English Literature 2 Close Reading Exercise: ‘A Sentimental Journey’ A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy was the second and final novel of Laurence Sterne‚ published barely a month before his death in 1768. The novel first popularised the travel writing genre and describes the journey through France and to Italy undertaken by Mr Yorick‚ the parson who first appeared in Sterne’s first and best known novel‚ The Life And Opinions of Tristiam Shandy‚ Gentleman. As its title
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Is the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy for Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the
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A deeper understanding of disruption and identity emerges from considering the parallels between Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Compare how these texts explore disruption and identity. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner draw from their context in order to offer insight into the disruption and identity. Disruption in these texts can be obsession‚ pursuit of knowledge and the price of progress. Aspects covered that relate to identity are humanity‚ what makes us human‚ responsibility
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Samuel Beckett described his Waiting for Godot as a tragicomedy. To what extent is this is an accurate description? Would you say there is more tragedy than comedy or a mixture of both? Through the use of many linguistic‚ structural and comic features‚ Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot successfully places a wayfaring line between the two genres of tragedy and comedy. With the opening showing the two main characters Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) in a barren setting with useless props such as
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Sample Answer Sympathy in Macbeth For me‚ a fascinating aspect of the play ‘Macbeth’ is the way Shakespeare maintains the audience sympathy for Macbeth‚ a ‘tyrant whose name blisters our tongues‚’. By the end of the play Malcolm is justified when he says‚ ‘I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;/ It weeps‚ it bleeds‚ and each new day a gash/ Is added to her wounds.’ Yet‚ despite all of Macbeth’s tyrannous actions‚ somehow his tragic heroic status is intact at the end of the play. For me this
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by Jane Austen. Quality literature‚ a thing forgotten by the modern day child consequently leaves a child of the modern day recoiling at the thought of reading Weldon. * “You must read Alice‚ before it’s too late” pg10 * Every child can sympathise with Weldon’s speculation on the distractions from appreciating a “good book”. “How can I
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point in her writing career. She had listened to many of the stories that the old workers on her father’s farm told. Wright learned of how the Aboriginal people were treated and how their land was stolen and traditions destroyed. She was able to sympathise with the Aboriginal people because of the fear that she felt with the onset of World War Two. Judith kept on writing and produced many works that portrayed the Australian landscape‚ culture and history. Thus providing a representation of the Australian
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in the flashbacks. Its very easy to lose yourself that jumps through narrative to narrative through time. And all of this is happeneing within two weeks‚ by separating the novel into indivdual day. With each character’s narratives‚ you begin to sympathise with each and every one of them. When I first began reading the novel‚ I warned of two things‚ that I would cry like a baby and that it will break my heart‚ and it successfully did. At the beginning I had a very clear view on the situation - that
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The epistolary novel is an old form of novel that uses letters written by and between characters to tell the plot. In We Need to Talk About Kevin there is only one writer‚ the mother Eva Khatchadourian‚ who is writing to her separated husband‚ Franklin. The advantages of the epistolary novel are that the reader is privy to the private thoughts and feelings of the character-writer; everything – the plot‚ the setting‚ other characters and any theme that the author intends – is depicted from their perspective
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CLASSIFY TYPES OF FRIENDS In lifetime‚ each of us has various relationships that link us with the society. In some of those with whom we acquaitance we call them friends. Also‚ we ever stop to classify friends in many types. For me‚ I classify friends on how I know them and how they know me. Therefore‚ in my life‚ there are three types of friends: general friends‚ social friends and best friends. The general friends‚ the first type of friends‚ mean certain people we meet even just
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