Julia Kristeva’s quotation from Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia provides an interesting piece of observation in regards to the rampant depression apparent throughout literature. Kristeva points out that melancholy and depression can send writers into an “abyss of sorrow‚” (Kristeva). However‚ she believes that so long as a writer avoids collapsing into the “noncomunicable grief‚” (Kristeva)‚ extraordinarily powerful pieces of literature can rise from ashes of depression. The melancholy experienced
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In this essay I will analyze and interpret the short story: “The dress” written by Julia Darling in 2006. Rachel and Flora know each other very well but their relationship is very complicated and unnatural. When the dress was missing‚ Rachel was furious and immediately jumped to the conclusion that Flora had taken it. This indicates how well she knows her sister and how little she thinks of her. The text indicates that Flora has a low self-esteem‚ that she’s very jealous at Rachel and thinks of
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The Traits of Winston and Julia from Orwell’s 1984 Throughout one’s life‚ there are people whose similar and contrasting personalities help one to learn more about themselves. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Orwell demonstrates a character foil between the protagonist Winston and his love-interest Julia. Although Winston and Julia’s views on life‚ and the Party are different‚ they are similar in their hopes to rebel against the Party‚ leading to their overall downfall and doomed relationship. Throughout
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Young people´s work ethic – then and now There is no doubt that good work ethics are essential to become a good employee. If you do not have good work ethics‚ then all the skills you bring to your job are of no importance. Anyway‚ is there a difference between young people´s work ethic then and now? On the outset‚ it must be considered that nowadays young people want an office with a secretary where they really do not have to do a thing. They do not want to have an exhausting job where they have
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Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic during the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. The four Mirabal sisters‚ Patria‚ Dede‚ Minerva and Maria Teresa pass through different versions of themselves to stop the reign of this tyrannical dictator. The theme of the courage to stand up to tyranny is most exemplified through Minerva because she discovers herself and becomes consistent with her beliefs throughout the resistence of the
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In the “Hunter” by Julia Leigh a man goes into the wilderness to hunt the mysterious Tasmanian tiger. The story is about the inexplicable thylacine and it is set in the wilderness of Tasmania. The story is told in third person‚ and it is in present tense it is a simple story. Leigh’s central character‚ Martin Davis is sent to Tasmania to harvest a rare and elusive species he is hired by a pharmaceutical company to hunt the last thylacine cat‚ an animal many believe to be extinct. His journey brings
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Discuss Bowlby’s work on attachment. Refer to the work of at least one other researcher in your answer. (12 marks) Attachment theory was developed in the 1950’s by psychoanalyst John Bowlby‚ who defined attachment as a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between human beings’. Whilst working with James Robertson in 1952‚ he observed that children experienced intense distress when separated from their mothers and if fed by other caregivers‚ the child’s anxiety did not diminish. This led to his theories
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IB English A1 HL Tying the Hang-Man’s Knot ’ A study of the authors’ use of the state of marriages to set up plot devices and analyze characters in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende WL Paper 1 Mr. Grant World Literature 35 Oct 6th‚ 2008 1490 words Paper 1 The marriages Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Marquez and The House of The Spirits by Isabel Allende‚ all share the same basic characteristic of being contracted
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Different but are still similar. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Winston and Julia are two people who meet each other and think that they can relate to each other in a society where nobody can freely express themselves. They both try to fit into society but think about society differently. Julia and Winston feel like they have to go according to what is happening around them or else they will suffer consequences. For example‚ in 1984 it says‚ "Tell me‚ what are your true feelings towards Big Brother?’
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In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez tells a tale that shows how life can be both beautiful and horrible at the same time. The book is set in the Dominican Republic‚ where an oppressive dictator named Trujillo is in power. Living under his iron fist is the Mirabal family‚ a relatively normal family with four beautiful daughters. While the girls are protected relatively well from Trujillo’s political patriarchy‚ a few of them are introduced to patriarchy via minor oppression
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