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    Carol of the bells was constructed to be a cheerful and merry Christmas song. It’s fast paced and has many rhymes. The rhyming makes the fast pacing make the song more cheerful and overall a better song. Literary devices used to create this song included personification‚ repetition‚ and rhyme. Rhyme played a big part in this song. Again‚ Carol of the bells is fast paced and rhyming made the song sound better than non rhyming words would. An example of a rhyme is “All seem to say‚ throw cares

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    edit clearly in pen‚ not pencil. Examiners cannot assess what they cannot read. • Ensure spelling is accurate‚ especially of characters’ names in order to show fundamental knowledge of the text. A Christmas Carol is more a moral tale than a social commentary. Discuss. In A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens deliberately and unapologetically comments on the society which was 19thCentury England. As his own life gives context to his commentary‚ Dickens discusses what he sees as the moral and social imperatives

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    A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is written by Charles Dickens. The book was published in 1843 in the Victorian era. The book was based around a self absorbed‚ miserable and bitter character named Scrooge‚ who detest Christmas and although wealthy he is also miserly. The book’s storyline is that‚ Scrooge is visited by ghosts‚ who reveal to him his future life and death. The horror of finding out that his demise is perilous. This book also shows how poor Victorians suffer and the treatment

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    idea or concept. Symbolism is used in many different ways throughout Charles Dickens’ novella‚ A Christmas Carol. Symbols are used in this novella‚ to represent ideas and qualities of different objects. Charles Dickens uses the children Want and Ignorance‚ Marley’s chains‚ and the three ghosts as symbols to develop the theme of choices and transformation in his novella‚ A Christmas Carol. The children Want and Ignorance embody the two roots of all social evils. Ignorance and Want represent society’s

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    Brainology By Carol Dweck

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    Every parent desires to have a child who will be successful in life. As a child my parents wanted the same for me. When we have a thought in our mind about article “Brainology”‚ the author‚ Carol Dweck explains that there are consequences of praising children for their work‚ they are also different types of mindsets that enable a person’s development. She focuses on two types of mindsets. The first mindset is fixed where a person believes that if she or he is smart‚ they don’t need to put effort

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    Mr. and Mrs, Wright

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    believe in and acknowledge each other’s actions‚ and help guide them in the right direction. Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s relationship was not “right” because they did not do any of these things. There was a lot of negativity‚ as well as silence in the household. Mr. Wright was described as being a good man‚ yet very serious and stone cold. He was the master of the home and had to have absolute control over everything. Mrs. Wright attempted to be the Suzy homemaker type‚ but rarely got out of the house to socialize

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    William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol parallel each other on many levels. Macbeth is a play that describes the rise and fall of a ruler who believes nothing can harm him‚ so the lead character‚ cleverly called Macbeth‚ attains power whenever possible‚ not caring who he hurts or what he destroys in the process. A Christmas Carol is also about the rise and fall of a town leader‚ the richest man in town‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s hunger for wealth and power is illustrated

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    Historically‚ women have been omitted. By the free verse poem‚ Duffy gives the mythological character Medusa a voice‚ and thereby another chance to speak up. She also challenges the stereotypes of women‚ this character faced. In the poem‚ Duffy explores the position of women‚ and Medusa’s point of view of the story. The word choice in the poem brings the voice of the character out. Because the poem is a dramatic monologue‚ personal pronouns and the repetition of the words “I” and “my”

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    Many people spend their entire lives searching for the key to a meaningful life. But the question is which is more valuable - financial success or happiness. In A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ a greedy old miser named Scrooge endures such a search for meaning and ultimately finds the treasure of life. He needs the help of three spirits‚ who appear during the night on Christmas Eve‚ to help him see how his inconsiderate and greedy actions affect others and leave him alone. As a result

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    Rick Carol Shields

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    enjoy a good book and a good read‚ but does everybody enjoy reading for the same reasons? The answer to that question lies in the words of two incredible authors. Author Rick Moody’s enjoyment he gets from the freedom and thrill of reading a book and Carol Shields love for indulging in a book and entering another reality both shows how everybody can love reading in their own ways. Moody loves reading due to the feeling of freedom and being able to come to his own conclusions and Shields enjoys reading

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