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If [Gone with the Wind] is indeed propaganda, it is not for a return to plantation life and economy, but for
the very marketplace, laissez-faire ethic which made Margaret Mitchell so popular (Adams 59). This comment by Amanda Adams highlights the curious fact that the story of Scarlett OHara as she is becoming a successful business(wo)man in Atlanta, which indeed constitutes the larger part of the narrative, has been always marginalized in academic and popular criticism. From 1936 on, when the novel was published, critical texts have been mostly preoccupied with the novels disturbing female perspective, with the huge commercial success it has made, and later with its possible racist overtones 1. A half-sentence by Malcolm Cowley, an early influential critic, which degrades the novel into an encyclopedia of the plantation legend (19), together with the film version of Gone with the Wind have obscured other possible readings and interpretations of the thousand-page long novel. (Lajtern, Kovcs Krisztina)
The English Patient (hereafter will be cited as EP) is a novel that questions the nation and nationalism that shape identities through colonial and anti-colonial nationalisms. The characters are all exiles from their homeland who have gathered together at the Villa San Girolamo at the end of World War II. Hana is a Canadian nurse, who volunteered for war service and who has to have an abortion because the father of her unborn child has been killed. Furthermore, she is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because of the news of her fathers death by burns and her continous dealing with the wounded and the dying. As the Canadian Infantry Division continues to advance in Italy, she stays behind at the villa to nurse a dying burnt man who is called the English patient. The third member of the villa other than these two is Kip, a Sikh, who is a sapper in the British army and finally, Caravaggio, the thief, an Italian-Canadian who was a friend of Hanas father. The novels central figure is the English patient whose identity is already erased as he is burnt beyond recognition. In fact, he is the Hungarian Court Ladislaus de Almasy, a desert explorer who helped the Germans navigate the deserts. Although his duty is to delineate, name and in a sense possess the unmapped desert, which is a vast territory, in the end his own identity, which is the map of his own features, has been erased and he is known only as the English patient. In fact, the inhabitants of the Villa are all diplaced because they are exiles who have found new identities in a place other than their homeland. In a sense, they formed a new community in the Villa, which is like Eden, isolated from the outside world of war and violence. Since the novel questions colonial and anti-colonial nationalism, which shape their identities, it frequently breaks down colonial hierarchies, particularly the imperial conception of space/place through the mapping of the desert, which is an instrument of colonial domination, and the deserts elusiveness because of its vastness and uncontrollable sand storms. In fact, mapping a space means to name it and possess it as it becomes a place as seized territory, which will help invaders, explorers and traders to realize their plans and aspirations. Almasy is aware of the fact that mapping is a form of knowledge for power and domination (Gltekin, Lerzan) As for Mr Darcys role, Wright wanted "a big strong, manly man, not some pretty boyband type" (DeGennaro Wright Interview). His choice aligns the adaptation along with the classical Harlequin
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The questions of race emerged mostly in the wake of the civil and human rights movements in the 1960s, which raised a new consciousness about the depiction of blacks in the novel.
romance novels in which the male protagonist should be a strong man, his physical strength suggesting his reliability. Macfadyens stature does imply the physical, moral and emotional strength Darcy is shown to have in this adaptation. Macfadyens interpretation of the role shed a different light on Darcy than what Austen readers were accustomed to, since whereas the novel attributes Darcys social reluctance [] to his snobbery, the film presents it as a result of his dislike of socia l forms and practices (Ailwood What are). He read Darcy as a man who is still trying to work out who he is and how to be in the world (Foley Macfadyen interview). This Darcy is shown uncomfortable in society due to his dislike of social interactions. He prefers the comfort of his solitude to the nuisance of interacting with people and is shown to find most conversations tiresome, even if the partner is a familiar character like Miss Bingley. Macfadyen justifies this choice claiming that modern viewers would see Darcy snobbish and elitist and would not understand his dilemma because that sense of duty is alien to us now (Foley Macfadyen interview). He believes that Darcy bears a resemblance with modern male viewers because he has a huge fortune at a relatively young age similarly to many young men who have great responsibilities. In the actors reading it is difficult for us to perceive how great the social divide between Darcy and Elizabeth was. Macfadyen likens Darcy having a huge fortune at a relatively young age to young men having great responsibilities nowadays. This interpretation of the character confirms the view according to which Darcy, one of literatures super-patriarchs, has been rendered a victim: a victim of his own rigidly snobbish upbringing, a victim of his own good fortune, and a victim of his loneliness (StewartBeer Style). Mr Darcys portrayal reveals a socially inept, Byronic character, endowed with the ability to express his romantic emotions for Elizabeth.
In his essay The Philosophy of Composition Edgar Allan Poe states that the artists primary duty is not to exorcise despair, but rather to present it as the primary psychological response to reality and to render it as faithfully as possible. In a poem like Ulalume, the imagery alternates between hope and despair. Poes final resolute vision is that hope deludes and destroys. In the general picture he makes of human psychology Poe sees despair as a correct response to the hopelessness of human life, considering that hope has been driven away once and for all. (Popescu, Andrea) THS e.g.s The qualifications for getting into university in my country are unreasonable. When studying a foreign language, there are several ways to improve your use of the language. facts In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer months are warmer than the winter months. Trasinspotting presents the turnaround of a drug addict. 2 sides There are advantages and disadvantages to using nuclear power. Although there are some advantages, using nuclear power has many disadvantages and should not be a part of our countrys energy plan.

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