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“A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf
Women’s thrive in literary, political and social arena triggered widespread male anxiety and repugnance. The images constructed by men of what the woman should or should not be were still hunting women becoming a great obstacle toward their freedom. Virginia … Continue reading
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“Death Constant Beyond Love” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In the short story “Death Constant Beyond Love” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez there is a constant and strong conflict between nature versus artificial life in general. As the story develops this concept translates into truth versus falseness which can be … Continue reading
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“Death Constant Beyond Love”
Death Constant Beyond Love by Gabriel Garcia Marquez presents a host of themes that include death, misery, seclusion, and inability. It also presents a lot of symbolism as well, mainly the rose. I will limit myself and focus on the … Continue reading
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Death Constant Beyond Love by Lina Lloyd
“Death Constant Beyond Love” – themes of pride, dishonesty, loneliness and the inevitability of death Gabriel Garcia Marquez published “Death Constant Beyond Love” in 1970. It is the story of Onesimo Sanchez a jaded politician who has been diagnosed with … Continue reading
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The Lady with the Dog
The short story ‘The lady with the Dog’ has been exceptionally written by Anton Chekhov who always considers the best writers of the short stories in history. Mostly at earlier stage he wrote for financial gain but as time porgresses he made own … Continue reading
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The Lady with the Dog by Anastasia
“The Lady with the Dog” (‘Dama s Sobachkoi’) was written in 1899 when Chekhov was at the height of his career. It is an account of the extramarital affair between Dmitri Dmitrievich Gurov and Anna Sergeevna. Their casual affair gradually … Continue reading
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Blog post on Diary of a Madman
“Diaries of A Madman”, by Lu Xun brought about strong emotions in me as I read it. My most prominent emotions were the feelings of sadness and guilt. Sadness when I put myself in the Elder brother’s place and guilt … Continue reading
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Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun
When I first began to read Lu Xun’s Diary of a Madman, I read it in a very literal way and was a little bit confused. At first I asked myself questions like “Is he living in a poor society … Continue reading
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How to Change your Blogger name
How much we like to see “Posted in Class Blog on April 12th, 2013 by ab123456” as our blog post credits? Let’s give the letters and numbers a name! 🙂 1. Sign in to your blog Greatworks540spring2013. 2. Navigate to the Top Right … Continue reading
The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock
This poem was a bit more challenging to decipher so I did a little research on the Italian intro. The first 6 lines written in Italian is translated as, “If I thought that my reply would be to someone who would ever … Continue reading
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