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Sonnet 72 Shakespeare
Number of Words: 1033 / Number of Pages: 4
... visible aspect, appearance
To decline to diminish, decrease, deteriorate
Untrimmed not carefully or neatly arranged or attired
Fair beauty, fairness, good looks
Eternal infinite in past and future duration,
without beginning or end
To brag to declare or assert boastfully
‘SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY’
Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare is one of the sonnets that describe the outstanding beauty of an unspecified lover and time as a relentless ravisher with no mercy for anyone or anything. The only way to defy time ...
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Sophocles - Antigone
Number of Words: 1421 / Number of Pages: 6
... would feel the same way in her situation. Antigone wanted to offer her brother the burial that she felt he deserved. Although it did not seem as though she agreed with what her brother had done she did believe in family loyalty.When Antigone approached Ismene with her proposal, Ismene said no. She justified her decision by telling Antigone that they were already punished and that there was no need to make matters worse for the two of them by defying Creon’s law.
Oh my sister, think- think how our own father died, hated,
Mimi 2
his reputation in ruins, driven on
by the crimes he brought to ligh ...
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1984 8
Number of Words: 468 / Number of Pages: 2
... and women have one way that could almost assure themselves of overthrowing the Party; create a revolt against Big Brother itself. The people could all get together, go to Big Brother to demand that they have their rights and that they can live a happy life if they please to do so. They can insist that Big Brother listen to every word that they have to say. If Big Brother does not care to listen to the people’s demands, then the people could be forced to take matters into their own hands.
The number of citizens in the city of London must out-number the sum of members in the party, therefore cre ...
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Hamlet Vs Laertes
Number of Words: 442 / Number of Pages: 2
... of his will; but you must fear, His greatness weigh’d, his will is not his own, For he himself is subject to his birth.", is an important one in contributing to Laertes’ character. He is saying to Ophelia that to be careful of Hamlet, because ‘he’s royalty, and she’s not!’. But he is also saying that Hamlet is subject to his birth, or in other words, Hamlet is only human such as she is, and subject to the same feelings and actions. Laertes’ character is a very pleasant one. He seems, unlike Hamlet, to get along with his family. The sentence "But let me h ...
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Butterbox Babies
Number of Words: 1224 / Number of Pages: 5
... service fee was $300 (a years wage). Despite the price, many women turned to the Home when in need. The women who entered the home signed a contract drafted by the Youngs' lawyer, Charles Longley, stating that they would pay the $300. Mothers who had difficulty paying their bills were hounded by the Youngs and threatened with "police action . . .".
The Youngs were aware that if a mother had taken the case to court, then no money would be awarded for their illegal service. Thus, the Youngs had many different ways of getting their money. One of the ways was by threatening to expose the baby ...
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The Mouse Vs. The Wolf.
Number of Words: 977 / Number of Pages: 4
... skip the fence. Even if the fence is holding the same low (sic) standard fences out here do.
Cows, bulls and Elk is very good at one thing, namely making fences much lower than intended by the farmer, so our fences isn't that much of a challenge. But not so for Yak,
the chicken dog.
Anyway. Yak's latest fan is an animal he can handle, although he tends to keep a certain distance. One never knows....
The other night, when I was (finally, according to Yak) going to bed, I took my usual walk around the house checking for potential fire hazards (it's a phobia I have). As usual,
there weren't any. ...
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Flanders Fields
Number of Words: 1742 / Number of Pages: 7
... poem later inspired the poppy to become the symbol of Remembrance and sacrifice.
John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario on November 30,1872 to two established, respectable and hardworking Scottish parents, David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford. The McCraes were staunch Presbyterians with the resilience and self-reliance of second-generation pioneers in Canada. David McCrae instilled a strong sense of duty and healthy respect for military values in his two sons. John McCrae was offered a scholarship from the University of Toronto in 1888 where he went on to study physiology and pathology as ...
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Frost
Number of Words: 809 / Number of Pages: 3
... “looks down one as far as I could”. The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much as he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going.
“Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim.” This quote in the second stanza and what made it have the better claim was that, “it was grassy and wanted wear.” It was something that was obviously not for ev ...
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The Rez Sisters
Number of Words: 1280 / Number of Pages: 5
... our lives and encounter different experiences our identity of yourselves and where we belong may change. As this happens we may gain or relinquish new values and from this identity and image our influenced. “A bad self-image and low self-esteem may form part of identity…but often the cause is not a loss of identity itself so much as a loss of belonging.” Social psychologists suggest that identity is closely related to our culture. Native people today have been faced with this challenge against their identity as they are increasingly faced with a non-native society. I will prove th ...
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The Secret Sharer 2
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... fear of Leggatt because he feels familiar with Leggatt, and as he reveals this contemplation, he shows a change in character and a development in confidence in himself.
As the narrator becomes confident that he has saved his "double", he becomes more confident in himself and his ability to command the ship. While Leggatt is still onboard, the narrator shtates, "...I was a total stranger to the ship." By acknowledging that he does not yet have a feel for how the ship maneuvers, the narrator displays a lack of self-confidence. After Leggatt leaves, the captain states that, "No one in the world should st ...
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