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    According to Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish, the Panopticon is a prison designed to establish power and control of one individual over the prisoners through observation. This observation is achieved through the prison’s annular structure, with the prisoners in confined cells facing the center, and the supervisor in a central tower (Foucault 200). The ring-like structure and the central tower allow the supervisor to see all inmates while simultaneously prohibiting them from…

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    Sherlock Holmes Definition

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    Baker Street.” (Moffat) This is where we start our story, with a name and an address. If you ask random people “Who is Sherlock Holmes?” most will tell you that he is the greatest detective to ever live. While this statement is taken for fact all around the world, unfortunately the great Mister Holmes has always been fiction. It is like calling the lion who lives in savannas the king of the jungle. The actuality in these labels maybe lacking, but the meaning stays the same. Sherlock Holmes may…

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    poetry,fiction,mystery.He wrote evocative short stories.He married his cousin Virginia who died in 1847. Edgar Allen was born in January 19,1806 in, Boston,Massachusetts,and died October7,1849. Some of Edgar Allen Poe accomplishmentś are he wrote short stories,and poetry.He won a literary prize for “The gold Bug”,in 1843.”The gold Bug was a story of hunting treasure,and secret codes.Editor of the evocative poems and short stories that interested readers around the world.Wrote modern detective…

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    The ability to read and write is a gift. Back than many people cannot read or write, but most people today can read and write. Unfortunately, they are wasting this gift. Perhaps I am misusing this gift also. Reading can give you an idea even you were not at that time, can change a person’s habits, also can capture the reminiscence scene during reading the book and lastly able to learn new information. Because the power to read and write is a present, people can learn new information and…

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    the early twentieth century, women play a very vital role in helping to uncover the hidden truths throughout the novel (Thinkers View). Agatha Christie, a woman author who could be described as being a feminist, primarily wrote novels about detective fiction, mysteries, and secrets. Christies works symbolized the battle women during this time period were faced with while fighting for enhancement and equality of their rights. The main character of the novel Miss Marple was an elderly village…

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    persistent raindrops on the windshield made the drive to Duquesne University especially glum that Tuesday morning. I felt a particular sense of being shadowed as I walked from my parked car down to Lieberman Hall for our class discussion of detective fiction. When I reached the building, I realized that I had forgotten my key to enter. Thankfully, a man who looked to be my professor rounded the corner and unlocked the door for me. As I passed through the doorway, I turned around to thank the…

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    create and maintain a friendship with John (even when caring for people is not one a priority) gives way to endless character development. Ultimately, something that was not given to readers in The Final Problem. It is much more effective, new to fiction in general and…

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    James Patterson: One Step at a time to a Suspenseful Success James Patterson remains best recognized for his thriller series of Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, along with the Women’s Murder Club. These series are just a few to mention of the author’s colossal accomplishments in publications. Being duly noted that Patterson’s books account for one out of every seventeen hardcover novels purchased in the United States (Berkowitz). More so, Patterson’s achievement has been accredited to his…

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    where the lead detectives must procure a lost or stolen item. Although both authors use almost congruent plots, characters and situations to expose readers to great tales of ratiocination, the contrast in the characters’ behavior, the fluctuation in plots and the slight difference in situations lead to Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia to be a more thought provoking and cultural questioning tale. In both Poe’s and Doyle’s works the lead detectives share similar personalities. Both detectives,…

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    The great-great-grandson of an influential magistrate in the Salem witch trials, Nathaniel Hawthorne was a prominent writer in the nineteenth century who experimented with his own unique writing style to write dozens of short stories for the American audience. “Young Goodman Brown” is one of his most famous stories, in part because of its context; the Salem witch trials are a big part of American history as it was a turning point in the perspective of the Puritan faith. The story is enhanced…

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