... amazing how things work out sometimes. I took this to be an omen that I would never get caught if I broke house arrest tonight. I need to tell you that Anna has never really showed any interest in short, chubby Martin, but I can’t break that news to him. I lie and tell him that we’re in, when what I mean is, I’m in. Really, Anna with her tall beanpole-like figure isn’t anything to get too excited about. Her shoulder length brown hair is always pulled back so tightly it looks as if her forehead is about to crack. "So, how do you want to do it?" Martin asks me. "Well, seeing as how neither one of us has a car, we’re gonna have to meet somewhere close to their house ...
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... resulted from the trauma she suffered when the man she loved failed to show up on their wedding day. Granny Weatherall’s self-pity gives the reader a negative initial impression of a woman the author eventually expects us to miss. The ailing octogenarian is so incredibly annoying at the beginning of the story that one almost welcomes the idea of her passing. The second theme is the acceptance of immenint death. At first, Granny Weatherall could not accept the fact that her days were numbered. She shows this when the doctor is summoned and she says "I won’t see that boy again. He just left five minutes ago." (p.1490) Later on, she continues her denial whe ...
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... this case, Poe lets the reader know right away and throughout the story, that the probable outcome, will be Montresor getting revenge on Fortunato. 2)How readable and interesting is the style? Poe's style is interesting, but somewhat difficult to read in the beginning. At the start of the story, Poe develops the plot of the story in a difficult manner. For example, Poe writes, "It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong." He could have just said in simpler terms, the revenge has to make to him feel like Fortunato felt when he wronged him. Other than in the opening paragraphs, Poe writes si ...
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... aquiline face, a face that one might have called noble until one discovered that there was as nearly as possible nothing behind it. Very early in their married life...that she had without exception the most stupid, vulgar, empty mind he had ever encountered. She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her." (Orwell, 58) This was what the Party wanted-a person so brain dead and brain washed that they willingly acknowledged as the truth anything the Party dished out. This was the Party's prototype woman, for if a citizen believed with t ...
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... who is being chaperoned by her cousin, Charlotte Barlett, while vacationing in Italy. Numerous conversations over matters of dress, the acceptability of various pieces of furniture, and other’s vacations, suggest the snobbish nature of both Lucy and Charlotte. In fact, matters of convention encompass Lucy’s life until George Emerson’s "caddish," yet never the less passionate, display of affection in the bed of violets throws her into an internal struggle of transformation. George’s powerful advice, "Courage and love (p.66)," uttered just before he kisses Lucy, gives her the strength to begin her strength to overcome convention in favor of pa ...
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... human problems. Good and evil, appearance and reality, characters in conflict are all discussed in MacBeth. The evocative language in MacBeth assists in the plays fame. The language allows the plot , characters and themes to move as one, flowing with harmony. Thus these elements together assist in making MacBeth fascinating theater. The supernatural, violence and suspense play an essential role in MacBeth as a play. From the weird sisters entrance to MacBeth's vivid hallucinations and apparitions to his eventual death by sword fight there is constantly popular dramatic impact at work. Shakespeare, with the knowledge that the supernatural was popular, includes the ...
... and full of meaning against the green boughs. Mr. Shimerda rose, crossed himself, and quietly knelt down before the tree……" History shows that the Bohemian people were constantly revolting for their freedom. This was probably one of the reasons for the religious Shimerdas move to America, to get away from those many "hard times." "All the time she say: 'America big country; much money, much land for my boys, much husband for my girls…my mama, she want Ambrosch for be rich, with many cattle." This must have been the main factor for the move from their "kawn-tree." Unfortunately, not all the Shimerdas were excited by the move. "My papa sad for t ...
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... my first draft, I read it to myself and make my necessary changes. Then I have a friend read it because sometimes you can understands the essay you wrote because you where there and you know what you are trying to say but the person who has to read your essay has absolutely no idea what you are trying to say. Then I take my feedback and consider the other persons thoughts and if I agree then I go and make my changes. Then I go and type up the final copy. It seems like a short process but it is actually quite time consuming. The “ by the book” writing process is also quite simple. There is an easy to follow eight step plan. First you consider the assign ...
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... came not from outside the person but from within a person's own subconscious thoughts (Grantz). Many of Poe's characters commit unspeakable evil acts, which are then counterbalanced by their own subconscious need to be free of the evil deeds that they have committed. The first story we will examine is "The Black Cat". This story first appeared in the United States Saturday Post (The Saturday Evening Post) on August 19, 1843 (Womak). The story opens with the narrator deciding to record the events that led him to murder his wife and the cat as he awaits his execution the next day. The narrator is first described as a gentle, loving man who would never hurt a fly. ...
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... life of a monk and the rules to which a monk needs to follow. The two main rules that a monk has to follow truly show the “signs of the times” Obedience and Humility. Obedience being the first grade of humility, the part that we are interested in is the part of “if you don’t obey then you should burn in hell…” for someone today this excerpt, I feel, wouldn’t affect them as much as if did back then. Some main reasons for this being, the fall of the Roman Empire, people were sick and tired of being pushed around by tyrants and idiot kings; they were ready for a change. But this change was only going to come around if they ...
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