Portfolio in Literature 1 Presented to: Instr. Jasmin T. Gadian Presented by: Gerlie Gonzales BEEd-2 Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa Footnote to Youth concentrates in the prospect of teenage marriage. This account focuses on the most common problem of the youth these days‚ Love and being in love encompasses a lot of things in life that we have to keep in mind. Being married at the young age is something that many people should consider because with everything that’s been happening
Premium Literature Love Marriage
Gothic‚ detective and Science Fiction have been called the literatures of subversion. They have also been read as potentially highly conservative. Rosemary Jackson‚ for example‚ argues that these genres are “produced within – and determined by – social context. Though [they] might struggle against the limits of this context‚ often being articulated upon that very struggle‚ [they] cannot be understood in isolation from it.” (‘Fantasy: the Literature of Subversion’) Discuss this view in relation to ALL
Premium Sociology Arthur Conan Doyle Fiction
Two major types of literature are Poetry and Prose "Poetry A poem is defined as a composition written in verse (although verse has been equally used for epic and dramatic fiction). Poems rely heavily on imagery‚ precise word choice‚ and metaphor; they may take the form of measures consisting of patterns of stresses (metric feet) or of patterns of different-length syllables (as in classical prosody); and they may or may not utilize rhyme. One cannot readily characterize poetry precisely. Typically
Premium Poetry Literature
In the literature given‚ there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices. Such devices are Ethos‚ Pathos‚ Logos‚ metaphors and more. The writer of the literature‚ Marian Evans Lewes‚ writes the passage for an American woman answering her question. Using the rhetorical devices enhances Lews’s point to answer the question. On lines 9-12‚ Lewe states: “What comes after‚ is rather the sense that the work has been produced within one‚ like offspring‚ developing and growing by some force of which one’s
Premium Literature Fiction Linguistics
Good vs. Evil in literature “Evil triumphs‚ but never conquers‚” is a timeless concept repeated throughout all great literature in some capacity. It means that evil is powerful‚ and may even take over one’s life for a limited amount of time. In the end‚ though‚ the good always comes out and wins over. In other words‚ everything will always get better‚ and good is stronger than bad. Three novels that exhibit this theme are Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Lord of the Flies
Premium Fahrenheit 451 Literature Ray Bradbury
Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of
Premium Poetry Romanticism United States
Gothic Literature Essay There are many different types of gothic writers and their ideas of what goes on in the human mind. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are just two examples. In class we have read “The Pit in the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ which is a horror and gothic story. We have also read “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ which is also a horror and gothic story. Both of these authors have a good understanding of what goes on behind the locked doors of the human
Premium Gothic fiction Fiction Literature
Course Activity Semester A Discussing Literature and Government This activity will help you meet these educational goals: Common Core State Standards—You will initiate and participate effectively in a collaborative discussion (SL.1). Introduction In this course activity‚ you will participate in a peer discussion about how literary or other artistic pursuits and governmental‚ religious‚ political‚ or social structures affect one another. Afterward‚ you will summarize the discussion and how it helped
Premium Debate Participation Thought
The Great Alexander Pope once said‚ "Difficulties are things which show what men really are." This statement means that challenges in life display people’s true personalities. This quote is true‚ and many works of literature support this idea. Two pieces of literature that support this statement made by Alexander Pope are Arthur Miller’s tragedy‚ The Crucible‚ and the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. In the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ the author shows how people’s true colors
Premium Religion Psychology Fiction
The Victorian men and women conveyed in Bram Stoker’s Dracula are pure and virtuous members of the upper and middle class. However‚ hiding behind this composed and civilized conception of England lies a dark and turbulent underbelly. This underbelly is the lumpenproletariat‚ whom Karl Marx defined as "the lowest and most degraded section of the proletariat; the down and outs’ who make no contribution to the workers cause". Victorian culture discriminated against these vagrants‚ who were seen
Premium Social class Victorian era Dracula