Anti-romantic novel

237 Without the care of chastity, people can go on without strong emotions. This allows them to be uncaring about what happens to others or the twisted ways of their society. Without this suppression, the extreme events that happen in this satirical novel would not occur. “”And after all,” Fanny’s tone was coaxing, “it’s not as though there were anything painful or disagreeable about having one or two men besides Henry. And seeing that you ought to be a little more promiscuous…”” p.43 Being promiscuous

of the day, as a novel, is a unique example of how a story of a personal fate of one man can reflect on such large, historical and social scale. Above all other motifs, the one of history, especially personal,

SYNOPSIS OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR Ph. D DEGREE IN ENGLISH Research Topic: “Realism in Tagore’s Poetry” Research Scholar : (Sumer Prasad) S/o Late Mahendra Prasad Vill. Semari, P. O. Gothain Dist. Ballia, U. P. Supervisor : Dr.( Ravi Shankar Singh) P. G. College, Ghazipur U. P. Co-Supervisor : Dr. (A. K. Mishra) Reader, Dept. of English D. C. S. K. (P. G.) College, Mau, U. P. Research Centre : D. C. S. Khandelwal (P

A) Socialist feminism argues that both men and women – may also believe that economic and emotional dependence go hand in hand. Fearful of the loss of economic security, a husband’s power over his wife is absolute. An example of this characteristic from the socialist branch can be seen in my own personal life. When I was growing up, I experienced how my father would completely disregard my mother and her duties serving the household and the family, as she was a stay-at-home mom and my father worked

Catherine is defined as a young, naive tomboy who is leaving her middle-class home in the country to attend her family’s wealthier friends, in the city of Bath. She meets the Thorpe’s and immediately we are introduced to Isabella Thorpe as the faux romantic heroine. She is portrayed as the sentimental friend whose initial main love interest is Catherine's brother James, who later she decides to dump for another man. Isabella’s brother John Thorpe is characterized as the classic masculine male character

after the classic period, that these types of films earned such a name. Early noir filmmakers were not conscious of the fact that their films would be labeled as a noir. Another origin film noir came from was American literature. Many hard-boiled pulp novels written by Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, were adapted for the silver screen. In the book, “Film Noir Reader 3: Interviews with Filmmakers of the Classic Noir Period” Alain Silver states that “like its protagonists, film noir is more interested

and criticism. Despite a vast amount of intense and perhaps belated scrutiny directed at Faulkner 's literary accomplishments, the author himself had a vision and scope not to be outdone by his commentators. Between 1929 and 1936, Faulkner published novels with characters ranging from children, thinkers, the insane, the law-breaking, and even those beyond the grave serving as vehicles for themes of time, sex, race, childhood, retribution, family life, Southern Life, and cultural change. In the construction

providing a brief overview of the vampire 's debut in British literature in 1819, and the Orientalist influence that ultimately led to an inextricable link between the "primitive exotic" and the lord of vampires himself, Dracula, in Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel. I will then look at the vampire 's presence in American cinema, and discuss a few culturally relevant reasons for the vampire 's journey from admired companion, to feared

Examining Mark Twain's Work to Determine If He Was Racist This paper examines Mark Twain’s work to determine whether or not he was racist. Racism is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as "the belief that one race is superior to others." Unfortunately the issue of race isn’t black or white. There are many shades of gray in racism and even the most progressive thoughts of old seems conservative as progress enlightens new levels of thought. During his time, Twain was a forward thinking author

In the novel, The Natural by Bernard Malamud, the professional baseball players are portrayed as godlike characters where fans interfere, fans obsess over the athletes and they become vulnerable to society’s standards. Fans can either boost their beloved players or they can rip them apart. Even though there are so many “godlike” players such as Roy, Whammer, Bump, Gus and red, characters such as Harriet, Iris and Memo play more of a huge role within Roy’s life, obsessing over him like he is a god