for many things in literature‚ such as developing atmosphere and characterization. Leo Tolstoy‚ author of Anna Karenina and Henrik Ibsen‚ author of A Doll’s House use children in their novels for characterization of adult characters‚ to create atmosphere and parallel an adult character’s situation in society. This paper will examine how children are used by Leo Tolstoy in his novel‚ Anna Karenina‚ and by Henrik Ibsen in his play‚ A Doll’s House. Both Ibsen and Tolstoy use children for the characterization
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An individual’s role in society can vary with the number themes the characters exhibit. When there are signs of fate‚ cruelties‚ weaknesses‚ and desires for justice and catharsis the role of an individual becomes more complicated. In Antigone‚ most of those themes are shown thus a single person’s influence or role on society is very small and complicated to attain. However in The Lottery the society has most of the control and there is not many signs of those characteristics so the role of a person
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The Consumption of Food in Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary Since food is an essential part of one’s life‚ it is not surprising that we find frequent references to its consumption in novels of social realism‚ such as Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary. Food in literature can be used to symbolise all sorts of things‚ but in particular it can represent the personality of a character. This is because certain aspects of a character reveal themselves in the personal choice of eating a particular
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In the novel "Anna Karenin" by Leo Tolstoy‚ the countryside is a place of peacefulness and satisfaction. Tolstoy uses a country and city setting to establish his point of view through the character Levin‚ who seems to belong to the countryside. It is idyllic how farmers and agriculture in this novel seem to contribute to one ’s happiness in life. In the city‚ life seems rather discontented and unnatural. The country is often seen as a place of rest and as a cure of the corruptness of the city‚ by
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Structure is needed for a society to thrive. Without it‚ people would do anything they pleased‚ with little consideration or concern for others. Structure‚ usually in the form of laws created by a person of power‚ is what keeps a group of people together‚ and allows for peaceful order between these individuals. Laws‚ however‚ can sometimes be corrupted by the one that is governing them. Although these laws may go against what is good for the people‚ fear can often times effect the way a population
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Stiva’s relationship with Dolly suggests the incomplete relationship between Karenin and Anna. The Oblonskys’ problems only seem lighter because of the double standard: It is less serious for a husband to stray than for a wife‚ since family unity depends on the woman. Tolstoy shows us that men’s primary interests are outside the home‚ whereas women‚ like Dolly‚ center their existence on the family. Stiva‚ Vronsky‚ and Karenin‚ unlike Levin‚ divide their lives sharply between their homes and amusements
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source text in some respects‚ but depart radically from the source text in other respects‚ thus denying the existence of the single polarity that describes the orientation of a translation. I have chosen five English translations of Lev Tolstoy ’s Anna Karenina for my paper. Dole (1886)‚Garnett (1901)‚ Maude (1918)‚ Edmonds (1954) and Pevear and Volokhonsky (2000). My main objective has been to analyse the relationship between earlier and latertranslations. Since modern English language readers are more
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Balbuena‚ Glaiza T. January 23‚ 2009 BCT 3-F Anna Karenina and Brothers Karamazov Discussion Using Moral Approach In Anna Karenina and Brothers Karamazov novel‚ Anna cheated her husband the same with Dimitri who fell in love to Grushenka while he is engaged to Katerina. As we can remember‚ Dimitri was attracted to Katerina and they had sex‚ later on had seen and fell in love to Grushenka which makes the situation complicated.Because Katerina is already in love with him and on the
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SOCIETY NORMS VS. INDIVIDUALITY The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee deals with several controversial topics. Among these is society norms vs. individual. The setting of the story takes place in the 1930’s in the southern town of Maycomb. In Maycomb it was hard for people like Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ and Heck Tate to maintain individuality in a 1930’s society. Atticus Finch was distinct from his society for several reasons. Atticus (a white man) was overall
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exactly this focus when analysing how an individual creates an identity and relationship within society. Marxism as a Macro-theory of sociology focuses on ‘human agents as cogs in the machine of social forces’ (Calhoun‚ C et al 2002) who have little or no control over the development of their identities‚ because of the overpowering social superstructure which is dictating a social hierarchy of which they are forced to obey. This large scale view of society as over powering in the formation of one’s
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