Richard Rodriguez wrote the essay Late Victorians to inform readers of the complexities and tragedy in the San Franciscan gay community‚ while exploring his own place in it. He is most personal and appealing to the reader’s pathos when he describes the death from AIDS of his friend Cesar‚ near the end of the essay. In order to make the reader empathize more readily‚ he first spends a paragraph making Cesar relatable. Rodriguez begins with straight-forward sentence structure (in paragraph 95)‚ writing:
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The preface to Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Custom House”‚ serves to introduce the society and times in which the story is set; also‚ this essay provides the background story for the finding of the scarlet letter. The Custom House also provides a definition of what a romance is. Excerpts from “The Custom House” essay closely link to The Scarlet Letter’s text. Two notable examples of these parallels can be found in the descriptions given of the townspeople in Salem who live by ancient moral
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Jacquelyn Gucciardi Ms. Waechter Honors English May 24‚ 2015 The Bluest Eye Although Claudia and Frieda are embarrassed and hurt for Pecola‚ their sorrow is intensified by the fact that none of the adults seem to share the same feelings of grief and their hopefulness tries to heal their disjointed society. In the passage Claudia begins to describe how she can see the baby‚ the living human that everyone else wanted dead. The baby that is still in the womb‚ she pictures the baby‚ in a dark place
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Medea’s first public statement‚ a sort of "protest speech‚" is one of the best parts of the play and demonstrates a complex‚ at times even contradictory‚ representation of gender. Medea’s calm and reasoning tone‚ especially after her following out bursts of despair and hatred‚ provides the first display of her ability to gather herself together in the middle of crisis and pursue her hidden agenda with a great determination. This split in her personality is to a certain degree gender bias. The lack
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• The subject in W.S. Merwin’s poem “Odysseus” feels comfortable only at sea‚ and‚ because such a notion is atypical‚ he cannot articulate or understand where his true home actually is. o At peace at sea: “patience / He has wedded to” o Numerous islands‚ but “one to call ‘home’‚” even though he Merwin never specifies which island Odysseus really calls home “which … / Was the one he kept sailing home to?” • W.S. Merwin’s speaker in “Odysseus” is concerned about his romantic interests. “Wedded”
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It was not Death‚ for I stood up‚ And all the Dead lie down - It was not Night‚ for all the Bells Put out their Tongues‚ for Noon. … And yet it tasted like them all‚ The Figures I have seen Set orderly‚ for Burial‚ Reminded me‚ of mine - ~Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson presents to readers a speaker who is rummaging her psychological frame while trying to understand her anguish. In the first stanza‚ Dickinson eliminates certain possibilities of what “it” could be (“it”
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“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” have many differences and similarities that can be found in their theme‚ structure‚ and tone. One difference between the two poems is the theme. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love‚” the author wants the reader‚ a woman‚ that they should make the most out of their life‚ and be careless about the future‚ which can be seen in the first and second line: “Come live with me and be my love‚ And we will all the pleasures prove
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Titus – Seeing the Dark Side of the Moon Titus Andronicus is a study of the conflict between personal responsibilities and duty to the state. Shakespeare establishes the character of Titus early in the play. He is a loyal subject of Rome‚ a commander of legions‚ and a career soldier who devoted his life to defending and expanding the Roman Empire. Titus serves the state in such blind loyalty that it gets to the point of neglecting his duty to his family as a father and patriarch. Throughout the
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Enquiries and Replies Week 8 Writing an email replying to an enquiry • Every email that we write should be professional‚ friendly and polite. • We do this by using clear‚ plain English. • When replying to an enquiry‚ make sure that: - we provide all the information that the customer needs - we promote our company and try to win the customer’s business Read the following email and then read Reply A and Reply B: Sample A does not attempt to address the client’s particular needs at all and
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The three poems‚ “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love‚” “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‚” and “Raleigh Was Right” speak about the same place‚ although in completely different perspective upon the world and nature. Firstly‚ Christopher Marlowe’s shepherd takes on a purely romantic view upon this world‚ believing that nature will provide for both the shepherd and his love. Secondly‚ Sir Walter Raleigh takes Marlowe’s idea and develops it into a more realistic approach upon nature‚ explaining how
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