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Aphra Behn's The Rover

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1) Angelica consider the financial negotiations that one makes before marring  a prospective bride the same as prostitution  . Do you agree.     the desire to do meaningful work might, poignantly, be the strongest urge a late eighteenth- to early nineteenth-century woman knew, propelling her into marriage with a man who could employ her skills. But this narrative altered because, starting in 1855, feminist activists popularized the idea that middle-class women suffered from being denied work. In Middlemarch , Can You Forgive Her ? , and The Clever Woman of the Family, heroines traverse the same plot: an inevitably doomed vocational marital future. This “suppressive hypothesis” made it impossible to depict a successful vocational marriage. The fantasies of female empowerment we saw in the neighbor plot had become unwriteable in the latter half of the century. Marriage had become a private, romantic dyad, inimical to the social orientation of familiar ma...

Charlotte Brontte ( Victorian Era )

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Introduction           Charlotte Brontte was an English novelist and poet . She was a three Brontte sisters .who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature .       Charlotte Brontte ( 1816- 1855)    She enlisted in school at Roe Head, misfiled in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters,Emliy and Anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839, she undertook the role of governess for the Sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to Haworth, where the sisters opened a school but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The proffecor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel, jane eyrn, was published in 1847. The sisters admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the followi...

Thact : Jude

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• Structure  of the novel - ' jude the obscure'     Introduction        Jude the Obscure  is a novel by Thomas Hardy .which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895  It is Hardy's last completed novel. The protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a  young man; he is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his central love interest. The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage. Structure of the Novel     The structure of the novel might be described as the reversals of belief in Jude and Sue and their changing marital relationships as they both go down to defeat. In the beginning Sue's view of things is secular and rationalist, expressed, for example, in her sympathy with ancient rather than medieval culture, her scorn of conventional rel...

Thact : jude

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1)  What is the significance of epigraph written by hardy - 'Letter Killeth' - for this ,novel jude the obscure .      The epigraph "Letter killeth but the spirit giveth life" by Thomas Hardy in his novel Jude the Obscure holds significant meaning and reflects the themes explored in the book.    Firstly, the epigraph highlights the power of interpretation and the limitations of written communication. It suggests that the mere words in a letter or any written form can be destructive and lead to misunderstanding or harm. This idea resonates throughout the novel, as Jude and other characters often experience miscommunication and suffer the consequences brought about by the misinterpretation of letters or messages.    Furthermore, the epigraph implies that the true essence or spirit behind words holds greater significance than the words themselves. It suggests that a deeper understanding and connection can be found beyond the literal words written dow...

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

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  •.   compare of the narrative strategy of the Novel and Movie .   Introduction     The films show people the story, while the novels tell people the story. According to Monaco, the novels could be narrated either by the first-person narrator or by someone outside it, the omniscient narrator . Most films are also told from an omniscient point view.   Compare The Narrative strategy In the twentieth century, there are two culturally dominant wasofexperiencing fiction available to us: the  visual forms of film and the prose forms of novel. Indeed, these two different media have gained millions of fans all over the world. Many literary masterpieces have been represented through films. Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind , Ann Lee’s Sense and Sensibility , Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice  are all based on novels. Quite often, people like to compare the novel with the film that tells the same story, and many people are inclined to agree with the ...

A Tale of a Tub

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•  How far do you think Digression is necessary ?   Introduction      Digressions in a literary text serve a diverse array of functions, such as a   means to provide background information, a way to illustrate or emphasize a point through example or anecdote, and even a channel through which to satirize a subject.              Digression is necessary       The  Tale  is a prose parody divided into sections of "Digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of Western Christianity. A satire on the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and English Dissenters, it was famously attacked for its profanity and irreligion, starting with william Wotton, who wrote that it made a game of "God and Religion, Truth and Moral Honesty, Learning and Industry" to show "at the bottom  contemptible Opinion of every Thing which is ...

PAMELA OR VIRTUE RETARDED

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 If pamela in the contemporary time , will the story take any changes ?    Pamela and vritue rewarded  novel written by Samuel Richardson . published in 1740 and based on a story about a servant and the man who, failing to seduce her, marries her.pamela was the main character in the novel . And pamela in the contemporary time, will the story take some changes .        Pamela Andrew  is a 15year old servant. On the death of her mistress, her mistress’s son,Mr. B, begins a series of stratagems designed to seduce her. These failing, he abducts her and ultimately threatens to rape her. Pamela resists, and soon afterward Mr. B offers marriage an outcome that Richardson presents as a reward for her virtue. The second half of the novel shows Pamela winning over those who had disapproved of the misalliance.            Pamela is often credited with being the first English novel. Although the validity ...

THACT: HARD TIME

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Discuss the theme of 'UTILITARIANISM' with ILLUSTRATION from  the Novel    Introduction        Utillitarianism is a simple philosophy , which  essentially boil down to one principale : Happiness and nothing but Happiness , is intrinsically good for human beings.      Utilitarianism is the Belief that something is morally right if it helps a majority of people . It is a principale invoning nothing. But facts and leave no room for creating or imagination . Dickens provides symbolic example of this utilitarianism in Hard Times by using mr.   Utilitarianism with illustration                  "Hard Times" is a novel by Charles Dickens that explores various social and philosophical themes, including utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that emphasizes the greatest overall happiness or utility for the greatest number of people. In the novel, Mr. Thomas Gradgr...

MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN

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what are some  major differences between the  movie and the  novel Frankenstein ?  • Introduction The novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelleyand the movie"Frankenstein"are twodifferent interpretations of the same storyThe novel is a work of literature, while themovie is a visual representation of thestory.     Some major differences between the movie and the novel Frankenstein include: 1. Characterization :                   In the novel, Victor Frankenstein is depicted as more complex and flawed, grappling with guilt and remorse over creating the monster. In some movie adaptations, Victor is often portrayed as more heroic or sympathetic. 2. The Creation Process:            In the novel, Victor Frankenstein spends months collecting body parts from various sources and carefully assembling and animating the creature through scientific experiments. On the other hand, some movies often...