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    Hen Duffy Monologue

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    Monologue Some days I don’t think of the incidents at all and other days‚ such as today‚ for some reason it’s all I can think about. It’ll come over me like a giant wave in a calm ocean and it’ll take me under making it as if I’m drowning and surrounded by the dreadful memories. It happened when I was 5. At that age I didn’t realize what was happening. I just knew that it wasn’t right for some reason. Mostly it happened in this red truck that my dad had that I just loved being in. After the incidents

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    Charles dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL Ebenezer scrooge… England’s most tightfisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge! A squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Secret‚ and self-contained‚ and solitary as an oyster.

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    Commentary on Sincerity

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    Commentary Sincerity When we hear the word sincerity‚ what is our first impression of the word? According to dictionaries this word is defined as freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness. However‚ if we put it in our own simple words‚ the best definition to the term would probably be being true to what you say. It isn’t enough to tell someone what’s pleasing to hear‚ but the truth plays an important factor in sincerity as well. Why

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    Analytic Commentary 2 Drawing and Representation This commentary will focus on a YouTube video (Eastwestman‚ 2010) and using it to demonstrate how mark-making/drawing is important for creative development in early childhood. Also that drawing for young children is a form of representation‚ Dyson (1993) claims that it is symbols which are used to express and communicate with others (Anning and Ring‚ 2004) The child in the Video (I will refer to him Sammy) is exploring drawing materials including

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    A Christmas Carol

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    A CHRISTMAS CAROL SAC A Christmas Carol shows us that the key to redemption is being able to connect with family and community. Discuss. Charles Dickens’ novella‚ A Christmas Carol was published in 1843 exemplifying to the reader that the vital element to redemption is having the ability to bond with family‚ friends and the community. This classic fable establishes an range of moral lessons that each individual should encompass. Dickens demonstrates this through mainly the protagonist character

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    Christmas Carol

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    ESSAY QUESTION: Dickens underlining purpose in writing “A Christmas Carol” was to inspire in his readers charity towards the poor. Do you think this comes through clearly in your reading of the novel? Charles Dickens‚ the celebrated English writer‚ was motivated to write this novel‚ “A Christmas Carol”‚ because of his heartfelt sympathy at the poverty existing in England and his will to teach others the meanness to the human heart. The tale was solely designed to inspire charity and goodwill in

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    Asoiaf Commentary

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    with an -ire‚ -ice‚ or -ate rhyme. Each line contains either four or eight syllables. Each line can be read naturally as iambic‚ although this is not strictly necessary for several lines. Frost employs strong enjambment in line 7to great effect. Commentary An extremely compact little lyric‚ “Fire and Ice” combines humor‚ fury‚ detachment‚ forthrightness‚ and reserve in an airtight package. Not a syllable is wasted. The aim is aphorism—the slaying of the elusive Truth-beast with one unerring stroke

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    Initiation commentary

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    Initiation by Sylvia Plath – Commentary ​ In the short story‚ Initiation‚ Sylvia Plath exemplifies the idea that freedom‚ independence‚ and acceptance can only be achieved when one learns to overcome the desire to fit in with the ideals of society. Through the character Millicent and the many uses of devices‚ Plath demonstrates that through the acceptance of our imperfections and flaws‚ one learns the beauty of individuality. The point in the story when Millicent meets the small man from the

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    A Christmas Carol

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    A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ took place in London‚ England during Christmas time in the year of 1843. Dickens wrote his novels during the Victorian times. Britain was a harsh place at this time with the upper and lower classes being clearly separated. Dickens himself grew up as part of the lower classes‚ and so he knew what it was like. It was very hard for the poor to survive‚ many of them having no alternative but to go into the workhouses. This seemed to be the worst place to

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    In this poem Duffy writes about a woman going to extreme lengths to be thin‚ which to many readers can be an uncomfortable thing to read about. However the feeling of uncomfortableness doesn’t stop there; Duffy uses intense imagary of the woman in question. "Her skeleton preened under its tight flesh dress." By using the words "skeleton" and "flesh" in describing this woman it can create a feeling of unease for readers as these words are usually associated with dead bodies. Duffy may have done this

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