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    Close Reading Analysis: The Handmaid’s Tale Often times when one reads a piece of literary work‚ the way that its’ themes and storyline are interpreted is truly dependant upon the reader’s individual beliefs and morals. The same passage from a novel or poem can be seen in completely opposite perspectives from two different readers‚ despite the fact that they contain the same literary text. By definition‚ this is what close reading is. It is taking a passage (or passages) from a work of literature

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    it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe Oh‚ if‚ I say‚ you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay Do not so much as my poor name rehearse But let your love even with my life decay; Lest the wise world should look into your moan And mock you with me after I’m gone. William Shakespeare In the Sonnet 71‚ the speaker has a main purport of convincing his lover to forget

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    Nastasia Schreiner Megan Fernandes ENGL 234: Poetry February 4th‚ 2015 Close Reading of One Art by Elizabeth Bishop In Elizabeth Bishop’s poem‚ “One Art”‚ the speaker uses repetition to stress the change of her feelings about loss after she loses someone she really cares about‚ creates symbolism through material objects to show increasingly greater loss throughout her life‚ and uses a satirical tone and voice to portray her struggle managing loss. In Bishop’s villanelle‚ she follows the traditional

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    Mr. Puglisi ESL 33X 1 July 2013 The Restaurant that I’m Going to Own It has always sounded extraordinary exiting to me to build my own restaurant. I can picture in my mind exactly how it would look and feel to my customers. I will be able to put my personality into my restaurant. I am thinking now about my restaurant’s interior‚ exterior‚ and‚ of course‚ menu. The interior of the restaurant that I am going to own its going to be big and spacious with an extra room for special events

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    Elijah Brown Study of Lit Eng 213 Close Reading on The Story of An Hour In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ Mrs. Mallard the main character‚ finds out that her husband has been killed on a train accident. However‚ the narrator tells us that Mrs. Mallord has heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard then leaves her sister Josephine and Richard to get privacy in her bedroom. Why it is that Mrs. Mallard began to feel free the more she came to her senses that her husband was no

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    A Close-Reading of ‘DAFFODILS ’ By William Wordsworth The poem ‘Daffodils ’ by William Wordsworth reflects the inherent connection between man and nature‚ which is so commonly found in his poetry; for example‚ in ‘Tintern Abbey ’‚ and ‘The Two-Part Prelude ’. In my essay I am going to explore and analyse the variety of figurative devices Wordsworth uses to communicate this idea‚ and the poetic motives behind his writing. ‘ Daffodils ’ is essentially a lyric poem which is expressive

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    Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to

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    8 November 2013 Close Reading: Heart of Darkness Imagine being stuck on a steamboat outnumbered by the other‚ who happen to be starving‚ unable to advance through the unnerving scream filled fog. This enigmatic experience is only one of many told by Marlow in the story of his journey up the Congo. Marlow is attentive to the restraint shown by the black slaves on his boat in fighting off the hunger that weakens them. The colleagues of Marlow are more concerned with the anonymous screams of

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    Close Reading on The Sun Also Rises This passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling

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    creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity

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