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    The perceptive quality of Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge, focuses on the ordinary, the regular, and quotidian aspects of life; growing old, the fluctuations of a marriage, the anxious growth of children, and life’s everyday trivialities and little feelings that swell throughout an individual lifespan. Strout achieves this empathetic sense by using long detailed and descriptive sentences, a healthy mix of cumulative and periodic which explore and bluntly state solid truths about the people of the setting. This mix of sentence structure and style parallels the nuance of the characters and the development of emotional power within the book. The narrator is an omnipresent being who hangs above the setting, the…

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    Olive Kitteridge: A Critical Review Introduction Olive Kitteridge is a collection of short stories written by Elizabeth Strout in 2009. The stories, linked by a common thread, the title character Olive Kitteridge, typify life in small town Maine. Trudy Bush’s review of the book was witty and enlightening because Bush never attempts to flee from Olive’s colorful character, as tempting as it may be. Bush embraces Olive entirely, giving a glimpse into her gloomy, and at times loving nature while…

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    Birdsong by Stephen Faulks is a novel to show the effect war has on a person who served in battle and the importance to understand the history of war for those who wish to learn about the past. This novel is about the Great War and its impact it had on the life of Stephen Wraysford, the protagonist of the novel, and his granddaughter Elizabeth Benson. Stephen had an affair with a woman named Isabelle Azaire who ends up getting pregnant and wasn 't sure about the feelings for Stephen so she left…

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    Dr. Q Honors English 17/3/23 The Fundamental Actress of The Importance of Being Earnest- Dame Judi Dench “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a British comedy written by Oscar Wilde, which was transposed into a movie by the director Oliver Parker in 2002. Lady Augusta Bracknell is a dominant character which has a profound impact in both play and movie; her role is essential. She symbolizes the stereotypical upper-class woman during the Victorian Age. She is the tool through which Oscar…

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    Bennet’s Least Favorite Daughter” when he discusses the scene where Elizabeth enters the novel for the first time in chapter two. Mrs. Bennet comes off with an intrusive, rude, and resentful tone as she completely takes over “Elizabeth’s right of reply” to Mr. Bennet (Wiltshire 183), which again can be taken as another moment in time where Mrs. Bennet is disinterested in what Elizabeth has to say. Wiltshire goes so far as to say that Darcy and Elizabeth’s problems all stem from one external…

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    EA In “The Crucible”, the theme that is proposed is “the truth versus faith”. Being shown throughout the play that the majority of the characters in the play are lying, for example, Proctor cheating on his wife, Elizabeth, the judge and governor lying by giving the impression that they serve the cause of God’s justice. The main lie throughout the play is “i am not a witch”.Abigail, along with the other girls, lie about their ability to see spirits. The girls are caught dancing in the forest, and…

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    her act to John, and he kept it a secret for a little but. As many wouldn’t dare to do, John confessed to his affair to save his wife, and others in the town. The affair tainted his marriage for many months, but he put this aside and did something out of the love he always had towards Elizabeth. Once he realized what he had to do to save the woman he truly loves, he confessed to everything. In the courtroom John states, “God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a…

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    different aspects in his life, he takes the tasks that arise and deals with them without a complaint, just as Piercy describes. For instance when Lydia and Wickham ran off to London to elope, he did not complain about their decision, he went out to find them and to make things right. Darcy was not directly involved with the incident so why did he get involved? It was his job as a lover of Elizabeth to. He wanted to restore the Bennet family name which would in turn make Elizabeth feel grateful…

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    proving to be the main antagonist. Pride and Prejudice contained a multitude of characters who acted as they wished without consideration, but like Wickham, Elizabeth Bennet was to be another strong candidate for such unrestricted thought. Introducing her as a strong personality from the start, Austen credited Ms. Bennet with a great deal of individualism in the novel. As silly as it was, Ms. Bingley was jealous of her and Mr. Darcy’s mutual affection and asked Elizabeth to walk around the room…

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    Even if the suspense from Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth is taken away. 9. Lady Catherine is portrayed as someone who cannot stand anyone to be against her. Lady Chaterine 's character does not develop throughout the story, but her prideful and vulgar manners are really visible in the story, specially when she came all the way from her estate to tell Elizabeth that, by marrying Darcy, she would be "polluting the shades of Pemberley". This is ironic, because she has to approve the union between Darcy…

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