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    Vaughn 8 Rockhurst University Influence of Feminism, Social Expectations, and Religion in Irish Literary Works and How Personal Experience Alters Interpretation A Critical Analysis of ?The Secret Scripture? and ?Playboy of the Western World? Baylee Vaughn EN 3870 LCA Irish Literature Dr. John Kerrigan 5 December 2016 Fascinating is one way of describing Irish Literature. All Irish literature seem to have similar characteristics. First, Irish literature always takes place

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    An example of a writer using satire to critique society would be Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Using a variety of techniques, Austen criticizes how society viewed novels and the people who write them by parodying common tropes in novels. Most novels just want to pull the reader in, and make them forget that they are reading a novel, but Austen does not allow this. The very first line in Northanger Abbey is “No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born

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    The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis Essay

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    The Female and Male Gothic in Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Lewis’ The Monk The gothic novel is characterized by mystery and supernatural fear, usually involving evil villains, and victimized protagonists. These elements are recognized in both Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, and Lewis’ The Monk. The novels are composed of male and female gothic characteristics, involved in gendered portrayals of supernatural events. The gothic genre is used in these novels in unique ways, however they both portray

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    The Blitz and St Paul's Cathedral Essay

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    The Blitz and St Paul's Cathedral When the Blitz began over Britain in the fall of 1940, Londoners were frightened and unsure of what the Nazis had in store for them. However, their uneasy emotions would later change into feelings of nationalistic pride and perseverance, as London became a city full of active resistors to the Nazi forces. This change would be prompted from a variety of sources, including Winston Churchill, the media, as well as the emergence of inspirational symbols. St. Paul's

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    J. M. Synge is one of the most prominent Irish writers of the twentieth century; his writing characterizes a broad, multifaceted range of political, social and religious anxieties shaping Ireland for the duration of its most remarkable period of change, which transformed the place from a relatively peaceful country to a more political and aggressive location. The picture Synge creates shows us that the question of identity relating to Ireland is problematic; however it has produced and provoked

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    Analysis of Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth William Wordsworth existed in a time when society and its functions were beginning to rapidly pick up. The poem that he 'Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye', gave him a chance to reflect upon his quick paced life by taking a moment to slow down and absorb the beauty of nature that allows one to 'see into the life of things'; (line 49). Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey'; takes you on a series of emotional states

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    Evil Villains in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen In Jane Austen’s, Northanger Abbey, John Thorpe and General Tilney are portrayed as unpleasant villains. Villains are defined as, “a wicked or evil person; a scoundrel” (The American Heritage Dictionary http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=VILLAIN). Austen description of both men as power-hungry, easily upset, and manipulative follows this definition. She introduces both characters in separate parts of the book, however simultaneously she delivers

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    Laurence Binyon Poem

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    Throughout many literary text the themes of courage and sacrifice are commonly displayed. Laurence Binyon's poem is one great example that demonstrates this as he writes in dedication to the ‘fallen’ from World War One. Through a respectful and constantly calm tone he focuses his writing on the remarkable sacrifices made by soldiers as well as writes to express the idealistic point of view towards war many people had including himself. The authors image of the soldier's death is being reflected in

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    highlights for the setting, plot and characters. That brought a rush of feedback of the Gothic novel and started the act of satirizing its traditions. One of the best parodists of Gothic moved toward becoming Jane Austen with her novel Northanger Abbey. This exposition exhibits the essential highlights of Gothic fiction and Jane Austen's techniques for mocking them. The primary section concentrates on the introduction of the Gothic traditions. It is essential to comprehend the customary standards

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    Theme of Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey Have you ever thought that Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey can have the same theme? They might be two different stories but, still be connected somehow. Frankenstein - Victor Frankenstein took his love of books to the fullest. After going to college, he took his learning to make a monster. Northanger Abbey - Catherine Morland was a teenager that did not have a lot of friends but she loves to read Gothic novels. These stories has the same similarities

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