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Frankenstein’s Creature: more than a monster?

The failed American Dream in Revolutionary Road

American writers cherish the American Dream even as they debunk it. Not Richard Yates. Julian Thompson argues that for Yates the Dream is a trap, not just for the downtrodden and dispossessed, but for the beautiful and talented

AQA (A): Paper 2B Modern times: Comparative set text

April and Frank look like the couple most likely to succeed in Revolutionary Road (1961), but for them the idyll of 1950s America turns into a brutal obstacle course. If they’re successful, it’s as failures.

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