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    “The Dream of the Rood” In “The Dream of the Rood”‚ the unknown poet uses lines 125-156 to develop the theme of triumph achieved by Christ as a warrior king‚ bringing the dreamer to realize there is hope for a better life after death. The poet develops these notions by the use of heroic diction‚ symbolism‚ and irony. These lines are significant to the text as a whole because they allow the dreamer to summarize the sermon of salvation that the rood has preached. They also mark the change of reaction

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    The story I chose to read was “Winter Dreams” by Fitzgerald. Addressing the first part of the question‚ Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” depicts the transformation of traditional American culture to a materialistic‚ joy-seeking society. Fitzgerald’s short story is unique in comparison to other modernist works as he takes a longer timeframe to express his message. The story begins with Dexter as a young teenager and ends with him being in his late twenties to early thirties. Nonetheless‚ the story underlines

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    Part One The Background of Two Characters Pride and prejudice and A Dream of Red Mansions almost exist in the same time‚ although their authors belong to different countries. With the development of the history‚ the two works attract more and more people. 1.1 The Basic Relationship of Pride and Prejudice Pride and prejudice’s author would like to choose the daily life as the material‚ which is in stark contrast as for the popular sentimental novels and the affectation of writing methods. It vividly

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    In Never to Dream of Spiders by Audre Lorde‚ the speaker attempts to move on from the loss of their significant other. In the first line‚ they say‚ “Time collapses between the lips of strangers.” (Lorde) They spend a great deal of time with strangers because they aim to erase the pain of their loved one’s death from their mind. A frequent method for moving on from someone is to cling on to any relationship possible. The narrator occupies themselves with anyone they can find‚ as it is easier than

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    Marina Elkommos Zakhary Professor D. Barnard English- 1020- D82 13 February 2018 Where Sweatshops Are A Dream The author in his titled " Where Sweatshops Are a Dream‚" in our corporate- dominated world economy today Nicholas D. Kristof columnist for the NY time by tackles the controversial topic of sweatshops that are used‚ and often exploited while presenting an argument for the necessity of these facilities in some parts of the global‚ and Kristof addresses the efforts being made to

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    In the short story “Winter Dreams” we see the main conflict of Dexter mentally fighting with himself over the desire for material success‚ and the emotional desire to feel the love of his one “true” girl Judy. Throughout the story we see many examples of this internal war. Many examples of the desire for the material success are shown throughout the reading. We see on page 731 that dexter started out as a coded to try to earn good money. Next on page 735 we see that dexter attends a well reviewed

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    Love is a strong word using it to take advantage of people makes you look like a gold digger. A person only really in for the relasionship for benefits not for real love. In the story “Winter Dreams” A boy named Dexter Green a 14 year old caddy at a Golf Club in Black Bear‚ Minnesota. One day he meets a girl named Judy Jones who he fell in love with. Later then he finds out she has so many other men that she dates. Years later after college Dexter invests in a laundry business in the city it’s not

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    The passage I chose was from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. In this passage‚ Lysander falls in love with Helena after being accidentally struck with the love juice by Puck. However‚ Helena does not interpret it the same way and thinks that Lysander is mocking her and leaves. Then‚ Lysander says that he never wants to see Hermia again and leaves her alone while she is sleeping. Hermia awakes from a nightmare where her heart was being eaten out by a serpent and Lysander stood‚ smiled

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    In Bauman’s “The Dream of Purity‚” the idea of social purity‚ as well as impurities to the said society‚ is discussed. One of the main disruptions to “purity” and prescribed social order is the introduction of a “Stranger”. Bauman says of the Stranger: the arrival of a Stranger has the impact of an earthquake. The Stranger shatters the rock on which the security of daily life rests. He comes from afar; he does not share the local assumptions - and so becomes essentially the man who has to place

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    The Barattini’s Dream Kevin and Nicole were married in 2010. They settled down in St. James‚ Long Island New York. They were ready and looking forward to start a family of their own. But after a couple of years‚ they were still struggling to conceive. They consulted many specialists over the years but they all point to one source of the problem: Nicole’s health issues. There are different health issues that can prevent a woman from conceiving. Nicole was told that her specific health issue was the

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