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Robert Bolts A Man for All Seasons Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Henry decides that the pope has no authority over him and appoints his own head bishop, creating the Church of England. But More doesn’t believe the king has this power, and he cannot give his approval of the divorce. Although many characters appeal to his sense of love, pity, friendship, morality, logic, and fear.
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The Road by McCarthy Literature Essay
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McCarthy is shocked by the conditions under which refugees live in the world and he has placed them in a different landscape only to highlight their plight. They are people with no present and no future. They are living on bare minimum and the parallels that the author has drawn only helps us understand their condition with more clarity.
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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht Literature Book Report/Review
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The three unities of time, place, and action, considered to be the touchstone of success of a good drama, is given the go-by Brecht in a daring move to shift the scenes of the play across nations and spanning a decade.  However, this departure has not in any way dampened the enthusiasm of the audience all over the world to appreciate Brechtian content.
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Discord sows punishment in Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review
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Romeo and Juliet was a play written by William Shakespeare and performed in public around 1594. It was a tragic story about a pair of star crossed lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet.
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Tragic Form and the Possibility of Meaning in Death of a Salesman Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the supremacy of Death of a Salesman over other worthy American dramas is the compassion of its myth: the serious association of its central character—the Salesman—to the understanding of the entire present-day life. In the representation of salesman, Arthur conveys a figure that is a ritual envoy of industrialized civilization.
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The Brute by Anton Chekhov Literature Book Report/Review
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According to the findings, it can, therefore, be said that the main character in the play is Mrs. Popov, a rich widow who has vowed never to remarry and live with the memories of her deceased husband. Another character is of Grigory S. Smirnov, a creditor of late Mr. Popov, who comes to the widow to claim his money. 
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Beowulf and his Monsters Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the opening of the poem is joyous and full of celebration because of the great Hrothgar. Although, the world seems perfect at this point, it is obvious that envy is not growing, “Nor far was that day/when father and son-in-law stood in feud /for warfare and hatred/that woke again /with envy and anger an evil spirit".
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Odysseus in the Iliad and The Odyssey Literature Essay
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The poems are written in the fascinating poetic language of Homer, and they became the source of inspiration of many other ancient authors. The poems are also a good source of historical knowledge about the period described as there are not so many artefacts of that epoch were found.  Odysseus’ cunning nature is also reflected in The Odyssey, for example, when he thought a plan to escape from Cyclopes.     
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectations Literature Book Report/Review
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Regardless of which side of that fence a reader may find themselves standing, few would argue that Dickens’ novels have been a primary contributor to the way that most people view Victorian England. Between Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories of Sherlock Holmes pursuing criminals through the back alleys of London and Dickens’ stories of poor orphans struggling to survive, the image of Victorian England.
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The Tragic Figures in Death of a Salesman and Fences Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that in the Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is the most tragic figure. He has a character as can be defined in terms of Anton’s descriptions. He is older than sixty and a struggling salesman. He lives in the past glories where he imagined himself as being successful, popular and important to his company.
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The immigrants and working class of In the Skin of a Lion Literature Essay
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In Book One’s The Searcher, after his father’s death, Patrick temporarily left the honest but dangerous profession of being a dynamiter and went to Ontario. He became an immigrant transplanted into the big city. He changed his profession to become a Searcher of missing persons, namely, the vanished millionaire called Ambrose Small.
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Oedipus the King by T. Hoey Literature Annotated Bibliography
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The author states that Tiresias begins to look into the depths of his own self and as he does, he realizes his sins and the full extent of his culpability. As he develops an inner eye, signifying introversion, he realizes that his outer eye, sight, had rendered him blind. He, thus, completes his movement towards introversion by blinding his eyes.
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HA by Roddy Doyle Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Roddy Doyle’s imagination allows the readers to fill the gaps in his main character’s mind, and readers can connect with Doyle’s imagination. By doing so the author has effectively succeeded in creating a realistic world through the eyes of a child. Written almost entirely by using dialogue, this book is full of slang.
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Robert Klitgaards Tropical Gangsters Literature Book Report/Review
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The paper tells the story of the author who, equipped with his surfboard and a $10-million-dollar loan from the World Bank, makes an attempt to rehabilitate the ruined economy of Equatorial Guinea, one of the most backward countries in the world. Robert Klitgaard, a Harvard-trained economist, in the story, deals with several important questions.
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Literature Book Report/Review
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Dust in the Wind, a phenomenal hit song by Kansas, has poetic lyrics that have the ability to induce its listener to think deeply over himself and his surroundings. It has this meditative quality, one that encourages the listener to detach herself from being an active player in the real world in order to view things more objectively.
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Value-Based Segmentation of Community Stakeholders Literature Book Report/Review
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This also has an influence on the level of value-based segmentation of these stakeholders owing to their balance between negative and positive practices where their perceptions taken in tandem with the relative importance of their sources of information, as well as the influence asserted by each individual on the natural environmental practices of the region, are concerned.
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Suitcase Lady by Christine McLaren Literature Book Report/Review
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This paper explores not only the face of homelessness but answers the question as to how people unknowingly end up in such a situation without rhyme or reason. The broader picture is presented as the main character states that she tries to support her community and country but she depends only and solely on God because it is implied that the country, or government, has failed her.
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Dickens' View of Change: Regarding Education and Industrialization Literature Essay
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Dickens criticizes heavily both the education system and the heartlessness of the industrialization of his times. He proves through the evolution of his characters that teaching which is based on only “fact, fact, fact” is ineffective and actually spell doom both at personal and professional levels of the individuals thus trained.
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The Tale of Kieu Literature Essay
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Despite promising to marry him, Kieu could not do that as her father was detained by local officials who started to torture him. Kieu asked her sister to marry Kim Trong and sold herself to Ma Giam-Sinh who was a wealthy merchant. She used the money to free her father (Mark W. McLeod, Thi Dieu Nguyen. 
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To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Literature Essay
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Parents are often the link through which children perceive and understand the world. In the story, Atticus, as a significant parental figure, teaches his children the critical lessons of life which enables them to acquire proper qualities and become positive in life.
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Definition of Power in Literary Masterpieces Literature Term Paper
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In an individual context, the feeling of not having any power over the social ambiance in which one lives, over the people and groups that one comes across in one’s day to day life, over the events that collectively constitute an individual’s life, or over the varied aspects of one’s personal life could indeed turn out to be very disturbing and enervating. 
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Rich Dads Prophecy Literature Personal Statement
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The author explains that they adore them both. They just did not understand their differences. It was maybe differences of values. Besides, seldom was it physically manifested. After all the joy of material affluence bringing comfort clouts it all. Often, when grandma is around they were like the “seven dwarfs”.
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French Novels - Conds Traverse de la Mangrove and Chamoiseaus Chronique des Sept Misres Literature Book Report/Review
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The contribution of Maryse Condé to the literary domain is also outstanding, with many of her novels contributing towards issues of race and gender. Similarly, Chamoiseau is also a writer of great importance, having won the Prix Goncourt for his novel Texaco in 1992, which was then chosen as a New York Times book of the year.
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Case Closed Literature Book Report/Review
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Carol hung up the phone and glanced at her watch. It was 3:30 and still no message from Jim. She knew he was probably on his way home from his small real estate business downtown. The rain had probably delayed him, or there may have been heavy traffic on I-34 due to construction and the weather.   
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How the Internet Lowers Prices Literature Essay
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The situation may occur that a substantial group of consumers who used (or did not used) Internet got low price due to another reason (seasonal discount, referral program, etc.), which is correlated with the use of the Internet. The impact of unobserved factors is not investigated enough in the presented hedonic regression model in the article.
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Shakespeares Comedy of Errors Literature Book Report/Review
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The identical comic fools in the play Dromio of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus - the servants - are the ones who display most of the humour. Dromio of Syracuse's sense of humour is evident as he makes fun of a maid named Nell, and compares her to the globe.
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The Main Themes of La Peste by Albert Camus Literature Essay
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The population, dominated by the bourgeois, the business class, ignores signs of danger until many of their own class fall prey to the disease. A quarantine is declared for those inside the walls of Oran. Dr. Rieux works along with the government and other citizens to take steps to defend against the worsening plague and the resulting social consequences.
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare Literature Book Report/Review
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The famous tragedy by the Bard of Avon deals with the story of Macbeth who, insisted on by his wife Lady Macbeth and prognosticated by prophecy, commits regicide so as to achieve the crown. 
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Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins Literature Literature review
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The author states that the title gives the reader a sense of foreboding by associating the seven sins with the original story of the seven dwarves. Beneath the vulgar tone of the poem is a story of a religious girl who flirts with sin and eventually returns to the church. The poem is broken into ten stanzas of four lines each.
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Comparing the Narrative Structure of Matigari, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Literature Essay
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The narrative structure determines the overall development of the plot and story conflict. ‘Matigari’ and ‘One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich’ depict problems of racial relations and force readers to rethink the primary impression at the end of the work. Most assessments of political change in Africa focus on the formal aspects of the political order.
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Literature Book Report/Review
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Women in the Glass Menagerie were modeled after women of the Victorian age, reflecting a Victorian culture in the South that required ladies be charming but not a breadwinner. They were said to live in a world of their own imagination and unable to cope with a highly competitive, commercial society. Moreover, they are not raised to be simple housewives but to be prim and proper.
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The Last True Story Ill Ever Tell Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that this theme of desperation and frustration that he feels at not having control over the situation is woven throughout the stories as each is told. He did not enter the war with a strong sense of purpose other than to repay his debt to a government that had paid for his education.
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The Significance of a Frame Story in the Novel Frankenstein Literature Book Report/Review
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The author of the paper states that Robert Walton is presented as writing Victor Frankenstein’s story as told to him in the form of letters to his sister. The story as presented by Frankenstein includes the monster’s story which in turn incorporates the story of a family he had been living among.
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Journal Entry on The Kid- by Dan Savage Literature Essay
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This is a practice that has been felt worldwide as these religions spread to other continents. Most nations do not permit sex between unrelated individuals of the same sex above the local age of consent. Some jurisdictions further recognize equal rights, protections and privileges for the family structures of same-sex couples, including marriage.In addition, some nations and religions mandate that homosexual and bisexual people restrict themselves to heterosexual relationships or abstinence.
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A Review of Anayas Doa Sebastiana Literature Essay
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We will see how Anaya uses Doa Sebastiana to criticize the Catholic Church and convey moral values. While Baltazar, the poor woodcutter, hides in the mountain to eat a chicken that he has just stolen, Jesus and the Virgin Mary appear and ask him to share his food with them.
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Symbolism in Of Mice and Men Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that in the story, characters are presented through action: symbolism intensifies character and action. Steinbeck relies heavily on metaphorical language to convey personal and dream-like states of consciousness. For Steinbeck, the setting and landscape constitutes a vital aspect of the story.
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Shakespeares Timing in Romeo and Juliet Literature Essay
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The author states that Shakespeare uses the rapidity of time to also make a connection between the timing of how things happened, how quickly human life passes, how fast love can be lost, and the ironic timing of the two lovers’ deaths. Shakespeare uses timing throughout the play to create the concept of “star crossed lovers.”
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Edgar Allan Poe as the Father of the Modern Mystery Literature Essay
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This paper tells that as a pioneer in the genre of mystery, Poe wrote several important stories of mystery including “The Gold-Bug”, the three Dupin tales, “Thou Art The Man” and “The Oblong Box”. Poe has been a master in using the right tools and elements of writing a mystery story including a series of clues, a series of false clues, atmosphere, something to be solved etc.
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The Man in To Build a Fire Literature Book Report/Review
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The conclusion from this study states that the protagonist’s character can be discerned as a person who possesses necessary knowledge but is devoid of the merit of true wisdom, which preempts him from listening to reason. He lands himself in trouble due to his ignorance. Later on in the story, he emerges as a determined person who keeps fighting against all odds for his survival.
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Firefly - Genre Exchange in the Construction of Narrative and Character Literature Essay
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Science fiction as popular entertainment appeals to many ages and across many cultural boundaries. The process of writing and producing such mass entertainment is always a gamble. This essay seeks to assess the relative meanings of the type of ‘realism’ used in a science fiction series and will consider this contested term via thematic content.
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On the Fear of Death by Kbler-Ross Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that it has been believed that death has been transformed significantly along with the advancements in science. However, death remains the same in many aspects. The fear of death is still universal; it is still a frightening event. Kübler-Ross argues that death always raises multiple feelings and all in a mixed state.
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Comparing Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove to the Reality of the American West Literature Essay
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All the things happening in the story are just glimpses of the real-life not just for the former rangers but also for the people surrounding them. Having the story as the main surface of Western history, we are given the picture of how the West and the Americans try to advance in different terms. This is also an obvious example of how the Americans try to look for the thrill.
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Vocation by John Robert Lee Literature Book Report/Review
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This poem, included in the collection Vocation and other Poems, is an essential example of how the effectiveness of the poetic devices used in the poem can successfully highlight the central themes of the poem. John Robert Lee has been a poet who never compromises with the lyricism of personal Christian confession and ritualized testimony.
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The Path to Rome By Hilaire Belloc Literature Essay
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Initially, he praised the rail transport system for helping industrialization, the modern marsh of his time, but then contradicted himself when he said that the rails also disrupted the peace and conservation of the countryside. His sharp observation that the ‘railways are trenches to drain our modern marsh’ has another ambiguous meaning.
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Travel as a Symbol of Personal Freedom, Self-Identification and Truth Literature Book Report/Review
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The theme of travel, based on real journeys or imaginary ones, is one of the most popular in world literature. In many stories, travel symbolizes life paths, experience, and eternal knowledge. Travel is used as a canvas to describe the deep personal feelings and life experiences of a human. Both books are based on the theme of travel and real journey.
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On the Negro Question by Cyril Lionel Robert James Literature Essay
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The Workers Party discarded James’s declaration on Black Nationalism. Both the Socialist Workers Party and the Workers Party, the two mainly imperative Trotskyist assemblies in the United States, sustained to look upon the black resist as impressive to be included within the lower-class fight back as a whole.
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Symbolism in Beowulf Literature Essay
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Symbols in Beowulf were used to teach and entertain pagans while spreading the message that one should always do good to defeat evil.The heroic protagonist Beowulf was connected by relation or blood to many characters in this epic poem
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The Idea of Black Female Identity in the Harlem Renaissance Literature Essay
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According to Jervis Anderson's account, the working classes merely functioned as a literary topic and poetic subject for the black literati, virtually all of whom sprang from or were educated into the middle class. Similarly, David Levering Lewis declares that most Harlem artists were products of the 10,000 privileged Afro-Americans
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On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion Literature Book Report/Review
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According to the paper, by using examples from her own records and trying to help us to understand why she wrote the things she did, Didion really brings her message home. She struggles to remember what kind of person she was when she was younger and was visiting a certain city or state.
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Emotional Perception of the Characters from North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Literature Book Report/Review
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“Gaskell's fourth novel, North and South, was also a social consciousness work, although less alarming than the first two. Here she tries to present a more balanced picture of the perspectives of the mill owners and the laborers in Manchester. She also creates another strong heroine through which Gaskell represents her own variant of female empowerment: strength through femininity”.
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