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Maggie’s Journey in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss

However, in exploring Maggie Tulliver's character and peculiar experiences, Eliot attempts to convey her ideas about the place of a woman in society, giving the character a critical role to play in the novel.
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Winston Smith: The Issue of Heroism by George Orwell

In spite of the fact, Winston is inclined to rebel against the authorities and regime, his character cannot be discussed as heroic because Winston's will is weak, his fears are stronger than his intentions, and [...]
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Falling Angels by Tracy Chaveliar

Tracy chevalier in her novel discusses a theme with a great effect to the society, which is the status of the female individual. Tracy Chevalier in this novel is concerned with the continuing change in [...]
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Book Analysis: Time Machine by Wells

Focusing on social and economic aspects of the narration is essential because it allows the reader to conduct a comparative analysis of Wells's perception of the future with the current economic and social situation.
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Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

It is necessary to compare and contrast the attitude of the author towards the slaves in Africa and in colonies with regard to Oroonoko who serves as a bridge in building up relations between two [...]
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Jane Eyre: Novel vs. Film

Bronte's original story narrates Jane's story as an orphan who finds joy at the end of the story but Stevenson's film tells the story of Jane as a person who went through a lot of [...]
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Ulysses by James Joyce

The encyclopaedic narrative does not lead to a climax in a story like the way the narrative style does to give a lesson or meaning of the story.
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The structure takes the character of young Alex as the narrator as well as the criminal protagonist with the main aim of showing the importance of allowing people to make their personal decisions regardless of [...]
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An Analysis of Sherlock’s Personality

Sherlock Holmes is a unique character whose actions are incomprehensible to others; he is brilliant and independent, and aspects of his personality develop with each crime. However, Sherlock Holmes is a peculiar man, and the [...]
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“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by Rowling

Hogwarts is a high street located in London it has accessibility to the wizardry world and is of economic importance to the country, it is clear from this statement that the people of London rely [...]
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“Jude the Obscure” Novel by Thomas Hardy

Previous to he was able to try to enter the university; the immature Jude was influenced into getting married to a rather uncouth and outward confined girl, Arabella Donn, who left him in two years.
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Humor in Zadie Smith’s Novels

The style in which Zadie Smith writes serves as a shorthand to introduce the reader to a situation that can be regarded as ethically or socially problematic and approached from the perspective of Zadie Smith's [...]
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Tales of Beowulf: Theme’ Analysis

Considering the peculiarities of Beowulf, the paper aims at exploring particular themes such as family, fame and shame, changes and cycles, and the theme of religion present in the poem to show how the interpolated [...]
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“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding

The reader will wonder that all the boys respond in the same manner to the sound of the blown shell. The author uses aesthetics to drive emotions out of the reader about the value of [...]
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Finding Identity: “Kim” by Rudyard Kipling

Through writing his book, the author reveals his attitude towards the British government and at the same time gives a detailed description of the human nature including the characteristics of a spy.
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Character of Doctor Faustus as an Antihero

Although very common in the literature, the play portrays the character of Dr. This essay explores the concept of anti-heroism and demonstrates how the character of Doctor Faustus is an antihero.
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The Animal Farm by George Orwell

There are animals which represent the poor people while the pigs and dogs represent the administrators of the leader. The pigs and dogs are given power to rule the animals by Jones who is the [...]
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Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

He chooses to stay on, despite his clear disapproval of the society around him Before his trip to the wilds, he becomes aware of the imminent threat of exile.
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Responsibility in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Although Victor Frankenstein seems to be responsible for the wretch's behavior due to his egoism, departure, and fears, the impact of the creature's individuality cannot be ignored in the story.
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Critical Approach Analysis of “The Scarlet Letter”

Generally, such important themes as legalism, guilt, immorality, and sin related in the novel may be discussed through the prism of historicism, and even the very title of the novel featuring the word "scarlet" or [...]
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“Shooting an Elephant” by G. Orwell Review

Orwell uses the details surrounding the shooting of the elephant to bring out the sarcasm of imperialism, and the vulnerability of the imperialists to the otherwise primitive locals that they purported to rule over and [...]
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The Concept of Shakespeare’s Creativity

Shakespeare's creativity is the top of the English Renaissance and the maximum synthesis of traditions of the all-European culture. The variety of Shakespearian works is worth paying attention to.
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Hesitation and Indeterminacy of Hamlet

There is no denying the importance of the fact that the whole fabric of Shakespeare's tragedy unfolds in Hamlet subjective perception and interpretation of his uncle and mother' treason.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

He felt the pain of killing the man and became an outlaw living in the forest. He became an outlaw in the early19th century.
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“The Scarlet Pimpernel” a Book by Emma Orczy

The representation of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror in The Scarlet Pimpernel is considered an accepted and popular view on these historical events in the majority of Western countries.
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“The War of the Worlds” a Novel by Herbert Wells

1 The ongoing process of Globalization, which is being aimed at elimination of national borders, and the rise of Internet as a form of virtual reality, which makes possible to instantly transmit huge amounts of [...]
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The Poem “Manfred” by George Byron

Thus, till the end of the whole poem, the main character is not able to embrace peace and forget about the guilt. Manfred is guilty and he is not able to get rid of tortures.
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Virginia Woolf’s Novel Mrs. Dalloway

The story is a portrait of a middle-aged woman that Woolf paints utilizing Clarissa's thoughts and actions that eventually help her convert the ideology of life of the English middle class and describe the cultural [...]
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The peculiarities of Karim Amir’s identity

It can seem that Karim does not proud of the fact that he was born and brought up as the Englishmen, but the development of the situation supports the progress of the inner conflict because [...]
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Subversive Comedy vs Social Comedy in Restoration Drama

In order for us to be able to substantiate the suggestion that the earlier provided definition does apply to Wycherley's comedy, we will have to make mentioning of what were the specifics of a socio-political [...]
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Marriage in “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

In spite of the predominance of this vision of the marriage and the woman's role in society, Jane Austen in her Pride and Prejudice proposes several possible variants of realizing the scenario of meeting the [...]
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Ethics as a Theme in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

From the novel, it is evident that humans drove the monster into a state of madness when they subjected it to hatred and rejection, and thus the monster's madness emerged due to the treatment it [...]
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The contraries used by the poet in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" are the backbone of this poem. The structure of "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" is the first feature of the contraries [...]
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“Mont Blanc” by Percy Shelley

The poem not only depicts the scenery and the natural world in the border of the mountain but also describes the river that flows from its summit.
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Reflection on Gulliver’s Travels Part One

The author of A Voyage to Lilliput, which forms the first part of Gulliver's Travels, introduces the reader to a brief historical account of his own life encounters coupled with his own family.
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“The Tale of the Wife of Bath” by Geoffrey Chaucer

In summary, the Wife of Bath has a diverse personal attributes ranging from intelligent to wickedness with an appealing physical appearance and from her description or autobiography, she is an expensive, independent woman from England.
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Elements of Modern Fiction

Time and realism is a crucial element of modern literature."Time, in Modernist literature, may take the reader through a day in the life of a narrator, whereas in Realism, the reader is taken into a [...]
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Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

In the story, he is seen to be everyone's favorite friend and is portrayed as being the closest friend to Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre appears to have great self esteem even though she is an orphan and has a lot of negative energy and criticism around her in the shape of her aunt and cousins.
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Confronting Fear in Rowling’s Wizarding World

In other words, anxiety is more associated with what could happen in the future, which is frequently metaphysical and unclear the Harry Potter series points to a fear of name from the onset. Anxiety, or [...]
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Aspects of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

It allows assuming that the symbols, structure of the narration, and the means of literary expression will enable the author to create the image of the person who tried to compete with the Creator but [...]
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“The Monkey’s Paw” Short Story by Jacobs

The peculiarity of the topics raised, and the influence of the literary elements used on the narrative arouses interest in this story and is the justification for this research.
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Moll Flanders: Her Qualities as a Character

The present essay attempts to bring her personal qualities out to prove that Moll is a complex and realistic person who should not be viewed as a purely positive or negative character.
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