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    A rose for emily

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    Miss Emily’s hair was described as iron-gray. This makes it understood that one her hair’s was in the bed with Homer’s body‚ which means that she had recently been exposed to his corpse. 2. Who is the unnamed narrator? For whom does he profess to be speaking? -I believe the unnamed narrator could be several people voicing their own opinion or point of view and experience of the situation with Miss Emily. 3. Why does “A Rose for Emily” seem better told from his point of view than if it were told

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    This through the way she sees herself as unworthy of writing about Oroonoko‚ a job she thinks a male could do better (pg 107). He also points out that though timid‚ the narrator shows great insight and ability by making something of significance of her narration- something that cannot be framed. This suggests that the narrator was experiencing in Oroonoko something very different from what she is used to at the time. Further‚ through the constant use of the word “discursive” in the context of disorder

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    D.H Lawrence - Vin Ordinaire

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    Analyse de textes littéraires anglais « Vin ordinaire – D.H Lawrence » INTRODUCTION : In a short story‚ details are very important. Everything must be explained. The reader needs to go line by line like a fine tooth comb. Focus on the details and the meaning of them. We have to read with a dictionary and prove our justifications with evidences in the text and biography. Literature is also an art; it wakes up our imagination and emotions. THE TITLE: Vin Ordinaire or Thorn in the flesh

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    fragments of the narration forming‚ for example‚ Antoinette as the narrator‚ is explaining to the reader‚ why the native people of the island are on rough times‚ “Another day I heard her talking to Mr Luttrell‚ our neighbor and her only friend. “Of course they their own misfortunes. Still waiting for this compensation the English promised when the Emancipation Act was passed. Some will wait for a long time”.’ (Rhys‚ Pg. 15). The narrator‚ Antoinette‚ is giving us important information‚ but the information

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    The Day of the Butterfly

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    Purpose: - to investigate the ally’s experience. (Ally meaning a person who crosses the boundaries set by society to reach out to marginalised others) “I realized the pledge as our fingers touched.” ‘Pledge’ refers to a heavy commitment Helen‚ the narrator‚ would take on by being Myra’s friend - to provide a critique of adults’ role in educating children about community responsibility or failure to do so (Ms Darling person who creates “dreadful unease”‚ is not able to solve the problem but reinforces

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    Dancing at lughnasa

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    possessed How might this be an appropriate description of the dramatic function and thematic importance of Michael’s speeches in the play. Dancing at Lughnasa‚ a play written by Brian Frier‚ is a depiction of a man’s memory of his childhood. The narrator‚ Michael‚ takes us back to the warm harvest days of August 1936‚ when he was a seven-year-old boy being brought up by his unmarried mother Chris and her four sisters. The play‚ through Michael’s narration‚ touches on different aspects of life of

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    his retelling of that time; when he heard the astronomer‚ in which he includes references and things he’s learned since. Define unfamiliar vocabulary * learn’d – educated Speaker - who is s/he? What is his/her tone? The speaker is the narrator‚ and his tone is nostalgic‚ but not nostalgia for the astronomer but for the night sky. Message of the poem? The message of the poem is how excessive teaching can be boring to people who do not comprehend‚ which leads them to find other distractions

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    lives of girls and women

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    narrated by‚ Del Jordan‚ a clever and attentive adolescent girl from the fictional town of Jubilee‚ Ontario. The 1940s -set novel begins with a first-person perspective intertwined with an omniscient point of view‚ which deviates into a retrospective narrator as she becomes a young adult. This provides the reader with an understanding of Del’s realities as her body and her world change. Also‚ the different narrating voices provide a different perspective on religion and society addressing the deep complexities

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    American Pastoral

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    the Greatest Work of American Fiction in the Last 25 Years?" contest held by the New York Times Book Review.[2] The framing device in American Pastoral is a 45th high school reunion attended by frequent Roth alter egoNathan Zuckerman‚ who is the narrator. At the reunion‚ in 1995‚ Zuckerman meets former classmate Jerry Levov who describes to him the tragic derailment of the life of his recently deceased older brother‚ Seymour "Swede" Levov‚ who succumbed to metastatic prostate cancer at age 68. After

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    Reaction Paper 2 The original story of Akugawa’s “In the Grove” uses third person point of view. While in Akugawa’s adaption work‚ he examined the darker side of humanity by using multiple narrators to narrate their own agenda. Hence‚ each person gives a different account of the story which leaves reader to analyze what is truth and who is the murder in the story. Each character’s testimony seems to clarify this murder from own viewpoint‚ however

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