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Araby, like the other stories in Dubliner, ‘ has both penetrating realism and a symbolic function ‘ , as Michael Thorpe has rightly observed is his brief Introduction to Joyce in Modern Prose . Graphic and authentic picture of life in the city of Dublin in the days of the author’s childhood and early youth…

The Importance of Being Earnest belongs to a literary genre known as artificial comedy. Unlike traditional comedy, it does not adhere to comical representation of love affairs and follies associated with that. Wilde took the genre of artificial comedy that flourished during the Restoration in England and revived it with a new outlook. This kind…

Throughout the entire story, there are aspects about it that classify it as naturalism rather than the idea of “new’ realism. The unique storyline contains two common examples that appear in naturalist writings. The conflicts between man and nature and man against himself, plus the character of the dog make To Build a Fire into…

I. Background of the study We owe it to ourselves as Filipinos to revisit the writings of Dr. Rizal and try to gain an understanding of his ideals and hope for the Philippines. Dr. Rizal is a great gift of God to us, if we are to see it in a Christian perspective. But Dr….

Aristotle wrote numerous treatises about a variety of topics, one of which is his treatise on Poetics. In this treatise, he discusses poetry and the construction of epics, but the treatise heavily focuses on the creation and definition of a tragedy, particularly on the development of the plot. Based on Aristotle’s definitions of a tragedy…

Love is not simply just an emotion, Love is not just a feeling Love is an action. Love is there when love is not returned. The average person spends a majority of their young life dreaming about a perfect love. Yet, they are not prepared for the consequences that usually come along with love if…

Homer’s tfhe Iliad is an epic poem written about the events that transpired during the war between the Achaians and Trojans and the fates of the warriors and Civilians. What is Fate? Britannicacom defines fate as an inevitable and often adverse outcome. condition. or end. Homer expresses the idea that the gods and goddesses intervene…

In the world of economic suffering and social isolation, John Steinbeck’s novella “Of Mice and Men” depicts a variety of people who battle with loneliness and unrealized goals. Candy, an elderly ranch worker who represents the catastrophic repercussions of loneliness and the loss of aspirations, is one such figure. In this article, Candy’s place in…

All I could think about was how she could do this to me, my own sister, who trusted with everything. Couldn’t believe that she told my mom about me sneaking out on school nights. I was grounded for three weeks and wouldn’t talk to her in that time. When my grounding was over noticed my…

When Dr. Jose Rizal was 26. he published his first novel “Noli Me Tangere” in Belgium in the twelvemonth 1887. It was the Book that gave a flicker in the Filipino Revolutions. It talked about the Spaniard’s haughtiness and ugly usage of faith to accomplish their ain desires and rise to power. It largely talked…