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The Toad
Discussion and Analyses
"The Toad" takes the idea of nefariousness as a disability to another level. Vileness, though touched upon briefly in "Thumbelina," is more central in this tale that has tremendous universal appeal because of the societal obsession with appearance. The title creature is acted upon throughout by his ...
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MODEST PROPOSAL
Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift
Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift
A Modest Proposal is considered one of the premium examples of satire in world literature. Written in the persona of a well-intentioned economist and published in the form of a well liked pamphlet, the tract argues that the problem of poverty ...
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ANTIGONE
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In ancient Greek legend, Antigone was the daughter—and the sister—of Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes who tore out his eyes after discovering that he had unwittingly killed his father and married his own mother, Jocasta. The most famous account of Antigone's story is in Sophocles' Theban trilogy: King Oedipus ...
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“Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “E.T”
This research focuses on the various aspects of “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” and “E.T” and comprises of the following parts:
Purpose of the Study
Introduction of the element1
Introduction of Element2
Thesis statement
Comparison of contexts
Purpose of the study
This paper focuses on to the comparison between the likenesses ...
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Goodbye Mother
By Reinaldo Arenas
The seventies and eighties were for Latin America a period of deep disappointment and hard reconstruction of democratic life from the very foundations of the social pact. From one end of the political spectrum, the night of Tlatelolco in Mexico and the military coups in much ...
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“King Lear” by William Shakespeare
In the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, the fool plays a very significant role. Shakespeare uses the fool as comic relief, as well as commentator on Lear's mistake. The fool helps to highlight the plight of the tragic hero, challenging the King's frenzy with his ...
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Story of an Hour
Story of an Hour
Story of an Hour
Life as a sense Kate Chopin's perception of "Story of An Hour"
By Kate Chopin (1851-1904) "Story of an Hour" is an impressive literature and touches the reader's feelings and ideas. Although the story is very short, this is a very ...
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Augustine's Confessions
Introduction
Augustine (354-430 CE) was the first major political thinker within the Christian tradition. Politically astute and highly intellectual, Augustine was a North African bishop during a period that saw immense changes in the political landscape. Following the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in the mid-fourth century, Christianity was adapting ...
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Oedipus Guilt
In one version of the story the innocent child, Oedipus, at the age of four falls in love with his mother and feared retaliation of his father in the form of castration anxiety, for his wishes to the mother but also because of the deadly rivalry toward father. Oedipus ...
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Hell Heaven Jhumpa Lahiri
Theme
This story is about the association between Pranab Chakraborty and the narrator Usha's family. Pranab Chakraborty was not, severely speaking, the younger brother of my father. It was one more Bengali from Calcutta who had gone to the arid coast of the community life of my parents ...