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    Dorian Gray Passage: Literary Analysis In this scene‚ Wilde creates a threatening atmosphere as he describes Dorian heading to the Opium House at night‚ a place that represents his sins. Dorian’s carriage “jerks” into a “dark” area‚ the sudden movement suggesting that the horse is instinctively nervous or scared. And the “low roofs and jagged chimney-stacks” that looked like “black masts” shrouded by a mist of “ghostly sails” paint a nightmarish image of hostility due to harsh words like jagged

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    saw their faith‚ he said to the paralytic‚ “Child‚ your sins are forgiven” (2:4-6). This passage from the gospel of Mark show how much faith they have in Jesus. Why else would these people go through this to get there friend to him‚ if they did not have faith in Jesus. Another example of faith from Mark’s Gospel

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    A210 – Approaching Literature Assignment 1 Read the passage from Pride and Prejudice and‚ in a continuous essay of not more than 1‚000 words‚ analyse this passage‚ discussing how narrative voice and dialogue are important elements in the creation of meaning in the passage. The passage of Pride and Prejudice contains many narrative devices to help further the understanding of the reader. This includes the narrative devices of ‘telling’ the reader events using narrative voice‚ free indirect

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    At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl‚ and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose. Oliver uses hyperbole in her lyrical and poetic diction to convey her true feelings about nature. She

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    Descartes’ "Wax Passage" Later in his second meditation‚ as Descartes begins to doubt his own conclusion that he exists as a thinking thing‚ he goes into an elaborate analogy known as his "wax passage". Comparing the wax to his knowledge of himself‚ he begins by discussing the physical characteristics which can be known by means of the senses. However‚ the importance lies in the fact that by heating‚ the wax can be altered and the sensible properties are no longer the same. He then goes on to

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    Jane Eyre “Five Quotes” Analysis a. “I returned to my book—Bewick’s “History of British Birds:” the letter-press thereof I cared little for‚ generally speaking; and yet there was certain … pages … I could not pass quite as a blank” (Bronte 12). b. The book that Jane choses to read in this passage is highly significant‚ and is enhanced due to the symbolic imagery birds and their characteristics bring to mind. Just as birds have urges to seek freedom and migrate‚ so Jane longs to escape from

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    ” Commentary. Pages 226-228 The passage of writing being deconstructed is taken from Phillip Gwynne’s novel‚ “Deadly Unna?”‚ pages 226 to 228‚ beginning with “The cemetery was surrounded by an old iron fence‚...” concluding with “ ‘Average‚’ said Clarence.”. This passage from the book plays a vital role in the overall novel‚ as it shows the reader the life of Nunga’s‚ for the first time‚ and how they interact with each other and with Gary ‘Blacky’ Black‚

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    How does Tim Butcher emphasise the problems and possible dangers faced on his journey during this passage? (P59-63) There are many ways in which Tim Butcher emphasises danger during this passage; he does this through his language and through using other techniques such as using triplets. One example of danger is at the very start of the passage (bottom of page 59) and this is where we see the first use of a triplet – using this technique emphasises just how dangerous the Congo can be: “Thoughts

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    “Spin” Passage: The Things They Carried The function of the passage from the episode “Spin” is to introduce a different interpretation of the concept of “boredom‚” one that pertains to the war and the soldiers specifically and not often experienced by civilians. The type of boredom described by the narrator in the passage is tenser‚ and encompasses many more emotions that the Alpha Company comes across. Throughout the passage‚ the reader gets the idea that the soldiers are not bored in the irritated

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    Can suffering make us stronger‚ was published in “Psychology Today”. The specific phrase “Out Of Darkness” was the artile name. This article was published by Steve Taylor who is a PhD. He emphasized the positive effects of turmoil and trauma. As he stated “Often turmoil and trauma just seem to be destructive and negative. But in the long term‚ these may be balanced-by powerful positive effects”. The audience is most likely talking t mid age and up. Taking in consideration of time to even have a chance

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