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    Marriage in the 1800s

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    Jim Furdine February 7th 2014 ENC 1101 Ms. Dominique Marriage Portrayed by Women in the 1800s Marriage has been portrayed as many things throughout the years. In the short stories‚ The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell both portray marriage‚ and how it does not always bring happiness. Each story was written by a married woman in the 1800s‚ this could reveal and interrupt how the lives of a married woman were in their time period. In each

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    Story of a scar

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    side of your face?”(Mcpherson 97) This is the start of dialogue that plays a significant role in the story. The protagonist‚ a once attractive African American women who caught the eye of many men‚ now a scared victim of domestic violence‚ is sitting in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon’s office. The narrator‚ the man in the waiting room who opens up the dialogue to the protagonist‚ is also waiting to see the doctor to remove the bandages on his nose. In the story “ The Story of a Scar” By James

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    relationships and characteristics to analyze the text. There are eight words that are used to describe characters. Those eight words are protagonist‚ antagonist‚ minor‚ major‚ static‚ dynamic‚ round and flat. A protagonist is a character that performs a heroic deed (something outside him/herself to help society). An antagonist is a character that works against the protagonist. Minor characters are the supporting cast in a story. Unlike minor character‚ major characters (main character) has the text revolve

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    the story „My Oedipus Complex“by Frank O’Conner? The story „ My Oedipus Complex „written by the well-known Irish author Frank O’Connor is a sacred narration of the youth and growing-up problem. There are three characters in the story: Larry - protagonist‚ his mother and father. The story is told by a little child Larry‚ who is 5 years old and who grows up in his nonhazardous world with just himself and his “beloved” mother. He is not ready to share his mother’s attention with the father‚ who is

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    Bildungsroman

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    this is true when we meet the protagonist‚ Jeanette‚ of the story. The most obvious evidence of this is that the author named the protagonist after herself: Jeanette. She also gave them some of the same character traits and a similar background. They both were from a strictly‚ religious family who sheltered them‚ both were attracted to women‚ to name a few. Another characteristic that puts pieces of literature under the genre of bildungsroman is that the protagonist of the story has‚ more times

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    build up to make new connections. The protagonist‚ Reuven Malter experiences changes that later on will have an effect at the end. Communication and relationships were very important in the novel as it played a major role. The author shows a motive for each character in the novel. The novel also shows that the quote “True happiness consists not in multitude of friends‚ but in the worth and choice” can be stated as the theme for the book. The Chosen protagonist narrates in the novel and even tells

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    unhappiness of these women to the way in which society impacts ones marriage. First of all‚ through the settings of their stories‚ both of the authors suggested that social expectations be the real causes of their protagonists’ deaths. In “A Sorrowful Woman‚” the nameless protagonist has what seems to be such a desirable life. She has a “durable‚ receptive‚ gentle” husband and a “tender golden three” son (189) “He was attuned to her; he understood such things” (189). This statement leads one to

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    Theme in Battle Royal

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    Cassandra Morgan English 110 October 12th 2012 Themes in Battle Royal “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison is about a nameless protagonist young African American who struggles to find his place in society. Ellison doesn’t provided a statistics or facts about racial discrimination instead Ellison uses imagery and satire that allows readers to step into the horrific experiences of the young man described in the story. More importantly‚ Ellison uses the key events of “Battle Royal” to satirically show

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    Ignorance Is Bliss

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    Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” and Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold and the Boys” we see the protagonists evolve from ignorance to knowledge in several different ways. As we watch this evolution we see both characters start at ignorance in very similar ways and while both take very different routes they end their journeys with similar complex consequences resulted from the knowledge they gain along the way. In “Oedipus Rex” the protagonist‚ Oedipus‚ starts from his entrance in the story at a place of ignorance. He

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    Beauplaisir who does not recognize her even though they have met before. While in disguise‚ she learns that the freedom of this disguise allows her to have power that she never had as a “Lady of distinguished Birth” (Haywood‚ 1). Haywood’s protagonist engages in her newly found freedom of interacting and controlling‚ beginning her display of power over Beauplaisir. Of course‚ while Beauplaisir thoroughly enjoys his conversations with the beautiful young prostitute‚ he wants to have sex with

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