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    Year of Wonders suggests that adversity brings out the best and the worst in people.’ Do you agree? In Year of Wonders‚ Geraldine Brooks recounts the tale of a small 17th century English village afflicted by the plague‚ through the honest and reliable narration of Anna Frith. The novel’s title alludes to the idea that though the plague is devastating‚ it gives rise to "wonders". Brooks presents to readers an insightful exploration of the diverse reactions that people can have to adverse circumstances

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    ’In Year of Wonders it is the female characters who are the real heroes. The male characters are negative and destructive.’ Discuss. Geraldine Brooks’ work of historical fiction‚ Year of Wonders‚ concentrates on emotional and physical conflict and the innate response of the villagers of Eyam at a time of crisis. The novel reflects on Anna Frith‚ an "ordinary" resident of the village‚ highlighting her profound mental and emotional development as the events unfold. With the guidance of Elinor Mompellion

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    Themes Transformation of the Self/ Fate versus Chance and Free Will • Ransom explores the idea that personal transformation is an almost inevitable aspect of the human condition. • The journey from Troy to the Greek camps is symbolic of Priams’ transition and steady progression from King to Father and Man into human form. • The vision in which Priam seems himself “dressed in a plain white robe without ornament. No jewelled amulet at his breast’ is a vision of himself reduced to

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    Year of Wonders: Practice essay This text demonstrates the difficulties of holding on to faith in times of adversity. Discuss. Geraldine Brook’s novel ‘Year of Wonders’ is a true story of Eyam‚ a small village in the north of England‚ which made the remarkable decision to voluntarily quarantine itself when struck by the plague in 1665. Set during the restoration England where Puritan Christians were losing their battle against the Church of England to simplify practices‚ Brook’s explores how

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    Years of wonders - March 1665 Mary cooper‚ who is a widow of a led miner Edward cooper‚ re- married a tailor called Alexander Hadfield. Mary and Alexander Hadfield lived in a small cottage in the village of Eyam. Alexander- in order for him to supply his costumes with the best fashion‚ he would order his cloth from London. ate august early September 1665 cloth was delivered to the Hadfield cottage. George vicars – who is a tailor from London who worked for Alexander - When George and Alexander

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    Brooks’s historical novel Year of wonders expresses sides of human nature that are seen when adversity hits. In tragedy people are faced with terrifying experiences and struggles which change who they are. This can be or for better or worse. Anna is changed into a strong independent women and she thrives to help others in the town. While Michael Mompellion starts out in favour of conducting isolation for the towns peoples safety‚ but he later becomes a changed man and closes off when his wife Elinor

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    Chapter 24 vocabulary: 1. Peninsulare: people who have been born in Spain and were at the top of Spanish-American society. 2. Creole: were below the peninsulares‚ Spaniards born in Latin America. 3. Mulattos: persons of mixed European and African ancestry‚ and enslaved Africans. 4. Simon Bolivar: a wealthy Venezuelan Creole. 5. Jose de san Martin: a Argentinian 6. Miguel Hidalgo: a priest in the small village of Dolores took the first step toward independence. 7. Jose Maria Morelos: revolutionary

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    Time "His hand is on the Bible‚ but he never opens it." p3 "A servant has no right to stay‚ once she’s dismissed." p4 "even Puritans should recall that pagans‚ too‚ are children of God." p.5 "It has taken less than a year to begin to reclaim [Nature’s] place." p11 Ring of Roses "I thought God had sent him. Later‚ there were those who would say it had been the Devil." p23 "Different from all those men who look you over like beef at saleyard." p.23 "She was a decent girl.. but Puritan in her

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    YoW – Prac Essay #2 Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonders is a bleak exploration of human suffering and cruelty. Discuss. Geraldine Brooks’ compelling novel‚ “Year of Wonders”‚ explores the various facets of human behaviour invoked when experiencing a traumatic and deathly event; the bubonic plague. The negative side of human nature is revealed when the villagers collapse under the pressure of the plague and begin to lose themselves within their scapegoating‚ greed and witchcraft. Untimely deaths rack

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    A Rose for Emily is a short story written by popular American author William Faulkner‚ which details the events of Emily Grierson‚ an aristocratic woman admired by the community. The setting of this story takes place in Mississippi‚ in the fictional town of Jefferson between the post antebellum period and the late 1920s. William Faulkner divides this story into five separate sections‚ each detailing certain events that typically do not happen in a chronological order. In section one‚ the story

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