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    was about to pee. The liquid froze inside when he realized the heart-wrenching sound was that of his mother. Soon it was followed by bawling of his elder sister as he slowly walked back to the source of the cries: parent’s bedroom. There in the bed‚ daddy lay still with eyes wide open; he wasn’t convoluting anymore. As he stood in the door‚ his second sister came running and dropped howling on daddy’s chest. In his seven-year-old life he had never witnessed his mother’s tears; slowly‚ tears trickled

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    metaphors‚ sound effects‚ etc.). Complete a close reading of one of the following poems‚ ensuring that you paraphrase its content‚ the literary techniques used within it‚ and the effects these techniques have on the interpretation of the poem. a. “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath (attached) b. “Hockey Players” by Al Purdy (attached) Your essay will be graded according to the rubric on the back of this page. Please submit your rubric with your assignment for grading. Criteria 4 3 2 1 Unity

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    The Poem Daddy‚ by Sylvia Plath describes the author’s relationship and feelings towards her father that have also carried over into all of her relationships with men. In the poem her father is shown to be all powerful‚ Godlike and a “ghastly statue”. She describes her feelings that she must kill her father “Daddy I have to kill you”‚ but at age ten her father dies before she has the chance to do him in herself. Because of this her feelings towards him are left unresolved. These unresolved feelings

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    Richey 1 Katelynn Richey Mr Ricketts AP English Literature and Composition 08 December 2011 Term Paper Carl Jung‚ an analytical psychologist‚ stated that “archetypes are a tendency or instinctive trend in the human unconscious to express certain motifs or themes” (“Dreams‚ Health‚ Yoga‚ Mind & Spirit”). In the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams uses many archetypal images and personas‚ such as the tragic hero or the stern father figure‚ to convey the overall

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    What was the relationship between Brick‚ Maggie‚ and Skipper? Brick is caught in the middle of a former love triangle in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Maggie is Brick’s wife and Skipper is Brick’s former lover. Brick can not stand Maggie and is very unhappy with her. I believe that Maggie is Brick’s cover up since being a homosexual was frowned upon in this era he wanted to appear “normal.” Maggie knew that Brick and Skipper were secretly lovers so she confronted Skipper about it and in Skipper’s

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    During the course of the novel‚ the children experience many significant events and relationships. Examine the children’s growth through the course of the novel.   The classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. Throughout the course of the novel‚ Lee allows the reader to watch the children grow and mature as a result the events and relationships that they experience. The characters that

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    Afterward‚ he drop out seminary because of the civil rights era‚ this decision drove him away from Daddy who couldn’t understand why this young man gave up a noble calling. Daddy kicked Thomas out of the house with the final word that burned his heart and distanced their relationship “You’ll have to figure it out yourself. You’ll probably end up like your no-good daddy or those other no-good Pinpoint Negroes”. Thomas fought for himself at College of the Holly Cross in the North where

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    On "Daddy" Robert Phillips Finally the one way the poet was to achieve relief‚ to become an independent Self‚ was to kill her father’s memory‚ which‚ in "Daddy‚" she does by a metaphorical murder. Making him a Nazi and herself a Jew‚ she dramatizes the war in her soul. It is a terrible poem‚ full of blackness‚ and one of the most nakedly confessional poems ever written. From its opening image onward‚ that of the father as an "old shoe" in which the daughter has lived for thirty years—an explicitly

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    already taken off his shirt and the bright‚ perfect silver of the right half of his body contrasted against the faded white of the paint-stained sheet that he tucked under the mattress. The only sounds in the room were the rustle of the sheet and the soft clinks and thuds of Qrow placing his paint jars in the coffee tray. James had tucked the final corner of the sheet under the mattress and laid down on his stomach. Qrow set the tray of paints and paint brushes next to James and sat on James’s butt

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    Chapter 1 Introduction The extent of student’s learning in academics may be determined by the grades a student earns for a period of learning has been done. It is believed that a grade is a primary indicator of such learning. If a learner earns high grades it is concluded that they may also have learned a lot while low grades indicate lesser learning. However‚ many experiences and studies found out that there are also several factors that would account for the grades. Nearly four decades of research

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