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    internal thoughts as he “debated” and “listened”. F.Scott Fitzgerald Nick Carraway‚ the Great Gatsby’s narrator‚ has a crucial role in the novel - acting as not only the voice‚ but also as a participant. His ideal perspective is a well-calculated device by Fitzgerald allowing him to act as a ‘fly-on-the-wall’. Many critics have suggested Nick plays the role of the chorus in Ancient Tragedy‚ becoming the link between the reader and Gatsby. Although connected - he maintains distance‚ never becoming

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    thought of him as their savior‚ a miracle maker and mini-god‚ instead of as an actual person‚ albeit an exceptionally good person. Philosophers‚ however‚ had different perspectives on Atonement‚ the meaning of Yeshua’s death. Justin Martyr‚ Athanasius and Augustine all partly taught substitutionary atonement‚ the theory that Yeshua was a substitute for all humankind being punished - only he could be the substitute because he is the only one who is not seeped in sin. The thought that Yeshua was

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    Compare and contrast the attitudes of Cecilia and Briony to Robbie Turner as presented in Part One of the novel Atonement. Your essay should not be shorter than 400 words. Cecilia and Briony Tallis both have different views on Robbie Turner‚ attitudes which are the exact opposite from each other. Cecilia knows Robbie as her “childhood friend”‚ whilst for Briony‚ Robbie was a person she looked up to. As the novel develops such attitudes towards Robbie changes and turns into something completely different

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    of women in her book ’Out of the Doll’s House’ where ’women are no longer content to endure the treatment which in past times their inferior position obliged them to suffer.’ The use of obliged suggests how passively women had to accept their lower role under men and how they were unable to break out of convention due to stagnant male attitudes and values. However it is clear in both novels that strong forces of dis-empowerment are at work for both men and women. This results in many being trapped

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    The once best-selling book the atonement by Ian McEwan is now a motion picture. This film stars A list actors‚ including Kiera Knightly and James McAvoy . The brilliant Director Joe Wright combined with screenwriter Christopher Hampton turns the bestseller into the award winning picture. Though adapted for the big screen‚ the film still contains important literary elements such as: theme‚ symbolism‚ conflicts‚ and setting. One major theme of the movie is thing aren’t always as they appear

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    With close textual analysis of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Atonement by Ian McEwan to what extent do the writers use their characters obsessive natures as the driving force of their fiction? Throughout Wuthering Heights‚ Bronte demonstrates the theme of obsessive natures within love and relationships. This is especially presented through the character of Heathcliff-due to his desire for Catherine’s love‚ ’wrenched open the lattice‚ bursting ... into an uncontrollable passion of tears’-chapter

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    Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 0011-1619 print/1939-9138 online DOI: 10.1080/00111610903380154 Briony’s Being-For: Metafictional Narrative Ethics in Ian McEwan’s Atonement DAVID K. O’H ARA ABSTRACT: This essay attempts to identify an unusual brand of self-conscious narrative by focusing on Ian McEwan’s novel‚ Atonement (1992). What makes this minority metafictional style especially unique is not only its presence in the work of one of the late twentieth century’s preeminent British

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    Through changing the form and genre of a text‚ the meaning can also be altered and interpreted differently. Film adaptations can often intentionally or unintentionally alter the authors intended meaning. In the library scene‚ in the novel ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan and the film of the same name‚ directed by Joe Wright‚ the changes that take place; that of adapting the narrative‚ characterisation and filming techniques‚ though quite subtle changes they have an immense impact on the way that the events

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    Eulogy For Thomas Tallis

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    Good afternoon‚ my name Thomas Tallis. I am considered as one of England’s greatest composers of medieval church music. Today I shall be giving a small overview of my past living life and musical career. I was born around 1505‚ in Kent‚ maybe. Your historians deem me as a shadowy character‚ and so they don’t know for sure. Frankly‚ I don’t remember either‚ but that’s besides the point. Anyways‚ moving on‚ I was a choirboy of the Chapel Royal when I was young‚ and that’s where I gained most of

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    Betrayal In Atonement

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    Betrayal in Atonement Betrayal is a major theme in this story‚ and it comes across in different ways. First there is the betrayal of Lola and Paul Marshall. Although it is not totally explored‚ Lola must have known the identity of her assailant. Paul had attacked her in the children’s room in the Tallis family manor before dinner. Later‚ he rapes her (or that is what Lola claims). But Paul keeps silent while Robbie is taken to prison. Later Lola and Paul are married‚ and they never confess their

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