The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott‚ set in Scotland in the reign of Queen Anne. The novel tells of a tragic love affair between Lucy Ashton and her family’s enemy Edgar Ravenswood. Scott indicated the plot was based on an actual incident. The Bride of Lammermoor was published in 1819; it helps form the third series of Scott’s Tales of My Landlord. In addition to the social implications and the political elements in this novel‚ the pathetic outcome‚ involving madness
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Franz Kafka’s "Metamorphosis" contain many similarities. They both have the common theme of the deterioration of the main character’s life and mind‚ as well as the theme of the ostracism of outcasts in society. They also both deal with the main characters gaining a freedom through the demise of their previous lives. The woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" is slowly deteriorating in mental state. When she first moves into the room in the old house
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A Gap of Sky A) Youth. It is a time‚ a state in life in which a person‚ who is not a child but still not an adult yet‚ is forced through many changes‚ physically as well as mentally. Age and responsibility are growing proportionally as well as the expectations from parents‚ school‚ friends and more. Youth is often characterized by independence‚ desire and by a struggle of individuality. Youth is like millions of traffic lights‚ switching colors in high speed and forcing you to hit the brake at
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Consider the theme of transformation in Metamorphosis and The Yellow Wallpaper. Apart from the very apparent theme of transformation that runs through both stories there are also many underlying themes connected with transformation‚ not just physical but also mental. Metamorphosis sees Gregor wake up one morning physically transformed overnight into a huge insect‚ by the description given by Kafka‚ possibly similar in appearance to a cockroach‚ although the description given does not allow the reader
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Many Aboriginal stories contain important themes. The short stories “Yellow Woman” by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ “Soul Catcher” by Louis Owens‚ and “From Love Medicine” by Louise Erdrich all incorporate one theme. The theme in these stories is the tension between myths and reality in a modern day society. The authors placed this theme in their stories to let people know that it is important to find a good balance of personal and cultural beliefs in life. In “Yellow Woman”‚ the protagonist questions if the
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SETTING IN TIME AND PLACE The short story "Yellow Brick Road" is set in a car‚ on State Highway 2‚ between Hastings and Wellington. It briefly mentions home‚ Waituhi‚ and Uncle Sam’s house. Wellington is their goal. These points are unimportant. What is important is travelling from security‚ warmth and familiarity to vast‚ unfamiliar and the alien big city. The time setting is a no man’s land‚ caught between an old life and a new life. The car is their only home and their possessions are
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Everybody is on a journey searching for love‚ whether it be young children or fully grown adults. Each person wants to find their significant other‚ that one special person who they will be with forever. In the film The Princess Bride‚ Buttercup and Westley are two lovers who fall madly in love with each other. Although‚ lovers cannot have their perfect happily ever after without some difficulty. Social status‚ marital problems‚ family‚ and other obstacles are ones they must overcome in order to
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American In Paris) Dan Daily‚ (There’s no Business Like Show Business) Dolores Gray‚ and Michael Kidd (choreographer of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). She was third billing‚ and played Jackie Leighton. It’s Always Fair Weather‚ is about three war buddies who agree to meet at a restaurant in ten years. Ten years later‚ they are all at the restaurant‚ doubting they should have come. They eventually became friends again‚ and Ted Riley‚ (Gene Kelly) falls for Doug Hallerton’s secretary. After the reunion
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A Gap of Sky The short story written by Anna Hope is about a girl called Ellie. Her life is a typical dysphoric student’s chaos‚ dominated by drugs‚ anticipant parents and a distracting identity crisis. There are several themes that concern the story‚ and I shall now review some of them. As my aforementioned statement points out‚ identity crisis is an essential issue throughout the story. Her mind lies in a dilemma between either to follow her desires‚ or the expectations which are upon her
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A Gap of Sky “A Gap of Sky” is a short story written by Anna Hope in 2008. The short story takes place in London‚ where we see a day from the perspective of our main-character‚ Ellie‚ where she has to make an essay due to Tuesday morning. Ellie is a teenage girl‚ she is nineteen years old‚ and studies at University College London‚ or just known as UCL. Ellie seems like a typical nineteen years old teenager. She sleeps in‚ waits until the last minute to finish her paper and she likes to party
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