches to metaphor: Structure‚ classifications‚ cognate phenomena HELEN V. SHELESTIUK Abstract The article aspires to present a systematized view on the contemporary understanding of metaphor essence and structure‚ reviews various classifications of metaphor‚ and discusses cognate ‘similarity-based’ phenomena in natural language. The opposing views on metaphor as a three- and twocomponent structure are reconciled in the article through the analysis of di¤erent kinds of metaphors. Three types

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    Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners novel "Pride and Prejudice" depicts the life of protagonist main character Elizabeth Bennet. Using her typical "light and bright‚ and sparkling" tone‚ Austen uses themes of love‚ reputation and class to highlight the development of Elizabeth’s character in the first volume of the novel. Set in rural England during the Napoleonic Wars the writer shows how setting‚ in both time and place‚ has an impact on the main character. The opening sentence of the novel

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    Pride and Prejudice Pride and prejudice is a novel wrote by Jane Austen. The book was published in 1819‚ is based in the English society of the XIX century‚ when the dream of every mother was to see her daughter engaged. The book‚ tells the story of Elizabeth Bennett and her family‚ a family composed by a mother‚ a father and fife daughters. After the arrival of the nobles Mr Bingley‚ his sister and his best friend Mr Darcy‚ Mrs Bennet decides that the time has came to have a married daughter

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    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: The Author’s Criticism on the Society During the 19th century‚ society was a lot different in both governmental and economic. In Pride and Prejudice‚ the author‚ Jane Austen‚ uses irony and satire to criticize aspects of the society. Jane Austen uses her satire to marvelously bring out the ridiculous characters. These characters symbolize her criticism on the society. Through her use of characters‚ she reveals her concerns towards the law‚ government‚ and each

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    One rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards The play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and the novel‚ ‘Pride and Prejudice’‚1813‚ by Jane Austen‚ both have the same concepts of love and that a rather negative perspective on love is that the costs may outweigh the rewards. In both texts‚ they demonstrate the limitations that prevent them from being together. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the idea of the opposing families‚ the pressures of society‚ the

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    Jane Austen’s best selling novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ was written between 1796 and 1797 and is set in the nineteenth century. To a reader‚ the title ‘Pride and Prejudice’ may give the impression that the novel is just about pride and prejudice‚ but in fact‚ the novel is about much more. It’s about matters of upbringing‚ marriage‚ moral rightness and love. Austen’s work mainly concentrates on the aspects of life relevant to that time period‚ for example; marriage‚ social class‚ this is portrayed

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    English 1302 Dr. Hawley 5/9/2013 Herbert’s Metaphors George Herbert wrote the poems: “Alter” and “Windows” that have a good use of metaphor throughout each poem. Herbert has a good use of metaphor in these two poems that greatly enhances the meaning of them both. The metaphors used have affect over the connotation and the denotation of the adjectives and the analogies that are made with the use of the metaphors “Alter” has a great use of metaphor in not only the words but also the shape of the

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    Influence on Nineteenth Century Marriages in Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a nineteenth century novel revolving around the life and romantic affairs of the Bennett sisters and their family in the English countryside. Seen as a lady-like romance novel‚ Pride and Prejudice seems like a light read‚ but in reality Jane Austen uses her novel to make scathing commentary about nineteenth century society in England. Pride and Prejudice contrast the marriages of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth

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    and criticizing the idea of “Love at First sight”. In the book Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen maintains that people often look at physical attractiveness and wealth while searching for love rather than passion and deep connection between each other. Through her use of satire in novels she mocks humanity and its foolish effects on society. Her novel also shows a strong passion for feminist ideas‚ the women characters of Pride and Prejudice were portrayed to be fierce and against societal expectations

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    Mazhenov Dauren Student ID: 20123464 Undergraduate Foundation English 5/ ENG0005 07/11/2012 A Short Summary And Analysis Of The Book ‘’ Pride and Prejudice’’ By Jane Austen BACKGROUND INFORMATION - BIOGRAPHY Jane Austen was born in 1775 at Steventon‚ Hampshire in southern England‚ where her father was a minister. She was the sixth child in a family of seven children. The family was very close‚ and Jane had a particular closeness to her sister Cassandra. Although she attended boarding

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