Category: Literature Review
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The Solution for The Blacks in The Reconstruction Period in Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Radical Republicans wanted to finish what Emancipation started—more rights for Southern blacks—through Reconstruction. At the same time in the North, the working class faced many difficulties. Edward Bellamy tried providing a solution to the workers’ strife and in the North through a utopian system he presents…
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Understanding The Ideology in The Works of H.e. Bates, Isabel Allende, and Thea Astley
An Ideology is a system of ideas beliefs and attitudes. They can lead to motivated reasoning, the subconscious desire not to find the truth, but to defend the version of reality that makes us feel most validated. In truth, an ideology is an umbrella that encompasses various different philosophies, that cannot always be deemed either…
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Theme of Love in Silas Marner
Show how the theme of love is shown in the novel Silas Marner. Most literary discourse about Silas Marner accepts love as one of its key concerns. Any discussion of how love is ‘shown’ in the novel requires an examination of the role and function of love a a thematic idea. Since the plot resolution…
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Understanding Naturalism in “Miss Julie” and “Six Characters in Search of an Author”
In not more than 300 words, make an analytical description of naturalism and one kind of anti-naturalism. In not more than 1200 words, demonstrate what each description might contribute to an understanding of one scene from ‘Miss Julie’, (pages 78 to 88) and one scene from ‘Six in Search of an Author,’ (pages 39 to…
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Roland Barthes: The Nature of Myth in The Modern Landscape
Without myth, who would we be; what would we believe? Myths shape culture and history; they manipulate our beliefs, surround, and transform our lives. Governments, leaders, businesses and advertisers use myths to allow individuals, to live day to day without considering all the true consequences of their actions. They construct myths to provoke or appease…
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Symbols and Ideas in “The Yellow Arrow” and “Snowpiercer”
In Victor Pelevin’s novel, The Yellow Arrow, there is an evident string of symbols and metaphors which represent the harsh conditions of the Russian people during the early 1990’s. One of the literally largest symbols in the novel was the train itself: The Yellow Arrow, a symbol of the Russian Federation. However, Pelevin’s use of…
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Racism, Materialism, and Sexism in Revolt of “The Evil Fairies” and “Trifles”
Revolt of the Evil Fairies”, “A for Bananafish”, and “Trifles” each have an unseen presence that is so prevalent that it might as well be a character. “Revolt of the Evil Fairies” indirectly discusses the topic of racism, while “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” alludes to materialism, and “Trifles” mentions the subject of sexism. In…
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Manipulation in “The Song of Roland”
The First Crusade took place from the year 1096 to 1099. According to Robert the Monk’s retelling of Pope Urban II’s speech at the Council of Clermont, the Pope describes the enemy as, “…a race from the kingdom of the Persians, an accursed race, a race utterly alienated from God, a generation forsooth which has…
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Manipulation of The Spy Novel in Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker
Chang-Rae Lee’s Native Speaker describes the difficult and oftentimes discouraging assimilation of a young Korean American, Henry Park. Throughout the novel, Henry struggles to find his true self in either Korean or American culture. His effort to mold an identity in a foreign country leaves him an “emotional alien…stranger [and] follower,” often feeling like he…
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Good and Evil in “The Song of Roland”
Lines from the first laisse of the epic, The Song of Roland express the focus of the poem: the demise of paganism and the victory of the superior, Christianity through the will of God. “Saragossa . . .held by King Marsiliun who does not love God. Marsiliun serves Mohamed and prays to Appolin. But he…