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    “The Necklace," written by Guy De Maupassant really stood out to me this semester because it reminded me of a lot of things my mom has been trying to tell me growing up. It touches on a lot of valuable life lessons and morals that are better to learn while you are young. The theme of The Necklace is the deceptiveness of appearances. Mathilde strives really hard to impress her friends and live a lifestyle that she cannot afford. She does everything she can to make her life seem like its better than

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    Literature teaches us about the past and that way makes us people who are better informed. It helps us expand our knowledge not only about ourselves but also the variety of cultures and religions around us. Literature can help with our skills when it comes to reading or writing and improve our language in general. I was not much of a reader myself in the past and still not as much as i should be I, like lots of men made excuse on why i do not read much which is that i do not have time to sit and

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    Realism began in France in the 1840’s. It was the first unconventional, anti-institutional art movement. It challenged Neoclassicism and Romanticism by diverting every ones attention to more social issues which were brought by the disturbed and raging 19th century. In simpler words, Realism was, opposed to the Romanticism ways of merely representing nature, an approach to art to position oneself in the “real”, whether it was scientifically, morally, constitutionally, or even theoretically. When it

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    Boileau the Younger on the Bon Marche Department Store in Paris. His major advances were mostly with structural techniques that were aesthetically pleasing technique. Gustave Eiffel’s innovative design and aesthetic appeal helped create long-lasting structures. His structures, advances and his legacy transcends the years. Gustave Eiffel was born in France in 1832. Even though his last name suggests that he is German, his descendants resided in France for over a century before Eiffel was born. His

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    The two passages, taken from early sections of Great Expectations and Madame Bovary, deal predominantly with the subject of death and the spectrum of approaches applied by their characters to deal with such circumstances. Both Charles Dickens and Gustave Flaubert draw particular attention to the binary codes of public and private life and the extent to which the characters are compelled to manipulate or conceal their true feelings in order to conform to their societies' dogmatic customs and expectations

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    A Comparison of Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary   We would like to think that everything in life is capable, or beyond the brink of reaching perfection.  It would be an absolute dream to look upon each day with a positive outlook.  We try to establish our lives to the point where this perfection may come true at times, although, it most likely never lasts. There's no real perfect life by definition, but instead, the desire and uncontrollable longing to reach this

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    summer? If you are, you should go to the wonderful Eiffel Tower located in Paris, France. There are many reasons as of two why you should consider going there, but these are the important ones; the life of Gustave Eiffel, description of the Eiffel Tower, and the tourist attraction. Alexander-Gustave Eiffel was an only son and the first child of Catherine- Melanie Eiffel and Francois-Aleixandre. He was born on December 15, 1832, in Dijon, France. Eiffel’s dad was a soldier in the French army, and he

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    Gustave Flaubert "A Simple Heart" Gustave Flaubert’s short story, A Simple Heart, is the narrative account of one woman’s painfully unrewarding life as a humble and blindly dedicated servant, Felicite. Throughout the story chronicling her life, she suffers a series of heartbreaking losses, but continues to love unconditionally nonetheless. A Simple Heart brings up themes of death and loss, and unquestioning duty and responsibility. It also calls into question conventional religious belief

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    Death Over Life in Flaubert's Madame Bovary       Often in literature, a character is found that is quite memorable. Never was this more true than in Flaubert's Madame Bovary. To some, Emma Bovary's action at the end of the novel was drastic and unnecessary; others believed her death to be the end of the natural progression of the story. However, Emma's decision to commit suicide was relatively simple, yet came as a last resort. She had exhausted all the other options she felt were available

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    Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and The Awakening by Kate Chopin both show the life of a woman in a half-dreamy stupor, overzealously running around looking for something but not knowing what it is they are looking for. They feel immensely dissatisfied with the lives they are stuck with and find suicide to be the only alternative. The two books, Madame Bovary, written in 1857 and The Awakening, written in 1899, both have the theme of confinement and free-will, yet differ vastly with respect to

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