The Nightingale and the Rose is a romantic tale with desire set as the main theme. We know this‚ from the very first line “She said she would dance with me if I brought her red roses” (p.1) this line illustrates the desire of the student to dance. The author Oscar Wilde’s use of romantic symbolism is found in the form of a red rose. I will be analysing the character‚ plot‚ setting and atmosphere/themes of this story and how the story in ways relates to Oscar Wilde’s life. The author portrays the
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Reading Response: Aguantando The story of Aguantando talks about what Yunior and his family went through while his father was in the U.S for 9 years. They are poor; living in a house that leaks and they eat very poorly due to the little money the mother makes working in a chocolate factory. Yunior seems to only know what his father looks like because of the old photographs his mother has. Yunior tells the story with the point of view of a young boy. Yunior’s mother is a hardworking woman‚ she
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William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” are both stories about women that struggle with love. In a Rose for Emily‚ Emily Grierson is in the need to get married‚ while in The Story of an Hour‚ Louise Mallard is convinced that her husband is dead and we she finds out that he isn’t‚ it saddens Louise and ultimately kills her. The characters‚ the setting‚ and the idea of repression in both stories are three topics that can be compared in these two selections.
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The similarities between the two short stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Both stories have a same setting‚ both have health conditions and live and a time where women had very few choices on how to run their life. Mrs. Mallard and Miss Emily both had a time in their lives when they have lost their husbands and are now a widow. Miss Emily when her lover dies‚ and Mrs. Mallard when new reached her ear of her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard had
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As we read William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” we are introduced to the main character or the protagonist Miss Emily Grierson and the fact she had just died. As the story is read it gives clues as to Miss Emily’s mental problems. The reader gains light of her background and sees her mental instability after her father dies. They learn Miss Emily has withdrawn into her own world of delusion and fantasy. Mental problems start to show in Miss Emily when after her father dies. She shows signs
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Genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Streams of Story‚ and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one currents‚ each one a different colour‚ weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity; and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story‚ that each coloured strand represented and contained
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Part 1: Summary of Nightingale (minimum 100 words) In the end of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah‚ Isabelle is released from tortured‚ to be taken to a concentration camp. Her freedom came from a great lost. Isabelle’s father Julien gave his life for hers. He admitted to the Germans he was the infamous Nightingale. Vianne finally was alone‚ Von Richter left along with the soldiers who billeted in town. Like other women that were raped by the Germans she was carrying a baby inside her now. Antoine
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Across the Nightingale Floor. Written by Lian Hearn. Lian Hearn was born in England and immigrated to Australia in 1973. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym which means that she used a different name to publish her book. She chose the name Lian Hearn because Lian has been a family nickname for her and Hearn because it is Japanese for Heron which is a key symbol in her books. She is a rather famous author and the books that made her famous where the “Tales of Otori series. Lians Hearns novel “Across
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“A ROSE FOR EMILY”----WILLIAM FAULKNER Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical)‚ mystery‚ the supernatural‚ ghosts‚ haunted houses and Gothic architecture‚ castles‚ darkness‚ death‚ decay‚ doubles‚ madness‚ secrets‚ and hereditary curses. The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants‚ villains‚ bandits‚ maniacs‚ Byronic heroes‚ persecuted maidens‚ femmes fatales‚ madwomen‚ magicians‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ monsters‚ demons‚ angels‚ fallen angels
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Rose Martin Cruz Smith’s Rose‚ is an encrypting novel about love‚ mystery‚ and culture. It enwraps all the classic qualities of the Industrial Revolution in England in a collective way. For example‚ in the novel‚ it describes the grime and disgust of most cities‚ as well as the rampant diseases throughout many households of England. The protagonist‚ Jonathan Blair‚ is a victim of the disease Typhoid and must overcome his troubles in order to solve an encumbering mystery. This mystery is his ticket
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