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    In the novel Frankenstein, and the two poems of "Miss Brill" and "To Jane: The Recollection", nature exposes itself as a healer for the individual, whose beauty restores their happiness and tranquility. Through the serenity and peaceful scenery depicted through the imagery in nature, the individual is cleansed and purified of their grief. This is shown many times throughout Frankenstein, allowing the individual to help himself or herself after a horrific event and find calm in nature. This is demonstrated in Frankenstein 's proclamation, when he says, "I wept like a child: 'Dear mountains! My own beautiful lake! How do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to prognosticate peace…

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    Calamity Jane Canary Calamity Jane Canary is a very interesting woman. Calamity Jane Canary was alive for a long time. She died when she was 51 that year was 1903 on August 1st. She was born on May 1, 1852. Her family was from Princeton, Missouri and she was the oldest of six children. In 1865, her family migrated to Montana. During this trip her mother died.Two years later her father died in Salt Lake City leaving Jane in charge of her five younger siblings. She moved the…

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    Creating the North Platte Canteen in Nebraska was not a well thought out idea, but came about as a result of misinformation on the part of North Platte locals who had hoped to see the Nebraska National Guard but instead met the Kansas National Guard (12). In 1941, The Union Pacific railroad depot located along Front Street became the North Platte Canteen that welcomed troops departing the United States for the World War (5). Relatives of the Nebraska National Guard’s Company heard the news that…

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    In the 1953 western-musical parody Calamity Jane the butch heroin, Jane Canary (Doris Day) undergoes a makeover, by imitating Katie Brown (Allyn McLerie), to become a feminine female; thus engaging into a heterosexual romance with Bill Hickock (Howard Keel) (cf. Mizejewski 185). Katie Brown an aspiring, burlesque singer and dancer, whom Jane mistakes as the famous hyper feminine Adelaid Adams (Gale Robbins), helps Jane to transition from a masculine cowboy into a real and proper woman, by…

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    the day yet is caught behind the bars again amid the night (Gilman 188). Since the wallpaper has been uprooted she has gotten away and the storyteller is allowed to withdraw into the visualization 's brain. There is a solitary piece of the story that mirrors the breakdown of her personality all in its own, and that is the point at which she keeps in touch with: "I have out finally, regardless of you and Jane! Also, I 've pulled off the vast majority of the paper, so you can 't return me!"…

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    Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel written by Jane Austen and published in 1813. Pride and Prejudice is firstly a novel about surpassing obstacles and finding true love and happiness. The story follows the emotional development of the main character Elizabeth Bennet, one of the five daughters of Bennet family, who has the tendency to judge too quickly. As the story progress, Elizabeth learns the difference between the superficial and the essential, throughout her relationship with Mr. Darcy.…

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    Pride and Prejudice is a remarkable novel written by Jane Austen that follows the story of how two opposite characters, William Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, unite despite their differences. The novel has gained a lot of recognition and success that many adaptations were made such as The Lizzie Bennet Diaries created by Hank Green and Bernie Su which also follows the same storyline, but in the form of vlogs uploaded on YouTube, a huge video-sharing website. However, Pride and Prejudice reflect a…

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    nails, leaving bits and pieces of mangled rubber at the bottom of the lake. The second front was the leaky roof with another indomitable spirit. Jane filled buckets of tar adding dollops older temporary patching till she could get her local fix-it man, Henry Jennings, to do a more permanent…

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    In a traditional novel, the author composes the story to describe fictional character and events usually in the form of a sequence. On the other hand, Jean Rhys subverts traditional literary structure by having multiple characters narrate the story. Rhys wrote the novel to include racial, gender and cultural identity to help the reader understand what it meant to be a ‘Jamaican mad women’ rather than just a mad woman. She uses the three factors to give the story meaning. By having more than…

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    In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, she displays a stark contrast between characters in the story. Throughout the novel, Austen discusses the theme of pride in certain characters. She focuses on two opposite sides of pride. The positive correct pride that has the attributes of self-respect, honor, and integrity of oneself and name. There is also negative pride that is defined by arrogance, self-indulgence, thoughts of superiority, and laziness. Mr. Darcy shows the most positive…

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