1. Describe what an anti-hero is in contrast to a traditional literary hero‚ and give 1 example from a text we have read. An anti-hero is a central character in a literary work such as a narrative who lacks the traditional heroic qualities. Whereas traditional heroic qualities include courage‚ physical prowess‚ and fortitude‚ an anti-hero typically distrusts conventional values of society or culture. Anti-heroes do not commit to any ideals. The anti-hero feels helpless in a world over which they
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Educating Rita An exploration through a variety of texts that deal with ‘aspects of growing up and transitions into new phrases of an individual’s life’. Connection to: Into the World * Rita moves from an ‘uneducated’ working class life to a tertiary educated life. * It is this transition with its positives and negatives that is to be focused upon. Positives of Transition * Discovery & Enlightenment: Rita discovers a new world far removed from her ‘restrictive’ world as a wife and
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the Dog” and impacts the mood and tone. When Gurov and Anna leave Yalta‚ it creates a shift in the mood of the story. Yalta is a vacation spot for wealthier people‚ even with being a vacation spot “time goes fast‚ and yet it is so dull here!” (Chekhov 166). Yalta has a romantic feeling the chirping of grasshoppers‚ the heat‚ and the smell of the sea. Anna and Gurov both were married‚ but wanted to get away so they went to Yalta and met for the first time. Gurov has
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work as it had an underlying meaning of foreshadowing or accentuating the traits of the characters. From the calm estate‚ to the lake‚ all the way to the weather‚ Chekhov is attempting to show something a little more. The estate can be seen as the main setting of the play‚ for this is where much of it does take place. I believe Chekhov chose to keep the setting contained on a Country estate because it shows to be inactive. In doing so‚ this keeps the focus primarily on the characters and their actions
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that he can add to what he has been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator‚ only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing‚ rivers dry up‚ wild life has become extinct‚ the climate is ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day !" ( Anton Chekhov ) Introduction : - for thousands of years ‚ people hunted‚ fished and farmed the land for food; - they used plants to make cloth‚ paper‚ dyes‚ and medicines; - they made tools and weapons from stone and metals; - in time‚ they invented
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audience do not see for themselves the events of the play and how the characters adjust themselves to the events‚ but‚ this does not mean that these actions are ineffective or unimportant. In fact‚ it is just the opposite. ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Anton Chekhov and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams are two plays in which the main actions occur offstage‚ but the impact on the audience created by them is immense. In ‘The Cherry Orchard’‚ the offstage actions include Madame Ranevsky’s past
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The Short Story. Basic Literary Elements of The Short Story. 1.1.History of The Development of The Short Story. 1.1.1.Early Forms.Origins. The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose‚ usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction‚ such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among professional writers
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“There will always be men struggling to change‚ and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.” -Ernest J. Gaines. Although Ernest J. Gaines often told stories of the past‚ he was certainly not a man controlled by it. Through the creation of his own characters‚ Gaines attempted to change not only his own character for the better‚ but to achieve his goal of changing the reader’s character for the better. Emerging from the turmoil of racial and socioeconomic inequality‚ Gaines became
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(1886))‚ began a tradition of psychological realism in Russia which culminated with the establishment of the Moscow Art Theatre by Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.[1] Their ground-breaking productions of the plays of Anton Chekhov in turn influenced Maxim Gorky and Mikhail Bulgakov. Stanislavski went on to develop his ’system’‚ a form of actor training that is particularly suited to psychological realism. 19th-century realism is closely connected to the development of modern
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A story of Olenka‚ "The Darling" A Dependent Woman The story "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov‚ illustrates a woman that is lonely‚ insecure‚ and lacking wholeness of oneself without a man in her life. This woman‚ Olenka‚ nicknamed "Darling" is compassionate‚ gentle and sentimental. Olenka is portrayed for being conventional‚ a woman who is reliant‚ diligent‚ and idea less. Although‚ this story portrays that this woman‚ known as the Darling needs some sort of male to be emotionally dependent
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