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Title: Why Young Girls Don’t Think They Are Smart Enough Topic: Girls think they aren’t brilliant and smart enough for some activities. Summary: Researchers have found out that girls as young as 6 start to believe that specific activities are ‘not for them’, simply because they think they’re not smart enough. Girls are less likely … Read more
“The Negro of the Antilles will be proportionately whiter – that is, he will come closer to being a real human being – in direct ratio to his mastery of the French language” (Fanon 8). Discuss the relationship between language and race as this presented in Selvon’s novel. Frantz Fanon’s claim that the “Negro of … Read more
In both novels, the authors explore the theme of confinement, portraying it as significant when considering how and to what extent social conventions are harmful in their influence on morality. In, majority of the characters are restricted with their own self-imposed rules on behaviour. Failure to comply would result in ostracization. Wharton conveys this imprisonment … Read more
Mr Collins uses his library at Hunsford for ‘reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road. The room in which the ladies sat was backwards’ (P&P, p. 117). The very deliberate positioning of his ‘book-room’ is emphasised by the ladies’ location at the back of the … Read more
The dictionary defines pop culture as being “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.” Jane Austen wrote during the late 16th/ early 17th century. During this time, religion was particularly prevalent in societal beliefs as well as a rigid social hierarchy. Society has … Read more
In Austen’s novel, the character of Marianne is an example of a younger, naïve women in the regency era; ‘she was sensible and clever; but eager in everything’. Marianne was bought up in an upper-class family, so she had a higher education and was ‘clever’. However, the adjective ‘eager’ indicates Marianne’s sense of urgency to … Read more
The publication of Jane Austen’s Emma in December 1815 presented the following memorable statement: No, Emma, your amiable young man can be amiable only in French, not in English. He may be very ‘amiable,’ have very good manners, and be very agreeable; but he can have no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people: … Read more
In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho continuously shows how Santiago conquers fear and is greatly rewarded for it. In order to get his treasure and achieve his personal legend he must first travel through the well-known dangers of the desert. It is an extremely expensive trip that many do not return from. This causes him to … Read more
Everyday, it can be observed that millions of people are getting discriminated due to racism as others are judging people just solely based on skin colour, race and religions. This kind of racism issues has been increasing common that often drives people crazy, turning people into a different lifestyle, mentality as well as behaviour, and … Read more
Angela Carter’s ‘Nights at the Circus’ is a novel about Fevvers, the ‘Cockney Venus’, an aerealiste who claims to have wings. She regales journalist Jack Walser, with her life story; how she was hatched from an egg, was left on the doorstep of a brothel, grew up a ‘virgin among whores’, was forced to join … Read more
The motif of doubles is a central feature of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic Victorian novel Frankenstein as well as Arundhati Roy’s 1997 postcolonial Indian novel The God of Small Things. Doubling is used in the characterisation of Victor Frankenstein and his monster in Frankenstein, and of the twins Estha and Rahel in The God of … Read more
The term “hybrid” can be defined as the mixing of genres and styles of writing. It is regarded as a blend of genres within one text. We see Gothic fiction, which is a style and genre that has elements of fear, death and gloom. It can even have romantic aspects like high intensity of emotions … Read more
Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, contradicts ideas of monsters that we have imagined, such as monsters show or feel no emotion except for anger and the stereotypical idea that monsters are bad regardless of how they are inside and out. Frankenstein’s creature fits the description many would picture a monster with, “His yellow skin scarcely covered … Read more
Frankenstein’s creature made first appearance in chapter 5. It was described by Victor Frankenstein sarcastically as “Beautiful! Great God!” (p68). The use of exclamation and “God” could indicate how wrong Frankenstein feels to describe the creature as “beautiful”. The exclamation exaggerates his thoughts and also gives the reader a sense of wrongness in using the … Read more
Frankenstein Lit Circle #2 As the plot unfolds, we start to get more information about the monster. Does he have more than one mental function and how do they build him as a monster? Does his mental functions help him with individuation when he enters the wilderness? The monster starts off with the mental function … Read more
