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TMU Literature and Composition Final 2023 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Identify the genre (tragedy, satiric comedy, romantic comedy) of Trifles, and explain your choice. It is tragic that a marriage and two lives are wasted because of lack of communication loneliness Is The Importance of Being Earnest high or low comedy? Explain. It is high comedy, being based primarily on verbal humor instead of physical humor Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds ...

Industrialism - ANSWER--the industrial revolution well established in Great Britain from late 1700s to early 1800s Materialism - ANSWER--"belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness" -"what, ultimately, are the spiritual costs of their materialism and prosperity?" (348) Georg Hegel - ANSWER--German and philosophical Idealist (idea that reality grounded in "workways of the mind") -responsible for "the real is rati...

Arthur Miller - Answer- "The Death of a Salesman" depicted a man whose failure made him feel like an outcast. Alexander Pope - Answer- (1710-1728) "Rape of the Lock", "An Essay on Man", "The Dunciad" Classical Period - Answer- 1200bc - 455ce Forms: lyric poetry, greek drama (tragedy, comedy)(chorus, deus ex machina) Themes: life/death, morality, season changes, political commentary, satire, Greek mythology, Greek wars, Greek Gods, Roman life Homer (Greek) - Answer- The Iliad a...

The English language is described as a living language because - it changes due to growth and decay. In a living language, words are added and others cease to exist. English has changed over time due to - historical influences, new science and medical discoveries and modifications in social attitudes. Romantic poets feel that isolation and alienation are important components to the creation of their poetry. What does alienation have to do with Romantic Ideology? - To commune with ...

This document provides an in-depth summary of the main literary eras from Medieval Literature to Postmodern style written by an A* English Literature student (a list of all eras in the document can be found below). Each era contains information on style, genre, context, content, and much more to ensure well-rounded knowledge. The document also contains explanations for some keywords which may be unfamiliar to readers. This document is for: + A-level English literature students +High-achievi...

Martha gave a bath to her puppy wearing a purple sweater. Which sentence below is a clearer version of the sentence above? A. Martha and her puppy went out to take a bath in a purple sweater. B. Martha, wearing a purple sweater, gave a bath to her puppy. C. The puppy and Martha went outside without her sweater. D. The puppy took a bath outside in a purple sweater sat Martha. B A middle-school teacher is preparing an oral language assessment for her students in which she plans to listen to...

FTCE English 6-12 Practice Test 1 Questions with complete Answers The English language is described as a living language because it changes due to growth and decay. In a living language, words are added and others cease to exist. English has changed over time due to historical influences, new science and medical discoveries and modifications in social attitudes. Romantic poets feel that isolation and alienation are important components to the creation of their poetry. What does...

ENGL 216 Quiz 3 QUESTION 1 How does Darwin define natural selection? QUESTION 2 Jane Eyre’s response to how she should avoid hell is not to die. QUESTION 3 At the end of A Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim dies. QUESTION 4 “We see beautiful adaptations everywhere and in every part of the organic world” comes from this work: QUESTION 5 This work is both an allegory of social responsibility and a fable of individual transformation through symbolic rebirth: QUESTION 6 The majority of Victorian reader...

This essay is graded A* (92%, 23/25) A Level, scoring these marks by its insightful and advanced discussion of the instances of chance and coincidence. Covering a myriad of topics such as fate, social class and setting, this essay covers the whole novel with in-depth analysis of quotes, both primary and secondary characters and Hardy's thematic schemes.

Praxis 5038 Latest Update Graded A Neoclassicism (Late 17th c. and 18th c.) Restoration, Augustan, Age of Johnson. Writers looked to the ideals and art forms of classical times. The age of reason. (Austen, Moliere, Johnson, Locke, Pope) Romanticism (extended) but technically Coincides with the age of revolutions, reaction to the neoclassical period. Nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, lyric poetry, the self. Imagination and expression over reason. (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats,...