J.P Stern defined realism as being: ‘no more, and no less, than an undertaking to look all the relevant facts in the face’. [1] Literary realism is a trend that began in nineteenth century French literature. Realist authors such as Flaubert, Maupassant and Emile Zola depicted contemporary life and society, including everyday common duties in their stories. These writers sought to represent life without any type of […]
Many adolescent females enrolled in the grade 12, university English course could well be discouraged by the representation of women displayed in the assigned literature. It is quite a culture shock as in past English courses, there has always been strong, powerful female characters analyzed, such as Harper Lee’s, Scout and Calpurnia; William Shakespeare’s, Portia, Lady Macbeth, and Juliet; and Charles Dickens, Estella. However, both […]
Although it is important to first read a poem as the poet intended it to be read, one must also consider the hidden, deeper meaning of a poem. On one hand, by reading a poem with the poet’s intended meaning one can utilize poetic devices to enhance the meaning of the poem. On the other hand, by searching for other, profound meanings of the poem, […]
Tragic Humor: Realism and Comedy as Satirical Tools in Voltaire’s Candide There are few chapters in Voltaire’s classic satire Candide that are wholly comedic; in truth, it seems there are fewer still that do not throw light on the tragic degradation, destruction, and immorality of a humanity fed on others misery. An optimist, the character of Candide should contrast directly the pessimism and unhappiness of […]
Chapter II The Harry Potter Phenomenon 2.1 How did it start? The Harry Potter phenomenon started slowly, as we have seen Rowling had a lot of trouble trying to publish the book and 12 publishing houses turned her down but she had perseverance and she really believed in the books, in the story and kept on trying. The content of the books was so unique, […]
The written word can spark so much in a person. It can bring a person to have a great imagination, transform a person into a hero, villain, anything that person wants to be. The written word can take a person to any part of the world without even leaving the comfort of your home. The written word breaks through cultural barriers, gives a person other […]
Mr. Lockwood remembered he was sleeping on a wooden bed and the wind and tree branches were hitting the window. He was so upset by the noise, while, in a dream, got up and tried to open the window. He failed, because seems the window was welded, and then broke the glass with his fist and pulled his hand to remove the annoying branch, but […]
The ideological development of Winston Smith in 1984 One of the two most famous books of George Orwell, 1984, depicts a pessimistic vision of the future world consisting of three totalitarian states; Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, constantly at war with each other and keeping masses under careful observation and entire control. Therefore, the average people in 1984 cannot develop in any ways, except physically, because […]
In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the book examines a variety of aspects of ambition. For instance, with Victor, ambition proves to be his undoing, and, in turn, Victor’s example becomes a forewarning for Robert Walton; meanwhile, the Creature is, in a sense, Victor’s child and thus inherits facets of Victor’s ambition–but because the Creature is also a conglomerate of all the humans who embody him, […]
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat In this essay I will be analysing Edward Lear’s poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat’ (Appendix 1), first providing a technical stylistic analysis concentrating on sound patterning, secondly locating its place in the history of poetry for children, and thirdly how the poem envisages childhood. Written in December 1867 for the daughter of a close friend of Lear, it was […]
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