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In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. [1] Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". [ 2 ]
Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.
Ambition is a character trait that describes people who are driven to better their station or to succeed at lofty goals. It has been categorized both as a virtue and as a vice. The use of the word "ambitious" in William Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar (1599), for example, points to its use to describe someone who is ruthless in seeking out ...
Barbara Lewalski concludes that the theme of idolatry in Paradise Lost "is an exaggerated version of the idolatry Milton had long associated with the Stuart ideology of divine kingship". [39] In the opinion of Milton, any object, human or non-human, that receives special attention befitting of God, is considered idolatrous.
AP English Language and Composition is a course in the study of rhetoric taken in high school. Many schools offer this course primarily to juniors and the AP English Literature and Composition course to seniors. Other schools reverse the order, and some offer both courses to both juniors and seniors.
“A new ambition is going to require innovation and require me to …maneuver my way through systems that have now very clearly and very proudly [said] that they do not and will not prioritize ...
What Is A Celery Rib? A celery rib is one of the individual stems that make up the larger bunch of celery, or "stalk." In botanical terms, a rib is a single segment of the plant, and in culinary ...
The WNBA and the league's players union met in person Wednesday to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. “Today’s meeting included preliminary conversations and constructive dialogue ...