Introduction to The Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar is a scholarly article that focuses on how different aspects of society influences fairytale. The author stated that even though fairy tales are not “unique one-offs”, as said by Angela Carter, they still “circulate in multiple versions, reconfigured by each telling to form kaleidoscopic variations with distinctly different effects”.Various theorist were also incorporated into to explain what truly makes a fairytale and the components. She mentions
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THE BIBLE’S INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE by Zhang Lanlan June, 2007 Xiaogan University Abstract As the sutra of the Christianity, the Bible has a great influence on both English and American literature and offers an eternal theme of their literary creation .English and American writers use stories of the Bible by three main methods. First, they quote person's names or stories of the Bible as the characters' names or plots of the creations from the
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It was a tie between Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. I loved these books for fairly different reasons, but most of all for the love story that happens in both. If you ever want to get me to read or watch something, just describe the main relationship and I’m hooked immediately. (I’m kind of embarrassed to say that relationships have gotten me into most of the shows I watch.) Jane Eyre’s story was very interesting to me because of the plot twist with
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by Ellen Wolf Ironically, although romance novels today are often looked down upon, many early romances are considered to be classics. These include: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Tess of the D'Urbervilles by By Thomas Hardy A related category of novels has also developed that is often known as "chick-lit." These books are not classic romance novels in that they may deviate slightly
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Dystopia Regrettably it is at this point that we find a gradual switchover from Utopia to Dystopia - societies whose planning is far from ideal, and which all too often come to grief. As a concept, Dystopia emerges at the end of the long Eighteenth Century, possibly as a result of social upheaval and the long wars. it comes to the fore towards the end of the Nineteenth Century with gloomy forebodings as to the impact of industrialisation. Some go for a mechanical paradise. Others foresee a world
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Miguel Street Part Two V.S. Naipaul by Jonathan Medina, Karen Montes, Nahir Robles, Pedro Díaz Setting Since Miguel Street is a semiautobiographical, it relates much of what the author went thru. In the novel it’s expressed that is in wartime in PortofSpain, Trinidad. The story plot involves man vs. society. All the social problems in this novel make the setting as a barbaric one, but it’s the same society that visualizes “these problems” as something normal to their everyday living. Social Aspects
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1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works
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In the past, women have been subject to the “cult of domesticity.” This ideal lasted for centuries and ensnared women within a value system created by society that defined what a woman’s role should be. The cult presented women with four cardinal virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. In the ages when these ideals were held at a high standard, works of literature written during this time reflected the societal standard. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, various essays, and our
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The British Victorian Era, 1837 to 1901, can be classified as being the era of sharp criticisms of Victorian class structure, social hypocrisy, and marginalization of women. Throughout many novels, some particularly based on World War I, postcolonial times, the morality of the Victorians, etc., there is quite an elaborations for these allocations. During this time period, social class systems and the apportionments pre-defined a specific class “ladder” that many people had been either born into and
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custody of her children. * 1840: Victoria marries cousin Albert who becomes her chief advisor. They have 9 children. * 1847: ”Ten Hour Act” restricts children’s work hour. Emily Brontë writes ”Wuthering Heights”, and Charlotte Brontë writes Jane Eyre – both influenced by the Romantic Era’s Byronic hero and Gothic horrors. Pious(holy) Victorians are shocked by the passion. * 1857: ”The Matrimonial Causes Act” allows a husband to divorce his wife if she has committed adultery, whereas a husband’s
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