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Morality as Defined by Mark Twain Literature Research Paper
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According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that although there are not always clear distinctions made between social morality and individual morality, there are frequently situations one encounters in life where personal feelings of justice or fair play prompt one to react against the expectations of social order.
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A Writer's Perception of Human Nature and Its Echo in Civic Life Literature Term Paper
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‘Utopia’ written by Thomas More near the end of 1515, though on the surface seems to be a fictional account of a fantastic and ideal communism, is in reality a serious and earnest work that comes heavily on the paramount social and political vices of his times, thereby furnishing a unique view pertaining to the nature of man and society.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Little Girl and the Wolf by James Thurber Literature Assignment
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I find the play satisfying since Prospero was able to forgive his enemies by making them realize their wrongdoings. He has also released his slaves as well as turned his back from his cruel magic. Unfortunately, since this is a play meant to amuse people then, the issue of taking justice into one’s hands has not been the focus.
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The Sum of the Satisfactions by Duncan McDowall Literature Book Report/Review
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He is a professor of history at Carleton University and uses to frequently write articles in different prominent financial magazines, newspapers and journals. He has written another book entitled “The Light: Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited, 1899–1945” that won him the national business book award. 
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Analysis of Ayn Rands Novel Atlas Shrugged Literature Book Report/Review
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Perhaps the motto that drives the industrialists and continually upsets the looters is the saying ‘business as usual’. For every barrier that the looters create, for every productive business decision that was overturned, it was the simple need to get back to a business that kept so many industrialists going, despite the fact that they were also beginning to despair.
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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The author states that it is the opinion of some that the poem is, because of its pleasant façade, largely misunderstood. It does take two or three readings to realize that the two paths proposed by the narrator, who reaches a point in the woods where two roads diverge and must make a choice between one path and another, are essentially the same.
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Racial Discrimination in the Society Literature Book Report/Review
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Automatically the reader understands that the society and its ‘normal’ inhabitants are always in search of a way or an outlet through which they can oppress and torture another person. Any individual, who cannot be classified rather termed as a typically normal human being, can be a subject to the torture of the social inhabitants.
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The Character of Nora Helmer in A dolls House Literature Essay
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The story starts in the romantic environment of a happy family and ends in a tragic way with the demolition of the blissful domestic edifice. Now the protagonist has some questions for which she needs answers. Symbolically she rejects the deterministic existence and resolves to tread upon the path of free will in this world. 
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The Magic Shop by Herbert George Wells Literature Book Report/Review
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The story “The Magic Shop” by H. G. Wells is a pure fantasy. The supernatural is pervasive but one is not sure about the presence of supernatural as we remain speculating whether it was the story of some wizard who astonished the boy and his father with his magical tricks or it is a tale of a rendezvous with some unknown creature quite different from human beings.
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Catcher in the Rye vs Short History of Tractors Literature Assignment
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The import of the intended feelings goes hand-in-glove with the narrative voice. Look at the wonder in this world. It is worth mentioning, that no two leaves of the same tree are alike. Attend the Morning Prayer session of children in any school and watch they repeat the pledge. The pledge is common for all.
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Symbols in Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Stories Literature Book Report/Review
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The association of Romanticism to nature is a strong one. Prior to the Romantic Movement, Europeans had habitually had little awareness of natural landscapes for their own sake. But by the 18th century, the western world had become more enlightened, safer, and its populace now felt freer to journey for the simple joy of it.
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Issues Regarding Gender Discrimination In Society In Literature Literature Research Paper
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Ibsen has captured a woman’s fancy of being loved and protected by a strong yet loving male persona (Shideler). Ibsen questions such wishful thinking and refers it to be an extension of the male-dominated structure of society and the way it has conditioned the thoughts of both the sexes regarding their respective roles.
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The Renaissance Period in English Poetry Literature Research Paper
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The Renaissance period in English poetry mainly comprises the (a) Elizabethan period where there was a form of courtly poetry largely centered around the figure and persona of the monarch (b) classical, where the main themes of the poetry dealt with classical themes and figures from mythology and (c) metaphysical.
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Literature is All about Human Literature Term Paper
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Basically, the meaning of literature varies according to how it is being used or described by a person. It symbolizes many things and has something to do with the personality of the person who made it. Literature can be regarded as the masterpiece of its owner and can be part of the history for the recognition that it gains just like the known literary pieces today that are made by the famous writers.
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An Aspect of Early 20th century in Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland Literature Essay
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Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Catholic priest who wrote "The Wreck of the Deutschland" poem because it was an actual incident in history. He was so moved by it that he sat down and wrote the poem. The Deutschland was a ship that in 1875 crashed and sunk off the coast of Bremen. Five Catholic nuns were on board and died on the ship.
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Conflict between Nature and Puritan Ideology in Anne Bradstreets Poems Literature Essay
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A profound and close analysis of the poems by this inspirational poet of seventeenth-century American literature proves that she confronted an essential conflict between nature and puritan ideology in her poetic career. Anne Bradstreet has been noted as exposing the susceptibility of an ideology that separates the flesh from the spirit.
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A Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations in Kourouma's Les Soleils Literature Research Paper
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The Marxist and communist principles that are evoked by Sartre in the above quote are exactly what Kourouma intends to evoke through the representation of Salimanta as a dominant woman. Therefore, the female gender is used to pass on an important political message about Kourouma’s own feelings on negritude and dictatorships.
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Whimpered Dreams in the Twentieth-Century Literature Literature Essay
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They saved their world, as s/he used books as a haven while growing up. S/he recalls the ending of one of their all-time favorite poems, The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot. Some of the speeches we read this term were heroic. The poems and stories ranged from an incredulous examination of the world around us to the demoralizing look inside the tortured human soul.
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Epic in Gilgamesh, the Odyssey, and Beowulf: An Evaluation Literature Essay
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The most accepted definition of an epic is that “An epic is an extended narrative poem in the elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero” (Dictionary of English). In the first place, the literary genre of an epic is the narration of a hero and his heroic deeds. 
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Tragedy Oedipus in Colon by Aristotle Literature Literature review
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Diction or language of the tragedy is one of the stylistic embellishments which lend tragedy a higher status in poetic art. It uses a grand style in the tradition of an epic as it is to deal with ‘serious actions’ having strong implications on the lives of the dramatic personae as well as the audience.
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Self Objectification in English Fiction Literature Case Study
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Duras’s The Lover is another novel that tells the tale of an objectified woman body. The story is set in 1920s Vietnam. The story, which is autobiographical to some extent, is about a young and smashing school girl. Her beauty and attractiveness provide us with a contrast to Pecola of The Bluest Eys. 
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Monicellis Contribution to Italian Cinema Literature Essay
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Bondanella regards this comic masterpiece as setting the tone for the subsequent films in the style of the Commedia all’italiana. He comments that ‘Monicelli...establishes a pattern which will become typical of the commedia all’italiana’s protagonists: a comic character type portrayed in its various and multiple aspects.
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How the Golden Age of Spain is Reflected in La Celestina Literature Book Report/Review
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Actually, the roles of women were very limited in Spain, and, certain roles—particularly the young unmarried woman, the married woman, and the chaperone or go-between—each had their own place within society back then. The average young woman in Spain was available for marriage at approximately age 14.
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The Rocking Horse Winner Literature Essay
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The author explains that the main action of the story is focused on the little boy’s attempt to make his house stop whispering for more money, more money, which is a refrain throughout the story. Paul attempts to make the house stop whispering by betting on horses whose names he’s learned while riding his rocking horse.
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Function Of The Symbolism In The Death Of A Salesman Literature Research Paper
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The house itself is one of Miller’s most powerful tools in the construction of the symbolism of his play. The description opens with the ‘solid vault of the apartment houses’ in juxtaposition with the ‘small, fragile-seeming home’. The simple house of Willy Loman has become surrounded by towering apartment blocks.
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution Literature Assignment
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This research will begin with the statement that Sages of the Orient meditated for Ages, the Divine incarnations provided profound revelations to the humanity, and the wise philosophers all over the world, wrote thousands of treatises, about the procedures to achieve joy and happiness, which has eluded the mankind in the known history.
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Pride and Prejudice and Relationships Literature Book Report/Review
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This does not stop Elizabeth Bennet from attracting his attention when she shows open distaste for his personality. There are many messy relationships similar to this throughout the novel, and the majority of the relationships do not end in the way they originally started.
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French and German Realism of the 19th Century Literature Essay
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The German realist mode of Storm and Fontane concerns itself with the nature of Verga, the modern world of the French realists, and, crucially, the conflict between these two. In Storm’s The Dykemaster the conflict between the peasants and the modern irrigation techniques of the shunned engineer confronts nature with modernity in a series of dramatic scenes.
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Analysis of Eudora Welty's Short Story Literature Essay
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Literature has a way of teaching us about life in other places and times so that we may get a better idea of how they think and thus open our minds to greater possibilities.  This is particularly true of literature written by minority people during times when minorities were largely ignored or silenced.
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Religious Intolerance and Discrimination in Shakespeare and Miller Literature Essay
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While religion is not directly responsible for the action in the play, it provides the reason for the anger and hate borne of discrimination. The final resolution of the play, in forcing Shylock to convert to Christianity or lose half of his estate, is somewhat less satisfying today to more cosmopolitan audiences. 
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Childrens Literature and Literacy Literature Essay
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The points discussed above indicate how literacy can liberate and oppress people. According to Hannon and other authors cited in this paper, literacy is very much a product of society’s standards and ideas of knowledge and learning. Reading and writing go through stages and every child must conform to these standards. 
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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkners Literature Coursework
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Literary criticism by causality is then nothing less of literary history in this context. In Yoknapatawpha, as with Jefferson, the setting for the story and of other novels and short stories by the author, interests and induces people to classify him and his stance as a Southerner in a time of racial unrest in the United States.
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Process Of Literary Canon Forming Around Certain Works Literature Research Paper
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Anthologies can set aside canonical issues and present a sample of writings organized around a theme (genre or time survey, for instance). Kuipers (2003) states, “The anthology is a literary storage and communication form: a textbook, (now) a digital archive, (once) a commonplace book, (perhaps still) the poems one has memorized for pleasure”.
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Short Stories Issues Literature Essay
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In the study undertaken, the main objective is to be able to analyze the messages of the two short stories that had been read entitled “The Ants and the Qat” and the “Pilot.” The said short stories can be considered as representatives of different cultures based on the fact that the stories originated in two different countries. 
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Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor Literature Coursework
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Any social transitions and personal evolution and growth depends and is influenced by factors of the past.  As according to the title of the story, true convergence occurs when pride and pretentious identities are thrown off. Flannery’s Regina factor stands for these and there runs a parallel between the two.
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Shakespeares Exploration of Cross-Dressing Literature Essay
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While there are some differences in plot and Rosalind emerges as being the stronger of these two women in that she brings the entire play full circle, arranging in the end for her own marriage rather than leaving it up to others, it remains clear that both women have discovered their own strength and voice in the donning of men’s clothing. 
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet Literature Literature review
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Hamlet’s adherence to the patriarchal ideals is supported throughout the play by the appearance of his father’s ghost. The prince is plagued by indecision about the way in which to be sure about how his father was wronged and how to go about his plans
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Puritanism As A Biased And Warped Religion In Literature Literature Research Paper
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Hawthorne’s story illustrates the degree to which Puritanism dictated everything involved in colonial life in 1600s New England, making Hester’s actions all the more daring as nothing. Puritanism dictated all elements of life including how people talked with each other, how they dressed and what kind of relationships they were allowed to have.
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Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan Literature Book Report/Review
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The author is troubled by this fact, mostly because it means that America has to fight alone to preserve stability and peace around the world. In the end, Kagan claims that the US is much more technologically advanced and that it can attack safely other countries because it has the means to do so with technological warfare. 
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Poe's Gothic Horror Fiction Novels Literature Research Paper
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The first symbol Poe uses is the name of the Prince. Prospero symbolizes happiness. The ebony clock is another symbol Poe uses to unfold the story. Poe's story takes place in seven separate rooms. The number seven has special significance in history. Earlier the world was thought to consist of seven ages and an individual's life, seven stages.
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A Critical Analysis of Wuthering Heights and Romanticism Literature Term Paper
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Imagination is a spontaneous faculty of every human being but in the case of women, they are always prohibited from imagining. The very essence of their existence is chained. However, in the course of the novel the author has attempted to break the cycle and wished to present a harmonious existence of the women and human beings.
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The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction Literature Book Report/Review
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This long-accepted way of conducting affairs was an integral part of re-establishing order in the region after the disruptions of war. Table rejects other critical explanations for the widespread use of violence in the south, such as it being a continuation of the mores which were acceptable in frontier times.
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Ghosts of the Confederacy Literature Book Report/Review
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This resulted in sectional reconciliation and an emerging social order. However, the public celebration of the war resulted in a different and conservative society in the South despite the ghosts of the Confederacy still haunted the New South. However, according to Foster, they did little to shape the behavior and ultimately trivialized its memory.
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The Social Status of Women in Anna Letitia Barbaulds Poem the Rights of Woman Literature Essay
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Brabauld had, in her response, misread Wollstonescraft since the latter like Brabauld ‘…rejects at length the ideology of “angel pureness,” “soft melting tones,” and “blushes and fears” – and she certainly did not shun “discussion” of women’s rights!’ (McCarthy, William and Kraft, Elizabeth, ed., date?). 
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman Literature Essay
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Ultimately, I feel this book was quite helpful in illuminating the problems in health communication between a minority culture such as the Hmong and the American system.  While it provided some potential means of addressing these issues, these solutions are not necessarily feasible within the already pressed-for-time medical community.
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The Implementations of the Arthurian Myths Literature Coursework
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Sir Thomas Malory is trying to establish a connection between the legendary events and historical reality – i.e. he tries to name the exact location of the events taking place in The Death of Arthur (finding the correlations of legendary castles, islands, rivers, and cities on the real geographic map of his century).
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The Mending Wall by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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The poem is mainly about two neighbours who seldom encounter each other except on the only instances that the two neighbours come across each other are when they both have to fix the stone fences dividing their property but they do not engage in friendly conversations. Repair of the walls had seemed to become a ritual to both characters. 
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Symbolism and Psychology of Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Chien Literature Assignment
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The story itself is simply told and without any complexities in the narrative, yet imbued with deep metaphorical significance. T’ao Chien or Tao Yuanming lived during the tumultuous period of the ‘Six Dynasties’ and is regarded as one of China’s finest poets. The turmoil of the period reflects in his poetry, but a sense of hope is present. 
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Questions of Racism in Heart of Darkness Literature Admission/Application Essay
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 Texts often refer to each other and intertwine, especially if they are considered to be canonical texts.  The idea of the canon, however, is something that can also be challenged from a conflict theory perspective.  In the works of Ngugi, including the anti-colonialist novel Devil on the Cross, as well as in the speeches of Chinua Achebe.
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Crusoe as a Reflection of Defoes Beliefs Literature Coursework
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Any work of art is a reflection of the artist’s thoughts. Postmodernist theories try to separate the work of art from the artist and emphasize the role of the readers. According to the postmodernist thinkers, readers play a significant role in decoding the text and it is the readers who actually give meaning to it.
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