Old English. Circa 500A.D. Beowulf: First version=Codex Cotton Vitelliusfire‚ so passed down orally Lacunae=holes from moths First word of poem is Hwaet=O.E. for a greeting: hey‚ listen up! Whale’s way=the sea Comitatus=latin=duty of follower to hand everything won to the king who then distributes the wealth based on merit Grendel=large‚ condemned by God; descendant of Cain‚ “one against all‚” wont pay Wergild=price paid to family of the enemy you killed in battle; a matter of honor. Witan=council
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following poems in terms of poetic language: "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (Whitman 360-361)‚ "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?" (Shakespeare 361)‚ "Turtle" (Ryan 362)‚ "My Son My Executioner" (Hall 363)‚ "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (Donne 398-399). In your analysis‚ please QUOTE (skillfully and grammatically) at least TWICE and use at least THREE out of the following eight TERMS: connotation denotation metaphor simile personification imagery symbol paradox Your writing
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Unit 9 William Shakespeare: comedies‚ historical plays‚ tragedies The Metaphysical Poets I. Types of plays with Shakespeare A. Comedies: they start with a conflict (agon) in a world/space perceived as imperfect‚ the comic brings about chaos that has a potential tragic quality which is sorted out with a marriage ( a return to harmony and togetherness) that suggests the beginning of a better world. Types of humour/comic: language‚ situation‚ character‚ manner‚ gags The mechanism of laughter
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The Use of Mood in Macbeth Noah Webster‚ author of Webster’s Dictionary‚ defines mood as the "temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling" and "a morbid or fantastic state of mind." E. L. Thorndike and Clarence L. Barnhart‚ authors of Scott‚ Foresman Advanced Dictionary‚ define mood as "the overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional aura of a work." Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ especially the pivotal and ominous second act‚ exemplifies both denotations of mood. The act has an "overall
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The Sun Rising By John Donne. I--The sun rising is a poem in which the poet expresses his anger with the sun. In the first stanza the poet calls the sun a busy old fool and unruly that is undisciplined because the sun visits people without their consent to their homes and disturbs them from their sleep. The poet says that the sun should not disturb lovers‚as love unlike anything knows neither season nor time. The poet tells the
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Do we all learn to read and write the same exact way? The answer is simply no‚ learning how to read and write happens differently for every person‚ some rely on parents or grandparents while others rely on themselves or teachers. After reading Sherman Alexie’s: The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me I saw how just how different people have it growing up in the education system. After reading his story I began to notice just how differently I had it growing up. Alexie‚ for the most part was
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bracelet‚ bedazzled bangle and sparkling statement earrings. With the jewels already making such an impression‚ the mother of two - Sailor‚ eight months‚ and Milo‚ 10 - wore an understated dress to allow the pieces to be the centre of attention. Liv donne a long sleeve black dress with a V-neck and split at the front. The "Leftovers" actress styled her dark tresses out. She wore it to one side on soft glossy curls to give the look an understatedly glamorous finish.
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According to dictionary.com‚ soccer is a form of football played between two teams of 11 players‚ in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the hands‚ except in the case of the goalkeepers‚ who can use their hands to catch‚ carry‚ throw‚ or stop the ball (soccer). In every society‚ there are many different things and many differences in common but there is one thing that links us all. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is a sport
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I‚ like many other people‚ have been more than a little dismayed when I have read poems or other literary works that I did not have the slightest notion as to what it actually meant. Even without a concrete understanding of the work’s meaning‚ I could still gain some knowledge as to the overall idea or purpose of the work just from an initial reading. Literature has the capacity to communicate before it is understood‚ as it is certainly possible for a work to convey emotion and feeling without the
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BELONGING – IDEAS FOR THESIS STATEMENTS –OR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT BELONGING The Prescription’s rubric requires you to: Consider aspects of belonging in terms of experiences and notions of identity‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding. You could use these notions to begin developing your theses or lines of argument. Exercise 1: Developing and Sustaining a Thesis Select one of the lines of argument and create a mind map that includes a number of points or ideas that further the
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