In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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PART 1 Treating the Pain by Ending a Life is very persuasive in my eyes. The thing that helped to make the essays more creditable is that each essay in chapter 51 started with the background and credentials of the author. One reason I felt that this particular essay persuaded me is because it was told from the point of view of someone who has personally had to make the decision to carry out this act on another human life. The fact and the story that were portrayed in this essay were creditable
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Alternate Endings Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers that results in great tragedy. One may ask‚ “Why would Shakespeare choose such a tragic ending for his heroes?” Hopefully this essay will answer that very question for you. Over the years‚ Romeo and Juliet has remained one of the most popular and most studied literary works of all time. With this amount of popularity‚ hundreds‚ even thousands‚ have written alternate endings to the
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Never a Happy Ending In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ violence is a powerful action that can reveal the true intentions of a character. Readers learn by the end of the play that everything has consequences. Both good and bad violence always have a negative outcome. Through all the chaos and war in Scotland‚ characters always find a way to be cruel to one another. Some playing the valiant part and some play the evil part. Either way‚ it always ends badly. In the play Macbeth Shakespeare demonstrates
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An Unfitting Ending As Lockwood leaves for Thrushcross Grange in the last pages of Wuthering Heights‚ he pauses for one last look at young Catherine and Hareton who will soon marry: “ ‘It is a poor conclusion‚ is it not‚’ he observed‚ having brooded a while on the scene he had just witnessed. ‘An absurd termination to my violent exertions?” (322). The novel’s ending satisfies the dilemmas of the story‚ such as young Catherine’s future and the happiness of Heathcliff‚ and it fulfills the reader’s
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Great Gatsby Ending Journal What does the ending of this book say about the overall theme of hope? Is the failure of hopes and dreams unavoidable? What is the purpose of having hopes and dreams? This book interprets the overall theme of hope as what Gatsby had been driven by but in the end did not achieve. The green light of Daisy’s dock drove Gatsby and he believed in it. He was eluded by it in the past‚ but there was still hope that he would one day achieve his goal. This book shows how
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An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Happy Endings Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood reviewed by Karen Bernardo Want to know more? Check out BookRags Study Guides! ’Happy Endings’ is one of Margaret Atwood’s most frequently-anthologized stories because it is so unusual. In form‚ it isn’t so much a story as an instruction manual on how to write one. In content‚ it is a powerful observation on life. The story is broken up into six possible life scenarios plus some concluding remarks. In scenario A
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Advanced English 9 11 November 2016 The Most Dangerous Game: Alternate Ending My alternate ending starts the morning after the apprehensive night that Rainsford was in the jungle. In the story‚ that morning Rainsford hears the cry of some startled bird that focused him into that direction. He hears something coming the same way he had come. That which was approaching was a man. At this point in the story is where my version of the ending begins. At first Rainsford thought that it might have been General
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Question ------------------------------------------------- Is the ending of the “Far from the Madding Crowd” look consistent? Reason your answer. Answer Thomas Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd” is somewhat gruesome and somber in tone with the novelist’s vision of human destiny and his concept of invincible Fate that intervenes and shapes joys and sorrows in the world of humans. It is one of the finest novels in the world of literature with the setting of pastoral landscape surrounded
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