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    Love Story by Taylor Swift. The lyrics of this song contain a reference to Romeo and Juliet‚ creating an allusion which once again‚ makes this song more memorable. In most stories‚ movies‚ and songs‚ the creator of said work‚ uses figurative language to help create description that he would be unable to when using just regular language. The stories The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst‚ Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut‚ and The Gift of the Magi

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    “The Necklace” & “The Gift of the Magi” Share Common Theme Wanting more and better is one of the quality that we all have. In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”‚ both writers illustrate the consequences of greed. One would wonder if people do fine much happiness through their search for material? Perhaps greed does make one’s happy at times‚ but because of greed people bury themselves in the bottomless pit of pain and suffering. A dust material such

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    “The Gift of the Magi”/ “The Necklace” At a young age I was taught the value of the dollar. When it comes to money I am a saver. I have always tried to save every penny‚ and when I had a little extra I would treat myself to something I had been wanting. I always tell myself‚ “Save your money‚ you never know when something you really need or would really like to have could come along.” When it comes to having a lot of money and a lot of possessions‚ I don’t really need all of it. Yes‚ every now

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    The main character in The Necklace’s‚ and the main character in The Gift of the Magi’s‚ personalities differ from one another vastly. In The Necklace‚ the main character Mathilde Loisel is an ungrateful middle class woman who seeks riches and admiration. Alternatively‚ the main character in The Gift of the Magi‚ Della Young‚ is compassionate and works very hard to buy her husband a present‚ and ultimately‚ selling the one thing that was more precious to her than anything else‚ her hair. Mathilde

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    damsel in distress and spends happily ever after protecting her from advancing princes. Seldom is this phrase exclaimed when the loafing dog discovers an unattended bologna sandwich and helps itself. No‚ irony comes into play when the outcome of the story is mind blowing‚ horrific and earth shattering. When the prince charming swoops in with his "Shakespeare" and "Hamlet" and realizes‚ the princess has already been carried off into the arms of an Ogre. Upon crossing her path the princess falls sincerely

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    Short Stories Provides Valuable Moral Lessons to Readers Through the actions demonstrated by fictional characters‚ short stories provide readers with vital lessons. It is demonstrated in The Stolen Party‚ The Necklace and The Gift of Magi‚ and it examines the significance of obedience‚ appreciation and the affection of selfless actions. First in foremost‚ from Rosaura’s consequence of disobedience‚ it presents the message of obeying your parents. For instance‚ it is revealed as Hermina refused her

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    is Della from The Gift of the Magi. Della is a sweet poor woman who needs to buy a present for her husband for christmas but the problem is she only has one dollar and eighty-seven cents. She had been saving that money for a long time. Just like Della I save my money for long periods of time then when the time comes to buy something I spend it all. Della looks everywhere and spends a lot of time trying to find the perfect gift for her husband. Even though I don’t buy a lot of gifts during christmas

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    Lyman Moody with many interpretations in mind. This famous quote has grasped the attention of many readers. Different readers always find various angles to explain the meaning of this quote. There are numerous stories or texts that approve and disapprove of our phrase. "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O Henry‚ gives confident approval that our equation applies in multiple ways to the text. It can give definitions and reasons for our quote to better explain different interpretations.

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    Writer’s Choice Name: Course: Institution: Question One: Identify the character/story and the nature of the ironic or difficult situation – What happened? Why was it surprising? Per the story of “Romeo and Juliet” Everyone expect that Romeo and Juliet will surplus all odd‚ get married and live happily ever after but this changes when Juliet after learning that her father wants her to get married to Paris she takes sleeping portion to pretend that she is dead then Romeo arrives and on seeing Juliet

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    and Della from The Gift of the Magi seem to have many differences‚ although they more similar that they really look like. For both women‚ happiness is something unknown and unreachable; and their lives are nothing more than hopeless. However‚ happiness is different than being rich‚ and while Mathilde does not care about her husband happiness‚ Della fights for her husband happiness and at the end‚ both realizes that happiness is only a relative thing‚ a state of mind. In the story The Necklace‚ Mathilde

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