Theme of Bride Price The Bride Price‚ a story written by Buchi Emecheta‚ reflects a misery life of a Nigerian girl‚ Aku-nna. The absent of her father in the family had dramatically changed her life. Her bride price that she would get before getting married caused many troubles within her family. After reading this story‚ we can see the practice of customs‚ the system of value and the belief of local Nigerians are the main themes discussed in the story. First of all‚ it ’s about practice of customs
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Griffin ENG 101-04 Epic Paper There are always hardships and battles that a person must experience in order to have true love. Some people give up with fighting for love‚ while others fight until their last breath. In the epic movie‚ The Princess Bride‚ the characters go through many obstacles‚ so they can achieve this type of real love; in any epic story‚ the hero must fight certain battles in order to accomplish this task. The story has three main battles that Westley must face‚ so he can save
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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA American playwright Eugene O’ Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra is a continuation of the Greek tradition. Joseph Wood Krutch is of the opinion that “Mourning Becomes Electra has all the virtues… which one expects in the best contemporary writing”. It is rare to find two principal complexes “Electra” and “Oedipus” in one work of art. Here one observes both as parallel themes. However‚ it’s set in a modern twentieth century milieu. The characterization‚ the story line‚ the
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In Valediction: Forbidding Mourning‚ please explain the conceit in the poem‚ which is found in stanzas 7 - 9. John Donne cleverly uses one of the most famous of metaphysical conceits in stanza seven of "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." A metaphysical conceit is like an extended metaphor‚ in which the poet compares to extremely different objects; usually the comparison involves an abstract concept or emotion‚ like love‚ and some other completely random object. John Donne’s conceit in stanza
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“Although ‘Pygmalion’s Bride’ is humorous‚ it has an underlying dark message‚ like other poems in the collection.” With close analysis of ‘Pygmalion’s Bride’ explore how far you agree with this statement. Make references to other poems that we have studied in your answer. Undoubtedly ‘Pygmalion’s Bride’ is a humorous poem‚ but the underlying dark message is clear throughout like many of Duffy’s poems. The confusion of the two is portrayed through the reader knowing the story of Pygmalion from
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A Valediction Forbidding Mourning Analysis In the poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”‚ by John Donne‚ it is about a man who is saying goodbye to his lover as he is about to leave. Donne is trying to make his departure easier for his lover so he writes her a poem. He uses many different literary elements to enrich his poem and make it more compelling to the reader. He uses onomatopoeia‚ syntax‚ euphemism‚ and similes to inform the reader about his love. This helps the speaker compare his
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CHINESE MOURNING RITUALS In premodern China‚ the great majority of people held beliefs and observed practices related to death that they learned as members of families and villages‚ not as members of organized religions. Such beliefs and practices are often subsumed under the umbrella of "Chinese popular religion." Institutional forms of Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ and other traditions contributed many beliefs and practices to popular religion in its local variants. These traditions‚ especially
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Discuss Mourning Becomes Electra as a tragedy in modern sense. (P.U 2007) In Mourning Becomes Electra‚ O’Neill exemplified what Schopenhauer declared to be the “true sense of tragedy”‚ namely “that it is not his own individual sins the hero atones for‚ but original -sin‚ i.e.‚ the crime of existence itself.” So devoted was he to this .conception‚ that he permitted it to inform the entire trilogy. The pessimism of the Greeks may have been equally black‚ their tragedies just as aware of the crime
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Jennifer Marie French English 111/003 Gibbs 22 October 2014 November 27‚ 2010 Jennifer has been with her boyfriend‚ Nicholas‚ for 3 years‚ and they already share a baby girl‚ named Kaylee. On an outing with her small family‚ Nick gets down on one knee and says‚ “Will you marry me?” This proposal takes place in front of a waterfall at the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium. Nick is holding up a heart-shaped‚ sparkling diamond engagement ring‚ which represents commitment to their upcoming matrimonial life
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In Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE‚ a merry "tale of passion‚ romance‚ and murder most foul‚" Emily (Helena Bonham Carter) is the vibrant titular heroine. Deceased but under goofy circumstances engaged to the shy and living Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp)‚ she finds herself in a rare melancholic mood (Which fits her blue‚ decomposing disposition) after discovering her fiance is still hung up on his actual bride to be Victoria (Emily Watson). Emily receives some cheering up from a pair of underworld friends
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