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New Criticism approach to Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, was set in a time period shortly after World War I. An omniscient narrator narrates the novel and it gives the reader response full access of what is happening in the minds of the characters from different points of views. In the…

“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is a popular saying that means one should not prejudice the worth of someone or something by its outer appearance. The prevalence of this prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird, is shown through the unfair treatment of African-Americans based on racial, societal, and gender stereotypes. By juxtapositioning good…

“And if all work forces were good. this learning would non be good ; but because they are wicked and do non detect religion with you. you besides do non hold to detect it with them” ( 69 ) . Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince is arguably the most celebrated and controversial political scientific discipline book…

The mainpurpose of this book is to show the contrasts between the peaceful city ofLondon and the city of Paris, tearing itself apart in revolution. This isapparent in the very first line of the book, “It was the best of times, itwas the worst of times….” This is a contrast of the two cities, London,the…

The Mad Dog Extract How does Harper Lee create mood and atmosphere? Harper Lee starts to create the tense mood straight from the offset. In the very first sentence she uses alliteration of the letter ‘d’ in the words ‘deadly’ and ‘deserted’. The length of the first couple of sentences have and effect on the…

Macbeth: Calamity or Sarcasm William Shakespeare wrote four great calamities, the last of which was written in 1606 and titled Macbeth. This “ calamity ” , as it is considered by social critics of yesterday s literary universe, scrutinizes the evil dimension of struggle, offering a dark and glooming ambiance of a universe dominated by…

The Many Stitches of Timescale Richard Perl, a political advisor of the sass, once said, “Sometimes the things we… Do seem objectionable in the eyes of others” (“Brainy Quote” 7). This is true of people and situations we encounter in our everyday lives, and all of us are most likely deemed objectionable more frequently than…

Word Count: 1092The Outsider, written by Albert Camus, and The Trial, written by FranzKafka, are two books that have been critically acclaimed since the timethat they were published. There are critics that claim that TheOutsider is a dull book, and is not even a read-worthy book. Otherpeople claim that it shows us how society actually…

The Last but Not the Least The final play we watched in class, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, represents a culmination of the themes present in all the plays we studied in English 100 and Drama 235. It touches upon the themes of Lies (Oedipus Rex), jealousy (Othello), sexuality or gender…

The antisemitism in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is well-known and documented by literary critics and historians. Shylock, one pf the play’s main characters, is a wealthy Jew whose selfish and avaricious nature is exploited throughout the play to create one of Shakespeare’s  notorious villains. This accomplishment to a large extent rests on Shakespeare’s ability…