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Chaucer 2
Number of Words: 1081 / Number of Pages: 4
... well read (Williams 1). The effects of Chaucer's education can be seen through his ability to write work that would appeal to its readers, his utilization of various writing techniques, and his vast knowledge of the society in which he lived.
McKinley 2
By the end of the Middle Ages, a new confidence in the English language was apparent. Thus, with this confidence came a higher status for English literature. This was illustrated in 1399 when Henry IV laid claim to the British throne (Williams 4). He did not perform the ceremony in French, as had been done in the past, but in English. Geoffrey C ...
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Friendship Theme From Lord Of
Number of Words: 1260 / Number of Pages: 5
... onto Ralph, ignoring Ralph’s constant teasing . Ralph was insecure as all boys his age are, he didn’t really want to be caught liking the outcast so he teased him. “I don’t care what they call me, so long as they don’t call me what they used to call me at school…They used to call me Piggy” (Golding: pg.11) Piggy confided to Ralph, asking him to be secretive, thinking that Ralph was his friend. When really he couldn’t care less about Piggy’s fate. Ralph betrayed Piggy by announcing to all the other boys Piggy’s name, not really caring ...
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The Eyes Of Dr. T.j. Eckleburg
Number of Words: 427 / Number of Pages: 2
... dark and brooding, when Fitzgerald calls it “gray land” that “drifts endlessly.” Then, all of a sudden, the bright eyes of Dr. Eckleburg appear on the horizon. The blueness and the size of the eyes give the reader a sense of the sky, and heavens with God in them. The lack of a full face also gives you idea of Godliness because in society we are never really given a good description of what God looks like. Also, the color yellow in the glasses of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg gives the idea of sun, which brings us back to the idea of the sky. Only this time, we get a sense of hopefulne ...
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A Separate Peace - Artificial Vs. Natural
Number of Words: 1805 / Number of Pages: 7
... the reader can tell that even having a slight height and weight advantage or disadvantage to Finny were important to him. What people, especially Finny, thought about him worried him. "...I would have lost face with Phineas, and that would have been unthinkable." (Gene Pg. 26) Later in the novel, when Finny wanted to wear a pink shirt to school, Gene told him it would make him look like a "fairy". "Pink! It makes you look like a fairy!' (Gene Pg. 17) Gene knew that people might question Finny's masculinity and ridicule him so he spoke up. Gene would have never taken such a risk as wearing a pink shir ...
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Analysis Of Mark Strands Keepi
Number of Words: 524 / Number of Pages: 2
... poem is quite different from how most people see it. Where he writes, “In a field / I am the absence / of field.” (ll. 1-3) instead of acknowledging his existence as something, he regards it as a lack of something. This negativity towards himself is what the entire poem is focused on.
He uses the idea that when his body enters an area the parts of that area are momentarily interrupted and are forced around him, just waiting to return back to normal once he leaves: “When I walk / I part the air / and always / the air moves in / to fill the spaces / where my body’s been.” ...
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Birdhouse
Number of Words: 967 / Number of Pages: 4
... you could just spend the night at home, but if not the school principles were always willing to rent dorms to those in need of them. Each dorm had a twin size bed and a nightstand right beside it. So clearly they were very small! That is unless you had a room-mate then you were allowed to have a two to three bedroom dorm which are obviously a great deal larger then the one bedroom.
When summer was over she went back home to her mother, but soon after she left Chuffy had sent a letter informing Beverly that they wished her to back next season. Of course her mother preferred her not to, Beverly’ ...
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Logos And Pathos In King's Letter From Birmingham Jail
Number of Words: 765 / Number of Pages: 3
... man-made code that squares with the moral low or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law” (54). By defining just and unjust laws, King enabled the rationalization of the breaking of some laws to enable his nonviolent campaign. By use of logos, King defends the justification of his demonstrations, while convincing others of the importance the demonstrations hold.
From another angle, King effectively appeals to a different audience through his use of pathos. Initially, King works a level of disgust toward the community that opposed his action. King asserts, ...
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Romanticism In Literature
Number of Words: 503 / Number of Pages: 2
... and the
innocence of life was the basis and theme of “The Seasons” by
the Scottish poet James Thomson. This
inspired the nature tradition present in English literature, such as
the works by Wordsworth.
Another aspect in romantic writings, most times connected
with the nature feel, was the look on rural life as being almost a
romantic melancholy. This was sensing that change was looming,
and the way of life they had been adapted
to was being endangered. References to this can be found in
“Ode to Evening” by William Collins, and “Elegy Written in a
C ...
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Essay On The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Number of Words: 726 / Number of Pages: 3
... and unkind to his people, the people are very displeased with him. Soon Gilgamesh starts to hear rumors of a wild man who lives with animals; Gilgamesh sends out a priest to go civilize him, the priest shows the wild man named Enkidu the ways of civilization by sleeping with him. Enkidu decides to follow the priest into Uruk, when he reaches Uruk he is greatly admired. Gilgamesh hears of this and he goes to meet Enkidu, soon as the two men see each other they begin to fight. During the fight they both look at each other and start to realize that they are both equals, and they decide to form a friend ...
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Huckleberry Finn - A Racist No
Number of Words: 648 / Number of Pages: 3
... abundant at the time and found among all races-the
result of a lack of proper education. So the depiction of Jim is not
negative in the sense that Jim is stupid and inferior, and in this
aspect of the story clearly there is no racism intended.
It is next necessary to analyze the way white characters treat Jim
throughout the book. Note that what the author felt is not the way
most characters act around Jim, and his feelings are probably only
shown through Huck. In the South during that period, black people were
treated as less than humans, and Twain needed to por ...
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