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Images by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“Images” is a short story by Alice Munro, first published in Dance of the Happy Shades (1968). This story comprises two character studies through the eyes of a woman looking back on her own early childhood. One character study paints a portrait of a second cousin once removed, who prevails upon the household to take […]
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The Empathy Gap and Authorial Intent
As much as possible, I try to avoid talking about what the author intends by doing such-and-such in a work of literature. Today I’d like to clarify why I personally think this is not a helpful way to approach a text. I’m hardly the first to criticise this approach, though I suspect some of my…
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The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Analysis
“The Red Shoes” (1845) is a — let’s face it — horrific literary fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875), built on a tradition of stories in which a female character is punished (by her ostentatious, sexually charged shoes) for her social deviation.
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A Trip to the Coast by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“A Trip To The Coast” is a short story by Alice Munro, first published in Dance of the Happy Shades (1968). In stories, trips to the coast often coincide with a big self-revelation. A character looks out to sea, realises something, and the audience understands their life is about to change in some significant way.…
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The Difference Between Art Nouveau and Art Deco
Although ‘nouveau’ means ‘new’, Art Deco came afterwards. Art Deco and Art Nouveau are two major art movements of the 20th century.
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Hatred of Teen Girls In Pop Culture
The culture, as as whole, despises teenage girls. Let’s take a look at the evidence in pop culture and storytelling.
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The Time of Death by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“The Time of Death” is a short story by Canadian author Alice Munro, included in the 1968 collection Dance of the Happy Shades.
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Highly Stylised Trees With Stable Diffusion
In art and illustration, artists can often be identified by their trees. Trees can be as individual as people. You know a Dr Seuss tree when you see it, right?
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Red Dress—1946 by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
Alice Munro isn’t known as a feminist writer, but she is. Alice Munro isn’t known as a queer writer, either, but she has always been a keen observer of humans, and in every small town, queerness exists. Alice Munro therefore wrote about queer experiences, probably without meaning to sometimes.
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Urban Legend Study: Vicks Vaporub For Everything
Certain products attract urban legends: Vicks Vaporub, WD-40, “miracle polish”… We love products which ostensibly achieve multiple tasks.
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Sunday Afternoon by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“Sunday Afternoon” is a short story by Alice Munro, included in the 1968 Dance of the Happy Shades collection.
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Make a Parody 1980s Babysitters Club Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
What to do with all those images you’ve been creating with Stable Diffusion? Are you a child of the 80s and 90s? Let’s make some spoof paperback book covers! In this post I recreate paperback templates from my own childhood favourites and upload them here for you to use at your own leisure. I’m using…
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Futuristic Houses With Stable Diffusion
The following futuristic houses were made using Stable Diffusion running on a locally hosted version of Automatic1111 and the dreamlike-diffusion model.
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Words from the Hit TV Show Succession
The writers of HBO’s TV series Succession do a great job of depicting a privileged, smart and well-travelled family, each despicable in their own way. Since the Roy family wealth comes from a media empire, main characters all have an excellent command of English (and sometimes other languages). Not only that, but each the dialogue of each character sounds distinctive.
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What do butterflies symbolize in literature?
If you grew up in the West, butterfly symbolism may seem obvious: Butterflies symbolize transition and transformation. This isn’t always so.
