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In what ways does Bohannan’s attempt to tell the story of Hamlet to the Tiv illustrate the concept of naïve realism? The story of Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and when Mrs. Bohannan attempts telling the story to the Tiv, she alters the story so that it doesn’t overly alter the language barrier between them. She attempts to make the story of Hamlet understandable to the Tiv, by doing this the Tiv give her another understanding of Hamlet that she hadn’t previously thought about.…

In chapter 52 of East of Eden, Abra talks to Cal about why she no longer loves Aron. She says that, in childhood, their story like dreams of marriage and a happy future satisfied her. But, as she grew older, she grew to realize that she wanted more than to live in a story. This really spoke to me, as the discussion of reality and fantasy intrigues me. I find Abra’s decision to face reality and want to live in it extremely admirable, as fantasy is so often much more appealing and tempting.…

this is significant because it demonstrates the extremities in which people are willing to go to make their lives ideal. On page 219, Amy says, “Item 22: Cut myself. But Amy is afraid of blood, the diary readers will say. (The diary, yes! We’ll get to my brilliant diary.) No, I’m not, not a bit, but for the past year I’ve been saying I am” (Flynn). Despite all of the attention that Amy receives from the public, she harms…

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is commonly known as one of literature’s finest romances, but it is actually one literature’s most ironic romances. While it is a well-written piece of literature, it is a very unrealistic and sudden story of how two star-crossed lovers meet and end. Since Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is formed during a few days, the two are not truly in love. The couple was not truly in love, but rather they were carried away with their emotions, tried to escape their…

Some people think that Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories, however that’s not true. It’s not one of the greatest love stories of all time because Romeo and Juliet are not actually in love. There is a substantial amount of evidence that proves they are not in love. For instance, Romeo, at the beginning, is heartbroken for Rosaline then he sees Juliet and Rosaline is replaced with Juliet, Romeo and Juliet also don’t know each other very well, and the couple may think they’re…

criticism could be described as an examination of the individual in light of a particular group to which he/she belongs, or more specifically, how men and women are portrayed in a work. This is yet another literary approach. In Jay Asher’s holiday romance What Light, the relationship between men and women is illustrated as purely romantic, or attraction, and friendship. Sierra is very social and makes a connection with practically every character in the story. Male characters generally…

Spike Jonze's Her is an ordinary love story with a restriction--one of the lovers is a lot like other human beings. Usually, romances depend on a small stable of expected, but effective, ways of doing things. The more simple of these ways is the two-shot, in which the director puts both individuals in the same shot. A sequence of two-shots affects the audience, which we begin to expect to see these two characters together in every shot. When shots that only contain one of the lovers begin to…

paint a creature pure/When I desire. Who can it counterfeit?/Pygmalion? Nay, not though he forge and beat,/Or curve, or paint; and I dare say again,/Apelles, Zeuxis too, should work in vain,/Either to carve or paint, or forge or beat,/if they presumed my work to counterfeit.” (l. 11-18). The tale also makes note of how innocent Virginia is, by saying she is “Tended to virtue and to gentleness/Modest she was, with maiden bashfulness” (l.…

in Roman poetry by their readers; Lesbia, Cynthia, Delia, Nemesis and Corinna. They are told to us as being some of the most beautiful and enchanting ladies in Rome by their hopeless romantic lovers. These poems are filled with passion, longing, romance, frustration, lust, jealousy, and heartache. All these women in their own way are examples of the role of the “cruel beloved” that is present throughout Roman erotic poetry. Lovely as they may be, their perspective lovers are no stranger to…

In effect, Rochester contradicts himself in this passage. He apologizes for demanding her, tells her he truly loves her, then demands her and objectifies her, making her seem like his property instead of a person with a desire for independence. That this ‘love’ he admits of supposedly having for Jane when they first meet is not ‘true’ love as defined, but is a disordered ‘eros’ based on pleasure in imagination. This identification of Rochester’s ‘love’ to be disordered ‘eros’ can be seen when he…