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    Othello Close Reading

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    Close Reading In the play‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Iago‚ manipulates people to get what he wants. One character that is manipulated the most by Iago is Othello. The reason why is because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant and there were rumors that Othello has been sleeping around with his wife‚ Emilia. Iago involves Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ in his plan by making it seem that Desdemona and Cassio are having a relationship. Iago convinces Othello about this relationship

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    Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the

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    Close reading Ozymandias

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    achievements. Shelley uses different types of language manner to depict this. The analysis made by Shelley is clearly shown through different kinds of wordplay. No matter how great you think you are‚ if you are a king or a pauper‚ the fact remains that we all have to die. With death‚ power ceases to exist. Shelley portrays a deteriorated statue‚ which stands for the fall of life. As the statue breaks down little by little‚ eventually nature will catch up with you. To give an impression of this destruction

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    After becoming utterly brainwashed Juan ends up taking his own life because he has become too far into the system that he censors his own letter without thinking. In “The Censors” written by Luisa Valenzuela‚ Juan sends a letter that might cause harm to a friend‚ so he takes a job and his goal is to move up so he can send it. He goes from moving up in the job to send his own letter to becoming too focused and brainwashed by the government and the job and doing it well to get a raise that he ends

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    Jasper Jones Close Reading By Lindie Naudé In this passage from the novel Jasper Jones‚ written by Craig Silvey‚ Charlie is busy filling in a hole‚ which his mother told him to dig and then refill after a fight‚ and his father finally comes to tell him he can stop. This scene results in Charlie’s ever growing anxiety over Laura’s death and Jaspers own fate. Within this scene Charlie seems to regress to a childish state with a cynical understanding of the relationships around him‚ showing his

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    Close Reading on “The Cask of Amontillado” Upon reading the dark‚ twisted comedy of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the view point of the Montresor can be characterize as an unreasoning‚ satanic murderer. He presents us with an unclear understanding of his actions‚ and his trickery of good and use of Fortunato which by the way indicates the care with which he will plan Fortunato’s death. However‚ close observation demonstrates the Montresor display of a perfect black sense of humor and satire‚ with which

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    A & P Close Reading Essay

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    Alex Michael Kauth English 101-023 Fall 2011‚ Culpepper‚ MWF 09/23/2011 Close Reading of a Literary Text Observation is a process that is constantly performed by all individuals in everyday situations. It is a tool used to gain a better understanding of a situation‚ although the observer is not always aware that they are in fact performing such an act. In John Updike’s‚ A & P‚ the narrator‚ Sammy‚ finds himself observing with great detail‚ three female shoppers in the supermarket in which

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    History of valenzuela

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    History of valenzuela Valenzuela was named after Pío Valenzuela‚ a doctor and a member of Katipunan. The town preceding Valenzuela that was originally called Polo was formed in 1621 due to religious separation movements from parishes of Meycauayan (Catanghalan). Polo has been occupied twice by foreign armies other than colonial powers Spain and United States: first during the Seven Years’ War by the British and by the Japanese during the Second World War. In 1960‚ President Diosdado Macapagal ordered

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    In a close reading of Symposium‚ we as readers get to browse through an eclectic mix of brilliant and unique minds belonging to poets‚ philosophers‚ lovers‚ play writes‚ comedians and even war heroes. Each character takes their turn in describing their own ideal of love in this casual setting and the speeches with which we are presented are clearly melded by the life‚ profession and personality of these speakers. Plato’s success in giving each speech its own character and personality is quite remarkable

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    | Tell me‚ are there many heavens above the moon? | | Are all celestial bodies but one globe‚ | | As is the substance of this centric earth? | | Excerpt: Dr. Faustus scene VI There are three main ideas we can extract to summarize this entire passage. We see Faustus’s fear as he is haunted by the fact that he is damned. He believes that his heart has hardened to a point where he can’t repent and briefly contemplates suicide via various weapons (poison‚ gun‚ envenomed steel). Faustus then

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