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    figurative language and imagery of the excerpt show what Jude thinks of the leader-writer Sue once knew. Hardy’s use of syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery depict Jude’s thought process after speaking to Sue and what he should do to fix their relationship. Hardy starts the quotation with the lone physical action‚ “looked away”. He had just finished fighting with Sue when she entered his lodging after she ran away from the training school.

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    little did they know‚ the soldier is impacted and tries to ease his guilt or justify his action. Killing a man during war and how one copes with it is shown in the short story “The Man I Killed” by Tim O’Brien‚ and in the poem “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy. In O’Brien’s passage‚ Tim shot a Vietnamese soldier. This action caused him to feel remorseful and guilty. In the poem‚ the speaker was also a soldier‚ but instead of feeling guilty‚ he feels uncertain of his action after killing his enemy. Because

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    Q. How does Hardy make us feel sorry for the character of Sophy? Focus points: - Language - Situation - Character Ans: The themes depicted throughout the story are that of love‚ sacrifice‚ regret‚ relationship issues and most importantly class divisions that were an eminent part of the former world community‚ and are still visible and prominent in some areas of the world. The story is set in the 19th century‚ in the city of London and countryside of North Wessex. The atmosphere of the

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    Research Paper Thomas Hardy is a novelist‚ a poet‚ a writer and much more he has been a very huge influence on British liturature. Hardy was influenced by the Romantism period and looked up to both Charles Dickens and William Wordworth. Like Dickens‚ he was very much critical of the Victorian Society. Hardy was born June 2‚ 1840 in the village of Upper Bockhampton. Thomas Hardy was more of a poet than a novelist. I am focusing more on Hardy’s poems where he uses irony‚ imagery‚ and dialect

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    THOMAS HARDY (1814 – 1928) Transitional figure between the Victorian novel and Modernist novel‚ from Desperate Remedies (Victorian) to Jude the Obscure (nearer to Modernism). One of the main characteristics of his writing is the mixture of plausible human beings and strange and uncommon events‚ the mixture of real and fantastic without rational explanation‚ based on superstition. Recurrent themes in Hardy’s writing are: Class distinction (Tess is from the lower class whereas Alec belongs

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    Na Le English 101 Critical History Paper Twain started out writing light humorous stories‚ then added rich humor‚ strong narratives‚ and social criticism‚ but he evolved into a chronicler of the vanities‚ war‚ tranvestism‚ Satan‚ hypocrisies‚ political‚ ethics‚ and stupidity and murderous acts of mankind. Twain had been known to use his real life experience to help him writes‚ so that was why he changed his issues and theme over time. Twain’s writing style changed according what happened

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    Mankind has fought wars for centuries; over many different types of things like religion‚ resources‚ and territorial growth. “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ can undoubtedly be considered an anti-war poem. The narration takes the reader through the remorse the soldier feels as he considers the weight of his actions. The simple‚ straightforward nature of the poem seemingly begs the reader to understand it. However‚ there are many details in the lines that warrant a second reading. There are several

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    someone’s whole lifetime. That one instantaneous decisions garners consequences that if not handled properly‚ may become detrimental. Within “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ the speaker struggles to approach the repercussions brought about by his enlisting in the military. To establish the stark contrast between war and neutrality‚ Thomas Hardy opens and closes “The Man He Killed” in a bar‚ a common place where a plethora of people can meet. In doing so‚ he delves into the deeper concept of corruption

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    Rachel Williams Richard Hutchison History 1302 18 July 2012 Industrial Revolution: Thomas Edison The industrial revolution marked a time of great change from a rural nation to an urban-industrial society. Thomas Alva Edison was a very influential inventor of the Industrial revolution. In the 1970’s there are records of only 276 patented inventions‚ by the 1890’s there were 234‚956 on record. Thomas Edison was responsible for some of the most revolutionary products of all time‚ the light bulb

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    reasoning behind any individual’s decision making. Similar to this reasoning‚ Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” questions human behavior in relation to impulse‚ morality‚ and consequence. When someone makes an impulse decision‚ that individual is acting based on one’s own personal nature. In this instance‚ an individual will not think about the action that they are doing‚ but rather‚ they simply move based on predisposition. In Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed‚” the speaker is recounting a time in which

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