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    The sea trips in films ‚ literature and painting Lіterature Daniel Defoe " Robinson Crusoe "    The novel is about a young man named Robinson Crusoe‚ who dreams of going on sea voyages. On the journey the ship is attacked by pirates and Crusoe is taken as a slave. After slavery‚ he dramatically escapes and lands on an uninhabited island. The Jonathon Swift’s "Gulliver’s Travels" Gulliver’s Travels is an adventure story involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver‚ a ship’s surgeon‚ who visited

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    resolute to achieve economic success despite the social conditions and poor circumstances‚ thus her life gets full of immoral behavior‚ mischief and trickery. Along with another Defoe’s masterpiece- Robinson Crusoe‚ the two novels teach us valuable moral lessons and are still relevant nowadays. Moll and Robinson have the same goal- economic survival but there’s a significant difference in their strategies. The novel shows the tough and emotionally draining journey of Moll Flanders who is born in Newgate

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    Daniel Defoe’s “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”‚ just as his second and no less of a name amongst classic novels - “Moll Flanders”‚ was mounted borderline between journalism and fiction‚ being based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk – a shipwrecked seaman. With his (Defoe’s) childhood marked by two amongst the most tragic of occurrences of the seventeenth century: a recurrence of the plague‚ which at the time took about 70‚000 lives‚ dubbed the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of

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    English: General Instructions 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1(Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (350 400 words) on any one of the following:a. Imagine a situation in which a character from your favourite book comes alive. Write an imaginary account of a

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    subjects‚ and they were of three different religions. My man Friday was a Protestant‚ his father was a Pagan and a cannibal. And the Spaniard was a papist. However‚ I allowed liberty of conscience throughout my dominions. But this is by the way." -Robinson here start to talk about how he’s very comfortable and happy of his island and his people that they allowed their lives to him‚ and mention that he allowed liberty of conscience throughout his dominions. "religious freedom" Chapter: 27 Page:

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    The Glorious Revolution of 1688‚ Hodder and Stoughton‚ first edition‚ 1966‚ London * Behn‚ Aphra – Oroonoko‚ Penguin Classics‚ first edition‚ 2003‚ London * Coetzee‚ JM – Foe‚ Penguin Classics‚ second edition‚ 2010‚ London * Defoe‚ Daniel – Robinson Crusoe‚ * Fielding‚ Henry – Joseph Andrews and Shamela‚ Penguin Classics‚ first edition‚ 1999‚ London * Ogg‚ David – England in the Reign of Charles II‚ Oxford University Press‚ second edition‚ 1972‚ London * Richardson‚ Samuel – Pamela‚ Oxford University

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    novelists of this era are Daniel Defoe‚ Henry Fielding‚ and Samuel Richardson. Defoe’s name‚ more than that of any other English writer‚ is credited with the emergence of the "true" English novel by virtue of the 1719 publication of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. In the work of these

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    and accepted that they were all ‘niggers’. My second point is the way in which Mr Gilmer threatens Tom Robinson at court. We find in this novel that at the beginning of the book we see the immaturity arise in Jem and of course Scout. In the court case and the few months before we see Jem mature and not be the typical young boy. Jem realizes and notices that Mr Gilmer is treating Tom Robinson in an animalistic way‚ by calling him ‘a big buck’. Mr Gilmer mentions Tom and makes him feel small by calling

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    interactions with Arthur “Boo” Radley‚ Mrs. Henrietta Dubose‚ and Tom Robinson‚ among other characters‚ influence Scout and bring upon her crucial maturing through acts related to discrimination and prejudice.

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    at the beginning of the novel. Crusoe lands in an inhospitable environment and makes it his home. His taming and domestication of wild goats and parrots with Crusoe as their master illustrates his newfound control. Moreover‚ Crusoe’s mastery over nature makes him a master of his fate and of himself. Early in the novel‚ he frequently blames himself for disobeying his father’s advice or blames the destiny that drove him to sea. But in the later part of the novel‚ Crusoe stops viewing himself as a passive

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