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    Lady Macbeth’s monologue to paint a picture of her true intentions and how she plans to get what she wants. Her desire for her husband to be king involves a murder‚ and she desires to be cruel in order to carry it out. Shakespeare uses a variety of devices in order to convey her wishes to do this. The words “unsex me” clearly state the wish she has to be rid of her natural female qualities‚ which would otherwise hold her back in her pursuits (1:5:48). Lady Macbeth wants to be more tough and masculine

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    different from many others and other’s lives are different from everyone else as well. That is diversity it’s culture‚ religion‚ and ways of thinking. There are many different kinds and they all should learn to coincide with each other. The Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan are said to have been better off in Kenya and I can disagree with that. Those who were resettled here in the United States were offered a better chance to help manage or change the lives of those they care about back home. Many of them

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    the work “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin you will go through the story of a baby who’s race is of great controversy among many people. That baby will even get his mother kicked out from her husband’s house. Throughout the book‚ Kate Chopin uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense to make the story interesting and to keep her readers captivated. Kate Chopin uses foreshadowing to tantalize the readers and make them interesting in what is to happen next. In the beginning of the story

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    The Tell-Tale Heart: Literary Devices Suspenseful‚ nerve-racking‚ tense‚ and scary are all words that can be used to describe The Tell-Tale Heart. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark‚ eerie story filled with suspense and tension. Anyone who has read this story would be able to describe it using similar words; but that is not all that it is filled with. The Tell-Tale Heart is a horror short story filled with many different literary devices and many examples to go along with them. This

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    BoyGirl‚ Wall: rethink and imagine The Escapists‚ in their interpretation of the play ‘BoyGirl‚ Wall’ create dramatic meaning for the audience by making them rethink traditional theatre and use their imagination. Instead of being given the setting‚ the characters’ faces‚ and the atmosphere‚ this play is like a book‚ where one must imagine each scene in their head as it develops‚ aided by chalk drawings on the walls and the floor. The Escapists estranges this performance from traditional theatre

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    Stereotypes are present in our society. Thus we have expectations from others‚ besides ourselves. Some individuals may be deceived into believing incorrect expectations and some will fight for what they believe in. In the stories “In Line” and “Boys and Girls”‚ through the conflicts of the main characters‚ the authors portray the impact that people’s expectations have on us and how this affects how we live our lives. This is important because we do not realize that we are living our lives according

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    In the poem‚ My Papa’s Waltz‚ Theodore Roethke reminisces about his youth of tangled empathy of concern and unconditional appreciation regarding his predecessor besides the imperfections his predecessor has. Theodore Roethke shows the emotions of concern and appreciation through word choice‚ imagery and metaphors in the poem My Papa’s Waltz. Roethke’s word choices highlight the mixed emotions he feels regarding his predecessor. Through the combination of the words “death” and “waltzing” (l. 3-4)

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    Paper on "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Cross Cultural Literature 4/14/08 The book "Approaching Literature in the 21st Century" by Peter Shackel and Jack Ridl is filled with various themes involving parents and their children. There are three specific stories that focus on mothers and daughters that I will use for this paper. The stories are Daughter of Invention by Julia Alvarez‚ Everyday Use by Alice Walker and Two Kinds by Amy Tan. These stories are similar in many ways in general‚ like

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    Gorilla‚ My Love With All The Boys and Girls: Stories of Betrayal “Gorilla‚ My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara and “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro are known as initiation stories. These kinds of stories usually end with the main character reaching a “moment of illumination” (p.504). By the end of the story‚ they tend to either grow as a person or gain personal knowledge. “Gorilla‚ My Love” and “Boys and Girls” also have a common theme: betrayal. The main characters of both these stories are exposed

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    Feminist View of “Girl” Erin O’Brien South University Online Composition II/Literature November 3‚ 2011 Professor Chwala Feminist View of “Girl” In order to properly view a story from a feminist perspective‚ it is important that the reader fully understands what the feminist perspective entails. “There are many feminist perspectives‚ and each perspective uses different approaches to analyze and interpret texts. One is that gender is “socially constructed” and another is that power is

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