Composition 2 Individual Work week 3 13 Literary Analysis of Emma Jane Austen’s Emma Deborah Simones Emma was an independent woman who stood her ground as she tried to stand tall in the upper class society that she belonged to. She made it a point to help those that she felt needed help when it came to love and marriage. She thought that she was very accomplished at being a matchmaker. She never intended to cause harm or illusion just pleasure and self-fulfillment. Austen portrayed
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A separate peace: Literary Essay In this literary essay we will be discussing a book “A separate peace” by John Knowles. In this book two boys named Gene and Finny are attending an establishment at Devon; the boys quickly bond but when Gene starts to get jealous he ends up killing his best friend. Gene ends up returning back to Devon to apologize‚ emotions quickly stir up. I will explain to you in one short essay how flashback is important to this story. We first run into flashback when Gene
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“Chickamauga” The author of “Chickamauga‚” Ambrose Bierce‚ created this short story as a naturalist visualization of the devastating effects that wars and battles had on the soldiers which fought in them. The short story “Chickamauga” is defined as naturalist literature because of the author’s employment of specific literary techniques which define naturalism‚ such as the way the author gradually darkens the mood of the storyline as it progresses‚ the amount of description and attention paid to grisly and macabre
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Name Professor Course Date: Chrysanthemums: Literary Criticism At the turn of the 20th century‚ women were considered inferior to men: they were only required to stay at home‚ take care of households and children. “The Chrysanthemums”‚ as told by John Steinbeck‚ is a story of a woman during that period who tries to change the course of her destiny. In this story‚ the two-fold issues of femininity and symbolism play a critical part in explaining this helplessness. Steinbeck uses the narrative
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analysing a prose● ● 3 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Analysing prose Objectives To establish a strategy for approaching unseen prose texts To practise close reading of prose texts To look at examples of commentaries on prose texts Part 1 The commentary Analysing prose is not so very different from analysing poetry. In both you have to look at literary techniques‚ at choice of language‚ imagery‚ structure and so on‚ but these
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Literary Analysis on Sadness and its Impact on Literature Although one of our most common emotions we have as humans is sadness‚ it is also the most complicated and misunderstood. Sometimes we cry when we are sad‚ sometimes we get angry. We get sad because we physically got hurt‚ other times we are sad because someone messed with us mentally. Even though being sad might just seem like a not so good feeling‚ it can also cause health issues. Due to this sad feeling‚ it can bring on depression
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20) Not many adults would say “tippy-tip”‚ so the use of the phrase helps get Rachel’s point across. Rachel’s youthful tone is shown through this choice of words. “…The sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain…not mine‚ not mine‚ not mine.” Cisneros’s use of repetition here helps show how upset Rachel actually is. This helps show the youthful tone in her sadness. The use of diction throughout the story helps the reader comprehend Rachel’s sadness and embarrassment when the sweater is
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English 9-1 5/5/13 The Importance of Foreshadowing In the story‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the author‚ William Shakespeare‚ uses a great deal of literary elements to enhance his writing. Often time’s literary devices are used to give emotion to a story and it really shows in Shakespeare’s work. A literary element used most frequently‚ has the greatest importance and is most effective in Act II is foreshadowing. This element is used to give the reader hints of what to expect in the rest of the
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Hitler’s reign in Germany and it involved the persecution of the Jewish people. Holocaust literature was developed from this and from testimonies of survivors and fictional writings by authors. John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is an example of Holocaustic literature; the story follows a young boy who is the son of a Nazi officer during the reign of Hitler. Holocaust literature texts contain conventions common to the genre‚ e.g. specific vocabulary‚ historical aspects and themes. In
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Structure for Literary Analysis Essay I. Catchy Title II. Paragraph 1: Introduction (Use HATMAT) A. Hook B. Author C. Title D. Main characters E. A short summary F. Thesis III. Paragraph 2: First Body Paragraph A. Topic sentence (what this paragraph will discuss‚ how it will prove your thesis) B. Context for the quote 1. Who says it? 2. What’s happening in the text when they say it? C. Quote from the text (cited appropriately) D. Analysis of the quote: How does it prove your thesis? E
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