Literature
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The story of Pandora's box is similar to many Greek myths. The exact meaning of the story is open to interpretation, but it has resonance which still exists today, thousands of years later. This is seen in the fact we still use the phrase 'opening Pandora's box' when we mean one seemingly small action might...
The metrical system may sound to you as a unit of measurement used in some countries to measure distance. However, when we refer to metric feet in poetry, we are also talking about a metrical unit, but in this case, when applied to poetry, or prose, it refers to the sound patterns that each foot in a verse...
Realism and naturalism are two literary movements with their differences, although they very close. At first glance, difference between these two major currents of literature of the 19th century are differentiated in the fact that realism wants to depict real life, and naturalism has a more scientific...
You only need to take a look around a bookstore, culture-oriented blogs or bestseller lists to find the label "YA literature". If you're wondering what does YA mean, the short version is Young Adult Literature: fiction written about, published or produced for and marketed at people from 12 to 18.
While young...