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Spelling And Differently - Ana
Words: 1392 - Pages: 6.... crafts centre.... Stick it up your arse, said Flo" (Oates 151). The reader sees no affection between the two. In fact, the tone of the story illustrates a lack of acceptance and even disappointment by Flo and shows that there has always been a distance between the two.
The title is derived from a patient Rose met at the nursing home whose only communication was spelling words. After meeting this patient, Rose dreamed that Flo was in a cage and spelling words like the old patient she met in the nursing home. Rose tells Flo about her visit to the nursing home and is obviously trying to influence Flo into going to the home. Flo is suffering fr .....
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To Kill A Mocking Bird 4
Words: 1225 - Pages: 5.... the dominant race, disapproved of the black population and was weary about any association with them. The Negroes were out casts of the town and were considered the lower class of Maycomb, even lower than the true trash of the white community, the Ewells. The Negroes were referred to as ‘niggers’, ‘trash’ among other dehumanizing names and they were stereotyped as violent, unclean and were unfit to blend with their community.
In Maycomb, Negroes were generally assumed guilty of any crime that a white man accuses them of because of the stereotypical ideas constructed about them. In this case, Tom Robinson was found gui .....
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Darkness, Sign Of Chaos In Mac
Words: 453 - Pages: 2.... in Act 4: consulted with the witches, murdered Macduff's family, and continued to create chaos in Scotland. Macbeth in Act 4 is described as an agent of disorder, "untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered". The language in Act 1 that described Macbeth has changed from "noble" and "kind" to the diction of Act 4 witch describes Macbeth as "black Macbeth" and a "tyrant". The Castle that Macbeth lives in, Dunsanine is also indicative of darkness. Dunsanine is similar to the word dungeon a dark and dirty place. In Act 4 Macbeth is an agent of disorder, he murders and he consults witches, because of this he is described using dark imagery.
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Self-Expression
Words: 667 - Pages: 3.... as “a
motion of the body made to express thoughts or to emphasize speech.” Some
gestures might suggest an emotion or expression a person feels. For example,
if a person clenches his or her hands, it might mean that the person is
mad or angry. Sometimes, when I play a tennis match and I win a big point,
I pump my fist with excitement. If students are really bored or tired,
they might put their elbow on the desk and their hand on their cheek.
Another example of hand gestures is the middle finger. People use the
middle finger when they are mad or angry. For instance, if I were driving
and someone cut me off, then I would give t .....
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Of Mice And Men
Words: 754 - Pages: 3.... to take care of Lennie as well as to act as his guardian. George fulfilled this role with love and understanding. We first see change in George’s attitude towards Lennie when they moved onto the ranch, their place of work. George immediately feels that he is jeopardizing his relationship with other men in order to defend Lennie’s actions. George is further discouraged when he realizes, based on Lennie’s behavior that he can never be left alone- even to go to the bathroom. Lennie can’t even be trusted not to kill puppies while petting them. Lennie, in fact, goes so far as to kill the owner’s daughter-in-law. By this point, .....
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Orestes An Innocent Hero
Words: 1128 - Pages: 5.... his long lost son Orestes, to avenge his death. To the people of Argos and the house of Atreus, Orestes was an innocent hero in yet another chess game played by the gods.
Deep into the first story of “The Oresteia,” better known as “Agamemnon,” Cassandra, who has been cursed by Apollo to be a seer who will never be believed, envisions the death of Agamemnon and herself. It is in this vision that she sees an avenger who will come about and bring justice to the murdered victims, “ We will die, but not without some honor from the gods. There will come another to avenge us, born to kill his mother, born his f .....
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How Society Effects Human Natu
Words: 823 - Pages: 3.... me; do not tell me that I take you into my house..... whatever is here is yours." (pg. 15-16) The bishop didn't look at him as a convict; he looked at him as a fellow brother. Later, when the bishop found out that Valjean stole his silver, he wasn't mad, but offered all of his silver to Valjean saying, "Don't forget that you promised me to use this silver to become an honest man." Thénardier, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of the bishop. He represents the corruptive nature of society. He's the one that changes people for the bad. An example of how Thénardier represents greed and evil is how he mistreated Cosette when he was .....
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Herrick Vs. Marvell
Words: 533 - Pages: 2.... starts out very seriously, in attempt to convince his mistress. The relaxed tone of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and serious tone of “To His Coy Mistress” point out the difference in the way the writers feel about their characters.
Both poems are directed to two different audiences. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” Herrick is speaking to all virgins. He never addresses anybody personally. In “To His Coy Mistress” Marvell is addressing his mistress personally. He wrote the poem for his mistress to convince her to become intimate with him. The difference makes a change because .....
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The Lottery-right Or Wrong
Words: 1506 - Pages: 6.... the house and their position to the children( 24). She also tells the young lady that both of them are now deceased. The young lady becomes convinced that these two apparitions she sees are indeed these two previous residents (Peter Quint and Miss Jessel.) The rest of the novel is dedicated to showing the young lady's despair, and Miss Jessel.) The rest of the novel is dedicated to showing the young lady's despair, how she convinces herself that the children are aware of the apparitions, and how they all together are forming a conspiracy against her. At the climax of the novel, Flora becomes deathly ill and is taken away by Mrs. Grose, and .....
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The Odyssey
Words: 474 - Pages: 2.... broke
it up on the rocks.....a wind from seaward”(p.450, 254-256) it shows how
Poseidon was very powerful. Also how Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag of winds that
his men unleash that throw them off course.
Although the gods and goddesses were powerful they were also benificial.
Zeus was beneficial in the way that he helped Odysseus, “Then Zeus thundered/
overhead, one loud crack for a sign.”(p.478, 1032-1033), this sign told Odysseus
to start attacking the suitors. The way Circe helps Odysseus in warning him of
dangers to come, “Circe forsaw for us and shared with me,/ so let me tell her
forcast: then we die/ with out eyes open. .....
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