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Similes And Metaphors Sylvia Plath
1,095 words
Sylvia Plath's poetry is well known for its deeply
personal and emotional subject matter. Much of
Plath's poetry is confessional and divulges the
most intimate parts of her psyche whether through
metaphor or openly, without creating a persona
through which to project her feelings, and through
the use of intense imagery. Plath's attempt to
purge herself of the oppressive male figures in
her life is one such deeply personal and
fundamental theme in her poetry. In her poem,
Daddy, which declares he...
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Deeply In Love Romeo And Juliet
661 words
In William Shakespeare's tragic Drama Romeo and
Juliet, the character of Juliet is arguably the
central character within the play. The play
captures Juliets journey as she evolves rapidly
upon falling in love with Romeo. The two main
characters within the play are doubtlessly Romeo
and Juliet, however we tend to notice that the
story mainly evolves around Juliet. In this
romantic tragedy, we tend to focus upon the growth
of Juliet as she falls in love with Romeo.
Initially Juliet is a nave thirt...
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United States Government Barbara Kingsolver
1,550 words
The etymological relationship between "father" and
"homeland" goes back to the Latin words for both:
pater (father) and patria (country). Fatherland,
Vater land, paris... all these words meaning "home
country" bring to mind fatherly images. Likewise,
the words "patriot" and "patriotic" echo
"patriarch", or the grandfatherly head of a family
or clan. The drafters of the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution are lovingly
known as the "founding fathers"; first president
George Washington...
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Hamlet Mothers Uncle
492 words
Hamlets emotional state before the appearance of
the ghost. The recent events in Denmark appear to
have deeply troubled Hamlet. His first appearance
in the play during scene two depicts a depressed
and bitter young man. The text notes make special
mention to Hamlets conspicuous black attire or in
his words, inky cloak in an effort to suggest that
he is still mourning the sudden death of his
father. Even his uncle, the king recognises
Hamlets despondent state and asks, How is it the
clouds still ...
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Rose For Emily Miss Emily
520 words
"A Rose for Emily" is a mysterious short story
written by William Faulkner. He uses many
techniques to enhance the story's mysterious
setting, such as foreshadowing and an out-of-order
time sequence to alter the mood and perception of
the story. The setting of Faulkner's story is very
similar to that of his own in his adolescent
years. The time is shortly after the Civil War,
early 1900 's, and the setting is definitely in a
Southern atmosphere. Faulkner might have written
the story to portray a...
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Catherine Barkley Frederic Henry
652 words
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway expresses
his philosophy that everyone will eventually die
an unfair death through the use of his main
character, Frederic Henry. Frederic is surrounded
by circumstances in which many people would never
want to find themselves; the harsh realities of
fighting in war, observing cruel circumstances to
friends, and losing a loved one. These events
happen to him to make him believe that all of life
is just an unfair game. This unfairness of life
observed by Fre...
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Lifestyle Of A Rapper The Life Tupac Shakur
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Tupac has always been the person who's made up the
game-always, " says Afeni Shakur, Tupac's 47
-year-old mother, a week after his New York
arraignment and a day after a hearing in Atlanta.
A tiny, dark-complexioned woman with close-cropped
hair and deeply etched dimples, Afeni lives in a
modest apartment in Decatur, Georgia, an Atlanta
suburb, and speaks with an urgency that, she says,
comes from her lifelong political activism. "He
would have make-believe singing groups, " she
continues, "and ...
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Divine Comedy Seven Hundred
980 words
... owning them for their opposition to the
Emperor. He even sent a letter to Henry, rebuking
him for his delay, and urging him to proceed at
once against the rebellious city (Gardner 3).
Dantes hopes were brought to an abrupt end in 1313
with the death of Henry in Siena. One positive
outcome of Dantes exile was that it produced his
most enduring work. His epic masterpiece The
Divine Comedy was probably begun about 1307, and
completed shortly before his death. The work is
divided into three sect...
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Man And The Sea Emotional Pain
1,173 words
Pain can be described as anything that causes
stress or hurt on ones body, mind and soul.
Emotional, mental and physical pain can all cause
a person to lose sight of their ambitions and
goals in life. This however is not the case with
the old man in Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and
the Sea. The old man, Santiago, makes his way
through life with perseverance, or determination
to succeed. He never gives up on his dreams,
despite pains and consequences he encounters. This
characteristic is one th...
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Jon Krakauer High Altitudes Book
499 words
In this incredibly detailed account of the
deadliest season in the history of Everest, Jon
Krakauer describes the entire journey from Delta
Dun, India at 2, 234 feet above sea level to Mt.
Everest's deadly peak at 29, 028 feet. This deeply
moving narrative not only honors the courage of
the people on the mountain but also raises the
question about leading inexperienced climbers to
the highest peak in the world for a large sum of
money. On May 10, 1996 disaster struck on the
summit of Mt. Everest...
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The Red Badge Of Courage Critical Overview
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Stephen Crane was born in 1871 in Newark, New
Jersey. The fourteenth child of highly religious
Methodist parents, Crane lapsed into a rebellious
childhood during which he spent time preparing for
a career as a professional baseball player. After
brief flirtations with higher learning at
Lafayette College and Syracuse University, Crane
turned to writing full-time. Convinced that he
must invest his work with the authenticity of
experience, he often went to outlandish lengths to
live through situat...
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Faith In God Elie Wiesel
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... il in the universe, and about whether God
exists, but the very fact that he asks the
questions reflects his commitment to God and to
religious belief. Discussing his own experience,
Elie Wiesel once wrote, "My anger rises up within
faith and not outside it, " and Eliezer's struggle
reflects such a sentiment. Only in the lowest
moments of his faith does he turn his back on God,
but even when he says that he has given up on God
completely, Wiesel's constant use of religious
metaphors belies El...
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Soliloquy Hamlet Hamlet Character
524 words
In William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' we see a young
man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much
so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is
such a complex character that one must look deeply
to find what drives him. Did he really have the
courage to kill the king or was it madness?
Hamlet's character will be illuminated by
explaining both soliloquies and finally Hamlet
himself. 'To be, or not to be, that is the
question, ' (Beaty, 1348) is one of the most
famous and well known excerpts...
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Attempt To Explain Evolutionary Theory
1,372 words
... tenuously resolve to examine science face on
rather than turn away from it. Tennyson condemns
the notion that ignorance is a valid path to
faith. Tennyson makes no attempt to refute the
authority of science in its explanation of the
corporeal world, but he does question whether
scientific reason should have a role within the
discussion of spiritual matters. CXXIV represents
the climax of Tennyson's spiritual journey, as a
passage that boldly asserts his new personal
faith, a faith that is in...
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Contrast Between Hamlet Laertes And Fortinbras
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Hamlet seems to be the one who lets things dwell
in his mind before taking any action or making an
attempt at trying to get on with his life. After
the death of his father he becomes depressed and
gradually becomes enraged with his mother's
immediate marriage to his uncle Claudius. He was
lead to believe his father died of natural cause
but he became aware of the murderer when his
father's ghost appeared to him. When Hamlet learns
the truth of his father's murder, he cries, but
promises action, ...
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Lost A Part Ahab Insanity Control
920 words
The first few times that Ahab is introduced to the
reader and to his crew, he appears to be inhuman.
Even his description when he first appears on deck
states that he "seemed made of solid bronze"
(Melville 117). To compare him to a statue is to
distance him from humanity - he is not a
breathing, emotional being. However, as the book
continues, it becomes blatantly obvious that Ahab
hates his obsession and is greatly disturbed by
the fact that he is obsessed. This self-hatred
makes Ahab human be...
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Quot Quot Selected Poems
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Jay Print Strand was born in Canada on Prince
Edward Island. He studied at Antioch College,
where he took a BA. He also received a BFA from
Yale, where he studied painting. At the University
of Iowa, he worked closely with poet Donald
Justice, completing an MA in 1962. He spent a year
in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship, and later
taught at Iowa for three years. In 1965 he spent a
year as Fulbright Lecturer at the University of
Brazil, where he was deeply influenced by
contemporary Latin America...
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Story Starts Three Meals
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Thesis Statement: Too often we perceive a person
to be something that they aren t ad destroy the
chance of making for ourselves a life long friend.
Introductory Paragraph: Often in our self-indulged
lives we don t take a moment to step back and look
deeply at the true characters of the people around
us. Instead we are happier with making our
unsupported judgments on people and continuing to
go about our own concerns. Mr. W. Somerset Maugham
wrote a story called, Mr. Know-All, that shows us
how t...
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Things In Life Dramatic Monologue
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One of the greatest Victorian poets and masters of
the dramatic monologue, Robert Browning was born
in London on the seventh of May in 1812. His
father was a clerk at the Bank of England and
mostly educated Browning at home. He attended
London University in 1828, but withdrew after his
second term. After his first publication in 1833,
Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession, he received
little attention and only random criticism of his
later works. It was not until 1869 when The Ring
and the Book wa...
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Things In Life Dramatic Monologue
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My Last Duchess One of the greatest Victorian
poets and masters of the dramatic monologue,
Robert Browning was born in London on the seventh
of May in 1812. His father was a clerk at the Bank
of England and mostly educated Browning at home.
He attended London University in 1828, but
withdrew after his second term. After his first
publication in 1833, Pauline: A Fragment of a
Confession, he received little attention and only
random criticism of his later works. It was not
until 1869 when The Ring...
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