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    English Literature 2 Close Reading Exercise: ‘A Sentimental Journey’ A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy was the second and final novel of Laurence Sterne‚ published barely a month before his death in 1768. The novel first popularised the travel writing genre and describes the journey through France and to Italy undertaken by Mr Yorick‚ the parson who first appeared in Sterne’s first and best known novel‚ The Life And Opinions of Tristiam Shandy‚ Gentleman. As its title

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    theme of greed in Volpone

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    which highlights a lot about the representations of ‘avarice’. One of the largest aspects which reveals greed is the concept of wealth and money‚ we acknowledge the fact that Volpone is extremely wealthy and far from poverty. The beginning of the play‚ the introduction in which we first come across the protagonist Volpone‚ he begins by stating ‘ good morning to the day; and‚ next‚ my gold: open the shrine‚ that I see my saint.’. This expressive utterance highlights his obsession and desire for wealth

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    English 121 Assignments 2‚ Close Reading Nick Aitken Nicholas Carr’s essay‚ ‘Is Google making us stupid?’ proposes the idea that the human mind is undergoing another big change. He ponders how the intake and response to information we collect and how we process that information is changing‚ which he leads to question how will it eventually lead to an impact on us as individuals. Irony however is not lost on the author as this work was published on the Internet and does not conform to what he

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    This excerpt from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur illustrates the greatness of King Arthur and the importance of following the rules of war and chivalry. King Arthur is betrayed by his close friend Lancelot‚ his most favored knight‚ and by his queen Guinevere. Upon being betrayed‚ Arthur is forced to follow the rules of the time‚ and do as he is expected. When Arthur discovers that Lancelot and Guinevere have traveled to Joyous Garde‚ he swoons in sadness due to the loss of the many other knights lost

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    | Aeschylus’ Oresteia: Agamemnon | Close Reading Essay| | | “Now you pass judgment! Exile from this land‚ the hatred of the people‚ public curses. But him! What charges did you ever bring against him? For all he cared he might as well have been killing an animal. Oh‚ he had plenty of sheep to choose from‚ but he sacrificed his own child‚ my labor of love‚ to charm away the cruel storm-winds of Thrace. He was the one you should have banished from this land‚ as punishment

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    Mentos Ad: Close Reading

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    Jasmine Tsai E. McCarthy Fourth Period AP Lang 25 September 2011 Close Reading: Visual Advertisement In this eye-catching print advertisement for Mentos Gum‚ marketers successfully captured the attention of their intended market: those who are interested in bold flavors with natural origins (as I am among them.) This is achieved through the texture and style of the text‚ the meaning the text bears‚ as well as the brightness of the ad itself. Accompanying the extensive usage of the color green

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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: Bartleby the Scrivener Herman Melville wrote the short story‚ Bartleby The Scrivener‚ in 1853 at the age of thirty-four. Melville writes this short story during the Industrial Revolution era‚ where Wall Street was booming and the economy was changing and shifting rapidly. At this particular time‚ Herman Melville had just finished writing another short story that was astonishingly criticized by fellow writers and critics. Melville felt that humanity had mistreated him just for

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    sense and discretion. Prefers to keep her troubles secret‚ as she is always trying to make sure that her mother and sisters are untroubled by her private woes. She knew very well what the chances were of Robert and Lucy getting married and from the reading it felt like she had come to terms with it. Although when it confirmed the readers see a different side of Elinor. 3. This is a very interesting segment of this paragraph. She told herself this was going to happen and so did her mind. This is

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    The Yellow Wallpaper Close Reading The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman discovers that the woman trapped in the yellow wallpaper is really herself and reflects that there are countless other women trapped and oppressed by society just as she is. Through her descent into madness‚ the narrator is able to finally free herself‚ but not without losing her sanity in the process. When the narrator states: “I pulled and she shook‚ I shook and she pulled” (Gilman 517)‚ this

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