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Analysis of Book Montana 1984 by Larry Watson Literature Essay
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The beauty of the novel is that despite such grave family conditions, all main characters still manage to hold on to their courage because they have a remarkable sense of self-awareness. They have a tendency of using self-actualization to process their feelings and stay at the surface by perceiving things as they really are.
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Edith Wharton The summer and Scott Fitzgeralds Tender is the Night Literature Term Paper
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The stories by the authors Edith Wharton “The summer” and Scott Fitzgeralds “Tender is the Night” have clearly expressed the radical changes of women in their short stories. The Edith Wharton’s novel the summer is a story revealing the coming of age of a young woman.
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The Hours by M. Cunningham Literature Essay
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The novel talks about a day of the lives of three women. It is made up of three separate narratives, one for each woman. Virginia Woolf is one of the women talked about and she is writing Mrs Dalloway (Ehlen, 2013).
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The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Literature Essay
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Name Tutor Course Date The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Briefly, the Invisible Man is a story about an invisible scientist who devotes himself in discovering the concept of invisibility and this alienates him from other members of the society. The novel starts with a stranger arriving at a town called Iping and he does not get along with the villagers or members of this town, and so, he spends most of his time engaging something scientific in his room.
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Power and Conquest as a Means to Fulfillment: The Red Badge of Courage vs. Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Essay
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According to the research findings “The Red Badge of Courage” and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” are commentaries about the American society, the social programming it does, the bias it has against race and gender, its emphasis on superficial values such as glory and honor which is not backed up by qualitative internal change.
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The Cat Who Cried for Help by Dr. Nicholas Dodman Literature Essay
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The mind of the cat is mysterious and Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Professor of Behavioral Pharmacology at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and Director of the Behavior Clinic, has tried to unravel the features of that mystery to the extent possible in his book “The Cat Who Cried for Help: Attitudes, Emotions, and the Psychology of Cats.”
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Symbolism in 'The Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck Literature Essay
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It is a story of a woman, a housewife with unappreciative husband, with her beloved plants which symbolizes different important things in her life; children and femininity.
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Western Literature Modernist Period Literature Research Paper
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It was not only used in literature but also used in music, critics and the visual arts (Gillies & Mahood, p.5). Most of the Western Literature during this period was a reaction to the rapidly changing times. There are those who appreciated the change that was coming, while on the other hand, others wanted to maintain the status quo.
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Romeo and Juliet: the Carnal Desire and Physical Violence Literature Essay
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The conversation between Gregory and Sampson and the episode after it, the violent fight between the Houses of Montague and Capulet, bear witness to people’s dynamic physical existence and the connection between sexual desire and violence
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The Absurd in Albert Camus The Plague Literature Essay
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To fully express this idea, Camus relies on the absurd to prove his point by taking an extreme position of the human condition picturing humanity to be indifferent and living in a universe that has no meaning and no purpose with no God or any type of order, sense or reason.
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Jane Eyre: Gender Roles Literature Research Paper
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Jane Eyre is the life-long story of a woman from the Victorian Era who is assaulted throughout her life for her disapproving instinct towards the inferior role of woman in the society. As a child, Jane Eyre is assaulted by John Reed. As a teenager, she is assaulted by Mr. Brocklehurst and as an adult, she encounters Mr. Rochester who uses Bertha for becoming wealthy and after acquiring that abandons her because of her madness.
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Explication of a Passage from Shakepeare's King Lear Literature Essay
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Shakespeare has presented the Fool in King Lear as a sage-fool who sees the truth. The grudging hospitality that Lear received from his ‘trusted daughter,’ Goneril, makes him outrageous; and so he decides to move to his other daughter, Regan. Here Lear can be seen almost at his disposition.
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James Joyces Ulysses Literature Essay
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A detailed analysis of James Joyce’s Ulysses inspires the reader to identify the resemblances in theme, plot and characterization with Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Like Homer’s The Odyssey, Joyce’s Ulysses enhances the quest for a father and the intervention of Gods and sexuality as its major themes.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Literature Essay
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The narration is direct and ambiguous at once. This characteristic is achieved by the use of Chief Bromden, a patient of schizophrenia at Oregon, victim of hallucinations and paranoia asylum, as the narrator. His hallucinations serve as metaphors symbolizing the society as a machine called the Combine that controls the behavior of all humans.
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Thread that binds the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Literature Research Paper
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Language is often said to be means of communication. Human life presents several instances and circumstances which cannot be described in words alone. Writing about these instances for a common individual would probably be a very mundane experience however when is penned down by a prolific writer like Hemingway the experience goes beyond mortality.
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Battle Royal and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Literature Essay
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Ellison’s short story ‘Battle Royal’ presents a startling scene of naiveté, violence, and economic power. The story revolves around the institutions of racism and a desire to assert an identity in the shadow of historical tragedy. Ellison uses his settings and characters clearly to depict the theme of racism and exploitation of the inferior in the short story ‘Battle Royal’.
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Behind the Evocative Metaphors of Ice Man and My Life with the Wave Literature Essay
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The story of Murakami moves one’s heart to become enthralled with excitement. It is exciting because the words used in the story could easily drive one to read the result of the story. The “Ice Man” story is like a music of hope for the readers who wish to save the cravings of the protagonist (the narrator).
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor Literature Essay
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O’Connor has made the right use of words in the story. As the title of the story suggests, the storyline has something important to do with goodness of character. Apparently, the title suggests that there are very few good men or people in the world.
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Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin Literature Essay
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This paper will discuss "Murder on the Leviathan" book. It will include a couple of paragraphs about Akunin, analyse the style and explain why they author is one of the most popular Russian writers.
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Being Human in Dover Beach, and Africa Poems Literature Research Paper
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The two poems are appealing to the reader owing to their musicality and imagery. They set the splendor of the natural world against the melancholy of loss. Both poems illustrate and contrast reality and hope. They are classics owing to their subtle, restrained style, and compelling expressions establishing the physical and mental awareness of the speakers.
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The Prime of Life and the Brodie Set by Muriel Spark Literature Essay
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‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ is a coming of age novel about 6 girls and a woman, which entails that not every individual possesses the capacity to act as a role model. She creates a divide amongst the student body and encourages favouritism as she provides extra benefits to her favourite students in the class.
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Flannery O'Connor A Good Man is Hard to Find Literature Essay
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Critics have admired "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" for the author’s effectual application of native tint and the intense comical aspects of her Southern environment, plus her capability to note down with a devoted determination the distinctive language of characters like The Misfit and the grandmother.
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Stephen King's Carrie Literature Research Paper
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Stephen King was born in 1947, in Portland, Maine. His first foray into writing was working on the weekly column for his college newspaper, The Maine Campus. His first professional short story was The Glass Floor, which was published in 1967 in Startling Mystery Stories.
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Japanese culture in the early 20th. Based on the novel Kokoro Literature Essay
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The earlier twentieth century of Japan showcased a lot of improvement in the society. Pertaining education was common among the household both in the urban and the rural areas. The protagonist of the story used to stay away from his parents on account of completing his graduation, while his parents used to stay in a less popular province of the country.
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Comparison between Contemporary Heroes and Ancient Heroes Literature Essay
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A hero is a person who does something memorable and in the benefit of a person or a society. “True heroes may be ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and then resisting the temptation of personal glory” (Desiree). Some real life examples of modern world’s heroes include a firefighter who rushes into a building on fire and takes people out or a person who saves a child’s life who comes in front of a fast moving car.
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Othello as an Aristotelian Tradegy Literature Research Paper
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William Shakespeare wrote, “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” around 1603. The play chronicles the life of Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Cassio. It highlights Othello’s change of fate from happiness to misery upon allowing Iago to poison his mind with jealousy.
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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Literature Assignment
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The wide Sargasso is a novel by jean Rhys, which received limelight and response when it was published. It was published during the postcolonial period and focused much on the oppression and racial discrimination.
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Epic poetry: John Miltons Paradise Los Literature Essay
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The author states that when Milton’s Paradise Lost is seen in the context of the definition of epic presented above, it becomes clear that the work is a “noble story”. The work is concerned with presenting the story of the Biblical Fall of Man with the temptation of Adam and Eve by the renounced angle Satan.
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Human Struggle in a Farewell to Arms by Hemmingway Literature Essay
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Humans share their experiences and their perceptions of life through literature. Great books of literature are books that talk about and depict human problems with artistic beauty. Literary greatness is defined by a realistic description of life and artistic beauty. Thus, literature instructs and entertains us. We understand human life and human problems through literature.
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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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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Literature Research Paper
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts the everyday life of black people in a manner that everyone can discuss and understand the oppression and suffering they face. In as much as there were strides that had been taken in the agitation of human rights for the black people; they were still being looked down upon by the white people.
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A short description of Homer's Illiad and Odyssey Literature Research Paper
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In the Iliad, warfare is perceived as an integral part of human and the wider nature. It is a critical part in the cosmos metaphysical order, the divine arrangements in accordance of how things should be. This book is by Homer who gives a good narration of this event which took place centuries ago.
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The Wife of Bath in Canterbury Tales Literature Essay
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The Wife of Bath is Chaucer’s most delightful character in the text. Chaucer describes her as a skilled weaver who is excellent than the weavers of Ghent and Ypres. She thinks highly of herself and loses her patients easily and fast if any person tries to precede her in making an offering.
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Is Don Quixote Insane Literature Essay
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra has made excellent efforts to bring out the language used in the early 17th century, as this is the time of the novel set up. He has brought out the aspect of chivalry, which was about protection of the weak in the society, this was mainly the work of knights. This was a contentious issue in the late 16th century and early 17th century.
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Significance Of The Storm In William Shakespeares King Lear Literature Research Paper
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Generally, the story of King Lear is one that had a lot of thematic basis for the relationship between nature and humankind. In effect, the author was using his work to express a divine relationship that exists between the spirit world and the physical world.
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The Lady in the Pink Mustang by Louise Erdrich and The Unknown Citizen by Auden compared Literature Essay
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The two poems under consideration are The Lady in the Pink Mustang, a poem written by Louise Erdrich and The Unknown Citizen written by Auden. In the former, the fact that the poet settled for the title to depict a pink mustang harbors a lot about feminism as a pink car would largely suggest the owner is a proud lady in her own class.
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The Victorian fear of degeneration in literature Literature Essay
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People were overwhelmed with the new. But this seemingly-unstoppable drive was hindered by an underlying terror that this modern world would explode into something unmanageable. Victorian culture was defined “by a divide between its respectable surface and its dark underworld”
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Russian Literature Literature Essay
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This essay describes one of the world’s masterpieces, the novel of Mikhail Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”. Its famous expression "Manuscripts don’t burn” became aphoristic. Many Soviet writers kept their literary works in mind because of NKVD. At first this novel was copied by hand and secretly. Nobody could take it away. That is why “Manuscripts don’t burn” became so significant expression.
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Drama, Poem and Short Story Devices Literature Essay
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The author states that characters in the drama are given lines to perform together with all the facial expressions actors and actresses are supposed to portray as well as the way they are supposed to be dressed. Short stories and poems present their characters in a conversational way, describing their participation in a descriptive manner.
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The Relationship between Gender and the Woods in Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Tempest Literature Essay
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The witches played their role by making the predictions. They did not facilitate Macbeth in his way of accomplishing the milestones they predicted he would. They predicted the fortune for Macbeth. If Macbeth was destined to enjoy all ranks they predicted for him, he would have attained them whether or not he practically indulged in such activities that would lead him to attaining them.
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The role of Wife of Bath Tale in contradicting or upholding women-hating ideas Literature Essay
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Alisoun conforms to anti-marriage and woman-hating stereotypes. The act of being in love with a twenty year old student shows that such a sophisticated woman conforms to woman-hating ideas. If she considers herself to be sophisticated and have power over men, she could not have allowed being in relationship with a younger man than her (Peter 43).
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Wuthering Heights and the Sorrow of Young Werther Literature Essay
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Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Bronte but despite that, it is quite famous. It is a book about unrequited love, of love that is returned and how people may react to either situation. The Sorrow of Young Werther is part of the German literature.
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The Da Vinci Code vs Angels and Demons Literature Essay
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Brown was born in 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, to a professional musician mother and an English teacher father. While in college, Brown was interested in history and creative writing. Early in his life, in 1985, he attempted a career as a singer and songwriter.
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My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke Literature Assignment
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Theodore Roethke is a twentieth century American poet whose parents were German immigrants who had a 25-acre greenhouse in which the whole family worked (Hirsch xiv). Roethke’s father Otto was a hard working man, who built up his business by labouring in the soil and unfortunately he died young, while Theodore was still a teenager.
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Robert Frosts Fire and Ice. Nature and Relationships Literature Essay
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Robert Frost’s short poem, “Fire and Ice,” is one of his most popular works. It was published as part of his volume of poems, New Hampshire, which appeared in 1923, and gave Frost his first Pulitzer Prize (Poetry Foundation).
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How the Homeric Hymn on Aphrodite Defines the Power of the Goddess Literature Term Paper
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Aphrodite was a great Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is also said to be the personification of nature and as the bearer of all things living. Homeric Hymns describe her more as the diva of love, which ignites the hearts of gods and men alike with passion and, thus, get a strong hold over them through her enchanting and bewitching appeal.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Literature Essay
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Rochester describes Jane I as being beset with odd distinctions, her way of dressing seemed controlled by the ruling, and her air was reserved and in overall one cultured by nature, although totally unused by the people and this was a bargain since she feared making herself of making herself noticeable in a lousy way mistakenly.
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy Literature Essay
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"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is not so much a work about death in the abstract, but death as a personal confrontation. It is ironic to note that even as he is terminally ill, Ivan cannot come round to grasp his own extinction. To the contrary, he still believes that death is something that happens to other people and not to himself.
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Food in literature and cinema. Questions Literature Assignment
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Food in the novel Madame Bovary. Based on the article you read, "The Role of Food in Madame Bovary" give one example of one of the factors discussed: environmental, social indicator, characterization, source of imagery. This example must be found in the book and not in the article.
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Racial Identity, Space and Geography Operating within Girl and On Being Brought From Africa to America Literature Essay
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The essay shall focus on the thematic analysis of the short story, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and the poem, “On Being Brought from Africa to America” by Phillis Wheatley and judge the intricate relations between race, culture, identity, space and geography inherent and operational within the texts.
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