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    Rita Dove: Literary Analysis Rita Dove has written many different kinds of poetry. She also wrote books‚ short stories plays and all types of literature. This essay will focus on specifics of her writing by analyzing three pieces of poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works we will be looking at are In the Old Neighborhood‚ My Mother Enters the Work Force‚ and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry‚ her use of figurative

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    Writing Style of Rita Dove

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    Hannah Puckett Mrs. Taylor AP English May 7‚ 2013 The Writing Style of Rita Dove Rita Dove was born August 28‚ 1952 in Akron‚ Ohio. The African American poet loved music and poetry from a young age. She was an outstanding student and was invited to the White House as a Presidential Scholar out of high school (The Biography Channel). Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth

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    Humanities 123 Prof: Adrian Guiu Date: 2.9.12 The Significance of Going Blind in SophoclesKing Oedipus One of the most important theme in Oedipus Rex‚ remains the theme of blinding himself‚ Oedipus‚ central character of the play‚ ruler of Thebes‚ conqueror of the Sphinx‚ a great leader and role model a character dominated by valor and strong will. His destiny is sad; gods will help him to rise up to be a good king and to be loved by the people‚ and in the end help him to fall in the deepest abyss

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    Nearly all of Rita Dove’s poetry deals with aspects of history. Shakespeare‚ Boccaccio‚ and Dove’s grandparents are topics of her poetry.  Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts.  In a time when African-American poetry has been criticized for too much introspection‚ Rita Dove has taken an approach to emotion and the person as human. Dove’s poetry is not about being black‚ but about being alive.  In Rita Dove autobiography she

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    situations and aspects of life. Something taken too far is the equal to something not taken far enough; both concepts are flawed and cause confliction. These are the beliefs that the Greek gods held and also imposed on their people. Know thy self; nothing in excess was inscribed at Temple Apollo at Delphi in Ancient Greek. Temple Apollo is known to be the most sacred place in the Greek world. Oedipus the king of Thebes went against the word of the gods by doing many things in excess. He did this by having

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    13) Sophocles was the most accomplished playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. The first of the three Theban plays to be written was Antigone which was believed to have been written around 441 B.C.‚ Secondly Oedipus the King around 430 b.c.‚ and lastly Oedipus at Colonus sometime near the end of Sophocles’ life in 406–405 b.c. However in chronological order‚ the plays go Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus

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    the Uses of Dramatic Irony throughout Oedipus Rex Dramatic irony is extremely prevalent throughout the entirety of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Dramatic Irony can be defined as when the audience knows something that the characters do not. Through the chorus‚ the audience is told in the introduction that Oedipus is guilty. Throughout the rest of the play‚ the audience is aware of Oedipus’ guilt while he is trying to solve the crime on his own. Sophocles uses the literary device of dramatic

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    2012 Fate versus Free will as portrayed in Oedipus the King. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines fate as ‘the development of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.’ This therefore would pose opposition to free will‚ defined as ‘the power of acting without constraint…at one’s own discretion.’ This concept of the oppositions of fate and free will are a poignant factor in Sophocles Oedipus the King. “Fate was the will of the gods‚ a reality

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    Oedipus the king is a play written by Sophocles in year/century(?) The play portrays the reign of Oedipus the King ending in his final demise after he unknowingly kills his father. Oedipus is punished for his crimes by stripping him of his kingdom and banishing him from it. Oedipus out of his own guilt and loss of pride also punishes himself by gouging out his own eyes. The point of this essay is to discuss if the punishment was justifiable. By stating out the pros and cons of the punishment

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    Parsley Rita Dove Summary

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    Dove’s History Lesson “Parsley” by Rita Dove is a poem that tells the story of true events that happened in the early 1900s in the Dominican Republic. Dove tells the story of how the dictator of the Dominican Republic had over 20‚000 Haitian workers killed because they couldn’t pronounce the word “perejil‚” which is Spanish for parsley‚ correctly. The poem is broken up into two parts; the first part is given from the Haitians’ perspective‚ while the second part is from the dictator Rafael

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