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Mastery Of Epigram And The Aud
Words: 2064 - Pages: 8.... to Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary wit is "the ability to relate seemingly unlike things so as to illuminate or amuse", it is more intellectual than straightforward humour which can include slapstick. An epigram is "a brief witty saying". ...
Could also group by subject : wordplay, truth, love/marriage, diary, death, education, illness, Society, ... (Maybe too many groups this way, could perhaps cut them down).
Examples: too many: to be winnowed:
Play on words:
Title: The Importance of Being Earnest
I.5:5 Algernon: "As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte." (Play on the word pianoforte.) .....
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Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
Words: 1981 - Pages: 8.... female Victorian novelist remarked : “In general there she sits quite alone thinking over the past . . . She has the wild strange facts of her own and her sisters lives, - - and beyond and above these she has the most original and suggestive thoughts of her own: so that, like the moors, I felt on the last day as if our talk might be extended in any directions without getting to the end of any subject . . .”
Charlotte was born in 1816 and died at the age of 39 in 1855. Like her brother and sisters she died of consumption. She grew up on the moors in Haworth in Yorshire. For the Bronte children, they were poor and had very little .....
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Literary Theory And African Am
Words: 1235 - Pages: 5.... nature, is virtually impossible to come up with one single definition, though, Post-Modernism in it’s totality is the movement in arts, music, literature and drama which rejected the past Victorian ideas of “modern”. The movement contributed to the realization that art has no single meaning and overturned the problems with culture and language boundaries that cut away at art’s meaning, worth and truth. Today, the state of mind of the human world is called Post-Modernism, since it is a multi-cultural era. Racial Post-Modernism calls attention to those understandings that are shared across the boundaries of class, gender and race .....
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Primitive Instincts In Humans
Words: 360 - Pages: 2.... primitive being's existence because of their need for survival and continuance. This element is the softer more caring side of humanity.
Although many instincts have lost the importance they once held, they cannot be completely obliterated. As humanity is embracing its softer, more caring side, the aggressive instincts appear more impetuous because in most cases there is no need for them. Many people nowadays can afford to aid weaker nations such as Africa because, although their primary concern is still their own survival, they no longer have to consciously strive for it. These two very opposite sides of a human make him very confusing: th .....
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Homeopathy
Words: 258 - Pages: 1.... that might come from the use of conventional drugs
-The history of dates as far back as Hippocrates in the 5th century. It was also used by Egyptians.
-Most people take medicine in strong doses so the drug will produce the opposite condition of what they have.
-But works in the opposite way.
-The doses are very diluted.
-Many people like to use homeopathic remedies because they want to avoid taking such strong drugs and they want to improve the quality of their health so they can’t prevent disease.
-Homeopathic remedies come in different forms.
-Some come in the form of pills, and other come in the form of powder.
-There are a .....
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The Pigman
Words: 458 - Pages: 2.... donation for a bogus charity and feel guilty about it, since they perceive how lonely is. To make up for taking the money, they take Pigman to feed his only friend in the world, Bobo, an incredibly bad-tempered baboon.
Mr. Pignati, as he shows them his pig collection that once belonged to his deceased wife, gives John and Lorraine the run of his house. Soon, Lorraine and John become close friends with , who takes them to Beekman's, a large department store, where he buys them rollerskates and gourmet food. They play games together. They are like the three monkeys that they see in the pet department at Beekman's, hugging each other to be .....
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Casablanca
Words: 804 - Pages: 3.... they have an interest in politics, they have different driving forces within them that bring forth their interests. In Rick's case, he exhibits an interest in politics that is centered around his feelings for the woman he loves. For example, when Rick was together with Ilsa in Paris he was very ambitious with his political beliefs. He was visualizing resistance and freedom for the French people. After tragically losing the love of his life, Rick ceased to show any political involvement or any strong political beliefs and began to worry only about his own well-being. On the other hand, Victor Lazlo is the type of character that is invol .....
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Cooper Thompsons A New Vision
Words: 580 - Pages: 3.... Life" by Pam McAllister.
The author depicts the traditional definitions of masculinity and problems with that. "Traditional definitions of masculinity include attributes such as independence, pride, resiliency, self-control, and physical strength."(78) Sometimes masculinity is related to violence; violence became the tool maintaining their masculinity among boys. Then, he mentions the two most critical socializing forces in a boy's life: homophobia and misogyny. He explains that homophobia, hatred of feminine qualities in men, and misogyny, hatred of feminine qualities in women, put pressure on them to avoid femininity, even good qualities .....
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Bouchards View Of Canadian His
Words: 5793 - Pages: 22.... their environment, this true for Lucien Bouchard.. Lucien grew up in the town of Jonquiere in the northern part of Quebec. It was a small, poor Francophone town virtually cut off from the rest of Quebec and Canada by the Laurentian Mountains. Bouchard grew up in a family of five children in a strict french catholic household. Their family was relatively poor, as were most of the Francophones in the area. Philippe Bouchard, Lucien's father, worked fourteen hour days delivering lumber. When the boys were old enough, they too had to work to support the family. One summer, Lucien was sent to the labour camps in the Laurentides forests. .....
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True Beliefs
Words: 1273 - Pages: 5.... although he knows that changing his neighbor’s beliefs may be impossible. Also he is able to place himself inside his neighbors’ point of view and this may be where the speaker comes up with the question why fences make good neighbors. The speaker does not believe there is a purpose for a wall between him and his neighbor, the speaker believes that fences, or walls in this case, will create barriers between friendships and also allows for unneeded separation between people. Despite this belief that a wall is unnecessary, he still comes out every year and helps his neighbor mend the wall. The speaker would like to ask his neighbor .....
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