Research. Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet‚ author and also a solider. He was born on 8th September 1886 and died 1st September 1967. He was known as one of the leading poets of the First World War. He wrote his poems about war and what it was like in the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who were responsible for the pointless death of millions. He was born at Weirleigh hospital in Matfield‚ Kent. He had a Jewish father and an Anglo-catholic mother
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is remembered as a contest between aristocrat and royalist that were Cavaliers and puritan and parliamentarians as Roundheads. It ended with the complete victory for the parliament forces. Charles I became the first monarch in Europe to be executed after formal trial for crimes against his people. The leader of the parliamentary army‚ Oliver Cromwell‚ became Lord Protector of a republic with a military government. Cromwell did the same as the king‚ dissolved the parliament‚ imposed taxes without parliamentary
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In Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck presents Curley’s Wife having an amazing look. Steinbeck writes that‚ ‘she had full‚ rouged lips‚her fingernails were red‚she wore red mules. The repetition of the colour red here maybe symbolizes the fact that Curley’s Wife is confident about her appearance. The thing which stands out about her is when he refers to her as ‘good looking’. This might show that Curley’s Wife is confident about her looks and femininity because her dream is to be a film star. This might
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Before and After It is Death that consoles yea‚ and causes our lives. “The Death of the Poor” Charles Baudelaire What was a firm stone before magically transformed into two birds that immediately flew away. They had been caged in the stone for years and could finally obtain freedom. The old one immediately fell dead and got rid of all the sufferings she had had before. The young one flew away searching for a new life. But sometimes life plays bad tricks; a stone fist is always stronger than separate
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What are your thoughts and feelings about the poem “On The Grasshopper and The Cricket”? In the poem ‘On The Grasshopper and The Cricket’ by John Keats‚ the poet seems at a first glance to just to be describing a grasshopper and a cricket and how they inhabit a garden and the kitchen of a home respectively. However‚ once we understand the poem‚ it is not so straightforward. In the second to the sixth lines of the poem‚ it shows how carefree the life of a grasshopper is in the “summer luxury”
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John Donne ’s position as a revered and respected poet is not unjustified. The depth and breath of literary works written about him along with the esteemed position he held among his comtemporaries is evidence of his popularity. As a metaohysical poet his poetry was frequently abstract and theoritical and he utilised poetry to display his learning and above all his wit. He was most certainly an innovative love poet who moved away from the Shakespearian focus on form intensely literary style. He was
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Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief’ is narrated by Death who describes the story of a nine year old German girl called Liesel Meminger. She was given by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939. In this novel‚ Death is interested by humans and the colours of the world‚ but he struggles to decode how humans are capable of so much beauty but at the same time ugliness. Death shows an interest in Liesel’s story and describes the incidents in her life. His opinions
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On first reading it‚ Curley’s wife is presented as an antagonist‚ as a dream destroyer‚ the story its self is set during the “Great Depression”‚ where dreams were usually destroyed‚ The Great Depression was an extremely miserable time during the 1930’s‚ it made average people (such as the guys in the ranch and Curley’s wife) impossible to fulfill their dreams. Curley’s wife‚ was a lot of things‚ but mainly misunderstood. Similar to all the men on the ranch‚ she was unable to fulfill her dream‚ all
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Before and After 9/11 Before and After 9/11 Before and After 9/11 (Infocus‚ 2011) This beautiful picture was taken‚ a week before the attack on the United States. This picture also shows the trade towers that were attacked New York City. The world trade towers were a symbol of achievement to the American people and a hub for the downtown metropolitan area. It was a focal point of many things in New York; lots of people would come to see the world trade towers because it
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Ultimately‚ I think Romeo and Juliet are to blame for their deaths. Yes‚ the long-lasting family feud could be blamed. Yes‚ Friar Laurence could be blamed for planning something of such high risk. Yes‚ Lord Capulet could be blamed for arranging Paris and Juliet to be married. Under all these circumstances‚ though‚ Romeo and Juliet could have made different decisions that wouldn’t have led to death. For instance‚ they could have chosen to take their time getting married‚ instead of rushing into it
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