I think what I really like about Chekhov is the way he uses words: he does them justice by acknowledging the power they have and the impact they can convey. He lets everything speak for itself‚ he does not put in frills or excessive wording for added sophistication‚ and‚ most importantly‚ everything has a purpose in his tales. His pieces feel carefully crafted; every word and every object has been placed there deliberately and not as a space filler‚ nothing has been overlooked and everything speaks
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Short Story Quiz--due 4.11.14 Short Story Quiz Read "A&P‚" "The Lesson‚" "The Necklace‚" and "The Lady with the Pet Dog" and write a paragraph in response to each question. Explain your points and back them up with detail from the stories. Upload as a Word or Open Office document. Due 4.21.12 1. In Updike’s story‚ what does Lengel stand for? In "A&P" by Updike‚ Lengel is the manager of the A&P store where the story takes place. He is also Sammy’s boss and a Sunday class teacher. In the short
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In the story is says‚ “’Oh yes‚’ Seryozha recollected‚ and his eyes smiled” (Chekhov 3). When Seryozha was telling his father about his smoking he did not seem displeased with himself. He smiled because he did not think what he did was wrong and he enjoyed it. Because he likes smoking‚ it is implied that he is stuck in the oral stage
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Anton Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” tells the story of a late 1800’s Russian estate tossed into turmoil by the arrival of a professor Serebryakov‚ a man that has retired from academia to live on his dead wife’s land. The tiresome Serebryakov‚ displays arrogance and tyranny to everyone around him‚ and only stays on the estate due to the blind admiration of his former mother-in law. His beautiful young wife‚ Elena‚ is lusted after by the other men on the estate‚ including the doctor Mikhail Lvovich
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A Summer Project On “REALISM IN MODERN DRAMA” In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Submitted by: BISMA IRFAN BA (Honors) English ll A0706110036 ENROLL. NO. Submitted to: DR DEEPANKAR SUKUL Asst. Professor AMITY INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AMITY
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3 out of 3 points What is the major factor in driving surveillance forward? Answer Selected Answer: The commodification of personal information. Correct Answer: The commodification of personal information. Response Feedback: According to Stanley and Steinhardt a major factor in driving data surveillance forward is the commodification of personal information by corporations. Question 2 0 out of 3 points What mid-evil technology enabled people
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Ukrainian Cossacks’ organization was born. One can go to Odesa and walk along the boulevards‚ where Pushkin walked a long time ago‚ and one can touch the trees‚ which Pushkin touched. It is also possible to visit the last house of Chekhov (now the museum in Yalta)‚ where Chekhov lived‚ and where he wrote his last works‚ and where he died. One may visit the famous symbol of the Crimea — the castle “Swallow’s Nest” or the residence of Russian tsars in Livadia. It is possible to go through Gogol places in
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CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION 1.1. Origin and Development of American Literature A fundamental difference subsists between American literature and proximately all the other major literary traditions of the world: it is essentially a modern‚ recent and international literature. The American continent possessed major pre-Columbian civilizations‚ with a deep heritage of culture‚ mythology‚ ritual‚ chant and poetry. Many recent American writers‚ especially recently‚ have looked to these sources as something
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Chris van der Weide 06-12-2009 De Kersentuin Informatie Auteur Anton Pavlovitsj Tsjechow Titel De Kersentuin Jaar van uitgave 1903 Jaar eerste opvoering 1904 Synopsis 1900‚ een Russisch landgoed‚ de kersentuin. Ljoebow‚ bezitster van het landgoed‚ is vijf jaar geleden haar bestaan ontvlucht (nadat zowel haar man als zoontje overleden zijn) en is vertrokken naar Parijs. Ze keert nu voor het eerst weer terug naar haar geliefde landgoed‚ een landgoed van generaties
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- Read every single story - go over all notes on blackboard - no questions on “regionalism” on test - Don’t look at “real thing” discussion questions - know 3 waves of feminism - Romanticism: earliest‚ full of feeling and emotion. Not just romantic. Exaggeration of feelings; fear‚ aw‚ love‚ etc. - Realism: CHOICE; the narrator has a moral choice. - Naturalism: narrator has lack of choice; he is forced. -Modernism: uncertainty. Week 1 both Week 2 both Week 3 both Week 4 both
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