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challenge the concept of a single metanarrative by including various micronarratives, employed to confuse what story takes precedence over the other, are Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire and Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler. Nabokov employs the concept of intertextual conversation between different sections of the book in Pale Fire while Calvino makes use of the reader’s self-awareness of their role as an active participant in the reading of If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler to

Richard Rowlands historical maps and translated data from the Russian Census of 1897 this research attempts to visually conceptualize the layout of the Pale of Settlement on a map containing contemporary country boundaries (see Figure 1). The Pale of Settlement was inhabited before Czarist Catherine the Great labeled the area the Pale of Settlement. Simone Dubnow’s research argues that the first wave of eastward Jewish emigration took place in the Tenth Century Khazar empire, located in the

Incarnation of immortality series Book one: On a Pale Horse Samantha’s overview of the book for Sean This story was definitely a thriller. In this book we meet a man named Zane. He was a present who did not live the best life. He was a poor man with zero income who had a habit of gambling. The book started with this man meeting a magician who offered him stones to bring him fortune, love or the knowledge of his death. Zane a poor man, did not have money to pay the magician for the stones. He kept

This paper is going to analyze the context within which the work of art, "Death on the Pale Horse" was created. In addition, the paper will also discuss the medium that the artist selected and highlight a number of the other fascinating aspects of this Benjamin West painting. Benjamin West first displayed his work of art in 1784 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in conjunction with three different works that he had planned to paint. The artist used oil on canvas as his final medium and the

merchant did not give them the right of selling articles not of their manufacture. Residence After the Polish partitions, Russia inherited 2 million Jews. The government restricted these Jews residence in only 25 political districts, called the Pale of the settlement, with few exceptions. Russia established this Jewish area after partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795) Territorial divisions of Poland by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Unequal Punishment Jews were liable for more severe punishments

didn’t open his eyes for he was afraid of what would stand in front of him. He became ever colder as he heard it come closer. Once he was shivering with goosebumps he opened his eyelids just for a peek. In front of him, he saw the eye of a vulture. Pale blue like the crystal seas of the Caribbean. Although you may think that it sounds like the prettiest thing you have ever seen, it wasn’t. This eye was haunting. There was a film over the ever the eye

Pale skin... bright, silver hair... Blood... So much blood... [i][color=olive]"KIA! RUN!"[/color][/i] Kialsi jolted up in the bed, letting out a quick scream. She hastily clamped a hand over her mouth, feeling the tears run down her face as she trembled. No. She didn't want the others to start asking questions. She needed these dreams to end. But she doubted that would happen. The girl stood up, wiping the tears and feeling the cold sweat stick to her skin. She headed into the bathroom that

Dr. Kinbote and John Shade Vladimir Nabokov is an artist that accentuates the aesthetic pleasure which patterning affords. The fabric of Pale Fire is woven with a dense texture of mirrors, doubles, parodies, games, riddles, masks, and disguises. In the story, such games of perception (particularly the notion of reflection and misconception) creates a disparity between reality and fantasy. One of the most well-known and multifaceted line in the poem comes from the first stanza, fifteenth stanza, and

The Russian Pogroms of 1881 were a series of devastating events in Eastern European Jewish history. The 1881 pogroms immediately followed the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Due to industrialization, the Russian government plunged into turmoil, and the masses were living impoverished and discontented lives. The assassins were a radical group called Narodnaya Volya, consisting entirely of Atheists, only one who was born Jewish. Anti-Semitic groups claimed the Jews were the ones who killed Czar

On Pale Green Walls B: Analysis and interpretation of ”On Pale Green Walls” Word count: 969 Clare Wigfall’s short story”On Pale Green Walls” explores some of the most important aspects of growing up as a child. It explores concepts such as the curiosity of a child and the relationship between adult and child, the importance of there being a good understanding between the two, and the jealousy and misunderstandings that come as a result of a bad relationship. Life is harsh and full of disappointments