The Bluest Eye depicts the social conditions and psychology of black citizens in post-World War II United States. This excerpt‚ situated in the Autumn part of the book‚ introduces the reader to a family‚ the Breedloves‚ part of whom is the protagonist‚ Pecola. The point of view is omniscient‚ enabling the author to describe the family‚ their house and state of mind. This extract has several layers of meaning : it depicts the physical‚ then moral conditions of the Breedloves‚ but also sheds light
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Ancient World and Christian World Inferno is Dante’s first poem in his The Divine Comedy. The poem starts with Dante traveling in dark where he loses his way. He is trying to get to his beloved Beatrice who is waiting for him. She sends ghost of Virgil to bring Dante to her. In order to get to Heaven‚ Dante will have to go through heaven‚ something that almost everyone did in Christian world. At the beginning‚ they enter the gate of hell. The First Circle of the Hell is for those people who never
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The poem Tarantella is structured into two stanzas. The stanzas are unequal in length as the first stanza is longer than the second. The poem also consists of a chorus which is repeated 3 times. The chorus in the poem is “Do you remember an Inn? Miranda? Do you remember an Inn? ”. Tarantella is about the memories of a specific Inn; “Do you remember an Inn‚ Miranda?”. The poem is set during war which is shown by the imagery used. The poem describes the bad experience of staying at an inn during war
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Theme:`War photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that explores the theme of death. In the poem we see the photographer developing images that he had taken from the war‚ as he is processing these images his thoughts and memories come flooding back to him. This poem captures the readers attention bringing them to realization of the hardships and dangerous situations faced by those part of the war. On the other hand‚ this poem focuses on the role of the photographer having a monotonous and realistic
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------------------------------------------------- The Wasp’s Nest The Wasp’s Nest by James L Rosenberg describes the struggle of power between the poet and the two birds that are building their nest. The poet uses the wasps and their nest as a symbol to show reality of the humans. Finally‚ at the end the poet realizes that his life too is like that of the wasps and thus starts to sympathize with them. The poet structures the poem in such a way to show the struggle of power between the wasps
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SUBLIMUS DEI The public‚ historical text “Sublimus Dei” promulgated by Paul III Pope during his papal throne the 29th of May of 1537 and addressed to all faithful Christians is a Papal Bull which forbids the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The main idea of this text located in the last paragraph‚ is the enslavement and evangelization of Indians and other peoples. Paul III Pope declares that Indians should be converted to the Christian faith by preaching the word of God
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literature have a theme and specific symbols that are important to the work all throughout. Every writer is influenced by what is going on in the world around them when they sit down to write. In the play Agamemnon the theme is revenge‚ in the poem Inferno the theme is justice‚ and in the novel Don Quixote the theme is illusion vs. reality. In all the works there are many literary devices that add to the meaning of the literature. In the beginning‚ in the Ancient time period‚ most works were influenced
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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY Commentary number: 2 Title of extract: Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences Source of extract: Business Standard Date of extract: March 30‚ 2013 Word count: 750 words Date the commentary was written: 1/04/2013 The commentary relates: Candidate name: Sushmi Dey | New Delhi March 30‚ 2013 Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences DIPP wants foolproof case on anti-cancer drugs of Roche‚ Bristol-Myers The department
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happy is the love she receives from her husband but even there she does not receives any emotional bondage. She is held up with natural suppression about her identity. She has a feeling that in the parties they would tease her. This is not only a social phobia which mutes her‚ but Mac who did not admire her beauty and appreciate her. Mac’s silence and his dominance root her thinking. She is not able to disclose her feeling to her husband because of the suppression she faces. Their communication leads
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This passage is taken from the book Songs of Ourselves. This poem written by Sujata Bhatt is written post the British colonisation of India and importance of religions and culture in India. It is a poem written about the social and political concern of the lost of cultural identical renunciation of Indian identity. The poem is based on Religion and a bit of Greek Mythology. All the lines are not of the same length. This shows us that the poem is meant to be read slowly with understanding. The effect
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