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    Love is a common theme in most literature‚ as either an underlying theme or as the stimulus for the story‚ as it is an emotion that has great power and is also universally understood. The writers we have studied have written about love in its many forms‚ from the cerebral to the visceral and they have used this complex emotion to propel their stories and their sonnets. As we progress forward in time we see a distinct change in the freedom writers had as they addressed this theme and a change in the

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    A Critique of Philip Zimbardo’s Prison Experiment “The Experiment”‚ an American film in 2010‚ was directed by Paul Scheuring‚ and starred by Adrian Brody‚ 2003 Academy Award’s Best Actor‚ and Forest Whitaker‚ a remarkable American actor and director. In the movie‚ an astounding experiment is conducted by a group of psychological researchers who recruit a group of volunteers to join a prison experiment for cash reward. For two weeks‚ twenty male participants are hired to play “prisoners” and

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    Poetry of Phillip Larkin

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    The poetry of Philip Larkin possesses a unique characteristic that has drawn the attention of many readers from 1945‚ when his first book was published‚ up until the modern day. His writing contains unique characteristics because he was not raised with the normal life that many writers today have and often write about. One of Larkin’s most prominent characteristic used was the idea of humor. The objective of this paper is to display factual evidence that Larkin was using humor as a way to further

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    Lady Mary Wroth Possible Lines of Approach Gender and women’s writing Form and genre Historical and political contexts Notes on Approaching Particular Works The Countess of Montgomery’s Urania Pamphilia and Amphilanthus Questions for Discussion Critical Viewpoints/Reception History Appendices Appendix 1: Sidney–Herbert Family Tree Appendix 2: Correspondence between Lady Mary Wroth and Lord Denny Possible Lines of Approach Gender and women’s writing • This approach emphasizes Wroth’s position as

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    Using integrated linguistic and literary approaches compare how sibling relationships are presented in King Lear and The Godfather. In both King Lear and The Godfather‚ sibling relationships are presented as volatile such as when Regan and Goneril temporarily collaborate to take Lear’s power but become obsessed with the competition for Edmund’s love and the camaraderie ends abruptly‚ while the Corleone siblings look out for each other and think family should come before business. King Lear is

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    A Rumor of War A Rumor of War is a book bases on personal experiences of the author Philip Caputo during the Vietnam War. Philip served in the United States Marine Corps (USMC). He was deployed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When he came back he chose to become a journalist. He is renowned for his book A Rumor of war which he wrote 10 years after returning from war. The book starts with Philip’s narrating the reason he joined the United States Marine Corps (page 1) and ends with him

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    Compare how the theme ‘passion’ is expressed by the poets Larkin and Plath Passion is an integral theme demonstrated in several poems by Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin through their conscience use of literary devices which are explored in a number of auxiliary themes. The variety in techniques used‚ in addition to their differing attitudes towards the subjects of their poems express dissimilar versions of passion; there is a contrast in the levels of passion displayed: In Larkin’s poetry‚ a deficiency

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    "How Shakespeare Changed the Sonnet World" Although sonnets have been modified by individual poets and adapted to changing literary expectations‚ they usually still retained certain characteristics of the traditional Italian sonnet. Especially in terms of subject matter. Those early modern poets paved the way for Shakespeare’s sonnet‚ which diverges significantly from the traditional sonnet subject matter. His sonnets mark a turn towards a more sincere interiority‚ and take on many more subjects

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    1939 gives us a look into a hard-boiled detective story. The novel encompasses all the subjects of a great fictional work such as thrill‚ sex‚ drama‚ action‚ romance‚ and corruption all the while leading us on a journey narrated by the lead character Philip Marlowe. In 1946 seven years after the release of The Big Sleep‚ director Howard Hawks attempted to recreate the detective’s tale in a version made for the silver screen. Throughout this essay I will show the reader the fundamental differences between

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    God and the Church. Where the stories differ‚ is in the author’s intent for these actions. In the former‚ John Milton uses the devil to display how vanity and pride are the sins that halt us in an opportunity to live blissfully‚ with and under God. Philip Pullman‚ in his twist on Paradise Lost‚ The Golden Compass‚ claims that the original sin was the first‚ and most essential‚ step in human beings claiming their free will. He writes the devil (Lord Asriel) as a manipulative‚ selfish but ultimately

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