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    Epistolary Novel Analysis

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    self. Rousseau continues to say that the novels he read as a child were formative of feeling but not reason. He “has no idea of the facts, but … was already familiar with every feeling (Rousseau, pg. 20). As Locke would argue, reason is later developed through experience. Thus, Rousseau is half written into being by reading alone. If one believes Rousseau’s argument that reading, in addition to experience, develops the self, then it follows that as one reads Pamela into being through the epistolary form, one’s consciousness is developed simultaneously. Thus the epistolary form achieves a duality of creation – the persona of the reader and the personality of the character. Rousseau was very influenced by Pamela and Richardson’s other work Clarissa. Rousseau went on to write Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise, an epistolary novel that, like Pamela emphasized the intimacy between reader and subject.…

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    Richardson's Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady (1748), reveals through letters the tragic fate of the beautiful, virtuous young woman Clarissa, from the youngest child of a fairly well-off family of five to a fading, broken woman surrounded by and embodied by death. Her steep decline expresses the fact that she was forcibly dragged down into the grim status of a Fallen Woman, a woman who is no longer sexually pure or innocent, by a supposed suitor after being kidnapped and held against…

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    Clarissa Life After Ww1

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    Within that day, Clarissa reveals the internal thoughts within a compressed period of time. While images of love, passion, friendly and peaceful life have fossilized in character’s Memories before the WW1, Clarisse's perception and recollection of the past memories are interrupted by the present interfering surroundings to cause her a confusing with remembering" For having lived in Westminster- how many years now? Over twenty, - one feels even in the midst of the traffic or walking at night,…

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    I decided to do Clarissa from the Dancer and Chris from Lifeguard for a compare and contrast. Clarissa is a confused girl trying to discover her identity and culture; by finding it in Dance.She Chris is a dedicated swimmer and does not focus on anything else, however he learns the true meaning of friendship. When an individual has a rough time in life, they discover something that had been missing in their life, results in compassion and happiness. The connection between Clarissa…

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    felt glad that he had done it; thrown it away” (Woolf 186). On the surface, Clarissa may seem to be leading a flawless and normal life, but on the inside, she’s constantly questioning her current life. Clarissa indeed loves life, but internally, she will never be able to accept her life. Clarissa identifies with Septimus for taking the plunge she would never be able to do and for not surrendering his happiness to society. He is a foreigner, but in terms of social conformity, rather than national…

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    After reading several stories in Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, I found two stories that resonated with me most: “The Ugly Duckling” and “Sealskin, Soulskin.” The former of the two stories is based on Hans Christian Anderson’s tale of the same name and tells of a homely little bird born to a family of ducks. The ugly duckling suffers much verbal and physical abuse from all of the other ducks. His mother defends him at first, but she eventually grows tired of his…

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    lunch with Hugh and Lady Bruton. Clarissa is complaining about how she must invite miss Kilman to her party. Richard wonders if the parties are causing too much for Clarissa. Clarissa says that Richard and miss kilman criticize her for her parties. Clarissa says she feels perfectly happy. Clarissa lives on the sofa as she thinks about Peter and her partners. She thinks about how Peter is always wrong and with the wrong woman. Clarissa wonders how much are parties mean to her life she considers…

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    Harcourt. Kindle Edition. The first sentence of this passage is Woolf’s attempt to show that Clarissa didn’t know Septimus personally, but surprisingly related to him emotionally. This was Woolf’s way in showing that Clarissa too feels trapped in the society she lives in. Woolf uses the word “somehow” to emphasize how peculiar it felt to Clarissa that she related to Septimus to that extent. Does she often feel the need to kill herself as well? Woolf uses a dash in this first sentence. Usually,…

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    that he is no longer in love with Clarissa, but his painful memories surface causing grief and even an attraction towards Clarissa. “It was awfully strange he thought, how she still had the power, as she came across the room, to make the moon, which he detested, rise at Bourton on the terrace in the summer sky” (Woolf 47). As Peter and Clarissa start to reminisce about the past, and even Peter asking Clarissa if she is “happy,” the emotions with the past get brought into the present.…

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    Clarissa Rigas boasts a decade of experience in the real estate industry, with her partner Peter Tzellos working alongside her for the last six. Both have been the recipient of numerous, highly esteemed awards in their years of service. In addition, their positive demeanour and honest approach to business has garnered a huge client following. All of their clients can testify to their glowing character traits: honest, innovative, loyal, hardworking, humorous and family oriented. Together,…

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