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    determined seafarer Robert Walton and headstrong protagonist Victor Frankenstein both face moments of complete solitude where they have reached their lowest point and there was no one there to offer them comfort‚ and they have both faced alienation‚ whether intentionally or unintentionally. However‚ the difference between those two characters is how they take action and combat their solitude. The way

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    Paulo Coelho illustrates the character of Paulo as he experiences an internal struggle of wanting to pursue his pleasures versus the fear of unknown and losing his happiness/everything he loves and cares for. He does this by using shifts in point of view as Paulo’s wife experiences this journey with him. SECTIONS OF MY PAPER TO ANSWER THESIS: 1. Fear of unknown 2. Pursuit of pleasure risking his life SECTION ONE WILL BE ABOUT (write in complete sentences the set up for this section):

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    sea makes Edna go into solitude so she can think about how she really is. “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing‚ whispering‚ clamoring‚ murmuring‚ inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation”(Chopin 13). This reinforces the idea that Edna finds solitude comfortable and that she realizes who she really is when she is isolated. The sea which is causing Edna to go into the state of being solitude lets her lose herself in

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    Individualism was a common theme during the Transcendental period in American literature. The poem that I like the best was “Danse Russe” by William Carlos Williams. William Carlos Williams among other poets wrote poems during this period on subjects such as relationships‚ family‚ ancestors and home life. In this period each poet writes about their relationships‚ family‚ ancestors and home life‚ which makes this period of poetry very individualistic and very personal. Each poet of this period tries

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    thank my supervisor Stephen Paul Hardy‚ Ph. D. for his help‚ support‚ valuable hints‚ and the loan of The Invention of Solitude. Table of Contents Introduction 5 1. Literary Influence on Auster’s Writing 10 2. Writing by Paul Auster as Related to Identity 17 2.1. Autobiographical Features in Auster’s Writing 20 3. The Question of Identity in The Invention of Solitude 23 3.1. Portrait of an Invisible Man 23 3.2. The Book of Memory 26 4. The New York Trilogy 29 4.1. City of Glass

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    Professor Jessica Clark Research & Documentation 28 November 2012 Nostalgia for Mysticism: Catholicism in Latin America & Magical Realism One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of the town of Macondo‚ sticky with nostalgia‚ and the Buendia family who lived out those very years of solitude. Gabo’s work is written in a style known as magical realism‚ in which elements of the magical and the mundane are interwoven seamlessly‚ making it impossible to determine

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    Marquez two famous works “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera”. Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1928‚ in the small town of Aracataca‚ Colombia. He started his career as a journalist. When One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in his native Spanish in 1967‚ as Cien años de soledad‚ García Márquez achieved true international fame; he went on to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important‚ and the most

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    Chapters 7 and 8 When an individual already feels crowded or is in a high density setting…  Physiological stress & health – Physiological stress rises faster as density increases for those with large interpersonal distance preferences • Shown in high blood pressure & cardiac issues‚ sweating • High density can precipitate illness due to easier disease transmission • Feeling crowded can cause poor health regardless of density  Psychological stress & mental health – Issue – high density

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    self-sufficiency can she marry Mr. Rochester and not be dependent on him as her “master.” The marriage can be one of equals (www.bookwolf.com). As Jane says: “I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine…To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude‚ as gay as in company…We are precisely suited in character-perfect concord is the

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    aside their personal wishes and tolerated the rules of the game by playing their role and stayed in character. Also‚ one of the characteristics of play‚ according to John Dworetsky‚ is the positive affect of play. Noor’s laughter was proof of the pleasure she was receiving from her play. In contrast‚ the child acted different when she was told by an adult to clean up her toys. This was not an act of play because it was not voluntary or enjoyed by the

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