Question By fictionalizing the live of the Mirabal sisters what is done to the actual history Julia Alvarez wrote a novel based on the real Mirabal sisters however she fictionalized their lives This novel is not a biography but you get informed of it only at the end of the book Reading this novel you assume that what the author is writing is legitimate information due to the little details By fictionalizing their lives and just concentrating on their daily drama the author made the actual histo
In what ways does Mary Shelley create sympathy for the monster When we see the name Frankenstein we are instantly reminded of the doctors creation and of how he played God with out even knowing it Even by todays standards he went against human nature after being warned not to Before studying Frankenstein I stereotypically associated the monster to hideous rejects in society However the monster was brought into the world isolated unwanted and discarded he deserved sympathy not cruelty Modern day
A Look at Brownings Last Duchess When one first lays eyes on Robert Brownings famous dramatic monologue My Last Duchess prior to reading it all the way through one may think this piece an imagined tribute to the Dukes deceased wife her memory and to their life together However by and by it appears that what initially seemed to be a rather harmless tale is in fact a story peppered with destructive jealousy a favouring of the aesthetic over actual human beings and an eerie obsession with control
Question To what extent would you agree that plot should be valued more highly than style in a novel In your answer you should refer to two or three novels you have studied In the novels Age of Iron by J M Coetzee and Blindness by Jos Saramago the authors use their style and plot to express their ideas and the theme This is shown through the use of diction time sequencing and character development These elements of literary style show how the style is used in order to enhance the plot in these
Let us further suppose that our writer is Canadian and that they wish to set their drama or poem in Canada Lets now throw caution to the winds and imagine they want to use real historical material Now they have problems These problems are connected with the pattern of Canadian history and the related and even resultant patterns of the Canadian psyche That is their subject will depend on what kinds of figures are made available to them by their countrys history and their approach to their subjec
the play opens in the august of our era denoting a certain pessimism even before the play has properly begun The tall walls of vegetation create a claustrophobic and secretive atmosphere secluded closely planted The stage directions show it us well looked after the owners are obviously proud of what they have created in this domestic sphere The route out of the house is blocked showing the protagonist joe wont be able to escape from the situation later on The fact that there are no other sets a
An Outsiders Actions In Euripides play Medea the title character is frequently segregated as an outsider Superficially Medeas primary source of exclusion arises from her dilemma of being a barbarian in a Greek city However when the reader delves deeper into the text various forms of Medeas repudiation are revealed As a result of Medeas unrestrained passion her acts of both fratricide and patricide leave her without relations or a home to return to after she is confronted with exile Without a pe
Analysis The Fall of the House of Usher possesses the quintessential features of the Gothic tale a haunted house dreary landscape mysterious sickness and doubled personality For all its easily identifiable Gothic elements however part of the terror of this story is its vagueness We cannot say for sure where in the world or exactly when the story takes place Instead of standard narrative markers of place and time Poe uses traditional Gothic elements such as inclement weather and a barren landsca
Analyzing socially critical themes in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The Stranger by Albert Camus Word Count 1469 Cultural and social criticism is a common characteristic of 20th century literature Conveying critical notions through fiction allows for artistic amalgamation of the real with the imaginary and of history with fabrication rendering intertextuality and providing the reader with room for interpretation Chronicle of a death foretold a Latin American blend
Belonging is an intense emotional connection creating a sense of happiness for ones self Belonging is created for an individual when one accepts their heritage and environment Throughout life ones expectations are constantly challenged In the novel great expectations by Charles dickens the main protagonist pip challenges his life expectations when he is introduced to the Satis house and the wonder of wealth The novel follows pip on his journey to transmute into a gentleman in order to become tr