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George MacDonald's Personal Theology in At the Back of the North Wind
(2017-11-21)
Personal belief systems have always influenced the creation of literary works; such theological principles worm their way into stories and depict the author’s convictions. Nineteenth-century author George MacDonald’s ...
The contested tombs: an ecofeminist analysis of Ursula K. Le Guin’s character Tenar
(2020-11-24)
The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin is frequently mentioned in discussions of fantasy literature, not only for the relevance it has narratively and as a saga, but also because thematically it deals with topics inherent ...
"As remorseless as Nature": victorian sublime in Dr Moreau's fin de siècle-manifestation of the mad scientist
(2020-11-24)
This dissertation discusses H. G. Wells’ Island of Doctor Moreau from a Romantic perspective, arguing that the novel’s antagonist Doctor Moreau fails in transforming animals into human beings through the practice of ...
Technology, Power and Ignorance: The sources of corruption in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
(2018-12-04)
Since the first Industrial Revolution and up to our current days, there has been an exponential growth in the power of technology over nature and over humanity. Simultaneously, the concern about the negative impact that ...
The Memory Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
(2023-04-17)
This work aims to study the memory of one of the most challenging wars in the recent history of the United States of America through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Vietnam was not like other wars. It ...
Out of control: The representation of hegemonic masculinity in Mary Harron's "American Psycho" and Steve McQueen's "Shame"
(2023-04-17)
[EN] Hegemonic masculinities define standardised forms of manhood, and they have been historically linked with violence in western societies as a way to establish male dominance and control over women and those men who do ...
Varieties of english around the world: Australian english
(2023-04-17)
Although English is the native language of the majority of the population in Australia, not
many EFL learners have a comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of Australian
English, in comparison with other major ...
The semantics and pragmatics of conjoined sentences
(2023-04-17)
It is widely known that conjoined sentences with and can communicate a wide range of
relations between its conjuncts. Therefore, linguists in semantics and pragmatics fields
have long tried to examine the nature of those ...
Naturalism in Stephen Crane's “Maggie, a Girl of the Streets”: exploration of social determinism
(2023-04-17)
Literary works often reflect the reality of society, and naturalism, as a literary genre,
is a clear example of this practice since naturalistic literature focuses on the scientific
observation of life. Nonetheless, ...
Multicultural London English: the new multiethnolect in Inner London City
(2023-04-17)
The city of London, as many others in Europe, has been home for many immigrant families all over the years. Through interaction between immigrant and native British children, new and ethnically mixed friend groups have ...