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    and Randall Jarrell There are two poetry writers that have wrote very good pomes and have quite a few that are popular. To compare and contrast two‚ it would have to be “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrell. These two authors have a different way and style they write there poems‚ that is why it makes sense to look at these two really close and really see how they write and how they get the message across. Both Stafford’s and

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    ideas that it is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland. Randall Jarrell’s The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner uses ambiguity to compare death for the state and abortion. Both writings convey the horror of dying for a state. The Death of the Ball turret Gunner begins “from my mother’s sleep‚ I fell into a state and hunched in its belly until my fur froze.” This is saying that the gunner was born from his mother’s warmth into a cold state‚ as he is born in the belly of a high altitude bomber

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    1Oedipus Rex - Poetics and Oedipus - Q8 Question 8: Aristotle believed that a good play created a catharsis for the audience. Would this play accomplish that in ancient Greece? Write a paragraph in which you summarize what Aristotle must have thought about Oedipus the King‚ a play he did see and about which he did write. Be sure to explain catharsis. Answer: A catharsis is a purging of the emotions‚ allowing the audience to have the emotional experience of the tragedy without having to

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    mentioned in the first paragraph the theme is presented many times throughout the story. An example is when the IRA sniper observes that an informant has given his position to a turret gunner. This causes the IRA sniper to shoot and kill the turret gunner. He does this to protect his life. Right after he kills the turret gunner he shoots and kills the informer. He does this to show that the enemy can come in all forms. The informer which was an old woman was shot and killed and this especially shows

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    Sam Vermilyea The Industrial Effect on Naval Warfare in the Civil War The Civil War began during America’s industrial age. America’s cities were teeming with factories and railroads. Industry encouraged the development of new technologies. Coal powered steam engines propelled riverboats from port to port. Railroads provided quick passage and domestic trade from city to city. Factories effectively produced large quantities of goods. Industrialization provided Americans with new opportunities

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    The masked ball comes in early in the play and from the prologue the audience know that Romeo and Juliet will meet and fall in love even though they are from feuding families. This allows dramatic irony throughout the play. For example: ‘A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.’ (Narrator‚ prologue‚ line 6) This means that they meet by chance and that they will die together. After they meet at the ball they do not know who oneanother is and after enquiring they find they are from the rival

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    vehicle that was on my side pull up next to the building by me. An older woman came running around the corner telling the turret gunner where the other sniper was at. The turret man opened fire where the sniper was at but he wasn’t there. I started to get a little scared because I didn’t want to die. Crack! Crack! Two shots were fired from the opposing sniper which killed the turret man and the older woman. I got nervous which made aiming my gun even more difficult than it was before. I saw a figure

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    The sniper realizes that his enemy also has taken cover. An armoured car pulls up fifty yards ahead; he does not shoot at it‚ realizing that bullets will not pierce heavy armour. An old woman stops to inform the car’s turret gunner of the position of the sniper. When the gunner emerges from his dome‚ the sniper kills him‚ then the woman. The armoured car speeds away. Gunfire from the opposite roof wounds the sniper in the arm. He drops his rifle as blood oozes from his wound‚ although he feels

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    =Monday | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY | January 14Introduction to Poetry | 16Ch. 1‚ pp. 5-9Reading a poem‚ Theme | 18“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” 7 | 21MLK Holiday | 23Lyric Poetry 9“Those Winter Sundays” 9pp. 10-15‚ Narrative “Out‚ Out—“ 12 | 25Dramatic Monologue‚ 13-14“My Last Duchess” 14Ch. 2‚ pp. 19-21‚ Tone“My Papa’s Waltz” 19 | 28Satire‚ 20“For a Lady I Know”20pp. 25-26 Speaker and Persona“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” 29“A Glass of Beer” 31 | 30“The Red Wheelbarrow” 32Irony‚ 33“The Golf Links”

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    Introduction to Literary Argument Project This project consists of various assignments: a research plan‚ an outline‚ an annotated bibliography‚ a rough draft of the essay‚ a final draft‚ and an oral presentation for your final exam. We will be working on this project and its assignments for the rest of the semester‚ so please choose a work you like! Linda‚ Please add four works with title‚ author’s name‚ and link under each topic. The choices of literature associated with the themes are as follows:

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