<center><b>Assignment 1: Explication from Hamlet (1.3.111-137) ("My lord‚ he hath importuned me with love" [end of scene].</b></center> <br> <br>Ophelia and Polonius have a father-daughter discussion toward the end of Act 1 where Polonius‚ concerned father that he is‚ warns his daughter Ophelia of becoming too involved with Hamlet. This warning comes just as Laertes‚ brother and son‚ has bid farewell. Laertes has just warned Ophelia himself of getting involved with Hamletthis is the first time
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The DREAM Act America harbors a dream that is the very essence that defines us for who we are as a country‚ and separates us from any other nation in the world. It is the reason we are proud to call ourselves American‚ for we live the dream that others ache to experience. All around the globe‚ people clinging to their last strand of hope leave behind their homes and set out for America ’s soil. Their safety is a small price to pay when the only dream they wish to accomplish is living out the American
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A Dream within a Dream By Edgar Allen Poe The poem “A Dream within A Dream” by Edgar Allen Poe is about how it feels to lose your hopes and your dreams all at once in a very sorrowful and frustrating manner. In the first stanza he is asking the reader if it matters that his purpose‚ motivation‚ and his love has been taken away by life itself and whether or not it was worth it. Although‚ with the lines “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream” has the meaning that what he thinks
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“A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning” is a poem about a couple on the eve of their separation. The speaker is trying to convince his lady to accept his departure by describing love as something that transcends the physical and therefore can endure or even grow through separation. John Donne makes three main points throughout the poem. He informs the reader that the love he and his partner share is beyond a normal love‚ that their love is strengthened in absence‚ and that he compares their love to twin
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1 In “Living Tree”‚ by Robert Morgan‚ the author describes the practice of burying the dead under a tree‚ which in turn nourishes it and continues the cycle of life. Memory and the passing of a legacy are concepts that can be observed throughout the poem. Life‚ death and rebirth is the theme of this poem‚ the idea that a person is more than a body‚ and can transcend the material realm and continue to live in the memory of future generations. This point is stated in lines 8‚9‚ and 10‚ where
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Whoso list to hunt is a fourteen line poem which follows a strict rhythmic pattern of “abba abba cddc ee”‚ has an iambic pentameter and therefore is known as a sonnet. It is not just any type of sonnet‚ but actually a Petrarchan sonnet. The sonnet is constructed by an octave‚ which are two quatrains combined then a sestet following after that. It was one of the thirty sonnets written by Sir Thomas Wyatt‚ and was believed to be written for Anne Boleyn‚ the second wife of King Henry VIII and the woman
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Protagoras‚ an Ancient Greek sophist‚ was a self-proclaimed teacher of virtue. In ancient Greek times the term ‘sophist’ described men who claimed the ability to teach the art of politics‚ and the art of being a good citizen. In his conversation with Socrates‚ Protagoras claimed to have an ability to teach sound deliberation - to better manage one’s household and public affairs. According to Socrates‚ Protagoras was a teacher of the art of citizenship. The art of citizenship involved sound deliberation
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“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath is a poem narrated from the perspective of a mirror. Within this poem‚ there is a clash between truth and perception. This idea is first presented through the form of the stanzas where the mirror is “silver and exact” (Plath 1) then when the mirror is “now [...] a lake” (10). The poem then illustrates how even the truthful mirror has preconceptions. Then finally how the woman‚ who comes every morning to look in the mirror often deludes herself with “those liars‚ the candles
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As one of America’s most famous poets‚ Sylvia Plath’s works have long been discussed and analyzed amongst literary professionals and laymen alike. In Plath’s poem “Daddy”‚ arguably one of her most important works‚ she presents a piece chock full of symbols‚ imagery‚ and themes worth discussing. In the poem‚ the speaker is presumably a young woman speaking to her father. Today‚ many readers make the assumption that “Daddy” is actually more of an autobiography for Plath‚ and it is considered to be
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Explication of “Dulce et Decorm Est” “Dulce et Decorum Est” was written by Wilfred Owen and published in 1920 after his death. The title is Latin‚ taken from the Roman poet Horace; it means that it is sweet and proper. The poem contains four stanzas. The rhyme scheme is ababcdcd. The scansion is iambic pentameter. The poem is about a soldier recanting his experience on the battlefield and the resulting nightmares. The poem is the speaker’s struggle with the physical pain and the psychological
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