A Dual-Criticism Look at The Birthmark Literature is many things: provoking‚ heartwarming‚ emotional‚ traumatic‚ poetic‚ maybe even life-changing. Literature can also be incredibly ambiguous. While literature can be “simply read”‚ when one takes a step back and looks at a piece through specific lenses‚ the work can take on an incredibly different‚ deeper meaning. Taking the lead of criticisms such as formalist‚ psychoanalytical‚ biological‚ feminist‚ Marxist‚ etc.‚ one can dig deeper into a text
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ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY “THE BIRTHMARK” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” illustrates how one’s obsessions and moral weakness leads to another’s questioning of their self-image and drives the pursuit of perfection in our society. The main character‚ Aylmer‚ develops an obsession with becoming a world renowned alchemist‚ yet falls short when he sets his goals and cannot accomplish them. The unrealistic goals that Aylmer sets reflect how his character is composed; he consistently strives
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Hawthorne’s story‚ The Birthmark‚ these ideals are proved wrong. In year 1843‚ Hawthorne discovered that one of the great issues in society was engraved in a man’s determination to turn imperfection to perfection by any means necessary. Through a literary theorist lens‚ literature can be used to explain and show how unhappy men are themselves and the people around them‚ which often causes the
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representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects‚ events‚ or relationships. In both of Hawthorne’s short stories “The Ministers Black Veil” and “The Birthmark” show symbolism‚ “The Ministers Black Veil” symbolizes sin and strong will; “The Birthmark” symbolizes amour love and imperfection. “The Ministers Black Veil” is a story about a well-liked Minister in a small town named Mr. Hooper. As the story progresses Parson Hooper‚ a looked up to citizen
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Aylmer Feel about Georgiana’s birthmark? How does Georgiana feel about it? a. Aylmer thinks it’s a physical mark of earthly imperfection. At first she likes it. 7. What does her birthmark look like? Where is it located? Why is it important? a. It looked like a red stain on her check that resembles a tiny hand. Men told her a fairly must have placed a hand on her when she was born. Woman saw it as a flaw. 8. Summarize the dream Aylmer had about his wife’s birthmark and his attempt to remove it
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for Fun………………………………... 12 “In learning you will teach‚ and in teaching you will learn” - Phil Collins Page (i) From The Editors’ Desk SAMHITA Dear Readers‚ Greetings from the Team FIRE@X. We bring to you yet another edition of Samhita. This edition has articles on some very thought provoking issues related to Industrial Relations. “The hands that rock the cradle have the power to rule the world”‚ goes a famous saying but it is only off late that these hands have been given their
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Why should Shakespeare be taught in the 9th grade curriculum? Shakespeare has written 38 plays‚ poems‚ and sonnets. Shakespeare translated his work into 75 different languages. Shakespeare should not be taught in the 9th grade curriculum because one could say it is hard to handle‚ it is outdated‚ and Shakespeare is meant to be heard not read. First Shakespeare should not be taught in the 9th grade curriculum because it is hard to handle and manage. According to Deblasis‚ he said “Shakespeare’s work
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Rizal and The 19th Century Europe The 19th Century Europe gave rise to different spectacular developments around the world. It was at this period in history when nationalism grew to every abused heart especially the Frenches which gave rise to French revolution. It was at this juncture that Spain had political instability which paved way to the freedom of some of its colonies. The Enlightentment Period has truly enlightened the thoughts of people for this century gave birth to the new direction
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Unit-4 Hazrat Asma (R.H.) Q. Who were emigrants and where did they migrate to? Ans. Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and his companion‚ Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (RA) migrated from Makkah to Madina in the year 622 A.D. Q.What do you understand by the phrase “in a fit of fury”? Ans. The phrase means‚ “in great anger or filled with anger”. Q.Why was Abu Jehl furious? Ans. He was furious on Hazrat Abu Bakr ( R.A) because Hazrat Abu Bakr (R A) was helping the Holy Prophet ( PBUH). Q.What other words
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