Do you know what is the strongest and the oldest emotion known to the mankind? That is fear. And gothic literature can be explained as fear-literature. But the true gothic tale has something more than secret murder‚ bloody bones‚ or clanking chains . So‚ let me explain how to know what is the real gothic book. First of all‚ i will give you some backround. Gothic fiction began as a joke.In 1764 author Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of
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Midterm Study Main Character List * Purple Hibiscus * Kambili : love and respect Papa; always hope Papa proud of her. Against her Papa at the end but still love him very much. Healing from trauma and can easily laugh‚ run‚ and looking for the future. Love equal pain to kambaili. (zip of love‚ tongue burn) * JaJa: Listen to his Papa but first against him; help sister Kambili and Mama all the time and sacrifices himself for the family. * Papa Eugene: (The representative
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Native-American Literature‚ c.20‚000B.C.E.-present Characteristics The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it‚ but there are often common elements such as stories explaining creation or natural forces. Major Writers or Works Oral narratives: Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni‚ Aztec‚ Navajo‚ Lakota‚ Seneca‚ Tlingit‚ Cherokee‚ Blackfoot‚ Cree‚ Inuit‚ and many more. Exploration Period‚ 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings
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John Smith was a seasoned veteran of survival and was not a professional writer. The second characteristic of Exploration Literature is written to a specific audience such as the king‚ queen‚ and the backers. These journals or texts specifically describe their lifestyles‚ daily struggles‚ and document important events. The third characteristic of Exploration Literature is that these texts are what literary historians call “history in the making.” In Smith’s text he writes‚ “Now
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The caste system of India is one of the main dimensions where people in India socially differentiated through religion‚ class‚ tribe‚ region‚ gender and language. The Indian caste system is considered a closed system of stratification‚ which means that a person’s social status is obligated to which caste they were born into. Caste is a social status determined by a system in society based on one’s position in that position could be low and high depending on the importance attached with that position
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Relationship Characteristics Psy/220 July 5‚ 2013 Relationship Characteristics The relationship that I am going to reference is the one that I have with my mother. My mother was recently divorced and I am clueless what is wrong with her. My mother use to be the type of person that could do everything for herself‚ financially‚ documents etc. Now that she has a power of attorney she acts like she is completely helpless. My sister and I have tried helping her to the best of our ability to be
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The Anglo Saxon period is the oldest known period of time that had a complex culture with stable government‚ art‚ and a fairly large amount of literature. Many people believe that the culture then was extremely unsophisticated‚ but it was actually extremely advanced for the time. Despite the many advancements‚ the period was almost always in a state of war. Despite this fact‚ the Anglo-Saxon period is a time filled with great advancements and discoveries in culture‚ society‚ government‚ religion
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its values and beliefs can still be seen in contemporary poetry. Literary taste began to turn from classical and neoclassical conventions. The generation of revolution and wars‚ of stress and upheaval had produced doubts on the security of the age of reason. Doubts and pessimism now challenged the hope and optimism of the 18th century. Men felt a deepened concern for the metaphysical problems of existence‚ death‚ and eternity. It was in this setting that Romanticism was born. It is difficult to pinpoint
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Achilles --- angry‚ arrogant and loyal. On the battlefield‚ he is unstoppable‚ able to rout whole armies single-handedly. He suffered from an overweening pride‚ called Hubris‚ which seemed to be a common characteristic of many Greek heroes. Achilles is also an exceedingly proud person. When the Greek general Agamemon takes Achilles’ war prizes for his own‚ Achilles’ hurt pride causes him to declare that he will no longer fight for the Greek side. He is seen as impetuous‚ but loving to his closest
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All this‚ however‚ is contradicted by evidence of Aśoka sending fierce death threats to forest-dwellers‚ without any apparent reason. Aśoka also ordered the expulsion of dissident monks from Buddhist monasteries. Romila Thapar says in ‘Ashoka – a Retrospective’‚ “Possibly for him there was a distinction between activities within the Buddhist Sangha‚ and the need to rule without
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