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The Differences between Nietzsche, Sartre, and Camus on the Meaning of Life Literature Essay
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In Being and Nothingness, Sartre tries to affirm human existence to have existed before it has ever obtained its meaning or fundamental nature. The ultimate goal of Sartre in writing the essay was to validate that indeed “free will” is real and is existent (Levy 111).
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Revenge in Edgar Allan Poes Cask of Amontillado Literature Assignment
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Revenge is part of man’s nature and is a typical reaction, especially when one is slighted or insulted by another. Revenge can even be taken as a form of justice to redeem one’s honor and to teach the offender that the insult will not go unpunished, as what Poe portrayed in his “Cask of Amontillado.”
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Gender issues in Literature: Poes The Oval Portrait and Ovids Pygmalion Literature Research Paper
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Gender roles and relations are reflected in The Oval Portrait that depicts how men use and exploit the physical beauty of women in the name of art and cultural values. The narrator finds a portrait that is “absolute life-likeliness” (Poe).
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Don Quixote versus Oedipus Literature Essay
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This paper makes a comparison of Don Quixote and Oedipus as a true hero from oral tradition, highlighting the main differences in their characters.
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An Analysis of Fire and Ice Literature Essay
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Figuratively, fire and ice could refer to emotions. The Free Dictionary defines fire as “the burning intensity of feeling, ardor or enthusiasm. From the phrase, “From what I’ve tasted of desire”, it could be well understood that the term fire as used in the poem refers to such feelings.
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Mythological Creatures from Dantes Inferno Literature Essay
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This paper focuses upon the Inferno (Hell), the first part of The Divine Comedy, followed by the Purgatorio (Purgatory) and Paradiso (Heaven). It is a classic Christian theological text that uses strong poetic imagination and allegorical allusion. It is underlined that Dante meets both mythological and real people during his long voyage.
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Families and Parent-Child Relationships Literature Essay
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In both Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets” and Sherman Alexie’s “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”, there is the theme of parents who are somehow absent from their children’s lives. Jing-Mei’s mother is presented as being more important than her father in the book. Moreover, there are serious misunderstandings between the two.
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A Streetcar Named Desire: The Modern Embodiment of Tragedy Literature Essay
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A common, yet not pervasive aspect of tragedy is that the main character/protagonist is oftentimes attempting to “fix” some aspect of the current world or return to the simplicity, joy, or other positive elements of a bygone era. For instance, one of the most famous tragedies ever penned, and of his, sees the story open with Oedipus attempting to find a way to read his native home town of plague.
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The Tempest vs Tempest Literature Research Paper
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In the play A Tempest by Aime Cesaire is based upon the character of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest. Caliban is a deformed slave, and this is shown through many different passages in the original play.
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H. G. Wells. War of the Worlds and Marxist Criticism Literature Essay
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H. G. Wells perceives – as ought to every man of even ordinary intellect on the one hand the turmoil of bourgeois social relations, and on the other hand that society’s dynamic forces, in the form of science and technical resources, contain tremendous potency which can only be actualized in diverse social relations.
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The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston Literature Essay
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This essay will begin with the statement that one of the most difficult aspects for any particular writer to engage in a level of integration and separation from the subject matter that they are presenting. The authors fall into the rut of becoming to detect and merely representing the information that they seek to portray in an unemotional and underinvested manner.
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Othello by William Shakespeare Literature Essay
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Verbal positive depiction of Othello is illustrated through the many speeches of different characters in the play. Through such speeches, we discover Othello’s bravery and his integrity.
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Andrew Jackson, a Defining President of United States Literature Essay
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Andrew Jackson, a Defining President of United States. “Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own; one cherishes it not only as precious but sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and it’s conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.”1 This is a quote by Andrew Jackson which reflected his views as an American citizen, as a military leader and as a president.
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Analysis of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Calvino and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez Literature Essay
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The author uses a high level of metafictional structure that serves to question the belief of the reader in the notion and aspect of reality and how reality can be likened to the happenings in contemporary works. To achieve this end, the author writes in a way that he questions the originality and intertextuality of human existence.
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Lady with the lapdog by Anton Chekhov Literature Research Paper
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The lady with the lapdog is a short interesting story written by Anton Chekhov. It is a four chapter, fiction story written with great expertise and discloses an adulterous affair between the Russian Banker, Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov and the lady with the lapdog Anna Sergeyevna.
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The Cause of Mathilde Loisel Downfall in the story The Necklace Literature Essay
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Loisel’s perception of a class she does not belong to causes her to suffer mentally. Loisel fails to accept the fact she is married to a husband who lacks the material wealth that she has desperately yearned for. Her husband's lack of wealth makes her feel less important because of her low rank in society.
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Susan Glaspells Trifles Literature Essay
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Susan Glaspell’s play, Trifles, is a book written in 1916 that reflects Susan’s preoccupation and perceptions towards culture-bound notion of gender and sex roles. This is a patriarch society that views women as lesser beings with totally no role to play.
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The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe Literature Research Paper
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Edgar Allan Poe, leaving a remarkable literary legacy in the fields of science fiction and horror, is currently regarded the pioneer of the modern detective story. He is also greatly renowned as a poet. His psychologically gripping stories exploring the profundities of the human consciousness gained him remarkable prominence.
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The interface of primal instinct and lofty ideal in Zolas Germinal Literature Essay
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Zola’s portrayal of sexuality in Germinal serves as a grounding force for the story. The physicality of the characters, thus enunciated, is a counterpoint to the revolutionary socialist ideas that suffuse the political and philosophical vision of the novel, with the political and poetic facets of the writing fortifying each other.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread, E.M. Forster Literature Term Paper
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British society in Where Angels Fear to Tread is portrayed as a society full of hypocrisy, which is juxtaposed with the more naturalistic and down-to-earth society which is represented by the Italian society in this novel (Kar-Man Ng, 1982, p. 16). The two societies are portrayed in opposition “between Apollonian and Dionysian, city and country, the British ‘insider’ and the foreign ‘outsider’” (Sampson, 2004, p.
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Franz Kafka's The Castle Literature Research Paper
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The main character initially assumes he has been summoned to perform duties related to his profession, but encounters numerous difficulties when he tries to communicate with his employer, Count Westwest, whom resides in the Castle and owns the entire village.
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne Literature Essay
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Worldwide, short stories are considered as the integral part of literature, especially fiction because the same is symbolic of literary creativity within a limited framework.
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Soto's Oranges. Expression of young love through the simplicity and fire of oranges Literature Essay
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“Oranges” effectively depicts the universal theme of young love and its role in the emotional development of adolescents, using succinct language, non-rhyming and narrative form, and meaningful, contrasting imagery.
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The Unique Nature of the Witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth Literature Dissertation
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In examining the nature of the witches within the work, it becomes clear to the author that they are a literary device that is provided in order to suggest the evil intentions of ‘plotters’ as well as the concept that ideas are dangerous. The witches are defined by a complex set of ideas that are related to the threat against the patriarchal society.
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Analysing Othellos Character Literature Essay
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Literary issues surround the essence of tragedy as it is played out in Othello and the uniformity between the actions and aims of the characters. Moral issues focus on the depiction of righteousness and wickedness, and social issues emerge from the play’s presentation of justice, violence, and race.
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Field Notes From A Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert Literature Essay
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The book is written in a breezy, journalistic style, and starts off with a number of narratives describing journeys the author has made to remote corners of the earth in search of evidence relating to climate change. A dimension which was lacking from the book was that of global markets and the capitalist structure of the world economy. The problem looks like simple incompetence on the part of governments.  
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The Movement of Spoken Word Poetry vs. Written Traditional Poetry Literature Research Paper
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In this paper spoken word poetry versus traditional written poetry will be analyzed in the following three entities:  oral tradition and poetry in Black culture; poetry slams and the poetic play in the Black Arts movement; and African-American spoken poetry versus traditional written poetry which has been written by Anglos.
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Literature Essay
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The research analyzes the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant in terms of describing the theme and identifying at least two of the literary elements in the short story that contribute to the theme by providing an example of each element. Finally, the discourse would explain how the selected literary elements affect the narrative theme.
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Three Anarchists in Latin American Anarchist Movement Literature Research Paper
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Through unsigned editorials and articles, certain periodicals like the El Obrero meaning the worker, and the La Voz de la Mujer meaning the women’s voice proclaimed themselves as tools of politics of the predecessor revolutionary movement. Just the same, another periodical named the Pluma Roja, meaning the red pen, proclaimed and acted the same.
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The Horse Dealers Daughter by D.H. Lawrence Literature Research Paper
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In “The Horse Dealers Daughter”, D.H. Lawrence depicts the struggles of a woman who tries to cope with the collapse of her family and her strained relationship between her and her brothers. She does not feel loved and thus begins to feel insecure of her worth and purpose in life.
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The Wife of Bath's prologue and The Wife of Bath's Tale, Literature Research Paper
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The Wife of Bath's Tale is one of the stories from the sequence of tales in the “Tales from Canterbury”. The story begins with a prologue that presents a gallery of portraits of the pilgrims.
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Mother Tongue by Demetria Martinez Literature Essay
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The author states that the novel also has pointed commentary about the war in El Salvador, along with indicting the immigration policies of the refugees of this war. Through it all, however, the culture and communication gap cause problems in the relationship, and, ultimately, the relationship does not survive because of it.
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Relationship between the United States and Mexico. The Desert Blood by Alicia Gaspar de Alba Literature Essay
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The border between the United States and Mexico not only demarcates two countries, but also differentiates between two cultures, two societies, one overdeveloped, and the other typically developing. In Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s novel, The Desert Blood, the protagonist, Ivon Villa is of Mexican descent, but was born and raised in the United States, who becomes a University professor.
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Native American Literature Literature Essay
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Specifically, the novel implies that, for the Indians, death is much more sacred and meaningful, and therefore gratuitous killing is wrong. For the Westerners, this is not necessarily true, although, as the novel takes place during war, perhaps this is unfair.
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Agency and Responsibility. House of Sand and Fog, and other texts Literature Essay
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The Agency especially in literature means capacity of the characters to function as autonomous agents in their respective lives. Sometimes the characters are fictional while sometimes they are real characters. In the paper an attempt is made to show the agency of the characters who are either immigrants, or prisoners, either political or social.
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Transhumanism: The Search Immortality in 21st Century Literature Research Paper
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In exploring what this type of evolution would mean for human beings, the ethical considerations are vast and complicated making one wonder if this form of research will do more harm than good. Moral judgment against science has come in many forms, some of them based on beliefs that science has no place in the story of creation.
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A psychoanalytical criticism of Edmund Spenser's Fairie Queene Literature Research Paper
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Psychoanalysis was proposed by an Austrian Neurologist Sigmund Freud who suggested it for the treatment of psycho patients by determining the circumstances which they have faced. In the light of his theories, the critic is done over the famous epic poem The Fairie Queene by Edmund Spenser.
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Metamorphosis and the Life of Kafka Literature Research Paper
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One morning as Gregor Samsa woke up and discovered that he transformed from a human being into a vermin. Just like every man, he got shocked as to what he has transformed into and why it happened to him. However, it was not his main concern. The question that bothered him the most was how he would go to work in his condition. His family was depending on him since his father’s business was unsuccessful yet his father was too proud to admit it (Kafka & Jarvis, 3-30).
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Violence in Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre and Die Verlobung in St. Domingo Literature Essay
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The two works: - Schiller’s ‘Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre’ and Kleist’s Die Verlobung in St. Domingo best illustrate the nature of violence in society: here being exemplified from the German peoples’ perspective.
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Society, Love and Marriage in Sense and Sensibility Literature Term Paper
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While Sense and Sensibility reflects societal norms for marriage in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Austen’s work shows a wrestling going on between marriage for money or love, and in the end romantic ideals of marriage for love wins out.
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Epic of Sheikh Bedreddin by Hikmet and the challenges of translations Literature Dissertation
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The ability to create specific expressions within literature is not only bound by the expectations of the author. There are also expressions which are reflective of social and political issues as well as the historical applications of the time.
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Coetzees Waiting for the Barbarians and Foe, and Gordimers My Sons Story and The Conservationist Literature Essay
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The role of the author in the canon of South African literature has been a subject of ongoing critical concern. The writer as artist has historically taken on, either voluntarily or as a function of social expectation, an inevitable sociopolitical importance in a society where large race-based power imbalances have played a critical role.
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A comparison between The Proposal by Anton Chekhov and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Literature Essay
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The works of Anton Chekhov and James Thurber are well known for their ability to understand the social realities of their respective societies. Their works also are able to analyze the intricacies and nuances of the human mind.
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One Holy Night by Sandra Cisneros Literature Essay
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As a rite of passage story follows Ixchel’s transition period from puberty to adolescence. The story starts with Ixchel’s recollection of her experiences with Shaq. She met her when she was just a teenager selling cucumbers. Shaq used to buy her food and drinks, and through this, he deceived Ixchel into thinking that he is a good man.
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Victorian literature Jane Eyre, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Literature Dissertation
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The paper tells that in Jane Eyre, the heroine is eventually rewarded for her rebellion, as is the heroine in The Tenant of Windfell Hall. In Tess, the heroine is tragically punished. Although these novels have different endings for their heroines, they all have something in common, and that is that the heroine refuses to play by the rules put upon them by Victorian society.
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Post Colonial literature in India Literature Dissertation
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One of the major influences of British colonialism on Indian subcontinent was the gradual evolution of Indian literature (especially novels) in English language from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Indian writers added British style and manifestation to their traditional mode of narrative depiction, and the hybrid result, considered a new form of literary innovation, drew a great deal of attention.
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An Illusory Birthright: The Loss of Home and Identity in The Grapes of Wrath Literature Research Paper
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Human beings have a primal relationship to the land. Some cultures hold that people belong to the earth, while others claim that land is an asset to be possessed and exploited. In either scenario, the environment nurtures and protects people according to the dictates of the seasons and the gifts that nature chooses to bestow or withhold.
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Antigones Bones by W.B. Worthen Literature Essay
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This essay discusses that Worthen introduces Michael Goldman as the prospective model who can be used in dealing with divisions in performance or text. Worthen states that Goldman proposes a reading tactic with the verbal organization of works in a script and not in a structural, literary design.
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Colonialism in John Bulls Other Island Literature Thesis
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According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that ‘colonialism’s truths’ revealed in Shaw’s John Bull’s Other Island, atrocious or else, are mostly half-done viewpoints on human understanding, knowledge, and experiences built among historical interactions, within and between Ireland and Britain.
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Intertextuality in Rudyard Kiplings Kim Literature Essay
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Intertextuality is a term that is used to show the relationship that exists between various texts used by an author in conveying his message. Some of the views in the book would currently be unacceptable for the current generation. This is in contrast to the author’s intentions of making the book enjoyable for the current crop of readers.
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