Throughout literature there are many examples of courageous characters. Some of the classical examples include: Jane Eyre of Jane Eyre‚ Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. In more modern literature‚ courage is the characters of Tris in Divergent and Harry Potter and Hermonie Granger in Harry Potter. Another example in modern literature of a courageous individual is found in the unlikely character of Nikolai Kreztsky‚ who is a Siberian camp guard in
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The Importance of the 20th Century Literature The dawning of a new century marked a distinct change in the style and subjects of literature. Rural‚ agrarian lifestyles were fast becoming a thing of the past as industrialization made factory work the norm‚ and many people began to feel isolated despite living in big cities. Writers who identified as “modernists” reflected this new sense of isolation and displacement in their works. The entire Western world was also deeply affected by the devastation
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olden days are none other than the modern trends that exist now and ceased to exist in the past. What are trends exactly? According to Wikipedia: “trends are behaviors that develop among a large population that last longer than ten years. These trends usually occur in fashion‚ business or technology.” Every generation has different trends‚ and like changes‚ trends are not everlasting and they are replaced with newer trends every now and then. For many people‚ trends might seem insignificant and redundant
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Poe’s influence is apparent in modern literature today. His greatest influence comes through his murder mysteries‚ a genre he invented. We see his influence live on through Sherlock Holmes‚ Perry Mason and others who are ancestors of Poe’s cerebral and analytic characters in "The Mystery
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Context Though it is often viewed both as the archetypal Anglo-Saxon literary work and as a cornerstone of modern literature‚ Beowulf has a peculiar history that complicates both its historical and its canonical position in English literature. By the time the story of Beowulf was composed by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet around 700 a.d.‚ much of its material had been in circulation in oral narrative for many years. The Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian peoples had invaded the island of Britain and settled
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of her youth‚ at 21. She is often called the Keats of the Indo-English literature for more than one reason - her meteoric rise on and disappearance from the literary firmament‚ as also for the quality of her poetry. James Darmesteter pays a befitting tribute to her‚ "The daughter of Bengal‚ so admirable and so strangely gifted‚ Hindu by race and tradition‚ and an English woman by education‚ a French woman at heart‚ a poet in English‚ prose writer in French‚ who at the age of 18 made India acquainted
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The use of the English language plays a crucial and dominant role in African literature. In contemporary African literature the use of English is often the key element for success as an African writer. This enables them to express their views across a larger area of today’s global world. However writing in English instead of their native tongues may come at a high price for these African writers. By them replacing their native languages with English could eventually lead to the eradication of their
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protagonists in ‘The Bell Jar’‚ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’‚ ‘Ariel’ and ‘Look Back in Anger’? Female emancipation and the struggle for women of existing within a predominately patriarchal society is a prevalent topic in literature. Female heroines are portrayed variably across all eras and genres of literature and yet the use of a melancholic and isolated female protagonist is arguably inescapable as writers continually refer back to a critical portrayal of women in their work. From Chaucer’s presentment of the
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1. Explain meaning of terms and their relevance to Eng Literature (examples‚ people‚ time span): Old English/Anglo-Saxon – language (many different dialects) and culture of Anglo-Saxons‚ 7th -11th c.‚ lit.: The Ruin‚ Beowulf‚ Seafarer etc; Bede‚ Caedmon‚ St Columba‚ St Augustine‚ Alfred the Great; Early Medival times‚ migrations‚ arrival of Christianity‚ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle‚ Viking Invasion‚ Germanic heritage‚ Christian ideology‚ memory of Roman Empire (myth of origins‚ Brutus)‚ Celtic elements
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The importance of ICT Information and communication technology in primary and secondary schools‚ 2005/2008 This report is based on evidence from inspections of information and communication technology (ICT) between September 2005 and July 2008 in 177 maintained schools in England‚ as well as other visits to schools where good practice was identified. Part A describes the quality of ICT education in primary and secondary schools over this period. Part B considers how tackling assessment‚ vocational
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