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    T.S Elliot

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    his own personal experiences having been affected by WWI. In each of his poems‚ Eliot uses the theme of human suffering to evoke and portray a bleak and melancholy setting‚ which acts as the motive behind the strange and peculiar actions that the characters demonstrate. The Poems “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Rhapsody of a Windy Night” put forward the concept of human suffering‚ as a result of the isolation‚ decay and sterility of their environments and situations in which they are confronted

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    Sir Walter Elliot is a man who is only concerned with his lineage and his legacy. He does nothing but read the baronetage over and over again. The speaker uses cynical diction and details to emphasize Elliot’s narcissism. The choice to put long sentences in the beginning highlights the last paragraph where the author’s contempt towards Elliot is more explicit. Cynical diction is used in this passage to show Elliot’s arrogance. The speaker uses words such as “pity and contempt” which both have a

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    Billy Bragg is writing a poem about the young boys and girls of America and at the same time portraying that America is not living up to what it is supposed to. In one way or the other‚ the tone is resentful and so some extent angry that little is known yet a lot of harm is going on around the great America. In the poem‚ Billy Bragg acknowledges that there are several individuals who are in America and staying with the hopes and dreams that they are one day going to have to go down just like the

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    Poems In the poem “Poetry” by Marianne Moore‚ it describes how you should read poetry‚ how poetry can be interesting and how it relates to everyday life. This poem has a similar purpose to “Sonnet” by Billy Collins. Both of these poems are describing poetry and how it should be read/formed. Analysis In the poem‚ “Sonnet”‚ Collins makes the sonnet sound as if it is a sonnet speaking. He does this so that both the speaker and reader have fun while reading the poem with the end outcome as having knowledge

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    T.S. Elliot

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    parts Line 27-28‚ 55-56‚ 62‚ 81-82 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR5FMSe3EhE Hopelessness and disappointment Happiness in unattainable and not possible to achieve – 124-125‚58-60 2. ALLUSION Through the use of different character allusions‚ Eliot contrasts

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    that affects many people in the world today. Children are the most likely targets of such indecent and often fatal situations. Many of them go unheard and end up suffering through a lifetime of agony and distress but in the case of the narrator in Billy Talent’s “Nothing to lose”‚ he/she goes through school being bullied and eventually kills his self/her self because of the agony he/she went through. The band uses many images‚ symbols‚ and figurative language to depict the events of the narrator’s

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    4/13/12 Paper #3: “Library Research” “Billy Wilder” Billy Wilder’s work today remains masterful and memorable. From his skilled screenwriting to his directing‚ Wilder holds a key position in cinema history. Wilder’s stylistic and thematic elements are recognizable and give off a complex reflection of his American and European cultural influences. I think that Billy Wilder should be considered an “auteur” even if he is not already considered one‚ for his personal film style and the mere fact

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    Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy‚ classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle’s‚ that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic flaw. He must also experience a reversal of fortune and recognize the reason for his downfall

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    your own choosing. The attitudes and actions of the various characters within my chosen text shed light on the experiences individuals may encounter upon venturing into society. These characters reveal experiences of overcoming the sexual prejudices and stereotypes which are present in the world as well as dealing with the death of a love one. Both these experiences can be observed through the lives of the characters in the film‚ Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephen Daldry. These can also be seen mirrored

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    “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins Naturally‚ life is a continuous cycle of experience and learning. Yet often times so much is buried in our lives that we fail to remember or recall what we have learned. Memories that range from miniscule facts to important emotions can often leave unknowingly from our mind. Billy Collin’s “Forgetfulness” shows how memories are delicate and fragile‚ and that the process of forgetting is one that is nonchalant. Billy Collins effectively blends subtle humor and irony

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