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  • Naturalism and Determinism in An American Tragedy

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    Theodore Dreiser was a part of the naturalist movement His works depicted real life subjects in a harsh and gritty manner Many of his novels were controversial and considered amoral Dreiser grew up in a poor working class family in Terre Haute Indiana An American Tragedy his most commercially successful novel tells the story of young man searching for success and fame An American Tragedy is told from a naturalistic and deterministic point of view Determinism deals with an individuals fate being

  • Scene Analysis: Hamlet

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    Hamlet by William Shakespeare was written during the seventeenth century around 1600 or 1601 William Shakespeare was born in 1564 He was the eldest son of John and Mary Shakespeare Although there are no records it is known Shakespeare attended Edward VI grammar school which was established in 1543 for the sons of the landed gentry of the community It is believed Hamlet was first performed in July 1602 Hamlet first appeared in printed from in 1603 and was published once again as an enlarged edit

  • Overview of As You Like It

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    Observations on As You Like It As You Like It will be for many of you a rather difficult play to appreciate and interpret simply on the basis of a reading The reasons for this are not difficult to ascertain The play is as I have observed a pastoral comedy that is a comedy which involves a traditional literary style of moving sophisticated urban courtiers out into the countryside where they have to deal with life in a very different manner from that of the aristocratic court This play like other

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