book is being recommended for background reading. PAPER 2. (Literature in English) DRAMA : As You Like It : Shakespeare (edited by Roma Gill‚ Oxford University Press) OR Loyalties : John Galsworthy (edited by G.R. Hunter) PROSE: At least one of the following: (i) A Treasure Trove of Short Stories: Compiled and Edited by S. Chakravarthi (Frank Bros. & Co.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. An Astrologer’s Day : R.K. Narayan Dust : ‘Saki’ (HH Munro) The Postmaster : Rabindranath Tagore
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Blake’s Utopian Ideas The utopian desire of these poems is experience and what experience is. The poem I will be referring to is The Human Abstract. I firmly believe that experience is something you gain‚ and something you never lose. Experience‚ to me‚ means one that has been through something. It gives you knowledge about that particular event. In the poem The Human Abstract‚ Blake states “Pity would be no more‚ if we did not make people poor” (Lines 1-2). Which says to me‚ that in a utopian society
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seven decades of cult films and also received a brief education of our not so distant past. We’ve seen the outrageous‚ the good‚ the bad and the ugly‚ the weirdly dramatic‚ and the just plain weird of the last seven decades of cult films and how in the end somehow find away to incorporate a piece of American culture at the time. However‚ by far the most intriguing decade to me would have to be the nineteen fifties. There are many reasons why I could say the fifties ranging from great sports moments
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Literary Analysis of The Awakening In “The Awakening‚” Edna and Adele‚ the protagonist and antagonist‚ are both mothers trying to make it in the Creole society. Edna’s character rejects the roles of society given to her and the burdens of these expectations are expressed throughout; whereas‚ Adele is viewed as a motherly figure who is confident‚ and powerful in her life. The main topic that is expressed throughout the story is feminism‚ the process of creating equal rights for both men
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In The Awakening‚ the heroine Edna Pontellier tries to wake from the accustomed domesticity of a housewife to become an actual being in the late 19th century American society. For her realizations have led her to various pioneering decisions as a wife and as a mother‚ it seems in reality the “awakening” does not need to an actual liberation of her life. Afterall‚ is the “awakening” a tragedy or comedy for her? The spark of Edna’s awakening starts in the summer in Grand Isle. It comes gradually
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Dismantling Cults and other Religions Mormons 1. From Palmyra to Paradise Today the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints‚ better known as the Mormon church‚ is one of the world’s richest and fastest growing religious movements. Joseph Smith then claimed he received a series of revelations beginning in 1823 in which he was visited by the angel Moroni. 2. God or Gods In Mormon teaching‚ the Father‚ the Son‚ and the Holy
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AP Lit. The Awakening Quote How to Read Literature Like a Professor Quote Reveal deeper meaning of The Awakening Quote 1. “He reproached his wife with her inattention her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother’s place to look after children‚ whose on earth was it?...Tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier’s eyes…Such experiences as the foregoing were not uncommon in her married life.” (Chopin‚ 7-8) 1. “When Virginia Woolf writes about women of her time only being permitted
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Plato’s Republic discusses the philosophical notion regarding the creation of “the perfect utopian society” without injustices‚ domination and oppression. In the book‚ Plato states that the perfect utopian society is just‚ filled with people who do things they are fitted to do who also don’t do the things they believe they’re not fitted to do. Plato believes that what makes a man just‚ in accordance with the narration of Cephalus‚ is a combination of the qualities of having a cultured orderly personality
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The Second Temple is of great significance because it defined and shaped the culture and religion of the Jewish people. The Jewish people have a long history that dates back the 6th century BCE to the period of the revolt involving the Bar Kokhba around 115-117 CE. It is broad and contains a rich history of the Jewish people including their exile to other nations. The history of the Jewish people has its roots from the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 568 BCE. The Jewish culture
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A perfect utopian society will never exist‚ but key components to everyone’s day to day lives could help them live happily and comfortably. A utopia is a community or state in which everything in it is perfect. This community has perfect and desirable qualities which focuses on the ideals of the community members‚ pleasing all of their wants. A perfect utopian society in my eyes is one with no danger or fears‚ living comfortably without any worries for money or resources‚ and getting along with each
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