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A Stage Violence of the Battle of Bosworth Field Literature Essay
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For all the modern qualities of the theatrical creations of Shakespeare, the Battle of Bosworth Field is even more indebted to the legacy of the morality drama. For example, the symbolic roles and events composed of synchronized phasing at Bosworth are observable; the conversation of Richard with himself prior to the battle.
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World Literature Literature Essay
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World Literature 1. Bishop’s ‘the Fish’ greatly implements imagery for a variety of narrative and thematic intentions. Perhaps the most central aspect of this imagery is how it contributes to the reader’s overall impression of the fish. One considers that Bishop greatly humanizes the fish and leads the reader to emotionally identify with the animal.
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Should Ernest Hemingway Be Read Literature Essay
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The reason for this cannot just be explained by a 1952 Pulitzer Prize and a 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The greatness of Hemingway is revealed in his works. His straightforward style of writing prose reveals the very truth of the conflicts and inconsistencies behind human conflicts, and the naturalness of human nature.
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The Silken Tent by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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The paper tells that Evan S. Connell utilizes the objective or dramatic viewpoint in presenting “The Yellow Raft” and this is particularly evident in scenes when the author does not quite regard the specifics of the wounded U.S. Navy pilot whose aircraft crash-lands onto the ocean of the South Pacific after being hit down.
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Mayor Perspectives: Environmentalism, Humanism, and Theism Literature Essay
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There are different theories which are uprooted by reputed people. Environmentalism, humanism and theism all three stand for completely different concepts. Environmentalism insists on believing in Mother Nature’s powers and to succumb to its perseverance.
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Tradition and Novelty in Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms Literature Research Paper
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Carlos Baker considers A Farewell to Arms to be one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, one that has stood the test of time. The novel forms an important part of the literature that came out during the period between the two WW. A period of instability led to many innovations that were a part of the general lack of grounding that people experienced during the inter-war years.
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A Woman In Berlin Literature Book Report/Review
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While for centuries German woman had been confined to domestic chores following three major Ks in their lives – Kinder (Kids), Kuche (Kitchen), and Kirche (Church) – during the war they started to perform masculine roles and developed bravery and self-confidence.
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Racism through the English in Emily Carrs Works Literature Essay
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Emily Carr is one of the most renowned Canadian artists – part of the “group of seven” that helped create and define a uniquely Canadian form of art, separating it from English traditions that came before them and the influence of American culture. Her stories have many of the same themes that touch on the same themes that her paintings do.
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Chinua Achebe: the Father of African Novels in English Literature Essay
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“Things Fall Apart” is about Okonkwo, a man who is a member of the Igbo community of Umuofia.  He exemplifies an individual who refuses to adapt to the changes that were introduced by the Western world, in particular, the introduction of Christianity.  He cannot accept that Christianity is causing divisiveness in his community.
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Evaluating Technology Literature Essay
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The world technology typically evokes positive associations in anyone thinking about it. Facebook, iPods, satellite TV, methods of birth control, innovative devices in any sphere starting from office and ending with household, they all seem indispensable for a modern human.
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Analysis of Passing by Nella Larsen Literature Essay
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One can read the novel “Passing” as a novel toggling between feminism and racism because it is written by a female writer who herself experienced the “passing” outside of Harlem, NY. She saw the rest of the world segregated as black and white at the turn of the 20th century raising the possibility that such kind of racism still exists today. 
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Asian American Dreams Literature Book Report/Review
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Asians, Hispanics, and Negros contribute equally to the development of the nation. And their transition and transformation into the unique divergent heterogeneous culture of the United States have always been full of sweet and sour experiences. All these people from different edges of the world immigrated to the United States with a soaring dream in their eyes.
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William Blake's London Literature Essay
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Complete Name: Professor: Course: Date of Submission: The general tone of angry social criticism is probably pretty obvious in William Blake’s “London” (p. 472). Pick out two or three specific lines or details and try to explain what they mean and how they work to help create the poem's overall effect.  As William Blake opens his poem “London” with “I wander thro’ each charter’d street; Near where the charter'd Thames does flow”, he means to reflect the state of misery which the city of London was confronted with in the 18th century.
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A Critical Analysis on Othello Literature Term Paper
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A Critical Analysis on Othello The Play “Othello” conceived by Shakespeare has been contextualized in the Elizabethan Era as indicated by various quotes and setting of the play and it has been placed in a typical Venetian society. Racism is one the most prevalent themes presented in the play which has been found to induce vengeance, retribution and jealousy to the most extreme end possible, owing to the color of Othello.
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Othello: Shakespeares Radical Depiction of Race in the 17th Century Literature Research Paper
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In the modern setting, racism is still a very sensitive topic that everyone tries to avoid because of the complexities that it may convey. Consequently, creating unconventional characters such as a protagonist who is black, noble and respectable and carries a high rank in the army, and an antagonist who is white and evil, is something that is totally outrageous when Shakespeare first brought ‘Othello’ to his 17th century European audience.
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Untruth American History Literature Research Paper
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Untruth American History Therefore, the students grow up into citizens who are not well informed about their heritage. This might prove detrimental to the entire country especially because mistakes made in the past might be repeated. This is because people might be unable to detect signs of impending problems at an earlier stage because they are unable to relate past situations to present ones.
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The Moral Choices Huck Finn makes in the novel Literature Research Paper
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As much as some decisions may seem to have weight on either moral or immoral decisions, this book reveals that it is not always the views of society that properly define morality. In the novel, adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Huck makes three crucial decisions as follows; hiding the gold from the king and duke, assisting Jim to escape as he lied to hunters and lastly tearing the letter to Miss Watson that did concern him and Jim.
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James Joyces Araby Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that James Joyce, like many other gifted writers, uses several literary devices in his works to subtly convey his messages to the audience. Subtlety plays a major role in literary creations because being overtly explicit will make the stories monotonous. James Joyce’s short story “Araby” can be considered as a classic example.
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The Book of Job Literature Essay
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There is a very memorable conversation between God and Satan, which shows Satan wandering over the earth, looking for trouble, no doubt, and then God letting Satan loose to test Job with various nasty experiences. The point of the story is to teach people to be patient and trust in God, even when they experience bad things, and when they do not understand what is happening to them.
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Definition of The Cold War Literature Essay
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The narrator meets them when he is on a family vacation. This encounter between a sensitive young boy and an unsatisfied older woman is flavored by the distinct descriptions of the people around them and the way they carry themselves. The narrator's father, a principled engineer, enthuses over the new age when economic scroungers will disappear.
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Conflict in Barn Burning Literature Essay
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Barn Burning is a short story that revolves around the life of a young boy, Sarty Snopes. In this story, the writer, Faulkner brings out a strange description of Snopes. He is allowed to walk scot free from the court although he has been found guilty of burning barns (Faulkner 1).
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Literature Book Report/Review
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She is an attractive character with expressive eyes. She has a self assurance that developed from her critical mind. Though Elizabeth is portrayed as a lovable character, she has her unfailing, which are pride and prejudice (Austen, p. 124). In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth’s pride in her judgemental powers causes her prejudice.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber: Defense Mechanisms Literature Essay
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Borowski’s account is particularly riveting because he is a death camp survivor. The horror of the genocide perpetrated on the helpless Jews is beyond comprehension. The brutality of the tale is further heightened by the dispassionate tone adopted by the narrator.
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Narrative Techniques Used in The Dead and in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Literature Essay
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Just as Hemingway implements the epiphany as a narrative device, so does James Joyce implement an epiphany in ‘the Dead’. Throughout the story, Gabriel Conroy is a central focus. His interactions with the houseguests function as a means of character development, specifically as it demonstrates both his strengths and shortcomings. 
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray Literature Book Report/Review
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The description of the sound is usually employed when the bell is rung during funerals or in the event of the death of a person. There is also the sound of hooting made by the owl, which is synonymous with death. These sounds are used to bring out the somber mood in the poem (Rodabaugh and McCarthy, p 289).
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Literature Assignment
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The first part details Jane’s childhood in her uncle Reeds family who adopts her after the death of her parents. We also get to know the mistreatments Jane has to go through in the hands of her aunt and cousin who abuses her physically and emotionally. Secondly, Jane joins Lowood School where she studies for six years and eventually teaches.
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The Discussion of Doubt in John P. Shanley's play Doubt: A Parable Literature Essay
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Shanley uses his own experiences and the way in which he experienced his religion and community in order to create a setting for his discussion. He begins his discussion through a revealing sermon that is given by Father Flynn which is a discussion about the idea of doubt and the power that it holds.
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Hamlet Conflicts Literature Term Paper
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The aim of this study is to critically analyze both the outward and inward conflicts as they are presented in the play ‘Hamlet’.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper Literature Essay
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According to the researcher, racial prejudice stands to be the most obvious prejudice in the novel which pushes the otherwise well intentioned folks of Maycomb to victimize an upright black individual owing to the acquisitions made by a worthless white drunkard. The other pivotal theme is that it tends to delve on the moral nature of human beings.
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Interview with Leonardo da Vinci Literature Research Paper
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As an artist I have contributed in developing the philosophy of my time and generation. I am regarded as one of the most talented people of my time. My interest and passion were motivated by my mentor Verrocchio who was a prominent painter and sculptor. Question 2: In your painting Baptism of Christ, you worked together with your mentor Verrocchio and you displayed your artistic skill where you painted an angel that was holding Jesus’ robe.
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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane Literature Book Report/Review
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As the men struggle to remain alive in the dinghy, they find false hopes of rescue. In the middle of the sea it was not possible for the men to know the truth and to know the definite ways of rescue. Billie, the oiler who worked the hardest to keep them afloat, did not survive in the end. It symbolizes the indifference of nature towards man’s actions and desires.
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Marten Van Heemskerck Literature Research Paper
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People with a light complexion are relaxed while the dark are laboring. None, however, seems to do anything extraneous, compared to the male to the left of the vessel playing the piano for the toughened people who emerge to be more of helpers. From the front core, a female is riding one of the dark people while approving her image in a mirror (Buccola, Regina & Lisa, 346).
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Innocence, Ignorance and Illumination: A Good Man Is Hard to Find Literature Book Report/Review
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The paper seeks to approach critical analysis using formalism, psychoanalytic criticism, and Marxist criticism theories. The paper does not seek to offer a summary of the literary work but attempts to define my personal understanding and analysis of the short story. The story is set in Atlanta, sometime in the 1940s or early ’50s.
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William Faulkner Barn Burning Literature Research Paper
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Customer’s Name Instructor’s Name Course 6 June, 2012 William Faulkner’s Barn Burning Barn Burning is a widely acclaimed short story, written by William Faulkner in 1939. This is the first one in the Snopes Trilogy series. Barn Burning is one of the most famous novels from William Faulkner.
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Behaviour of Kings as Portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights Literature Essay
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The tales of The Thousand and One Night portray a society where the king was the government. He had the power to punish or execute anyone according to his whims. The power of kings was intimidating and the subjects were completely at their mercy. King Shahrayar after being deceived by his wife killed both his wife and her paramour.
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Literal Analysis of Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway Literature Essay
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This story conveys symbolism through the figure of the cat trapped in the rain. The story gets set in an Italian hotel where two Americans confront the conflict in their troubled marriage. The cat that the wife desires becomes the embodiment of all that she lacks in her marriage.
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The Novel: Ragtime Literature Term Paper
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The trip that the father prepares is successful because he uses the ship as the instrument that enables him to reach his destinations. The ship helps the author to introduce the desires of Father who traveled to the North Pole. The author introduces Theodore Dreiser in chapter four. Dreiser is an iconic figure in the novel.
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The Ethical Questions of Duty Literature Essay
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So when our duty to the law, to our beliefs, is contrary to the duty to the family we can be caught in be brought to an emotional and ethical conundrum that is at the core of many great stories. Antigone, Abraham, and Medea are exceptional examples of when the question of duty is resting at a crossroads between family and the rest of the world we live in.
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A bibliographical sketch of Alice Walker Literature Research Paper
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Bibliographical sketch of Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker is a renowned African American writer, poet, novelist and activist. She is considered by many as a widely travelled, controversial and versatile writer of literature that mostly touches on the African American community.
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A Deconstructed view of Heart of Darkness Literature Essay
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A Deconstructed view of Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad’s Work, Heart of Darkness is a classic work of modernism that has lent itself to many readings and interpretations. It came out in 1899 and has been an important part of the canon of English literature since then.
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The origin of the Aeneid Literature Essay
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In spite of this occurrence, Augustus Caesar who was the new emperor started instituting the new peace and prosperity era more particularly through promoting adherence to the traditional moral values of the Roman Empire. This hence brings about the importance of the Aeneid to Rome and the whole world.
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American World Literature Literature Essay
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One of the issues tackled in the poem subtly is love. After the love’s first tremor, the heart and mind of the lover will never remain the same forever. Prufrock is interested in seeing and showing things as they are. With no hurried approach to life, he says, there is a long way to go, but there is a long time also!
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Analysis of Dantes Inferno Part of a Trilogy Known as The Divine Comedy Literature Book Report/Review
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Upon reading and analyzing the poem, it is very clear what values Dante held in high regard, and those traits or behaviours he strongly disagreed with. Most clearly, the author held religious piety and true faith as the utmost characteristic that a human can have. Purity from sin is very important to the author.
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To the Lighthouse and Heart of Darkness Literature Essay
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The very intention of the movement was to unsettle conventional notions regarding literature and existence in general. The novels and poetry that came out during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century affirm this quest for new forms. The novels To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad exhibit many of the features that were characteristic of the modernist novels.
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Gender and Genre in Shakespeare's Plays Literature Essay
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William Shakespeare explored a wide array of aspects on human relationships, passion, and nature in his work. Like most human issues, gender is well represented as well. The researcher takes to reviewing and studying gender relations, undertaking gender role reversals, and assessing gender struggles unveiling in the process a fresh outlook.
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Literary Criticism of The Hunger Games Movie Literature Essay
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Spartacus dethrones the social structure of his humanity, as well as Katniss, did when she outmaneuvers the Capitol to compel their hand and consent to the unprecedented upshot of two victors. From the Romans’ point of view, the triumph attained by Spartacus’ soldiers against Roman soldiers reversed the expected array of things.
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The Issue of Malcolm X Literature Essay
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Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. The white racists of Lansing killed Malcolm’s father by laying him on the railroad track, but even while his father was still alive, their family had already been terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm’s mother Louise was confined by the white authorities in a mental asylum.
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The Aim of Anthropomorphism Literature Assignment
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Agamemnon, one of the most ruthless characters toward women throughout all of ancient Greece, gets his just desserts several times – first when he is forced to return the daughter of Chryses, whom he had taken as booty – but he never learns his lesson, until his wife Clytemnestra slides a knife into him during his celebratory bath after returning home from the conquest of Troy.
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A Tragic Experience in A Rose for Emily Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the short story “A Rose for Emily” starts with the funeral of Emily and then gets back to her life history. Before the death of Emily, none had entered the house for 10 years. Emily in her course of life lost her father and lover and was living an aloof life. We have sympathy for Emily.
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Process of Performance and Storytelling Literature Essay
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The character of Jim Smiley as a greedy man is furthered as the story continues. Derived from his character traits as a greedy and flat character, it is possible to say that his main motivation and drive are money and gambling addiction. It is not essential if he is winning or losing a bet, he would go after another bet as if the last one had been non-existent.
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