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Angela Carter and the purpose of art: discussing purple prose
“Ok, I write overblown, purple, self-indulgent, prose – so, what?” (Angela Carter, 1992) This is a quotation from author Angela Carter – a favourite of mine. After reading Love and The Magic Toyshop, I became what can only be described as utterly enamoured with her brilliant prose and elaborate descriptions. Paragraphs of the most intricate… Continue reading
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“i have not deserved this”: androcentricity and the women’s voices in othello
The analysis of the female characters in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ is one that has been overlooked and underexplored by countless critics throughout history. Desdemona in particular is frequently an afterthought, despite her centrality to the play. The domestic tragedy relies on her, and not simply as a passive plot device: her initial insistence in the senate… Continue reading
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thinking about … depression and the autobiographical in Plath’s The Bell Jar
I have decided to focus on the extract I examined in literature class, from “It was a queer….” to “hullabaloo”. I have drawn from other parts of the novel, but will not be examining them in detail. This essay may have an incomplete feel, because it is incomplete: it is an abridged version of a… Continue reading
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thinking about … obsession & identity in wuthering heights
The eponymous estate in what I will call Emily Bronte’s genre-blurring magnum opus, Wuthering Heights, is home to more than our seldom merry cast of characters. It is home to violence, passion, cruelty- and love. In Chapter 9 of the novel, upon which our focus lies, Catherine faces what Lukits (2008) calls an “agonising decision”… Continue reading
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