------------------------------------------------- Biographical Criticism Biographical criticism is the idea that knowing an author’s experiences can help the reader to interpret and understand the author’s text. Biographical critics believe it’s essential to be aware of the time period and events at the time of the writing‚ and this will help them understand the work. By understanding what time period that the author was raised in‚ the audience‚ who has to have a common knowledge about general
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majority of Gascons‚ which are natives of Gascony‚ France who had a reputation of being very boastful. Cyrano’s friend Henry Le Bret later stated that “duels‚ which at the time seemed the unique and most rapid means of becoming known… considered him the demon of courage and credited him with as many duels as he had been with them in days.” Cyrano was an individualist that had problems with discipline: He opposed war and death penalties‚ and had a humanitarian way of thinking. His mindset of helping to improve
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Although the purpose of the punishments in Dante’s Inferno may be unclear‚ their overall methodology and structure seems straightforward. There are many concentric rings‚ each with a sin or set of sins associated with them‚ and a punishment for each sin. When sinners die they are consigned to the place which is designated to appropriately punish the particular kinds of sin that they committed during their lifetime. As Dante descends to lower circles‚ we see that the punishments get worse and worse
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Showing her rank by her elegant clothes and red stocking‚ also eluding that she is likes her lovers. Wife of Bath is the opposite of the Nun loud and modern‚ not what a woman should be by their standards. Chaucer’s states‚ “There was a good WIFE OF beside BATH‚ /But she was somewhat deaf‚ and that was a pity. / Her kerchiefs were very fine in texture;
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skin color is neither an indicator of intelligence‚ nor of worth. Lily says‚ “It would have been better if God had deleted skin color altogether” (155). Lastly‚ Lily tells how she and her friend sit with Zach at school‚ despite being called “nigger lover” for doing so. Lily shows that she is developing the self-confidence to stand up to discrimination by repudiating the values of her
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to see the dark-side of the light. I went to church on Sundays and would see my aunts and uncles get wasted from Monday to Saturday and the cycle was never ending. I would hear sermons given about the demons that masquerade the ones we love through drugs and alcohol but I got to live the demons right at the front door‚ in the house‚ and on the floor. I am now an adult and have been able to see the world as it is through my eyes‚ I heavily believe that everyone is human and should be treated as
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literary tradition[ Kumārasambhava literally means "Birth of Kumara"‚ i.e. Kartikeya. This epic of seventeen cantos entails Shringara Rasa‚ the rasa of love‚ romance‚ and eroticism‚ more than Vira rasa (the rasa of heroism). Tarakasur‚ a rakshasha (or demon) was blessed that he could be killed by none other than Lord Shiva’s son‚ however‚ Shiva had won over Kama-deva (the god of love). Parvati performed great tapasya (or spiritual penance) to win the love of Lord Shiva. Consequently‚ Shiva and Parvati’s
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’Kubla Khan‚’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ is one of the most enigmatic and ambiguous pieces of literature ever written. Allegedly written after a laudanum (an opiate) induced dream‚ the author claims to have been planning a two hundred to three hundred line poem before he got interrupted by a ’man from Porlock‚’ after which he had forgotten nearly all of his dream. This may have been merely an excuse‚ and the poem was scorned at the time for having no poetic value‚ one critic even going so far as
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humorous‚ conflicting‚ and balanced events in motion through his use and misuse of magic. Lysander tells his love Hermia that‚ “the course of true love never did run smooth” (I.i. 134) foreshadowing Puck’s misuse of magic on Lysander to confuse the lovers. Oberon tells Puck to retrieve the magical flower to spread
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