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    freedoms that surround them and the choices they can make. Edna’s initial awakening lead to her become her own person and continuously more independent from Léonce. This change was completely in her interest because it allowed her to enjoy life more than she would have by being compliant to Léonce’s every demand. Her enjoyment mainly stems from becoming independent of Léonce‚ and completely disregarding the fact that they are married. Edna’s

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    literature are crucial when writing a story as they are what raises the story above being a line of strung together sentences and give the story meaning. It is especially important to have a clear idea of these elements when wring short stories because‚ unlike novels‚ the writer is only given a small amount of space to get his/her point across. By reading literature and searching for these narrative elements one can get a true feeling for their importance to the story and improve their own writing. Recently

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    In trickster tales‚ another common element of these stories is the usage of “brain over brawn.” The purpose of brain over brawn is where the character may lack some physical strength‚ but makes up for it by outsmarting whomever it is going up against. In “How Stories Came to Earth‚” Anansi was not the most immense character‚ but he was able to capture Osebo the leopard by convincing him to put his paws on the sticks he planted on the outside of the hole. He was then able to wrap a string of webs

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    Allondra Delagarza February 12‚ 2015 P: 5th “A Story” By Li-Young Lee “A Story” by Young Lee writes about a young boy who wants his father to tell him a story but he doesn’t want to hear the same story over and over again. He wants to her a new story. The poem is written about a five year old boy and talking to his “baba.” Ba is the Chinese word for “dad” and “baba” translates to daddy. The poem can be told through the boy’s perspective or the father’s perspective

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    It is very clear from the act if you have read it. Lady Macbeth is full of evil‚ and is well aware of that. She is evil and she wants to be evil. She wants to forget every connection to humanity and womanhood she shares. Thats why she wants the spirits to unsex her - "fill me from the crown to the toe full of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood....Come‚ thick night and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell‚ so that my keen knife see not the wound it makes.." She is powerful - in fact i think

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    Jack Black Plays a Dark R.L. Stine in ’Goosebumps’ the Movie (INTERVIEW) Werewolves‚ mummies‚ an evil clown‚ and monsters -- oh my! R.L. Stine’s ’Goosebumps’ goes from young adult horror novels to the big screen.Starring Jack Black as a fictional version of Stine — one of the bestselling children’s authors in history — Goosebumps gives Black a chance to amuse a younger audience like he did in 2003’s School of Rock. "I am no stranger to entertaining kids‚" Black‚ who is also heard but not seen as

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    "Porphyria’s lover" (PL) and "The laboratory" (TL) are two dramatic monologues written by Robert Browning. Browning uses a range of techniques to reveal the characters psyche. The characters are both insane and deluded but have big differences‚ such as one of them is sadistic and the other suffering from subconscious guilt. I will be discussing the techniques that Browning uses to reveal his characters in PL and TL. In TL Browning begins to suggest a sense of paranoia in the wife: she seems to feel

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    More often than not it feels as if less attention is given to the darker‚ more realistic side of love. Time and time again‚ there are tragic ends to even the happiest‚ most fairytale of romances‚ breaking the hearts of the fictional characters involved just as much‚ if not more‚ than the readers suffering in the heartache right alongside. Throughout a constantly evolving society with ever-changing beliefs and morals‚ there always seems to be a new high and a new low for people in love. Tragedy strikes

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    Matthew Arnold‚ Dante Gabriel Rossetti‚ Christina Rossetti‚ and Algernon Charles Swinburne. None‚ however‚ produced as many‚ or as striking‚ dramatic monologues as Robert Browning. A famous example is Browning’s “My Last Duchess.“ Notice how the Duke’s character is revealed by what he says: “MY LAST DUCHESS” That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall‚ Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder‚ now: Fra Pandolf’s hands Worked busily a day‚ and there she stands. Will’t please you

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    Hellgate Trilogy The Hellgate trilogy is a most read series. This trilogy has an action/sci-fi genre and follows three main characters. The main characters have separate allegiances and views. The series has a great main hero‚ complex relationships‚ and a struggling romance. It has great descriptions of all events of past or present happenings. It has several in depth fight scenes involving human versus human and human versus demon. There are several different types and styles of combat

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