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CANTERBURY TALES
The Prioresse's Irony In “The Canterbury Tales”
The Prioresse's Irony In “The Canterbury Tales”
Introduction
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, was—or were—mostly written between about 1387 and some time in the 1390's. It was his last work before his death in 1400, which is clearly foreseen in the conclusion. The ...
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“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams
Introduction
The main aim of the essay is to analyze an element of the play The Glass Menagerie and discuss about that analysis. In this essay we will seek the main plot of the play and will analyze each character's escape mechanism. The play utilizes the ...
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FAIRY TALES
Fairy Tales and Childhood
Fairy Tales and Childhood
Introduction
There are many versions of Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk, but I will use the Grimm Brothers' 1812 version of Hansel and Gretel. Here, I will use one postmodern narrative technique in this tale. For instance, this story ...
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The Classical and Christian Culture
IntroductionThe classical culture is what existed in ancient times especially among the Greeks and Romans as early as the 1st century BC. The classical period was marked by massive change-especially in the 18th century- in educational and political systems, language, science, art and philosophy, the change ...
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SEQUEL to the play A Doll's House-Henrik Ibsen
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Nora, the “doll-wife” of Torvald Helmer. Seeking always to charm her husband, Nora is his “singing lark,” his pretty “little squirrel,” and his “little spendthrift.” She seems to be a spendthrift because secretly she is paying off a debt she incurred to finance ...
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Literary Analysis
“The Road Not Taken” is one of Frost's most popular and anthologized poems, showing the energizing effect that his stay in England had upon his poetic life. The poem works so well in part because of his brilliant use of ambiguity to describe ...
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“Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell
“Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell
Sara Vowell, in one of her essays, named as “Shooting Dad”, declares that as being a youngster she survived in a house that was divided, in which there were two point of views that were apparent by the posters of ballot vote ...
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The Analysis of “Life” by Edith Södergran
Thesis Statement
“A Life by Edith Södergran” is a kind of poem struggling with the life. The power of poetry of Edith Södergran originates from the multifaceted mixture of its elements. The impression of being very straight-spoken is expressed from her poetry, however for all ...
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Romeo and Juliet
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This tragedy, written by William Shakespeare, is about two lovers whose parents are together is hostile. Romeo and Juliet try to keep everything together, but luck is not on their side and therefore it comes at the end of the story to a tragic conclusion. However, Shakespeare's lovers ...
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Artistic Renditions of Life
In “The Metamorphosis,” Franz Kafka addresses the issue of authoritarianism by the story of a traveling trade, called Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning transformed into an insect, turning it into a sin that leads him to suffer the greatest setbacks by part of their family, ...