In the ”Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln incorporates literary devices in his address to achieve his purpose. Lincoln uses repetition‚ antithesis‚ and parallelism to remind those who were present of the lives that were lost and the dream that should continue to live on for them. Abraham Lincoln utilizes repetition in his speech to make it very clear what his point is. By repeating words it emphasizes Lincoln’s point and the importance of it. He says‚ “... we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate--
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turmoil sensed by Macbeth and Othello. The climax of this repentance highlights the mental state of distress of both of the main characters‚ and is followed by a dramatic conclusion. Shakespeare presents Macbeth as regretful by portraying his desire to be king as damaging from the start. This is evident in the play when Macbeth says: “will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” This use of language is regretful. Many bad things then go on to happen to Macbeth‚ providing that
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Shakespeare’s characters and themes in "Macbeth" are strongly developed right from the beginning. Shakespeare uses a variety of techniques to establish his themes and characters‚ via the dialogue and stage directions in his play. The introductory actions of the characters‚ along with the location and weather of the scene‚ work in conjunction with the language devices to quickly establish the key characters and themes. A prominent theme of Macbeth is the supernatural. Shakespeare uses the witches
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garden in the transition of seasons to set a tone of sadness. He illustrates a garden with rotting flowers‚ a graveyard’s last flowers blossoming and their smell being carried to where Brother is‚ reminding him of the dead. Hurst uses the natural elements in the setting to paint a gloomy and dismal setting‚ he could have expressed what he saw and smelled from his garden in many ways‚ yet he chose to depict this garden dying. Furthermore‚ this was done to indicate the tone in this memory‚ which is
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carrying the arguments for abolition into every home in Britain through pamphlets‚ the Press and the pulpit. Leading force in the movement outside of Parliament The Clapham Sect Also known as The Saints They gave practical‚ supporting evidence to the other members of the sect‚ especially those in Parliament‚ who had considerable influence in public affairs. Members included: William Wilberforce‚ Granville Sharp‚ Thomas Clarkson‚ James Ramsay‚ James Stephen and Zachary Macaulay. James Ramsay served
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HOW MY OWN VALUES‚ BELIEFS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES MIGHT AFFECT MY WORK PRACTICE Everyone has different values‚ beliefs and preferences. What you believe in‚ what you see as important and what you see as acceptable or desirable is an essential part of who you are. [pic] The way in which you respond to people is linked to what you believe in‚ what you consider important and what interests you. You may find you react positively to people who share your values and less warmly to people
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Assignment 1 Describe how you might contribute to a lesson given to a group of seven year old children learning to play percussion instruments. Obviously before the lesson starts the teacher needs to lay out the objectives of the lesson‚ including the plan for what the teaching assistants role will be. It could be possible that the teacher wants the assistant to support a small group of children who may have greater learning needs than the rest of the class. As a teaching assistant it would
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In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ he explored many different issues‚ such as ambitions and appearance and reality. Many clever techniques were used to present these themes‚ for example contrast imagery and the use of characters. For presenting the theme ambition‚ Shakespeare used contrast in the character Macbeth. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is a good person. Lady Macbeth described him as being "too full of the milk of human kindness". This image of a mother always caring for
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concept of Tragedy with reference to "The Spanish Tragedy". A tragedy is a religious experience which is main objective is to make the audience reflect on serious matters in order to know ourselves better and to hopefully grow as a person. It is a performed action that conveys both the feelings of pity and fear (as Aristotle’s definition of tragedy establishes) leading to the catharsis of such emotions among the spectators. All these elements are properly presented within "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas
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People tend to view tragedy in cataclysmic and catastrophic terms. Every night on the news we hear murders‚ assassinations and bombings referred to as Atragedies.@ Tragedy need not be an event which affects the community at large. Rather‚ any event which teaches an important lesson to a specific person or a group of people can be viewed as a type of tragedy. While the Greek tragedies focused upon the catastrophic nature of tragedy‚ The Biblical Book of Genesis provides the reader with another
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