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    reconstruction of life unit 4--- samskara as a subaltern text or river of fire {religious} short ----- hanuman ‚shakuntala ‚revenue stamp autobiography ‚manu ‚sanjay ‚phaniyamma social satire ‚river of fire title ‚ divya as a feminist text ..... Long----- Unit 1---Ban bhatt prose style or shakuntala indian athetic text unit 2--- Geetanjali as a religious text or Aadhe adhere existentalism unit 3---phaniyamma { gender discourse

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    In the Age of Restoration‚ European authors were experimenting with new styles and had revolutionized writing. One of these authors was Jonathan Swift and his essay A Modest Proposal. Jonathan Swift helped revolutionize writing through his use of satire‚ logic‚ and his knowledge of his audience. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin Ireland in the year 1667. Swift’s father died before he was born‚ and his mother left for England soon after. He was left in the care of his uncle‚ Thomas Swift. His uncle

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    but in a realistic way to make such topics easier to relate with. He demonstrates the morality within such situations and topics. In “The Sneetches” Dr. Seuss uses satire‚ allusion‚ and allegory to communicate the serious topic of segregation that exists within the Sneetch society. In the story “The Sneetches” Dr. Seuss uses satire to communicate the topic of racism in a humorous way in order to teach a moral and to make the topic easier to connect with. Seuss immediately makes the distinction

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    Compare and Contrast Essay American literature traces back to the time of the Native Americans and Puritans‚ and over time developed many literary movements influenced by Transcendentalists and Realists. The beliefs of the Native Americans and Puritans as well as the philosophy of the Transcendentalists and Realists contrast with one another. These four major groups of American writers all differ in the sense that all of them look to a different power head or ideology for truth. For example‚

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    enough simply to indulge one’s outrage over the argument or to smile at the jokes. Is Swift just having fun‚ or does he have something serious to say? Stereotypes against Irish Catholics make it easier for Swift to use them as the subject of his satire. The stereotypes are present in both the reasons for the proposal and the language used. The narrator’s argument that something must be done with infants because they are too young to steal implies that this is a common employment of Irish Catholics

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    these elements to show sexist and selfish ideas of men that are prevalent in society. “I Want a Wife” efficiently reasons for how the male gender generalizes the role of a wife in a sexist way in our society by making use of ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ satire and repetition. Ethos is used in the essay as Brady is a wife herself. Since she is she must have a certain expertise of being a wife. As she states in one of the beginning paragraphs “I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am

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    Often times‚ authors implement literary techniques to add certain elements in their stories. One way that authors do this is by introducing irony. Irony is an outcome of events that is contrary to what was expected. Many authors may use three different types of irony to get their point across. These types of irony are verbal‚ dramatic‚ or situational. They may apply irony to turn a story around and to give it a twist. One author who utilizes this technique is Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales

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    the eyes of common decency‚ his decision that Huck should stay with his father was a good one. If you didn’t know Jim Finn was abusive‚ you would probably want to keep family together too. This decision of his shows he is civilized. Mark Twain used satire to poke fun at civilization. By writing about how religion was part of everyday life and Huck didn’t want to learn about it‚ Twain was saying that society places too much emphasis on religion. It’s ironic that Huck‚ who to the casual reader seems

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    Assignment: Analyzing Satire In the chart below describe the problems the author of “A Modest Proposal” associates with each group listed. Next‚ explain the author’s solution to the problem and in the final column‚ describe the supposed “benefits” which will result from the implementation of this “modest proposal.” Babies Problem: Solution: Benefits: Overcrowding/overpopulation burden on parents and society and economy parents can’t afford kids kill‚ cook‚ and eat the

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    Rakesh Ramanjulu Professor Sarah Rice ENGL 216-B05 13 July 2011 Mock Epic of “The Rape of the Lock” “The Rape of the Lock” written by Alexander Pope is an intriguing poem in its whole. He makes this poem into an epic mock. Where he writes about how ridiculous the group he associates with have an “epic” card match over a lock of hair. “The Rape of the Lock” overall shows us how high society quarrels can resemble a great epic. Pope use of the mock epic was well written where a reader cannot

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