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    Edgar Allen Poe

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    Edgar Allan Poe  Edgar Allan Poe is a major American Poet of the Nineteenth Century. He is also known for his achievements in short fiction and criticism for American Literature. In Poe’s tales he uses setting to set the mood and to foreshadow certain things in his essays. In the two stories‚ The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado‚ setting is used in great detail to help set the mood and tone of the stories. The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Poe’s best-known and admired

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    The Red Panda comes from the family of Ailuridae and its scientific name is Ailurus Fulgens. The Red Fox‚ whose scientific name is Vulpes Vulpes‚ is from the Canidae family. They are both mammals and are the same size. However‚ the Red Panda and the Red Fox share similarities and differences in their appearance‚ habitat‚ diet‚ behaviour‚ reproduction and status of population. First of all‚ the Red Panda and the Red Fox are quite similar but a little different in their appearance. Like the Red

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    The archetype of the hero‚ Vijay Khanna is played by the actor Amitabh Bachchan‚ Vijay’s character fits the requirement of the archetype “the angry hero” and also displays characteristic of “the noble hero” and “the tragic hero”. Vijay saw his parents get murdered in front of him and throughout his childhood‚ he was trying to figure out who murdered his parents. Vijay grows up and becomes a police office‚ in order to bring justice to the society and correct the social corruption as he’s ultimate

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    Archetypes are used in almost every story ever told. Some may be basic‚ while others can be more elaborate. The most important archetypes are those used in characters. If one was to compare characters from different tales‚ no matter the time period in which they were created‚ a strong similarity would be strikingly apparent. This is because of archetypes. An archetype sets the tone for a certain thing. The archetype of the color white‚ for instance‚ is innocence. This causes one to associate the

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    tales in three aspects: Gothic Writing Style‚ Vivid Psychological Description‚ and Death of Beauty. Keyword: Aesthetics‚ Gothicism‚ Psychology‚ Death of Beauty Chapter One Introduction of Poe’s Aesthetics Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) has been held among the greatest poets and the most popular American authors due to his great literary success. During a short life of poverty‚ anxiety‚ and fantastic tragedy‚ Poe explored in different fields of literature‚ including poetry‚ fiction‚ and literary

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    Innocent people suffer while the sinners succeed. We mention this question when it seems that innocent people suffer from a death or when they lose all that they have worked for. While people that do not seem to care with what happens‚ get what they do not deserve. “Who knows why heaven dislikes what is dislikes? Even the sage considers it a difficult question.” Lau-Tzu (Archetypes of Wisdom‚ p. 45). As Lau-Tzu clearly states not even the high sage knows why heaven dislikes what it dislikes. This is

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain utilizes the archetypes of the Unwilling Hero‚ the Shape Shifter‚ and Haven vs. Wilderness to show that Huck Finn and Jim can find freedom all along the banks of the Mississippi River.  Huck portrays the unwilling hero because he puts a lot of thought into something before he does it‚ even though it will benefit everybody.  He is also very hesitant to perform heroic acts.  The King and Duke show the archetype of the shape shifter because they are constantly lying

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    is an accurate and worthy representation of the genre and deserves to be on the list as it consistently portrays its use of the Mise-en-scene aspects and motifs of Neo-Noir. These main characteristics being its unique lighting‚ setting‚ character archetypes‚ costume‚ visual motifs and camera-techniques‚ all of which are true to the Neo-Noir style. One very important

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    Adolescent Archetype An archetype is defined as a universally understood pattern of behavior or a prototype upon which others are copied or patterned. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was and still is the basis for which authors use for their characters in their writing. Huck Finn’s adolescent archetype is based off his characteristics. In Huck Finn‚ his independence‚ rebelliousness‚ and his loquaciousness with people are used for the foundation that authors base characters similar to Huck Finn on

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    The Red Shoes

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    The Red Shoes: The Female Aim for Power Literary criticism is the assessment of literature pertaining to the critic’s reaction towards the text. We learn that there is a multitude of modes that influence which way we analyze the work. One in particular being Feminist criticism‚ initially developed to convict men of their prejudice towards women (Approaches to Literature). Feminist writers such as Virginia Woolf‚ argue that women should be able to write what they desire without any concern about

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