Herman is the protagonist in Poushkin’s “The Queen of Spades”. Unlike Emma Bovary‚ Herman seems to be quite levelheaded‚ when we are first introduced to his character. When asked why he doesn’t gamble‚ Herman responds‚ "Play interests me greatly‚ but I hardly care to sacrifice the necessaries of life for uncertain superfluities" (1)” At the dawn of a night spent observing a gambling party‚ Herman overhears the story about Tomsky’s grandmother‚ Countess Anna Fedorovna. The story explains that the
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admiration for Catherine Cookson or Michael Crichton‚ as well as James Joyce or Donald Barthelme. And rightly‚ given its scope‚ Sutherland makes no apology for leaving stuff out (the entire western canon not written in English‚ for example – Tolstoy‚ Flaubert and Mann get hardly a look in). The author’s own not so guilty pleasures are everywhere apparent. Sutherland is a sucker for crime fiction and doesn’t care who knows it. Elmore Leonard‚ whose 10 rules for writing have been widely tweeted in the
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decided dislike for this way of life and intentionally engineered his own expulsion for some trivial offense in 1868. · His mother asked Gustave Flaubert to keep an eye on him at a point in time. This was the beginning of the apprenticeship that was the making of Maupassant the writer. · Whenever Flaubert was staying in Paris‚ he used to invite Maupassant to lunch on Sundays‚ lecture him on prose style‚ and correct his youthful literary exercises. He also introduced
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Deconstructing Authorship In his first paragraph Barthes uses Balzac’s Sarrasine’s castrato character’s inner voice to examine who’s really doing the talking in a written work‚ since there are layers of meaning in the identity within the particular quote. One of my favorite aspects of post-modernist literature is its playfulness with the notion of authorship and recursive identity within a given work. John Barth’s "Giles Goat Boy‚" a favorite and seminal work for me‚ starts with a forward deliberately
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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Bridegroom” by Alexander Pushkin are both short stories that use foreshadowing. Clues that the author presents throughout the story help the reader make a prediction about the outcome of the story. In addition‚ symbolism is a valuable literary term. Examples of symbolism can be
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Gogal ’s famous play about government bureaucracy‚ coruption and deception. A satirical account of Russion Government and society. "The Inspector" Bureaucracy‚ Corruption and Deception-- How Gogol using satire‚ ridicules the bureaucracy of the Russian government through scenes of corruption‚ deception and self-deception. The Mayor’s famous line‚ as he turns to address the audience directly‚ “What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves‚” (p. 120) illustrates this theme‚ which
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Chapter 1 page 86: "Not a hair was out of place in the blonde chin whisker outlining his jaw: it was like the edging of a flower bed around his long‚ dreary face with its small eyes and hooked nose." The poetic device of simile used to describe Monsieur Binet helps the reader visualize how meticulous he is. A meticulous man is the last thing a person wants in a small and very interconnected village. The reader after such a brief description becomes aware of this character and his possible significance
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simply can not exist. It seems to mе that the Art - is one of the human needs. Obviously‚ this beauty reveals to man the path to perfection and harmony. Immortal beautiful creations of ancient sculptors and architects: Raphael‚ Michelangelo‚ Dante‚ Pushkin and Tolstoy‚ Mozart‚ Bach and Tchaikovsky. It will be exciting when you try to cover all created intelligence geniuses‚ preservation and continuation of their descendants and followers. Of course‚ art plays an important role in the life of human
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and later by jealous fellow servants. Disappointed in love at age 18‚ she leaves her neighborhood to become cook and general servant for a widowed mother‚ Madame Aubain. In that position‚ she lives a life filled with duty‚ devotion‚ and affection. Flaubert tells the story in a simple manner which emphasizes the value of Felicite’s humble life. At Madame Aubain’s‚ Felicite enters a routine which makes her life seem orderly. By conscientious work‚ she makes herself necessary to the family. Most important
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most because I find it uninteresting. “Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to‚ while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” -G. Flaubert Flaubert’s message is that human speech is imperfect and inelegant. Many people strive to speak fluently but aspects of their speech like word choice and grammar are imprecise. One way to express yourself when words do not
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