One’s Own‚ a book by Virginia Woolf that reunites and recreates the contents of a series of lectures she delivered in Cambridge in 1928. The author was invited to talk about the topic “Women and Novel”; however‚ she made use of her innovative style to devise a book in which fiction‚ history‚ and her own way to understand the world gathered to create a text considered as one of the references for literary criticism‚ and whose meaning is absolutely valid at present. In short‚ Woolf builds the image of
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Context Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was first performed in New York City in 1962. The play stunned and pleased American audiences‚ seemed to provide a vital insight into American life. The country was coming out of the 1950s‚ when Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower was a conservative‚ well-loved president and television shows like Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best were popular. The importance of a happy family was emphasized by both politicians and popular culture. Many Americans considered success
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Folio piece-short story I had no choice it was either him or the damnation of my people. My hands were quivering with fear‚ sweat was dripping from my forehead as I made the decision to kill him. The man that sat in my barber shop chair had killed 14 of my friends and had death on his mind‚ the devil was at work in this man. Tension was rising‚ I walked across the empty room sharpening the blade of my silver razor‚ I continued to shave his beard as any good barber would have‚ each stroke smother
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So‚ if you had a robot‚ what would you want it to do for you? I’m sure you were just thinking about that very same question. If you are now asking yourself “How does this have anything to do with parenting?” let me ease your mind by blowing some smoke up your … um‚ we parents are real busy people. The kind of people who need robots to do stuff for us. She doesn’t do windows ... starpulse.com She doesn’t do windows … Actually‚ this reverie came out of three things. 1. My post on
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Virginia Woolf vs. Orhan Pamuk Aykut Can TÜRKMEN Petroleum – Gas University of Ploieşti Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare and indicate the affect of “stream of consciousness”. Moreover‚ I tried to show the (dis)similarities between these two important writers. In this paper‚ for Orhan Pamuk‚ I focused on the novel which is called “Sessiz Ev (Silent House)”. Key words: stream of consciousness‚ omniscient point of view‚ third person narration‚ impact
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JOURNAL LOG: The Death of the Moth Virginia Woolf The passage “The Death of the Moth” has been excerpted from Virginia Woolf’s (1882-1941) collection of essays and published one year after her death. Throughout this particular passage‚ she symbolizes a moth and its insignificance yet contribution to nature‚ along with her views on life and death. She skillfully elaborates about this moth‚ providing information that reveals it is much more noteworthy than it is treated. She begins her writing
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Had there been no Macdonald‚ it’s all but certain there would not be a single Canadian reading this article or others like it‚ never mind raising a celebratory toast to him on the 200th anniversary of his birth on Jan. 10 or 11 (the records of his father and of the local Register Office in Glasgow‚ where he was born‚ differ). That’s because had there been no Macdonald‚ there would have been no Canada for anyone to be a citizen of. Under Macdonald’s leadership as prime minister (1867-1873 and 1878-1891)
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Сергеевой Натальи‚ 504 лк Analysis The fun they had Isaac Asimov is a well-known science fiction writer for such stories as Lucky Stars‚ The Pirates of Asteroids‚ The Kingdom of the Sun and other books that came from under his pen. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts‚ explore the universe‚ present our future‚ but all of this he permanently connected with science. In 1951 he wrote a science fiction story called "The Fun They Had" for a syndicated newspaper page. Later it was
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Kew Gardens (short story) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search 1st 1919 edition Kew Gardens is a short story by the English author Virginia Woolf. It was first published privately in 1919‚ then more widely in 1921 in the collection Monday or Tuesday‚ and subsequently in the posthumous collection A Haunted House (1944). Originally accompanying illustrations by Vanessa Bell‚ its visual organisation has been described as analogous to a post-impressionist painting
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If I Had a Superpower Admit it‚ all of us must have imagined‚ at least once‚ of being able to fly‚ to have super-strength‚ superhuman speed‚ or any kind of skill nobody else have. Whether you are an innocent little kid or a grown-up‚ having superpowers is always something we wish we could have. Imagine you can teleport‚ travel in time‚ communicate with people telepathically‚ or be invisible. Why got caught in traffic jams if we can fly? Why have hard times with your pet if you understand animal
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