History‚ W. K. Wimsatt & Cleant Brooks‚ New York: Knopf‚ 1957. Coleridge‚ S. T.‚ Biographia Literaria‚ Chap.XIV‚ J. Shawcross‚ O.U.P.‚ (1907); English Critical Texts‚ ed Dyson‚ A. E.; Butt‚ John‚ Augustans and Romantics‚ London: O.U.P.‚ 1940. Frye‚ Northrop‚ Anatomy of Criticism‚ New Jersey: Princeton University Press‚ 1957. Humphreys‚ A. R.‚ ‘Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison’‚ British Writers‚ Vol.-III‚ Ed. Ian Scott & Kilvert‚ New York: Charles Scribner’s Son‚ 1978. Longinus‚ ‘On the Sublime’
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The Representation of Youth Tribes and Subcultures in the Cinema of John Hughes. In this research essay I expect to find that the use of youth tribes and subcultures can clearly be identified in mid-80s comedy-dramas; particularly in those written‚ produced and directed by John Hughes. The primary texts I will be analysing are The Breakfast Club‚ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Weird Science. I have selected these texts as they are few of many that represent young people in an oppositional approach
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Insights and Opinions on Canadian Identity Read and reflect on the following quotes about Canada and Canadian Identity. “Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.” ~ Marshall McLuhan “There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada‚ and the second is the survival of Canada.” ~ Frank R. Scott “It is more than four centuries since the Aboriginals‚ francophones‚ and anglophones began their complex intercourse in this
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the people‚ being allowed to say things that most people can’t or won’t say about their own lives. To do this‚ these humorists use many techniques‚ one of the more famous ones being the ever changing technique of satire. According to a quote from Northrop Fry’s
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the correct answer. This definition is based upon past experiences/future expectations and hopes of the word. However‚ when given the opportunity to define the word comedy‚ society has the same interpretations of what is found humorous and what is not. This leaves an assumption that the word romance is a personal vendetta‚ whereas comedy is personal on a different level; audiences find different things humorous‚ however comical themes are generalized compared to personal romantic experiences. Both
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between the audience the characters in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ Brick can be considered an archetypal tragic hero or‚ arguably‚ an unbalanced hero. Brick is a textbook tragic hero‚ according to Northrop Frye: “Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them‚ the greatest trees more likely to be struck by lightning than a clump of grass. Conductors may of course
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TRAGEDY Aristotle A tragedy is the imitation of an action of some magnitude that is serious and also complete in itself‚ in language with pleasurable accessories [rhythm and harmony]‚ in a dramatic‚ not a narrative form‚ with incidents arousing pity and fear‚ to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Elements are these: Plot--most important‚ should be complex Character--tragic hero--elevated; brought down Diction Thought Spectacle Melody Peripety--change from one state of
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rule‚ they are male protagonists. But to say that Shakespeare’s female characters are shallow‚ undeveloped and used just as a decoration on the stage is very wrong. Women in Shakespeare’s tragedies have no leading role and they are‚ to paraphrase Northrop Frye‚[1] not tragic heroines‚ but heroines in a tragedy. All female characters in Shakespeare’s tragedies have one thing in common – they end up dead. It is always an untimely‚ unnatural death. This rule (rather than coincidence) is a theme of many
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Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is one of the most celebrated plays in the English language. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet struggles with the death of his father and the swift remarriage of his mother to his father" ’"s brother. In Act I‚ scene iv‚ his father" ’"s ghost appears‚ urging Hamlet for revenge over his untimely murder (committed by his own brother). Taken aback by shock‚ Hamlet agrees with to revenge‚ ’" ’...with wings as swift / as meditation or the thoughts of love ’" ’ (I.iv.29-30).
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The human imagination is a very powerful thing. It sets humanity apart from the rest of the creatures that roam the planet by giving them the ability to make creative choices. The imaginary world is unavoidably intertwined with the real world and there are many ways by which to illustrate this through literature‚ either realistically or exaggerated. Almost everything people surround themselves with is based on the unreal. Everything from the food we eat to the books we read had to have been thought
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