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    Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has been cherished and revered by a consistently large audience for many decades. So how has a novel, published 205 years ago, continued to remain relatable and relevant in modern society? The universal themes of Pride and Prejudice on both the interpersonal and societal levels, such as love, marriage, and class, keep people constantly returning to the story, but in addition, it is Austen’s light, crisp, and direct telling of both characters and plot that yields…

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    Jane Austen’s famous work is "Pride and Prejudice" and “emma”. You may have heard of a book called "Pride and Prejudice" and “emma”. And most of you who know about it may probably read about it. For it is read, there will be many different impressions and aspects they're focusing on. I have read by comparing the character and atmosphere or all situation of the two books. Say from conclusion, both the books has great similarities. First, let's look at the book, Pride and Prejudice. You can…

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    English Commentary: Points of View by Lucinda Roy The poem “Points of View” by Lucinda Roy juxtapositions the stratum of society who live a frugal life and those who live a lavish one. In the modern age we still have people who are deprived of basic necessities like food, water, clothes, houses, etc. and on the contrary there are people who live an opulent lifestyle. Lucinda Roy has used water as a medium to express her concern towards these prevalent disparities. The main focus of the poem is…

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    Sisterly Love: Nothing More Than Deceitful Manipulation? Claire: Stay here if you hate me so much. Catherine: And do what? Claire: You’re the genius, figure it out. (CLAIRE is upset, near tears. [...] She exits). (Auburn, 78) In the play Proof, by David Auburn, two estranged sisters, Catherine and Claire, struggle to fundamentally understand each other upon reuniting after their father’s death. Furthermore, Catherine characterizes Claire as having a conniving and haughty persona; yet, towards…

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    Pride and Prejudice is a novel written by Jane Austen. The book portrays the social class at the time and how it affected the people’s lives and their actions. The novel consists of two main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy. During the course of the story, both Elizabeth and Darcy go through changes in the way that the think and act. The author, Jane Austen does this in the hope to send her readers a message through the change between the characters. Throughout the course of the novel Elizabeth…

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    Jane Austen’s novel pride and prejudice presented four married couples, non-of the couples are a like in their love story and personalities. In that era, women were concerned a lot about marriage and who to marry which was an important thing in women’s life because mostly the women’s financial stability is on men or husbands. Austen in the novel she presented several contrasting attitudes to marriage. Austin focused mainly on pride and prejudice which presents true love, while there was other…

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    1. In the story “The Necklace”, Mrs. Loisel we learn, is a very gorgeous lady, but lives poorly. She is married to a clerk in the Ministry of Education. She thinks highly of herself, as if she was made to be born into the luxurious lifestyle. She has a friend, Madame Forestier, who is very wealthy, and lends a diamond necklace to Mrs. Loisel. The central conflict of this story is the loss of the diamond necklace. She loses it just after the big ball, and spends the next 10 years of her life…

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    Characteristics: The Lady: "The Lady" or the beloved who regularly appears in Donne's poetry is normally a delightful lady who is bashful around an enthusiastic or physical connection to the speaker. Donne for the most part spends the greater part of the ballad participating in a contention to charm her yet from time to time with a resolution. In his later verse, the woman tended to is a perfect lady who cherishes the speaker with a profound love mixed together with physical energy. In these…

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    Alissa Nutting Model’s Assistant: My Best Friend Garla Why are you making a decent attempt to fit in when you were destined to emerge? In the story "Models Assistant" by Alissa Nutting, she paints an examination between humanities battle between medias unattainable flawlessness, and our own instabilities that prompt the fixation of our predictable approval through these standards. In such manner, Alissa perfectly exemplifies our unreliable society, whereas Garla fills in as the background to…

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    Kamala Das Poem Analysis

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    An Introduction" is Kamala Das' most renowned sonnet in the confession booth mode. Keeping in touch with her, dependably filled in as a kind of otherworldly treatment: "On the off chance that I had been an adored individual, I wouldn't have turned into an essayist. I would have been a glad person." Kamala Das starts without anyone else's input declaration: I am what I am. The poetess guarantees that she isn't keen on legislative issues, however claims to know the names of all in control…

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