As a stunningly beautiful work of art‚ "The Lover"‚ by Marguerite Duras‚ realistically and profoundly exposes the astonishing harmonization and clashing dissonance of love‚ sexuality and antagonism‚ memory and forgetfulness‚ emotions of happiness and dolefulness‚ and certitude of being desired. Memoirs of Marguerite Duras‚ as a reworking of the childhood in Indochina‚ intensely flowed out from her heart‚ artistically delineated into her novel and inextricably‚ bounded together and entwined with the
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Body of a Lover: An Analysis of Marguerite Duras’ The Lover Sexuality is evident in every form of life. Plants‚ animals‚ humans all actively engage in sexual practices; however‚ it is only mankind that offers various forms and perspectives of sex and its subcategories. Much focus of sex is its effects on the body and its senses. The focus of the human body‚ its sensuality and also the harm that is inflicted upon it‚ is one of Marguerite Duras’ themes throughout her work The Lover. The paradoxical
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In The Lover‚ Marguerite Duras tells the narrative from the point of view of the protagonist‚ a fifteen and a half year old‚ high school student in Indochina whose French dysfunctional family was bound in poverty. The father was dead‚ an older brother whom she fears and a younger one whom she deeply loves‚ and a mother whom she loves but pities and dislikes at the same time. The narrator has a strained relationship with her mother whose favoritism for her older son and alternating support and abuse
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The Lover The Lover is an autobiographical novel taking place in Indochina during the 1930’s when Indochina was a French colony. Duras saw her life during this time as an existential rebel figure living in an absurd world. In order to find her purpose in life‚ she takes risks by breaking boundaries. She is forced to take risks because she is trapped in a world limiting her opportunities to experiences of life and culture. The young Duras was in an absurd world‚ living with a dysfunctional family
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Water: An Allegory for Love Mary (Maria) Ortega‚ UG TA: Dr. Vicky Gilpin ENGL E-154a December 11‚ 2013 Marguerite Duras’s book‚ The Lover‚ centers on a young French girl who lives in Indochina with her dysfunctional family. The narrator‚ whose father recently passed away‚ lives in a "raised" house along the Mekong River with her mother and two brothers. The French girl is very close to her younger brother Paulo‚ but she avoids her older unnamed brother who is verbally abusive and
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The autobiographical novel‚ « L’amant » by Marguerite Duras tells the story of the love affair between the young Marguerite Duras and the son and the son of a wealthy Chinese man. The story deals with the culture differences and defiance of society and of tradition and culture. Marguerite Duras was born in Indochina‚ a region which was part of the French colonial empire in Southeast Asia. She grew up with two brothers‚ her mother was a headmistress and her father did while she was still very
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Waltz 1 Natalie Waltz Mrs. Craig English 101 8 September 2013 The Transformation of Marguerite Johnson Mrs. Flowers was a very important reference in the life of the narrator Maya Angelou. “Sister Flowers”‚ taken from her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ relates the beginnings of her road back to the well-being. (27) “In the essay‚ “Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou‚ Marguerite undergoes an internal transformation from the beginning to the end of the essay. “ Then I met
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Jewish art history to survive. Representations of God do not appear in the Jewish context due to the Second Commandment; however‚ the use of symbols in their depictions exemplifies their faith as they illustrated episodes from the Hebrew Bible. The Dura-Europus western wall mural paintings depict tremendous figurative imagery. Soltes indicated that there is an emphasis on the themes of redemption and salvation connotative in the area above the Torah niche. The central image is a schematic representation
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Alex DuBout Professor Stout ENGL 1301-8301 13 February 2013 The Lover: Blinded Romance A well-known famous French work of literature titled The Lover‚ written by Marguerite Duras‚ tells a forbidden love story between her as a young girl and a considerably older and wealthy man. The work was published as a book in 1984 which was later produced into a film in 1991. Ever since the reckless affair that Duras had with the rich man‚ the image of their love never dissipated from her
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The Novel: shades by Marguerite Poland Shades is a South African novel by the award-winning author‚ Marguerite Poland. Her academic credentials are impressive‚ as she has degrees from Rhodes and Stellenbosch Universities and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has studied Xhosa‚ Social Anthropology and Comparative African Languages‚ with a special focus on Zulu Literature. She has written for both children and adults‚ which is an unusual achievement. Of her eleven children’s books‚ The Mantis
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