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John Donnes Holy Sonnets
Words: 1080 / Pages: 4 .... evil ways. The speaker asks God to give him wings so that he may ascend into heaven and prevent Satan from taking him to hell. There is a sense of manipulation in the speaker in the beginning of the sonnet. “Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?” In other words, “You’re making your own creation look bad if you don’t help me to become holy again.” This starts out the sonnet with a bitter tone, a favorable way for Donne to begin. But in the end, the speaker is pleading God to give him wings, ending the sonnet with a sense of desperation. The worried tone of the last few lines is a rather common one in .....
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Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God
Words: 463 / Pages: 2 .... the audiences attention, to grasp each person’s emotions and fill them with fear. The speaker uses fear to complete the assurance of the people to do his intentions.
Although the Edwards excerpt sentence involved fear, emotional deception and mental deception to obtain the audiences full attention, the opening sentence of Jefferson’s Declaration gives the audience a much different approach to procure the audiences focus. Jefferson’s opening sentence has a mild tone of diction, for the beginning of an informative speech. The eloquent words highly imposed among the speech, when dictated, create a powerful sentence that attracts the attention .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac
Words: 573 / Pages: 3 .... over enemy lines every day simply to mail love letters. He also confessed toRoxane, “My mother made it clear that she didn’t find me pleasant to look at. I had no sisters.Later, I dreaded the thought of seeing mockery in the eyes of a mistress. Thanks to you, I’ve atleast had a woman’s friendship, a gracious presence to soften the harsh loneliness of my life.”When he then admits, “My heart always timidly hides its self behind my mind”, the reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is able to overcome it, then thatmakes him the ideal “chevalier servant”.Not only .....
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Bless Me, Ultima, A Review
Words: 853 / Pages: 4 .... Bless Me, Ultima, is a compelling story that deals with Antonio's family, beliefs, and dreams.
Throughout the book Antonio is introduced to many new ideas. The first is the experiences he has with Ultima. Ultima is a healer who learned her techniques from an old wise man on the llano or prairie. She is sometimes called a bruja or witch. This confuses Antonio because in his heart he knows Ultima represents good and not the evil she is sometimes blamed for. Antonio learns some of the ways of Ultima and begins to understand his surroundings. He knows the name of almost every plant and what medicinal uses each has.
The next revelation for Antonio .....
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In My Fathers House
Words: 373 / Pages: 2 .... her
family for all sorts of different needs. Maria is able to accept reality
more than Oscie, is more mature and can handle being beaten in an
argument, but Oscie can not accept losing and is always trying to best
people around her and herself. An example of this is how Oscie is
always arguing with Will. She even asked her tutor, “will you teach me
to best Will McLean?”
Although Maria and Oscie are very different they do have a few
things in common. They both have an odd attraction to military men.
This is shown in their choice of guys. They also both share the same
parents. Sarah who is dead now, also has Dr. John and Mama as .....
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Interpretation Of I Heard A Fl
Words: 952 / Pages: 4 .... fly and the stillness in the air draw the reader deeper into the poem. The image created by this contrast is like the color white on the color black. It stands out immensely and catches the reader’s eye. After the first stanza the reader is in full knowledge of the death of the poet. The second stanza reads, “The eyes beside had wrung them dry, and breaths were gathering sure for that last onset, when the king be witnessed in his power.” This stanza deals with how God is brought upon by the speaker’s death. Onlookers surround the dead body and seem to be looking for clues to what may eventually await them when it is their turn to pass .....
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Pride And Prejudice
Words: 479 / Pages: 2 .... is with having rich son-in-laws. All that matters to her is having her daughters married to wealthy men. This one concern was not scarce in the era.
The second of the three reasons is convenience. Charlotte Lucas says it best: "I only ask a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collins character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast…" Collins isn't wealthy, but all that Charlotte wants, he can give her. This marriage is by far the most convenient of the novel. Another great example of a marriage of convenience is Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. This convenient marriage .....
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How To Prepare A Book Report
Words: 492 / Pages: 2 .... with a movie/play/novel with similar background/plot etc.
Select for discussion only those features of a book that were sufficiently outstanding to be worthy of comment. Do not summarize the entire book and never actually reveal the ending. You may discuss the kind of ending or resolution, eg. Was it startling, unexpected, disappointing etc?
In your introductory paragraph include enough information about the type of book it is, the title, author, setting, and theme so that the reader will get a quick idea of the general nature of the book.
Working from your outline, which should include what you want to say about each idea you have selected .....
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Othello
Words: 592 / Pages: 3 .... emotionally. Iago begins to manipulate the people around him in order to hurt and make him think that his wife, Desdimona, and Cassio are having an affair.
The first to fall victim to Iago's manipulation, is Rodrigo. Iago knows Rodrigo has feelings Desdemona, and would do anything to make her his own. Iago tells Rodrigo that the only way to win Desdemona's love, is to make money to procure gifts for her. "...put money in thy purse.." (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 339). However, Iago is just taking those gifts intended for Desdemona and keeping them for himself, and in doing so, making a substantial profit. "Thus do I ever make my fool my purse" (Act .....
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If I Cant Have Her, No One Can
Words: 690 / Pages: 3 .... only one that shows any disregard towards the old woman. Old Woman Magoun and Nelson Barry never agree with each other in any way. The old woman has been especially cautious of Barry ever since her daughter died and she had to take care of Lily. After an undesired and unforeseen encounter between the girl and Barry, the old woman is informed that she must hand over the girl. Feeling helpless and having no control over the situation, she feels forced to make a major decision to prevent the young girl from, what she feels, would be a grave predicament.
Old Woman Magoun most likely feels responsible for Lily’s situation and her own daughterR .....
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