Reader Response Paul Marshall Gap The Ian McEwing novel Atonement is a masterful work filled with numerous richly detailed characters For me the character of Paul Marshall piqued my interest because I did not know how he was going to fit into the plot of the story My expectations for his character were the he would be a benign character written to give depth to a more central character Celia At first this assumption seemed to hold true but then I read about Pauls dream and everything starts to
Beowulfwas manufactured by Christian Anglo Saxons who had mostly converted from their pagan religion however its complexity reveals evidence of both paganism and Christianity The plot is an allegorical story of salvation containing supernatural and historical elements traces of teaching in Christianity In the poem Beowulf a hero of the Geats battles three antagonists Grendel Gredels mother and later in his life a dragon all of them symbols of the Pagan folk The poem begins with the genealogy of
Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe analizes the coming of the white man and its results on the culture of the people of Umuofia The coming of the white man brought about culture conflict which affects the people of Umuofias religion their judicial system and their social life Their lives are transformed in many different ways and change the perspective they have The arrival of the white man affects the people of Umuofias religion and cause culture conflict The people of Umuofia have man
Hesse and Kafka make specific use of their main characters Kafkas Samsa is a trapped man We are introduced to him just after his metamorphosis into a bug He remains in this state until his death at the end Hesses eponymous character is portrayed as an enviably successful attractive intelligent revered character that nevertheless chooses to set out upon a spiritual journey in order to reach enlightenment Thus Hesse emphasises the quality of his main character and shows us that a privileged life
NEHA YADAV DOMESTIC CHRONOTOPE IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE The Russian philologist and literary philosopher Mikhail Mikhailvoch Bakhtin 1895 1975 uses the term Chronotope to designate the Spatio Temporal matrix which governs the base condition of all narratives and other linguistic acts The term itself can be literally translated as Time Space The term is developed in Bakhtins essay Forms of Time and Chronotope in the Novel Bakhtin in his essay says that a literary works artistic unity in relationsh
Dracula Essay Bram stoker is way ahead of his time His mind is way more modern than the Victorian era Bam stokers Dracula is a criticism of its time in many ways and in different themes including the portrayal of women importance of status and money and having control Dracula criticizes the portrayal of women in various ways First example is when Mina finds Lucy in the churchyard after she had been sleep walking in the middle of the night wearing her nightgown When Mina is taking her home she c
Drinking Away Your Life As Ned journeys through the stream he discovered and named Lucinda things gradually get worse Ned goes through a change from realism to surrealism The use of alcohol consumption throughout The Swimmer helps demonstrate and show Neds drastic change from sanity to insanity John Cheever used events that happened to him such as his drinking problem to make a more realistic relatable story that allows more people to connect with While at a friends house Ned decides to swim hi