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    <center><b>Blasting out Music to Drown Out Reality</b></center> <br> <br>The essay I read suggested that people of low intelligence/class (i.e. teenagers) use "junk" music to try and drown out their supposedly harsh reality. The author also suggests that the more intelligent people in the world do not listen to loud music because the decibel level at which you listen to music somehow indicates your intelligence. I cannot agree with that statement because I have talked to my friends and aquaintences

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    In the poem‚ “(love song‚ with two goldfish)” by Grace Chua‚ the author describes the evolution of a young romance between two goldfish with its consequential rise and fall using imagery and metaphors. From the title we can automatically understand what the poem will be about and the parenthesis give an image of the shape of the fishbowl‚ creating a setting. The title is not capitalized because it is not just a statement‚ but is in fact part of a story that is constantly evolving and has many aspects

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    People look to comedy movies to laugh just as they look to scary movies to be frightened. Producers and directors of these films include key elements to fulfill the audience’s wants. In scary movies producers use elements such as: colors‚ foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ camera angles‚ sounds‚ etc. to heighten the suspense and scare factor of the film. In Robert Zemeckis’s films he uses these techniques to scare the audience and build up the suspense. Zemeckis specifically uses foreshadowing and camera

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    against the risks of a sailor and the ocean and a man and a woman. They tricked sailors into death because whether they rely on their songs or good looks‚they lure victims to their death by distracting them from a greater danger‚ and causing them to drown or sink/crash the ship into upcoming rocky reefs or dangerously high

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    It seems to be a repaired relationship when these brothers go for a ride in the convertible‚ turns out to the devastating as Henry walks out in the river and drowns. What a way to end what seem to be a relationship on the mend. Erdrich‚ connects Henry’s death with the death of the convertible as this is the end of his relationship with Lyman. This relationship is affected by war‚ which as transform a person into

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    to swim‚ but Rex figured she had to learn at some point‚ so he dragged her across the water and let go. This is not the best method for teaching a kid how to swim‚ but Rex never really believed in conventional methods anyway. When she started to drown‚ he did save her. Next time‚ he shouted out “Sink or swim!” and she didn’t feel him coming to save her (Walls‚ 66). So she swam. She learned that if she didn’t want to sink‚ then she’d better swim. This memorable passage that fostered independence

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    these words at the beginning‚ the audience can feel a certain weight in reference to the memories that Shakespeare is speaking of. The lines that Shakespeare uses anaphora are as follows‚“And with old woes new wail my dear times waste: Then can I drown an eye‚ unused to flow. . .And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe‚ And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Then can I grieve at grievances forgone‚ And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er. . .” By having words such as ‘and’ and ’then’

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    Othello Act 1‚ Sc‚ 1 Quotes "I am not what I am." Speaker: Iago Audience: Rodrigo Explication: He is saying that he is not who he appears to be.   "I have charged thee not not haunt about my doors." Speaker: Brabantio Audience: Rodrigo Explication: Brabantio wants Rodrigo to leave.   "Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe. Arise‚ arise! / Awake the snorting citizens with the bell‚ / Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you. / Arise‚ I say!" Speaker:

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    In the book Into the Killing Seas by Michael P. Spradlin‚ two boys and a man survive in the middle of the ocean‚ stranded. They have to face starvation‚ dehydration‚ crazed crew mates‚ and sharks. In the worst naval accident ever‚ the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. His name was Benjamin Franklin Poindexter Private First Class‚ United States Marine Corps otherwise known as Benny. He was kindhearted and encouraging‚ he was always encouraging and helping people. Spradlin states‚ “Benny was lifting

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    him to take her virginity. Hamlet also feels that Ophelia is weak too which is why he controls her and makes her do what he says. From what we see throughout the play hamlet does not think very good of any women. Towards the end of the play Ophelia drowns and some say it could have been hamlet. People think that because of the way the women were treated by hamlet and the things that he had said to

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