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    Modern Feminism has many various strands of thinking as different people strive to explain the world around them. Gregory Castle says, “What all of these women have in common is an interest in exposing patriarchal forms of power as the cause of the unequal and subordinate status of women in Western societies” (96). Literature reflects the ideas of the author therefore, by interpreting Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley with the literary theory of Feminism, the reader can…

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    The title “The Masque of the Red Death” Author - Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) Date - First published as “The Masque of the Red Death. A Fantasy” in 1842. Republished as “The Masque of the Red Death” in the July 1845 issue of a magazine called the Broadway Journal Summary - At the beginning of the story we are introduced to the red death and Prince Prospero. The prince goes to lock off himself and all his friends away in his luxurious “Castellated abbey” to stall the coming of death as…

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    master is the great rich Capulet, and, if you be not / of the house of Montagues…” this illustrates the character of the families (I.ii.85-87). The two kins despise and openly criticize each other. Further, when Tybalt encounters Romeo at the masquerade ball, he hungers to fight him, which further delineates this rancor. In addition, Tybalt desires Capulet to expel Romeo from the party, but Capulet tells…

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    He hosts a masquerade ball for his guests, but one appears unwelcomed. According to the narrator, “the figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave” (“The Masque of the Red Death” 209) This figure kills Prospero and all of his…

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    The year is 1800; the events that led up to this year in my life and the lives of every member of my entire family replays vividly in my mind. This beautiful island of Trinidad, although filled with uncertainty, presents such great opportunity that going back now is just not an option. Life as a French coloured planter was changing in Grenada. The French Revolution threatened the economy and most importantly the livelihoods of us planters. In 1776, a French planter…

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    Imagine living in a society where all of your opinions are made up for you, years before you were even born. You’re not allowed to choose who you like or who you hate because society has set it all out for you. Now this is starting to sound like a dystopian novel, but it’s not. The classic Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird share some qualities with our well loved dystopian novels. Both are based around two parts of society that hate each other, and there are children who are able to see…

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    Why to consider At home laser hair removal as the most advanced method? Description: Since the craze of At home laser hair removal is growing so much therefore you got to try out the same at least once in your life in order to realize the multiple effects of this treatment. The days of tweezing, waxing, electrolysis or depilatory creams are over. Now, body hairs can be comfortably removed with the use of laser treatment. At home laser hair removal has currently taken the place of all kinds of…

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