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  • Clarissa

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    Clarissa is an epistolary novel, or a narrative told through letters, and follows the heroine of the same name as she undergoes a series of misfortunes. At the beginning of this 18th-century novel, Clarissa is a virtuous and optimistic young woman whose family hopes to be granted an aristocratic title. When her parents scheme to force her into an unwanted marriage, Clarissa escapes with Lovelace, who soon proves to be cruel and morally corrupt. Despite all the hardships Clarissa undergoes, she remains true to her morals and beliefs until her tragic death.

  • Clarissa in Mrs. Dalloway

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    The revealing truth about Clarissa becomes clear to her and is her moment of being after she is informed about Septimus Warren Smiths suicide Clarissa as a character is battling with and trying to balance her internal life with her external life In the beginng of the novel she is already having a flashback about Peter Walsh that reveals how she feels her life could have been Clarissa decided not to marry marry Peter Walsh and settle with Richard Dalloway because she was comfortable with having

  • Women Who Run with the Wolves

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  • Commentary on The Hours

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    The novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is an intriguing book about three main characters that have different lives but somehow they all seem to intertwine towards the end Theyll search for meaning in their lives and evaluate suicide as a way of escaping the problems they face Virginia Clarissa and Laura are incredibly sensitive and perceptive to the world around them Each moment causes them to critically evaluate how they feel about living so they constantly consider suicide as a way of evad

  • The Crucible Comparison

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    Compare the presentation of female characters in The Crucible Othello and Enduring Love Arthur Millers The Crucible is a play set in Puritanical New England 1692 Miller wrote the play as an allegorical statement against McCarthyism in the US Abigail one of the central female characters was the previous mistress of John Proctor the plays protagonist portrayed as a tragic noble hero and therefore Abigail who was his mistress who he no longer has feelings for and causes him trouble is bound to be

  • Commentary on Mrs Dalloway

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    What makes Clarissa retire to her bedroom in the middle of the day is the shock 22 of not being invited to Lady Brutons lunch party with Richard Also Clarissas vulgar jealousy 23 of time but not of Lady Bruton contributes Clarissa is hurt by Richard insomuch that he accepted the invitation from a woman whom she sees as having lost the beauty of youthful years 23 More than that Clarissas pride is hurt and the dwindling of life cut in impassive stone 23 upon Lady Brutons face only adds to Clariss

  • Analysis of Mrs. Dalloway

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    Mrs Dalloway is a unique novel in that it takes place in a single daya Wednesday in mid June 1923 It covers one day from morning to night in one womans life Clarissa Dalloway an upper class housewife walks through her London neighborhood to prepare for the party she will host that evening When she returns from flower shopping an old suitor and friend Peter Walsh drops by her house unexpectedly The two have always judged each other harshly and their meeting in the present intertwines with their

  • Identity Struggles in The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway

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    Identity Struggles in The Great Gatsby and Mrs Dalloway F Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and Virginia Woolfs Mrs Dalloway both present the argument that our surroundings physical environment and human relationships impact the notion of self or personal identity Furthermore they both claim that society acts as a mirror and that in life humans cannot fully understand their identity until they see it reflected back to us by the mirror of others at which time they are able to internalized it an

  • Enduring Love: Novel Versus Film

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    Ian McEwans novel Enduring Love was published in 1997 while the movie came out in 2004 The film and the book differ a great deal the most obvious change being the renaming of Joe Roses love interest Clarissa Mellon to Claire and the change in her position from wife to girlfriend The character is now a sculptor instead of the Keats scholar she was in the novel which although that it somewhat portrays their relationship a little differently such as the reason why Clarissa doesnt sculpt Joe is bec

  • Enduring Love: Narrative Style

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    Explore the narrative style Ian McEwan uses in Enduring Love In the novel Enduring Love McEwan has used many techniques to ensure chapter one is filled with insight and tension He also works with different narrative skills of narration each used in different ways for different effects First of all McEwan uses tension throughout chapter one to keep the reader interested in the plot and wanting to read on He capably releases and brings back tension in a short space of time as when he tells the re

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