HUMANICUS issue 8 / 2013 Naturalist Aesthetics in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World Gabriel Sunday Bamgbose Abstract: Efforts have always been made by literary scholars and critics to read the aesthetics of John Millington Synge‟s drama. However‚ little attention has been paid to the naturalistic dimension of Synge‟s plays. This study‚ therefore‚ investigates the naturalist aesthetics in Synge‟s dramaturgy. This is in an attempt to show that individuals‟
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Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this
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Riders in the Sea Sheri-Lyn Crump ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Mary Lounsbury December 17‚ 2012 The sea is both a source of life and death. As we can see in the poem‚ the sea offers food‚ a way to the mainland and other life giving essentials. It is also the reason that Mauyra has lost all the men in her family. At the beginning of the story we realize that Mauyra’s Daughters Colleen and Nora are trying to hide some clothing that the young priest has given them‚ thinking
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Riders to the sea SUMMARY: This story begins with a young Irish girl baking and spinning in a fisherman’’s cottage on the west coast of Ireland. Her sister comes in‚ bearing the clothes of man washed up drowned up the coast. They are waiting for their brother Michael to be found--he disappeared over a week earlier‚ and they know he is dead‚ though hope never dies really until one knows for sure. They do‚ and they finally have to tell their mother‚ and that he got a decent burial by the parish priest
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Shakespeare’s play Hamlet has four different themes; complexity of action‚ mystery of death‚ impossibility of certainty‚ and the nation as a deceased body. All which have to do something with the relationship of the ghost and Hamlet and it´s meaning of how the ghost has a connection with Hamlet’s actions regarding the themes. Starting in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet the ghost of Hamlet senior appears in front of Horatio‚ Marcellus‚ and Bernardo. Horatio being a very good friend of Hamlet‚ King Hamlet´s son‚ thinks
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This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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audience the grounds to believe that his tragic hero Hamlet is somewhat of a misogynist. A misogynist can be defined as a man who shows exaggerated aversion towards women. The word "misogynist" comes from ancient Greek words "misein" meaning hate and "gyne" meaning women. Hamlet’s demeanor leads the reader to believe that Shakespeare could have shared the same views as his protagonist Hamlet. In the play‚ there are many examples of speech from Hamlet‚ which convey misogynic beliefs. These quotes are
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God speaks in silences‚ and only those who are quiet of heart can hear what he says. The underlying reality is that there is no friendship with God without silence. This "silence" does not mean just keeping noise levels low; it is the form of pure truthfulness. Unless one has learned to stop‚ be quiet and listen to another‚ then one remains locked in one’s own little world. In silence we make the wonderful and liberating discovery that we are not gods‚ but just creatures. Silence can disturb
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Trouble at City Zoo. There are many factors‚ which determined the behavior in our group of five members that was assigned by our professor. Many organizational theories assist in explaining the behavior noticed within our group. Leadership‚ Personality‚ motivation‚ Group and team work are going to be the topic areas which I am going to explore using organizational behavior. Organizational behavior can be described as groups of people who work together but contribute individuallay toward accomplishing
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1. What did Paul Valery mean in saying that the mind of Europe doubted itself profoundly? Before 1914‚ people in Europe believed in progress‚ peace‚ prosperity‚ reason‚ and rights of individuals. During that time‚ people began to believe in the Enlightenment‚ industrial developments were just starting and scientific advances began to take place. People then really believed in progression and further developments. Unfortunately‚ World War I broke out. Nevertheless‚ the optimistic people of
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