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    Compare the ways that authors present the speakers in their poems. My Last Duchess‚ by Robert Browning and Poem at Thirty-Nine‚ by Alice Walker. These are poems that revolve around grief and pride. In My Last Duchess the speaker is a very proud duke with years of honour and power to his family name but his duchess shows no respect to anything he has given her. In Poem at Thirty-Nine the speaker is a lady that didn’t show enough respect to her father when he was alive but when she lost him she grieved

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    Underground cities! Just a futuristic idea or a need of the present. Titus Fernandes (13th October 2013) Abstract What is city of the future? Will there be any city in the future? For whom will the city of future be? A set of arguments very difficult to respond to‚ but one thing is clear that we are now‚ beginning to shape our present environment in context with a preconceived notion about the future. In this movement of change‚ where does the vision of underground cities stand? The article throws

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    Everyman‚ a morality play‚ utilizes ten characters to guide Everyman on his journey towards death. Through the plot Everyman is chosen by god as an example to all humans. God feels unappreciated and is not happy with human obsession over material goods. Plot is used as a device to place events in sequence to make up a theme. Cause and effect is a tool of plot used in Everyman. The author uses Fictional and allegorical characters to help the protagonist learn a lesson. The author’s use of allegory

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    “Remembering again that I shall die” Discuss ways in which Thomas presents feelings about death in ‘Rain’ The oblivion of nothing is accepted by Edward Thomas as he contemplates over the nature of both life and death. Aside‚ Thomas’ usual theme of preserving England’s nature a theme of isolation‚ darkness and melancholy takes over in ‘Rain’ and was‚ understandably‚ common within poets around the First World War. In particular Thomas’ collection is reflective of the work by Thomas Hardy and

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    Wealth is viewed differently by many different people. If you ask the upper class‚ the middle class‚ and the lower class they will all give you different answers. Even within the different classes‚ people view wealth differently. In different parts of the world‚ and in the different countries people will give you different answers to what they consider wealth to be if you ask them. It all depends on where they are‚ what they have‚ how they grew up and what they grew up with‚ and what they’ve been

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    Carl Becker‚ author of Everyman His Own Historian‚ explains in his own words the meaning of history. Becker uses a narrative and facts to support his position. Becker begins by dissecting the textbook definition of history. The definition of history begins as‚ “the knowledge of events that have occurred in the past”‚ and later Becker develops the definition to‚ “history is the memory of things said and done.” Becker supports his change to the original definition by analyzing the actual words used

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    ‘those I fight I do not hate‚ those I guard I do not love’ this is ironic as he has no feeling as to who wins the war yet he is fighting for one side. The theme of the poem is simple and he structure is unbroken and composed‚ this is contrasts the idea of the poem as the airman knows he is going to die‚ ‘I know I shall meet my fate’ and therefore the calmness of the poem and the calmness of the airman is seen as peculiar as other people in this situation would be more panicked which is why the airman

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    Morality is strongly lacking in present society‚ as it was lacking in society in medieval times. The play‚ Everyman‚ and the short story‚ The Pardoner’s Tale‚ are both literary works which try to educate the reader in the proper ways of life. Everyman’s theme seems to aim toward educating the reader on the reasons why death comes to all people. The Pardoner’s Tale obviously preaches against the sin of greed as well as hints at a lesson against pretence. <br> <br>Everyman is an allegorical play that

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    Discuss how Fitzgerald presents Gatsby’s infatuation with Daisy and how his love for her becomes obsessive. Fitzgerald presents Gatsby’s infatuation and obsessive love with Daisy in a clear and upfront way‚ as if he isn’t trying to hide it. Daisy‚ who is partially based on Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda‚ is a beautiful young woman from Louisville‚ Kentucky. She is Nick’s cousin and the object of Gatsby’s love. She was extremely popular among the military officers stationed near her home‚ including Jay

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