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Character development in the novel depends on non-realist as well as realist techniques and conventions. Discuss this claim in an essay of not more than 1,500 words, referring to one of the following novels: Great Expecations, Fathers and Sons, F
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Little Women
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Plato's Symposium provides us with many different views and theories about love.
Plato's Symposium provides us with many different views and theories about love. Platonic love as I understood it was simply the love between two human beings in a nonromantic sense. In these readings Eros presents ideas about love, ideas that have not lost their relevance throughout the test of time. However being what it was, and that is many different peoples thoughts on the subject of Eros, there is a wide variety of ideas to choose from to formulate a theory which would completely encapsulate all that is love. Platonic love to me was nothing more then love found in a nonromantic setting. For example the first conclusion I draw when I begin to describe platonic love is that which is found between a brother and a sister. It is almost as though this type of love leaves out all of the exciting aspects, which make love so wonderful, yet so dangerous. Of course platonic love can take place between friends I suppose, which in some cases leads to a developed relationship blooming into a situation full of longing, desire, and romance. Plato defined somewhat differently, to him it was more creative, and balanced with sexual yearning, and desire, that was my take on how he spoke of love. At any rate I feel the term platonic in many instances is stable, but it can be proven that it is subject to change course and become a romantic affair. In Symposium, Diotima speaks
The Loathly Lady as a representative of female sexuality and geo- and socio-politicaldivisions within medieval English society, with special reference to The Wife of Baths Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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The Revenger's Tragedy. In the extract, the key themes of lust, moral decay, misogyny and corruption are demonstrated and reinforced through the exchange between Vindice and Gratiana.
In the extract, the key themes of lust, moral decay, misogyny and corruption are demonstrated and reinforced through the exchange between Vindice and Gratiana. In the Italian court in which the play is set, it is evident that moral bankruptcy is, and almost the only way of life and this is reflected in Vindice's words; "The world descends into such base-born evils/ That forty angels can make fourscore devils" (II.i.88-89). The endless lust for wealth and ambition in court are conveyed with these lines, where he points out the fact that money is in fact, the root cause of evil. Here, 'the world' can be seen as a metaphor for the various characters in the court, where the supposedly 'noble', in the attempt to fulfil their individual agendas, have been in fact, reduced to become the most morally corrupt group of people. As such, one would be compelled to contemplate the extent of debauchery in the duke's court; if Vindice, who appears to be the purveyor of justice but deceives and murders through the play, can act like a moral spokesman in the play, it would seem that the entire court practise much more evil in comparison. This hence, further reinforces the idea that general moral decay runs rampant in the court. Furthermore, Vindice acknowledges the fact that despite his disgust, it was not surprising that the court would be mired in corruption, this being seen in the line "Tis
Comparitive Critical Essay: The Murder in the Rue Morgue and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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