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    A chorus in a Greek tragedy is fundamental however in modern plays it is no longer a crucial element. The chorus consists of a small group of people‚ usually between twelve and fifteen‚ who account the events of the play‚ and foreshadow its development. They are meant to act as a character but are positioned away from the main action. As a character‚ the chorus has many functions; it interacts with other characters‚ and gives its opinion on the situations without regard to the chance of their opinion

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    Greek Chorus

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    Tragedy came to be made up of episodes divided by choral odes. Within the odes‚ the chorus would vocalize rhythmically‚ so they would not be looked at as individuals‚ but as one body. They function to offer time for scene changes and give the most important actors a break. In some plays the chorus take the part of a

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    Fate vs Free Will

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    ability to control our fate? The author of the choral ode feels that we do not have the power to be in command of our fate and our destiny is already decided. Contrasting this belief the writer of “Invictus” believes in free will and the opportunity to control and overcome our fate. Every person has their own set of beliefs that can be similar or very different to those who surround them. Sophocles proclaims the idea of fate through the choral ode. He believed that everything you do you must always

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    twenty-four. As most would wonder‚ how does one who has gone through so much pain and suffering make sense of it all? In response to this question‚ Keats in his poetry emphasized making positives out of unfortunate circumstances and in poems such as Ode to Melancholy and Fall to Hyperion he establishes the belief that pain could be beneficial to life and something worth embracing. He states this perspective himself in a letter he wrote to George and Georgina Keats in May 1819 stating “Do you not see

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    Autobiography‚ Memoir‚ Spiritual autobiography * Biography * Diaries and Journals * Electronic literature * Erotic literature * Fable‚ Fairy tale‚ Folklore * Fiction o Adventure novel o Children’s literature o Comic novel o Crime fiction + Detective fiction o Fantasy (for more details see Fantasy subgenres; fantasy literature) o Gothic fiction (initially synonymous with horror) o Historical fiction o Horror o Medical novel o Mystery fiction o Philosophical novel o Political fiction

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    A Made World: Anthropocentricity in the Works of Auden and MacNeice In his 1941 poem “London Rain‚” Louis MacNeice writes “The world is what was given / The world is what we make.” In “London Rain” itself‚ MacNeice does not emphasize the latter sentiment‚ ultimately hinting at the difficulty of trying to “make” anything in his concluding description of his “wishes…come[ing] homeward / their gallopings in vain.” Yet for all the suggestions of impotence in “London Rain’s” final stanza‚ in MacNeice’s

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    Literature is derived from the word “littera” which means letter. Any printed material‚ written within a book‚ magazine or pamphlet is also called literature. It includes faithful reproduction of man’s manifold experiences blended into one harmonious expression‚ man’s love‚ grieves‚ thought s and aspirations coached in beautiful language. It is sometimes called‚ a story of man. It is a language in use that provides insights and intellectual stimulation to the reader. As one explores literature‚ he

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    William Wordsworth

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    mEnglish Project [Type the company name] [Type the company address] [Type the phone number] [Type the fax number] [Pick the date] Done by: - M.R.Tejas 7’C’ Roll no.31 About William Wordsworth and his great work “The Prelude”. Submitted to: - Sandya Ma’am ------------------------------------------------- William Wordsworth William Wordsworth | Portrait of William Wordsworth by Benjamin Robert Haydon (National Portrait Gallery). | Born | 7 April 1770 Wordsworth House‚Cockermouth

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    Confucianism vs. Buddhism

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    Confucianism vs. Buddhism By Robert Truckle In this essay‚ two world religions will be compared to see how similar and/or how different they are; these two religions are Confucianism and Buddhism. Confucianism speaks about the wise thoughts that Confucius came across throughout his life. Buddhism speaks about how to acquire great knowledge throughout life. Confucianism was founded by a Chinese man‚ but Buddhism was founded by an Indian man. These quick comparisons show how the religions differ

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    left this world way too early but when he passed‚ he left get amazing literature. His stories has many messages to them that you can’t help but think of what he had to say as the reader reads each line of his stories. The message that brings up in Ode on a Grecian Urn for example‚ brings up how art is the true beauty of this world and how art speaks in many different ways that a person really wouldn’t think of. Keats wanted the people that read his stories to think about the messages behind each

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