Existentialism: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett‚ father of the American hard-boiled genre‚ is widely known for producing a suffocating world of realism in his works (“Hard-boiled fiction”). According to Paul Abraham’s “On re-reading The Maltese Falcon‚” the realistic atmosphere of Hammett’s third novel is reactionary to the post-war turmoil in which the work was born (97). This provides the ideal foundation for subtle philosophical concepts of existentialism such as‚ quests
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THE STRENGHT OF A WOMAN India has been a country where males have dominated society and oppressed the fairer sex. Only recently have things changed and currently India has its first woman president. This domination has caused women to actually believe that they are indeed inferior to men. It is therefore not surprising to find women content with the subservient life they were forced to lead‚ like in Mulk Raj Anand’s ‘The Coolie’ where in Munoo’s village‚ his aunt “…had done the housework herself
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Jane Eyre: A Critical Analysis of Gender Relations in Victorian Literature Modern society tends to view the Victorian era as one of oppression and constraint‚ despite the social and cultural upheaval of the time. This contradiction refers‚ in large‚ to the constraints imposed on the female gender. Women in Victorian England were viewed as inferior to their male counterparts‚ and were allocated clearly defined roles within society. Their treatment is a subject that is explored and critiqued throughout
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It is Easy to turn on the T.V and watch a performance or a musical video and see that they are promoting a dance that belongs to a certain culture. Most of the time‚ the dances are modified‚ where only some elements of the real dance are shown‚ which then makes the audience believe that whatever the video or performance has shown is what the real dance is like. Unfortunately‚ when you apply some cultural practice of a dance the audience perceive things differently and most of the time stereotypes
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Towards the beginning of the twentieth century‚ ‘monstrosity’ underwent a significant shift; from externalised representations to largely internal manifestations. From the Victorian vilification of the social and cultural ‘Other’ as an antithesis to morality and human civilisation‚ the monster grew to embody a more relativistic and ambiguous identity in the twentieth century paradigm. American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman‚ and Monster’s Aileen ‘Lee’ Wuronos‚ are two quintessential monsters of the ‘serial-killer-as-protagonist’
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Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28‚ 1890 – December 29‚ 1967) was an American bandleader and orchestral director. Leader of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s‚ Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful‚ and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz". Using a large ensemble and exploring many styles of music‚ Whiteman is perhaps best known for his blending of symphonic music and jazz‚ as typified by his 1924 commissioning and debut of George
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suggestion that she’ll be trouble as she brings a sudden darkness into the bunkhouse. The metaphor creates an image of the sunlight being extinguished by her and casting a dark shadow over the men in the bunkhouse. It is also a demonstration of ‘femme fatale’ as she appears so be a symbol of danger with Steinbeck presenting her introduction dramatically‚ as a seductress who will only bring misfortune. Another aspect of Curley’s wife we discover in her this same section is the fact that she wears a
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Gatsby: The False prophet of the American Dream The American dream‚ or myth‚ is an ever recurring theme in American literature‚ dating back to some of the earliest colonial writings. Briefly defined it is the belief‚ that every man‚ whatever his origins‚ may pursue and attain his chosen goals‚ be they political‚ monetary‚ or social. It is the literary expression of the concept of America: the land of opportunity. F. Scott Fitzgerald has come to be associated with the concept of the American
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mystery because of the sense of something awful that has happened. Our curiosity is aroused. This is completely opposite to Ozymandias where you know for certain that evil has been done and the details that come with it as well. La belle dame is a “femme fatale” a woman full of trickery and dishonesty who tricked the knight into falling in love with her “Full beauty - a faerys child” the beautiful lady la belle dame. In this ballad we see that in the first three stanzas the pace is very slow and negative
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Literary Analysis Questions A. Historical 1. Is this method of composition indicative of the period? 2. Is the subject matter representative of events occurring at this time? 3. Is the philosophical outlook indicative of the historical period? 4. How does the work relate to works in the same time period? To other periods? To works from other countries at this time? 5. What culture existed for this writer? 6. Is the work part of a historical trend (novel‚ Christian literature‚ allegory‚ political
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