The “Bridegroom” by Alexander Pushkin is an intense and suspenseful poem I read in Unit 4 of the Literature textbook. Although‚ when I first read it “intense” and “suspenseful” wouldn’t be words I would have used to describe it. I scanned through the poem and didn’t have an understanding of what the story was getting to. I then read it again at a slower pace and asked questions to be able to grasp the main ideas. After taking time to analyze the poem‚ I realized that the poem has a strong meaning
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beliefs and superstitions of others for self-beneficence. A predominant sub-theme in these stories is romanticism. The four stories that will be discussed are "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"‚ "Rip Van Winkle"‚ "The Devil and Tom Walker"‚ and "The Spectre Bridegroom." There are clearly underlying aspects that seem to coincide in all of these stories. Though the author‚ Washington Irving‚ was mainly seen as a factual writer‚ these stories portray him much differently. He shows the capability and creativity
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convey overall. Irving believed that a short story was a "frame on which to stretch materials." Meaning that he was more concerned with literary devices rather than the story as a whole. In the two stories Rip Van Winkle‚ and The Spectre Bridegroom‚ Irving gives the readers a view of how women were portrayed during the late 1700’and early 1800’s. He gives women an idea of how women should act‚ as well as how they shouldn’t. He uses various hidden symbols to portray women negatively
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Revolutionary War (Barron‚ 2000). In this manner‚ Irving concentrates on the transformation of the American culture‚ identity and society from the past and taking the cultural changes the country’s heritage. Similarly‚ the short story about the ’The Spectre Bridegroom’ is written based on the German folklore. It also introduced mysteries in a family through the use of ghosts. In this folklore‚ Irving used the tool of romanticism as the point of attraction and the continued creation of fantasy in his folklore
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four daughters in a French Catholic family. To my surprise‚ the four bridegrooms are Jew (David)‚ Muslim (Rashid)‚ Chinese (Chao) and a Catholic black male (Charles). The different identities of bridegrooms depressed their Catholic parents (Claude & Marie) and created many problems. The main conflict in this family is the relationship issues resulted from the diverse cultures‚ religions and ethnicities of these four bridegrooms. Thus‚ I want to analyze the conflicts in this family by using two main
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About Iyers. Iyers like all other Brahmins trace their paternal ancestors to one of eight rishis or sages. Accordingly they classify themselves into eight gotras‚ based upon the ancestor rishi. The term Iyer derives from the term Ayya used by the people of the Tamil regions to denote a respected person and are seen as representatives of Vedic Culture. The term is believed to have originated from the Sanskrit word ’Arya’ which means a ’noble person’. Iyers have many sub-sects among them
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wedding ceremony began with the father of a bridegroom choosing a bride for his son. However‚ the father of an ancient Jewish bridegroom could have also sent a representative to secure a bride for his son. We see this occur when Abraham sent his servant‚ Eliezer‚ to secure a bride for his son‚ Isaac‚ in Genesis 24. In Genesis 24:58‚ Rebekah consented to marry Isaac before she ever met him. Rebekah represents a form of church‚ because she had not seen her bridegroom‚ but she was willing to go with him.
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TRADITIONS OF Chinese wedding ceremony : TRADITIONS OF Chinese wedding ceremony The wedding ceremony : The wedding ceremony A formal Chinese wedding requires the bridegroom to pick up the bride at the bride’s home after respectfully greeted the parents-in-law to be. The couple-to-be will then go to the bridegroom’s home‚ where the bride will greet her parents-in-law to be‚ or to the banquet location. If they choose to go to the bridegroom’s home‚ the young couple will have to greet the parents-in-law
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His style of writing is much less concise than ’Napoleon And The Spectre’ or ’The Withered Arm’. It contains large chunks of description‚ however‚ this does leave time to develop setting‚ character and plot. Furthermore‚ there is smooth interaction between dialogue and narrative. This adds coherence to the story from the
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In Tim Burton films‚ the use of cinematic techniques helps the audience feel a sense of unease contrasted with a sense of comfort and safety. Burton uses techniques such as lighting‚ camera angles and shots and framing to depict and highlight different emotions throughout his films. Burton’s job working at Disney helped him develop a thing for comfort and safety due to the children’s stories and scripts he worked on at Disney. He also has an interest in peculiar objects and characters. When both
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