The traditions of the utopian genre are constantly evolving for it to remain relevant to society’s present concerns. Thomas Moore’s novel “Utopia” written in 1516 was employed to mock the values of the Absolute Monarchy of England. Moore protests against the notion of failed idealisms within his society‚ presenting an alternative solution of an equal island‚ Utopia‚ which in actual fact translates to ‘no place’. From the suggestion of a complementary world where things run smoother‚ has seen the
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Anastasia Semenovskaya 3264/1 Presentation of the book “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. 1. My choice. 2. About the author. 3. The novel. 4. Plot. 5. Personal observations of characters. 6. My opinion. 1. The book I have chosen to describe is “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. I didn’t even think for a moment‚ when I got a task to make a presentation of a book‚ because it is my favourite masterpiece. First I read it 3 years ago. I started when I was in the plane and
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to commend himself to his lover as he talks about the many hardships he has faced and the sufferings he has endured to enable to recommend himself to her. In reference to the "great travail" or great labor the speaker has spent in trying to win the lady’s affection (line 3). The speaker claims that his affection is the true affection (line 2). The fourth line refrain ‘Forget not yet’ emphasizes this desire. The request in the second stanza is for his lady not to forget when they first began this tired
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4. The novel from 1881 to 1914 Over the eighteen eighties there was a split in fiction. The first indication towards it was Henry James’ essay "The Art of Fiction" (1884)‚ which referred to the novelist’s calling as a "Sacred office". Besides‚ there appeared a stratification of fiction due to primary education for all. Parallel to this‚ novelists saw themselves apart from the public‚ as dedicated men. This new modern conception involved dignity and a sense of glory. Another change was from the three-volume
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Anton Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Dog” demonstrates the author’s unmatched ability to guide the audience’s sympathies without directly providing an opinion of his characters. With incredible competence‚ Chekhov manages to paint scenes that while on the surface retain subjective tones‚ influence the readers’ emotions more effectively than would a direct approach. Above all‚ Chekhov employs certain literary techniques to convey his intended messages in many passages of the story‚ including the one
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afield. Constance Garnett’s translations won him an English-language readership and the admiration of writers such as James Joyce‚ Virginia Woolf‚ and Katherine Mansfield. The issues surrounding the close similarities between Mansfield’s 1910 story The Child Who Was Tired and Chekhov’s Sleepy are summarised in William H. New’s Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Reform[87] The Russian critic D.S. Mirsky‚ who lived in England‚ explained Chekhov’s popularity in that country by his "unusually complete rejection
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POEMS Practice 1 IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP 1. Why were their clothes ‘soaky’? 2. Write down the line in the poem which reveals that this incident took place in a village? 3. What does the phrase “bloated carcasses” refer to? 4. In your opinion‚ what kind of attitude do the last two lines imply? Explain. Practice 2: IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP (stanzas 1 and 2) 1. Write down the line which shows that they have been out for long hours? 2. The theme may not be exactly about hardship as implied
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Raymond Schmit � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �6� Shakespeare The Tragedy of Shylock I had not read the _Merchant of Venice_ before this class. All of my familiarity with the play was based on hearsay‚ and for some reason I got the idea in my heads that it was a tragedy. I thought that Shylock_did_ receive a pound of flesh from Antonio‚ but that it was just skin removed from his back. This gruesome image was what I was waiting for during my entire reading of the play. But I was pleasantly surprised to
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Monday‚ December 27‚ 2010 Reasons for the Rise of the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Introduction: The most important gifts of the eighteenth century to English literature are the periodical essay and the novel‚ neither of which had any classical precedent. Both of them were prose forms and eminently suited to the genius of eighteenth-century English men and women. The periodical essayist and the novelist were both exponents of the same sensibility and culture‚ and worked on the same intellectual
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