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    3103-126 Prof. Nikita Nankov February 10‚ 2013 Feminism in literature Feminism is defined as a collection of movements and ideologies that are focused on establishing equal economic‚ political‚ and social rights for women. This includes equal employment opportunities for women. There is a big misconception of the feminist movement. A lot of people take a radical approach; they focus on a theory that there is a male supremacy to oppress women. The radical feminists tend to strive for greater feminine

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    How far is Macbeth a gothic protagonist? The gothic protagonist who is seen as the main character tries to overcome human limitations by making acting as god. Within the novel elements of Gothic is seen which is seen highly in the characters as well as other aspects. Shakespeare’s Macbeth consists of the central protagonist who is Macbeth himself. Thus‚ Macbeth is seemed as a gothic protagonist because he urges for a gothic goal which is often for more power. A gothic protagonist is known to have

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    6 The Renaissance: 1500-1650 7 The Rise of Puritanism and John Locke: Late 1600s 8 3. Beginning of Children’s Literature: Late 1700s 10 4. Fairy and Folk Tales 12 The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: Late 1800s 12 5. Victorian Children’s Literature 16 6. Contemporary Children’s Literature 18 6. Analysis of Harry Potters’ series 21 7. Conclusion 30 8. Summary 31 Children’s Literature Definitions 31 The Ancient World [ancient Rome; 50 BCE to 500 CE] 31 The Middle Ages [500 to 1500 CE] 31 The European

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    Drama Song of Roland Boethius=Consolation of Philosophy Commedia del Arte Roman de la Rose Dante=Divine Comedy La Vita Nuova Boccacio=Decameron Petrarch ENGLISH LITERATURE ANGLO –

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    Feminism in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Feminism‚ if anything‚ has appeared majorly in the literature spectrum through all decades and forms. Feminism is the political‚ cultural‚ or economic movement aimed at establishing equality and protection for all women. No matter the time period or place feminism has always been a popular literary topic that has made a few works quite notorious‚ including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

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    1. A gothic event that happened in the beginning of the chapter is when Jay woke up hearing a shriek‚ thumping‚ and banging noises. Mr. Rochester and Jane go up to the third-floor to see that Mason is bleeding‚‚ and later discover that Grace Poole bit Mason. 2. After hearing a loud noise in the middle of the night Mr. Rochester and Jane go up to the third-floor to Mason’s room. Mr. Rochester tells Jane to stay with Mason to help soak up his blood. Then Mr. Rochester brings the doctor in where

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    How far is the pardoners tale gothic? The gothic genre‚ thought to be introduced in 1769 by Horace Walpole’s noel The Castle of Otranto‚ was remembered for its crude‚ grotesque‚ exaggerated nature. Although in medieval times the Gothic movement had not commenced‚ Chaucer’s can be considered a forerunner to this movement as many aspects in the pardoners tale are clear gothic‚ however Chaucer did not perceive his writing as Gothic‚ he did not intentional write a Gothic tale like later authors did.

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    Summary Of gothic horror What is horror? People find different things scary‚ so different people have different ideas about what horror actually is. A lot of people enjoy the feeling of being scared‚ reasons being that it gives them a thrill‚ lets them take a break from things in their life they may be bored of‚ they are trying to conquer something the really do have a fear of‚ or just because that’s who they are. Horror stories include things like suspense‚ surprise‚ a setting that gives that

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    Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula will forever stand as one of the masterpieces of Gothic literature. The despicable villain Count Dracula and and his Transylvanian castle have become synonymous with horror and vampires‚ to the point that the modern image of the vampire is almost entirely derived from Dracula. However‚ one of this story’s most effective elements is Stoker’s masterful control over the mood of the novel. Stoker primarily influences the mood of Dracula by his use of spooky or wild settings

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    the Trojan fire to save his royal descent. He landed at Italy where married a princess named Lavinia.  That means you have to consider Roman literature as an evolution of Greek literature: Romans learn from Greek but progress.  Greek and Roman literature is wide and it includes: tragedies‚ comedies‚ poems‚ epics etc. You can’t compare these forms of literature all together but one by one.  So I want to compare for you the Greek Tragedy and The Roman Tragedy  The best tragedian in Greece were Aeschylus;

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