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    There is some binary opposition in the novel Frankenstein: * Life-Death * Good-Evil * Human-Monster * Right-Wrong * Male-Female * Loyalty-Betrayal * Teacher-Student * Parent-Child * Science-Nature * Protagonist-Antagonist * Success-Failure * Land-Sea * Knowledge-Feeling * Innocence-Guilty * Fire-Ice * Rich-Poor As for the theme for the Novel Frankenstein‚ I choose the binary opposition Life-Death. Beside of the fact that there are

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    sons and lovers by D. Lawrence as an autobiographical novel the label‚ ‘autobiographical’ can safely be attributed to this superb specimen of fiction‚ bearing the mark of Lawrence’s genius. The most salient characteristic of the characters portrayed by Lawrence is according to Albert‚ “the resemblance they bear to their creator. In fact Sons and lovers is one of the most autobiographical of English novels. D.H. Lawrence is one of those great artists who write because of internal compulsion‚ and

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    All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes All Quiet on the Western Front is a graphic depiction of the horrors of war. In the short note before Chapter One‚ Remarque lets the reader know exactly what themes he intends. War is a savage and gratuitous evil‚ war is unnatural‚ and war is responsible for the destruction of an entire generation. Remarque is very clear on the strength of his themes‚ and uses graphic imagery to convey to the reader the physical and psychological impact that war

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    Novel Test True or False - Please circle True or False. (1 Mk) 1. The novel is set in the late 20th century‚ in Paris‚ France. True or False 2. Kamal is Rachel’s ex husband‚ Anna’s current husband‚ and Megan’s lover. True or False 3. Megan is killed because she is pregnant. True or False 4. Rachel travels back and forth on the train to london to fool Cathy into believing she is currently employed. True or False 5.

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    war and by using narrative techniques throughout his novel. Rivas is successfully able to achieve this by using first person narration and the haunting motif throughout his novel. These two narrative techniques then shed light on character’s development throughout the book and helps readers thoroughly understand the collective memory that is being presented. Rivas used first person narrative as a strategic writing technique throughout his novel. Although readers should be cautious when encountering

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    Balfour in the Kidnapped novel. I am writing this to show that the movie and the novel were very different. In the book it opens with Davie’s father‚ Alexander‚ already dead. In the movie‚ it opens with Davie’s father still alive‚ just caught under a branch. Overall‚ I feel that the Kidnapped novel was better than the movie in every way. First and foremost‚ there are many similarities and differences between the two stories. My first example is when Ransom died in the novel. In the movie‚ they portray

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    which was later popularised by the American novelist‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ as an epigraph to his novel The Sun Also Rises. Also‚ Stein told Hemingway‚ “That is what you are. That’s what you all are ... all of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost generation.” In this sense‚ lost is exemplified as “not vanished‚ but disoriented‚ directionless‚ and wandering.” One of the “Greatest War Novel of All Time‚” written by Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front described the journey

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    In the beginning of the novel... 1) Victor’s revenge in defying his father "But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents‚ and I continued to read with the greatest avidity." (page 25) Victor continued to read the books of natural philosophy by Cornelius Agrippa‚ in defiance of his father’s wishes. 2) Victor’s revenge in pursuing math and science "...I at once gave up my former occupations‚ set down natural history and

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    Lovers as a Psychological Novel – Sons and Lovers belongs to the category of psychological fiction. The remarkable development of psychological novel is a notable phenomenon of the twentieth century literary scene. The psychology of the characters and the typical problems‚ emanating from a particular psychological pattern form the staple of a psychological novel. This psychological novel has been ushered in by Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. The psycho-analytical novel‚ as the very name implies

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    Would you go to war if it is going to injure you mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally? In All Quiet On The Western Front‚ a soldier named Paul goes to war with his friends. They are really close but at the end of the war they don’t all come out of the are. All Quiet On The Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque tells us how soldiers can be injured mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally. The war can affect you mentally because it can change how you see the world. “Then at last i stand before the brown

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