by Evelyn Waugh The story under consideration is "Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing " by Evelyn Waugh. A prolific English novelist and short-story writer‚ he is admired for his elegant style‚ brilliant wit‚ satire and humour. "Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing "‚ first published in 1936 in « Mr Loveday’s Little Outing. And other sad stories » collection‚ is a perfect example of his style. Like many other Waugh’s best stories‚ "Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing ”
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collaboration with his friend Richard Steel. In The Spectator he appears as a judious critic of manners and morals of the society. The main aim of The Spectator was to reform the society‚ and it was Addison’s task: “to enliven morality with wit; and to temper wit with morality” and again in his essay The Scope of the Satire he professes that his aim is: “to satirizes the vanity of the society‚ but he was very careful and does not want personal in any satire”. Addison noticed that the manners of the
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The Taking Tree Idith Arussy Once upon a time‚ far away in an unknown land‚ there was a small village. The people there were not so merry‚ but satisfied. Each family owned a profession. They work very hard and still manage to enjoy life. The Nicolson family worked in a coal mine. Their youngest‚ John‚ had a stutter. The villagers didn’t mind it much‚ but John did. He was shy and had trouble talking to his beloved‚ Ms. Bianka‚ the weavers’ youngest. Even being the prettiest of her sisters‚ Ms.
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Gray‚ Burns‚ and Blake: The Transitional Poets It was the mid-eighteenth century and poets were tiring of the neoclassical ideals of reason and wit. The Neoclassic poets‚ such as Alexander Pope‚ "prized order‚ clarity‚ economic wording‚ logic‚ refinement‚ and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism‚ wit‚ and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism‚ which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal‚ civilised‚ and refined Neoclassicism
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During the Twentieth Century‚ there were a multitude of events that darkened almost everyone’s view of the world. These events had a great impact on the pieces of modern literature being published since the authors would write with more pessimistic views. William Golding‚ at the time‚ developed a theory which stated that people are inherently evil and that society keeps us good. While both the novel Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ and the short story The Most Dangerous Game‚ by Richard Connell
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One of humanity’s most basic instincts is that of revenge. Revenge is one of the defining traits of humanity. The drive to exact vengeance on one’s enemy is the driving force behind many pivotal events in human history. The object of every war is to get revenge on the other side. Revenge is also a common motive for robbery and murder. There is no denying that revenge is a force for terrible deeds in this world‚ but at the same time it is a basic human desire. Stories of retribution are
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WOMEN IN THE ODYSSEY Although women in ancient Greece are often portrayed as meek and weak‚ this is not the case in Homer’s epic; The Odyssey. Instead‚ women in the Odyssey are often described as either cunning‚ intelligent‚ sexually alluring‚ or powerful‚ dangerous and fatal. Some of the most typical female characters are Athena‚ Circes and Penelope‚ where Athena is a powerful goddess and a skilled warrior‚ Circes is a cunning witch who tricked Odysseus’ men into drinking her potion and turning
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Decades of studies have shown that the cliché that “opposites attract” is not true. Partners who are similar in broad dispositions‚ like personality‚ are more likely to feel the same way in their day-to-day lives. This may make it easier for the partners to understand each other. Additionally‚ a 1972 study by Jerome Tognoli and Robert Keisner about the gain-loss theory of attraction revealed that people are more likely to be attracted to someone who didn’t find them appealing at first‚ but eventually
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Thesis: The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were times of major change for the British Empire. A monarchy restored‚ a city destroyed‚ colonies lost‚ technology gained‚ civil unrest‚ parliamentary reform‚ trains‚ a queen‚ and a lot of social change. The frequent shifts in social‚ political‚ and economical status were welcomed by some‚ but made most fearful. This essay will examine these changes in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ respectively‚ and then look at how these shifts affected
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humorous sketches‚ and that they don’t generate any substance or lasting meaning. “Words‚ Words‚ Words” is an organized riot. It rebels against reason and is highly contrived. The appeal is its situation: three articulate monkeys who have an ironic wit. Their dialogue is entertaining and makes a good extended joke – if you’re well-read and especially if well-versed in Hamlet. But for all of Ives’ inventiveness with scenario‚ he doesn’t take us very far beyond a chuckle. The monkeys hardly offer much
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