play‚ The Roaring Girl‚ Moll is presented as a symbol to combat the patriarchal order both within the play and in English society. Moll is given a level of agency that is vastly greater than all the women in the play. She is not restricted to the typical patriarchal order that was present in English society at the time. Moll also constructively uses her agency to challenge the patriarchy‚ where she not only wins‚ but emasculates her male oppressors. It is in this manner that Moll affects both the characters
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Daniel Defoe used realism to enhance his novel‚ Robin Crusoe. Many critics agree with this statement‚ while some think that he should have been more accurate with his realism. Critics also found the book to be very enlightening and beneficial to read and they found that it appealed to a very wide variety of people including the rich and poor and the young and old. Last but not least‚ some critics found that it showed lack of ability to create characters and events. Daniel Defoe was born to James
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sleep-pogo sticking? Gentlewoman: Since Macbeth became king. I have seen her get up from her bed‚ put on her night gown‚ unlock her closet‚ grab her pogo stick and hop away for a bit and then return back to bed‚ all while she is asleep. Doctor: While she is asleep‚ besides her actions‚ have you heard her speak of anything? Gentlewoman: No I haven’t. Doctor: You really should start paying attention to that. -ENTER LADY MACBETH- *POGO STICK SOUND* Gentlewoman: Doctor! Here she comes
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bound‚ and had limited availability. Short episodic stories which evolved into novels as we know them‚ materialized between 1715 and 1755; the achievement of four professional London writers‚ including Daniel Defoe with his Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders‚ Samuel Richardson‚ with Pamela‚ Tobias Smollett ’s Humphrey Clinker and Roderick Random‚ and Tom Jones by Henry Fielding. Practicality and realism was what the 17th century journalism was all about. However‚ Alexander Pope; an author who added
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Macbeth Scene AnalysisAct 5 Scene 11)Plot SummaryIn this scene the gentlewoman who accompanies Lady Macbeth while she sleeps has previously reported to a doctor of her sightings of Lady Macbeths deranged sleepwalking not long after Macbeth left to prepare for battle. Here both of them keep watch to see if any of Lady Macbeths sleepwalking occurs again. It starts off with the doctor and gentlewoman discussing Lady Macbeths condition. During Lady Macbeths sleepwalk she had previously‚ she confessed
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There was a large doorway in the back of the hall and all three characters‚ Gentlewoman‚ Doctor‚ and Lady Macbeth‚ played their part mostly in the center of the set. The setting was an adverse factor for me‚ because I expected Lady Macbeth to walk out of the room and wander around the whole castle‚ the setting limited Lady Macbeth’s
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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wrap around the candle by my bedside. I let out a humorless chuckle‚ “Pathetic. Queen of Scotland and look at what I am reduced to–” A creaking sound reaches my ears and my eyes snap towards its source. The door slowly opens and the face of my gentlewoman appears as she walks into the room. “Good morning‚ milady” she greets sheepishly‚ “I didn’t know you had awoken.” Nodding‚ I watch silently as she puts my breakfast on my side table. Despite her attempts to smile reassuringly‚ I can sense the fearful
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100 Classic Book Collection - UK Version Title Author Little Women Louisa May Alcott Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Mansfield Park Jane Austen Emma Jane Austen Persuasion Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen Lorna Doone R D Blackmore The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë Agnes Grey Anne Brontë Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë Shirley Charlotte Brontë Villette Charlotte Brontë The Professor Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë Pilgrim’s Progress John
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CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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