GENERAL: American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov‚ a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark‚ New Jersey. Levov’s happy and conventional upper middle class life is ruined by the domestic social and political turmoil of the 1960s during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson‚ which in the novel is described as a manifestation of the "indigenous American berserk." The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998
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Dan Walsh Joseph Conrad “The Lagoon” One of the finest stylists of modern English literature was Joseph Conrad‚ a Polish-born English novelist‚ short story writer‚ essayist‚ dramatist‚ and autobiographer. Conrad was born on December 3rd 1857 in a Russian-ruled Province of Poland. According to Jocelyn Baines‚ a literary critic‚ "Conrad was exiled with his parents to northern Russia in 1863 following his parent’s participation in the Polish independence movement". His parents’ health
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Phoenix Jackson‚ the main character of “A Word Path”‚ by Eudora Welty‚ is a determined and giving Negro woman‚ who‚ despite her old age and fading independence‚ frequently makes a long and hard journey to town to help her grandson. The whole story takes place in about a day’s time -- yet this small glimpse into her long life is enough time for the author to convey to the reader who exactly this character is‚ both physically and psychologically. Physically‚ she is a frail‚ old woman. She wears
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LePrince de Beaumont presents the story of “Beauty and the Beast” with a lesser authorial voice to imply the moral upon the intended reader through implicit telling through dialogue. The implicit interplay of the narrator and the imagined reader allows for further analysis and interpretation of values presented within the tale. The intended moral is expressed through the dialogue of characters. When Beauty returns to the Beast she tells him‚ “there are many that deserve that name more than you‚ and
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is simultaneously omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and morally perfect. As we have seen‚ Plantinga expressly defines maximal excellence in such terms. Though Anselm doesn’t expressly address the issue‚ it is clear (1) that he is attempting to show the existence of the God of classical theism; and (2) that the great-making properties include those of omnipotence‚ omniscience‚ and moral perfection. There are a number of plausible arguments for thinking that even this restricted set of properties is logically
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III. Characters A. Protagonist- Louis (Mrs. Mallard) B. Subordinate- Richard‚ Josephine C. Antagonist- Mr. Mallard‚ Society IV. Setting A. Time- late 19th century B. Place- common 1900s household V. Point of View- 3rd person omniscient VI. Episode A. Mrs. Mallard thinks her husband has died‚ which gives her a new sense of freedom‚ but it turns out he is alive‚ and the shock and disappointment kills her. VII. Plot A. Conflict- Louis is inferior to her husband 1. Louis
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SM1008 Art of Moving Image Cashback Director: Sean Ellis Actors: Sean Biggerstaff (Ben Willis‚ an art student)‚ Emila Fox (Sharon‚ a checkout girl in the supermarket)‚ Shaun Evans (Sean‚ best friend of Ben)‚ Michelle Ryan (Suzy‚ the ex-girlfriend of Ben) Genre: Comedy‚ Drama and Romance Release Date: 31 May 2007 Introduction Have you ever think about freezing the time? What will you do in the extra time if you suffer from insomnia? These are the situation that Ben Willis in
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character does have a different emotion and style. Wuthering Heights has a very complicated narrative structure. There are two clear narrators‚ but the novel is almost a drama‚ that is to say‚ dialogue plays a great part. Different levels of narration construct the story‚ not by the usual way of telling the same events from different perspectives‚ but the participation of characters helps in understanding what happens. It could be said that‚ instead of a multi-perspective story‚ this is a multi-layered
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boisterous manner feuds with the surrounding rhetoric of strict American orthodoxy‚ and causes a constantly critical nature within him. Merendino reflects this through the use of narration and soliloquy as a vehicle for Stevo to express his ongoing thoughts of his surroundings. This is expanded on through the film‚ as the narration turns to a sort of visual essay‚ where Stevo‚ via "breaking the fourth wall"‚ can illustrate the challenging nature of his surroundings. In a party scene‚ Stevo breaks away
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Interpretation by Arkadiy Kurakin The story of Herbert Ernest Bates "The Beauty of the Dead". The story is a unit of literary fiction. The author uses different expressive means and stylistic devices to show the reader the idea of the story‚ such as epithets‚ metaphor‚ similar‚ oxymoron‚ irony‚ hyperbola‚ understatement‚ etc. The protagonist of this story is Mr. Grimshaw. This is a complex character‚ reticent‚ gloomy. His surname is rather significant. The adjective “grim" means harsh‚ merciless
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