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    This reawakens his sister’s desire for his death‚ and she enters "on a fearful catalogue" of all the "illnesses‚" "sleeplessness‚" and "injuries" of which he "had been guilty" and "all the times she had wished [him] in [his] grave‚ and [he] had contuma- ciously refused to go there." Pip is made to feel guilty not only for being so much "trouble" but also for his lack of gratitude. He is not grateful for his ill-treatment‚ of course‚ but is full of suppressed rage. During his sister’s recital of

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    Socialist realism is a literary ideology or stream which is strong enough dominating in Western Europe. This ideology has a quite large contribution to the literature world. Realism is essentially concern with historical problem. The most prominent reason in this case is that an object can be investigated‚ analyzed‚ and studied through science‚ and its nature can be found through philosophy. As a stream of ethical‚ realism acknowledges the ethical experienced factors‚ whether it relates to life‚

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    Social Realism in the Early Renaissance Early Renaissance art and literature brought real life depictions to print form. Artists and writers alike began to pay close attention to things such as social class‚ social interaction‚ human society‚ personal experiences‚ lifestyles‚ and individual personalities. The focus was on real people living very real lives. This wasn’t a look at the general but a look deeper into the details of individual life and how people interacted while living in this time

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    discussing “Realism” as my subject. “Realism‚ in art‚ the movement of the mid-19th cent. formed in reaction against the severely academic production of the French school. Realist painters sought to portray what they saw without idealizing it‚ choosing their subjects from the commonplaces of everyday life. Major realists included Gustave Courbet‚ J. F. Millet‚ and Honoré Daumier. In a broader sense the term is applied to an unembellished rendering of natural forms. In recent years realism has come to

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has been identified as a great success‚ and perhaps even one of the greatest novels of all time. In order to be revered as a classic‚ a novel must have one or more qualities that place it above the rest. One of The Great Gatsby’s best qualities is Fitzgerald’s incredible use of realism and symbolism. Symbolism and realism the key elements that made this work a success are evident in the development of plot‚ setting‚ and characters throughout the novel. When

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    How does Dickens use setting in ’Great Expectations’ to show characters feelings &+ situations? Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ during the Victorian era. In 1822‚ when Dickens was ten‚ the family relocated from Kent [where they had moved when Dickens was 5] to Camden Town‚ London. These places of residence are symbolic of certain occurances in Dickens life; throughout the novel‚ these areas play an avid role in the creation and development of the characters situations and feelings

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    Three Expectations for the Next Generation of Gaming Consoles The 2012 E3 Expo introduced gamers around the world to the newest projects and games under development. However‚ there was nothing announced about the next generation of consoles. As the current Xbox 360‚ Playstation 3‚ and Nintendo Wii get older‚ many fans have begun to question when we’ll see new systems developed and released‚ and with those questions come expectations. Here’s a look at three expectations that I have for the next generation

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    the left we have the concept of legal realism while on the right we have the more dialectic concept of legal formalism. It is in this vein of thought that I base this paper on with the added objective of juxtaposing the two concepts. After which it will become increasingly apparent that legal realism is the superior methodology. Accordingly‚ my aim is to demonstrate that jurisprudents owe it to themselves‚ institution‚ and the people to utilize legal realism when determining a verdict. Are

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    Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important‚ and the most widely read‚ text to emerge from that period. It is also a central and pioneering work in the movement that has become known as magical realism‚ which was characterized by the dreamlike and fantastic elements woven into the fabric of its fiction. Even as it draws from García Márquez’s provincial experiences‚ One Hundred Years of Solitude also reflects political ideas that apply to Latin America

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    Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol: A True Gentleman According to Dictionary.com‚ a gentleman is a civilized‚ educated‚ sensitive‚ or well-mannered man. However‚ by Victorian definition‚ a gentleman was‚ perhaps most importantly‚ a rich man. “Charles Dickens…was an author of relatively humble origins who desired passionately to be recognized as a gentleman‚ and insisted‚ in consequence‚ upon the essential dignity of his occupation” (Victorian Web). In Great Expectations he portrays Pip‚ a

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