“In literature evil often triumphs but never conquers.” This means that in literature there is often a case where evil wins a battle but it never wins a war. This consensus seems reasonable because most books or movies the characters overcome the evil. This is especially true in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Evil may appear to be dominating‚ but in the end‚ good prevails. The major evil that Melinda‚ overcomes is that she has been raped. This is the main conflict of the story. This
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Name_____________pd____ What’s your lens? Take a look at the image below. Describe what you think it is? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What might determine what you see in the above shape? Is there a right answer? This illustrates the concept of CRITICAL LENSES. A LENS is the perspective we use to interpret and assign
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"It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement." This quote suggests that writers must face their failures and confront their dangerous desires for purpose of learning from their own mistakes‚ people who don’t learn from past mistakes are bound to repeat them. This quote holds true in a lot of literature‚ for example two examples are Macbeth by William Shakespeare and
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A critical lens is an approach or viewpoint of a text based upon a critical theory or knowledge. To view a text through the critical lens of Feminism‚ for example‚ is to examine the text from the point of view of a feminist - examining the roles‚ both domestic and social‚ played by men and women‚ and how equal the relationships between men and women are. Current critical lenses are Formalism/New Criticism‚ Post Modernism‚ Marxism‚ etc. Some English teachers also use the term ’critical lens’ to
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Critical Lens Essay Quotations Chose one of the following six quotations to connect to your work of literature: 1. “Good Literature makes us aware of the potential that each human being has.” Anonymous 2- “The best literature may entertain readers or disturb them‚ but above all‚ it must make them think.” Anonymous 3- “Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.” Pablo Picasso 4- “The best literature is about old universal truths
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Sammie Clemmey February 2‚ 2012 Critical Lens Essay - TKAM English 9 – Friedman To Kill a Mockingbird Critical Lens Essay “It takes a village to raise a child”‚ is an African Proverb. In other words‚ it can take more than just a child’s nuclear family to make her grow into who she will be as an adult. This lens is true because even though parents and siblings have a major effect on a child‚ and how they turn out later on in life‚ society and a child’s surrounding are what
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Critical Lens – Cheat sheet! Your task: to write a Critical Lens essay using TWO of the characters from The Crucible. First‚ let’s review the task of the critical lens: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay‚ provide a valid interpretation of the statement‚ agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it‚ and support your opinion
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Feminist Lens on Hamlet The critical school our group will be discussing is feminism. The core ideas of this school is the equality of gender. When defined in the dictionary‚ it states that feminism is “The theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes”. A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women. Malala Yousafzai‚ a young social justice leader‚ sums up the general passion felt by those who are members of this school when she said “W
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because a naval officer arrived. This story relates to this critical lens because I never experience living on an inhabited island and I never experience of someone trying to kill you‚ the literature can substitute my experience that I have never experienced before. One literary element is point of view‚ Ralph follows his own belief in civilization and that Jack follows his belief of savagery. Another literature that relates to this critical lens is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this literature
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