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Langston Hughes Negro Literature Essay
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The poem by Langston Hughes is in homage to the depth and strength of the soul of the black people. It was published in 1921, when black people were still referred to as Negroes and were subjected to racist prejudice. Langston Hughes wrote the poem when he was only 17 and dedicated it to W.
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Revenge in William Shakespeares Titus Andronicus Literature Essay
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The play is filled with instances where the characters seek to take revenge upon the others; their designs for finality are however, frustrated by the opposing parties that keep the cycle of revenge moving.
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Post-colonialism in The Dead and Possessing the Secret of Joy Literature Essay
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Post-colonialism is one of the most important theoretical frameworks through which literary works are understood. It has gained prominence in the latter half of the twentieth century and has helped in the understanding of the imperialistic forces that operated in the world. It has also enabled a greater understanding of the imperial forces that existed in works.
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I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing Literature Research Paper
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It takes place during the times of the Jim Crow Era where segregation and advancement for African Americans was held back from progressively evolving in society. The troubles that were placed upon them as though it is a sort of societal prison in which those that deserved more from their environment didn’t get it.
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The Prison Called Marriage Literature Essay
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The nameless narrator of “Yellow” and Mrs. Mallard are both married women, who experience the struggles of being a wife. This essay compares these short stories using plot, setting, character, symbolism, and theme. These stories share the same plot that begins with marriage and ends with freedom.
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How drugs are affecting our lives Literature Essay
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Many people especially youth have become enslaved in it. The government has to play a role before the situation gets worse. The number of school dropouts has increased not forgetting the high rate of social crimes. These issues call for enlightenment of both the young and old, not to allow their lives to be ruined by this killer activity.
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Mary Rowlandson, the sovereignty and Goodness of God Literature Essay
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The experiences of Mary Rowlandson, of the struggle of every day’s living against a backdrop of a myriad challenges in Christian life are universal for all Christians. Mary Johnson epitomizes the perfect Christian who strives to abide by God’s will by conforming to the puritan values of good living; however, like all Christians, she often encounters situations which cause her to be drawn away from God (Jen).
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A Portrayal and Analysis of Human Behavior within Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Literature Research Paper
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The issue of sanity versus insanity has been a topic that has intrigued writers from the earliest introspection and discussion of humanity that is extant within the world of literature. This is due partly to the definition and understanding of what defines normal and what defines abnormal and by extension what defines sane versus insane.
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Reading Analysis of David Lees The Farm Literature Essay
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In the process of theme development, the poet employs the substantial use of numerous stylistic devices within various parts of the poem. In the second line, the speaker refers to the land buyer by saying, “who would be…” In this instance, the poet uses alliteration by repeating the consonant sound “w” in the words “who” and “would.”
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The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky Literature Essay
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In the grand Inquisitor, the characters question the validity of religion, free will and morality. The main dilemma that these characters ask, is it prudent for man, to observe the laws of religion? The other questions that linger on the minds of these people is whether they should take the role of God, and ignore the various religious believes or traditions.
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Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie Analysis Literature Essay
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Tom also took on the responsibilities of tending to the well-being of his ill and painfully shy younger sister. However, Tom’s ignorance and selfishness gets the better of him, a behavior that had been building up until it reached a boiling point at the end of the play, resulting in Laura’s emotional distress.
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Family Values In The Rocking-Horse Winner Literature Essay
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The characters that Lawrence uses in the story are reminiscent of other characters of his. The mother Hester, for instance, exerts a great amount of control over her son, Paul. Her love for money and creature comforts are sought to be fulfilled by her son who takes an unconventional route to do the same.
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Comparison Lesli in California and Trespass with Regard to The Use of Violence Literature Assignment
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The above stories can be viewed as masterpieces in terms of giving an introspection into the fate of women in the United States. More specifically, the stories each have a unique setting but they bear notable semblances in the mode of discourse. The two protagonists in the stories are females who are subjected to uncalled for forms of violence as they go bout their normal duties.
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Position of Women in the 19th-Century Society Literature Essay
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Society has come a long way when it comes to the role of women in society. In the past, women did not have a say in the societal roles, as all the roles meant for them were already embedded in the societal norms. The greatest point of controversy about these roles was that they degraded the position of women in society instead of enhancing this position.
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Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior by Elisabeth Panttaja Literature Article
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Cinderella is one of the more famous Grimm Brother’s fairy tales that have made it as a Disney adaptation, immortalizing it in people’s pop culture sensibilities. The Cinderella story centers on an orphaned girl who triumphed over her stepmother’s and stepsisters’ evil plans to enslave her and generally make her suffer.
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor Literature Essay
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Although she portrays herself as righteous and religious minded,her longing for money and the good life show her real aspirations.In fact it is the Misfit that is the more righteous of the two, often thinking about his past and how social injustices have pushed him down the right path to a life of crime.
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The novel Their eys were watching God Literature Essay
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All through the novel, Janie is presented as a beautiful woman who has been in the search for love, life, and reliability. It is essential to recognize that the protagonist of the novel has a different type of understanding of the concept of God, and she has a Gnostic perspective.
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Fictional stories Dreaming of Horses and A Knot in the Wood Literature Essay
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The muscular hard body was a treat to watch. They leapt. They bucked. And they galloped in circles around and around the other in a manner that was wonderful in its immaturity. The sky was blue and the day was filled with sun, and Hannah was enjoying the way the bright sunlight reflected across the backs of the twins.
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The voices of reason in Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Literature Essay
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The author states that the original play was banned in Paris when it was first released, even if the King of France, King Louis XIV enjoyed it. This is because the clergy was highly offended by the way Moliere allegedly mocked religion. This play became one of the most important plays in French Literature.
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African American Teens Receive Harsher Sentences than Caucasian within the Criminal Justice System Literature Essay
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African American Teens Receive Harsher Sentences Than Caucasian within the Criminal Justice System. Institutional racism has been outlawed for more than 40 years but, somewhat ironically, racism within the legal system continues unabated. This discussion provides data that demonstrates the disparity of justice in the U.S.
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Oppression in Sandra Cisneros's Writing Literature Research Paper
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Although those initial pains or hurts may never go away—both the ancestral pain of her people having been subjugated to oppression time and again through various methods and also the pains of having lived through life—Cisneros still maintains a positive outlook with the intent to live another day to write another book. 
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Current Issue in Nursing Literature Annotated Bibliography
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Quality improvement policies and activities evolve as a result of need/concern in specific areas of patient care. These quality improvement needs can only be addressed by nurses who are directly involved in patient care. Nursing administrators should have excellent quality improvement skills as they significantly influence care and efficiency.
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What Motivates or Demotivates Customers to Online Shopping Literature Essay
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Day one is the development of research objectives, followed by a 2 days development of the research plan. The longest days in this research are devoted to the collection of data.  A relatively long period of time will be needed in case of field research and on-site interviews will be done if necessary.
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To what extent technology can be responsible for the breakdown of social relationships Literature Essay
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For a long time, the extent to which technology is responsible for the breakdown of social relationships has been a controversial issue among scholars, researchers and psychologist. Hundreds of technological advancements are introduced every day and the dilemma of living in a fast moving world, while averting the effects of the technology on social fiber is surfaced time and again.
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Comparison of Desirees Baby and The Help Literature Essay
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Both stories revolve around the female protagonists, who are justified in being center of attention due to their distinctive traits. The family ties and bonding shown in the two stories represent the obligations a woman carries invisibly. The thin line between love and hate is the most evident aspect in those scenarios which delude the original feelings of love, of the stereotypes about slaves.
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King James I and the Religious Culture of England Literature Admission/Application Essay
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If Elizabeth never objected to the closure of top theatres in England, poetry could have lost taste and would not have gotten this far. Poetry is an art that should be promoted under all cost, this because it enhances the exploration of hidden agendas in life through hidden literature language. It acts as a literature indirect tool to fight injustice, corruption, and poor governance.
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Ibsen`s 'A Doll's House': Societal Conflict Literature Essay
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Humans have grouped themselves into societies that help the individuals to benefit from other’s work besides their own. Societies have evolved from small towns to colossal empires. Amongst these, most of them demand some sort of common sacrifice from the individuals, which might be in direct conflict with the good of the individual, thus suppressing that particular individual’s good.
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Summary of She Walks in Beauty and A Red, Red Rose Literature Essay
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The difference between the two poems is the choice of narration. “A Red, Red Rose” is told from the narrator’s perspective, although no indication is given as to who the narrator is. The poem uses the pronouns “My” and “I” throughout, emphasizing that the projected emotions are that of the narrator, and potentially the writer.
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Portrayal of the 18th Century France in Beaumarchais's |The Marriage of Figaro Literature Essay
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Published and staged several years before the French Revolution (1789-1799) the play depicts the tumults of the Parisian aristocracy and monarchy. Beaumarchais’s “Marriage of Figaro” itself appears to a voice against the tyranny of the aristocratic society and it champions the commoners’ triumph in their attempt to amend these frontiers of the society.
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How Space and Setting Creates an Atmosphere Literature Essay
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Ursula Le Guin has clearly stated this as not specifically relevant. In particular, Ursula Le Guin has made assertions that the similarities between Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, who wrote Crime and Punishment that is related to morality, and her work only occur to her in retrospect and that it was never the main influence in her writing of the story.
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The Devil's Book and The Black List Literature Research Paper
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Today we would like to believe that such paranoia and hysteria could never breed another witch hunt. Whether or not that is true is yet to be seen.  One researcher made a, long true, statement, on which it is worthwhile to rely, “…each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. (Linder)
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Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney Literature Essay
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Sonnets are literary forms that usually thematically express romantic love and the sonnet sequence, Astrophel, and Stella, written by Sir Philip Sidney, is also no exception to this. This sonnet sequence is a discourse on the existential and moral concerns of a man, Astrophel, who is passionately in love with a married woman, Stella (Sidney, 2004).
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The feudal compact in the medieval literature Literature Essay
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The author states that “The feudal compact” is the system of relations in the medieval Europe that linked the vassal and his suzerain. The land allotment that was passed into possession was called “feud”. With the transfer of the land into feud, its presenter was becoming a lord suzerain and the recipient was becoming a vassal of the latter.
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Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats Literature Essay
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"Ode on a Grecian Urn” composed by the poet in May 1819 and consequently published in January 1820 is one of his finest and most remarkable creations. Keats composed many other odes simultaneously in the same year and this Ode is regarded as one of the most impeccable and unparallel creations of the era.
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The Last Speaker of the Language by Carol Anshaw Literature Essay
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Each member of the family is crazy in their own way, but when they get together, they showcase a family that bursts with love and human frailty. Darlyn and her brother exchange roles and help each other with taking care of their mother (Anshaw 3). Lake her daughter fixes her food whenever she can like a show of support to her.
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Debates In Literature Literature Essay
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In a manner quite unprecedented, Freud offered an alternate means of understanding the human psyche, that is, through the realm of the unconscious or the repressed. Thus dreams and hitherto stifled desires become the chief subjects of Freud’s studies. This essay would attempt to argue for the continuing relevance of psychoanalysis in literature and literary inquiry through a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s work TheStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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Comparing Punishment by Tagore and The Conscience of the Court by Hurston Literature Research Paper
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This paper will compare two short stories written by different authors and in different placements. The stories are Punishment written by Rabindranath Tagore and The Conscience of the Court written by Zora Neale Hurston. The two stories have several features in common that therefore compel the comparison of how the authors use them in developing the conflicts, which sustain the story.
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English Literature - Ancient vs Modern Literature Essay
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The difference in content in the literature varies in terms of intensity of literature and the strengths given to the characters. Various ancient female readings were spectacular owing to the fact that the women were writing them in an age when they were practically not allowed to engage in anything whatsoever.  
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Words and Pictures Across Cultures Literature Essay
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Words and Pictures across Cultures Name Professor Institution Course Date Words and Pictures across Cultures Orientalism has been a debate between different people and cultures over many years and one of the acclaimed writers in the field is renowned American author, Edward Wadie Said.
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Landscape in Angelas Ashes and Cold Mountain Literature Book Report/Review
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Frank McCourt’s autobiography Angela’s Ashes and Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain both use landscape to reflect the mental state of the characters and show their metaphorical journeys as well as their physical ones. However, each author uses descriptions of the landscape and character interactions with it in a very different way.
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Significance of the crossroad to both africain and caribbean litterature Literature Essay
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Crossroad movies are more like a meeting point of the culture of Africans and the Caribbean. They contain scenes where certain Caribbean, that have their roots from Africa come together with their own brand of music that has its origin from Africa and this music remind viewers of the rich cultural history of Africa.
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Comparison of Characters in Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice Literature Essay
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Lorenzo himself is a Christian while his girlfriend Jessica is a Jew. We get to learn that intermarriage between the two antagonistic religious groups is highly forbidden. This is a ’Love is blind’ kind of relationship that leads Jessica and Lorenzo into the world of unfamiliarity characterized by love blossoming beyond religious boundaries.
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The Art of Storytelling by Shahrazad Literature Essay
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No one knows the significance of the storytelling art better than the Shahrazad, as it saved her from the beheading. If she was born in modern times, she would have gone on to become a successful screen play writer, wining various Oscars for possessing a superb and spellbinding art of creating blatantly visual and remarkably intricate scenarios.
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How did Muhammad Ali Impact America Literature Research Paper
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He was stripped off his boxing rights for a period of four years after which he went on to become one of the world’s greatest fighters and earned himself the nickname of the ‘Greatest’ as he was involved in some of the most historic boxing matches that have taken place in history.
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Summer words of a sistuh addict Literature Essay
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This research will begin with the statement that poetry is by its very nature an artifice.  The paper tells that one of the most important components of poetry is the fact that each word is chosen, each sound was chosen, so specifically by the poet that it can convey an incredible amount of meaning with a small amount of text. 
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Red Badge of Courage: Tracing Henrys maturity Literature Essay
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The character of Henry develops from a cowardice youth afraid of war and reluctant to participate in war to a fulfilled brave soldier. The plot unfolds to give the reader of the background from which Henry got an injured hence receives a “war wound” that becomes his turning point.
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Kleos in Homeric Poems Literature Essay
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“She spoke, and still more roused in him the passion for weeping. He wept as he held his lovely wife, whose thoughts were virtuous. And as when the land appears welcome to men who are swimming after Poseidon has smashed their strong-built ship on the open water...; so welcome was her husband to her as she looked upon him, and she could not let him go from the embrace of her white arms.”
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The Way of the Wind Literature Essay
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Gideon’s personality is “not the stuff of which dynasties are founded”. The father lets his disappointment show through in their relationship. Shimshon is prepared for his son to “drop out at the last minute” and avoid the parachute jump. In the event that Gideon does go through with the jump, Shimshon is prepared to be proud of him “for a change”.
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Debate Whether the Wife and Her Tale Are Feminist Literature Essay
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Many women in this time believe in gender equality. They believe in the fact that they can do anything the masculine gender is assigned to. Human rights activists help to see that women get the full share of authority as the men. This is defined as feminism the greatest tool of battle in the women society.
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Winterson's The Passion and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale - Common Motives Literature Essay
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Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale can both be considered feminist works. They both look at the different aspect of feminism, which can be seen in the remarkably different environments in which the stories in these novels are set, and these give a hint of the authors’ thoughts on the feminism.
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