Date________________ EnglishForEveryone.Org © 2008 “Accused” Reading Comprehension – Short Stories Directions: Read the story. Then answer the questions below. Elizabeth was brooding in her room. She had sought asylum there since spurious gossip about her began circulating at Seagrove Academy last week. Not that Elizabeth had ever been considered a social butterfly. She preferred to live vicariously through the stories of her more brazen friends: late night partying‚ fraternizing with
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so they can have someone support them when the father dies. The main character is Elizabeth Bennet the second oldest child. At the end of the novel‚ Elizabeth Bennet marries Mr. Darcy‚ a character who starts out as a prejudice and class-obsessed man. However‚ at the end of the novel‚ Mr. Darcy becomes a kind‚ honest‚ and accepting man. Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy are the characters with the most change. Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy start out as prejudice‚ but later in the novel‚ they become more accepting
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Sonnet 14: In lines I and 2 of "Sonnet 14"‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning says she wants only to be loved for "love’s sake". The next four lines describe all the things she does not want to be loved for – “Do not say ’I love her for her smile—her look—her way of speaking gently”‚. She tells us in lines 7 through 9‚ that she does not want to be loved for these reasons because they are changeable (with age)‚ unreliable and superficial whereas real love should be everlasting. In lines 10 through 12‚ she
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Test: Would Elizabeth Bennet or Emma Bovary considered heroes? Pride and Prejudice and Madame Bovary‚ two books written in the nineteenth century shared by two of the stars most famous and controversial as well as common themes and motifs that are easily contrasted or opposed. With the first sentence in Pride and Prejudice can make the entry of recurring action will be present in both novels. "It is a truth That a single aknowledged Universally man in possession of a good fortune must-be in want
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John Proctor: A Hero or a Fool?In Arthur Miller’s famous allegorical play The Crucible ‚the main characterJohn Proctor‚ a young defiant yet respected farmer‚ shows heroic characteristicsthrough intricate situations of theocratic injustice. Set in hysteria and chaos‚the witch trials of Salem village as the trials unfold Proctor finds himself in adifficult situation in which his decision and actions decide not only his fate but thefate of many innocent people like himself. In the community‚ people
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Braddon a very creative writer of her time. She was named the "Queen of Sensation" in the year of (1835to 1915) because she had successfuly wrote more than eighty novels. Some of her novels were published in various literary magazines because of her husband decided to published them in his magazines. Some of her accounts in her life she used the year 1835 as the year she was born. She was also born at a place called Soho‚ London. She was the youngest child of a solicitor
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The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry‚ music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished‚ and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad‚ while back
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Synopsis: Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21‚ 1926 in London‚ to Prince Albert‚ Duke of York (later King George VI)‚ and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She married Philip Mountbatten‚ Duke of Edinburgh in 1947‚ became queen on February 6‚ 1952‚ and was crowned on June 2‚ 1953. During her reign‚ she has tried to make the British monarchy more modern and sensitive to the public. Early Life; At the time of her birth‚ no one thought Elizabeth would someday become queen
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Alternatively‚ in our modern day world some people still keep their thoughts to themselves and are afraid to speak for other people. Just like in the book Night‚ Elie was concerned about the other Jews being taken to extermination camps‚ however his father told him not to worry about it because it wasn’t them being taken and they lived in denial that anything as unpleasant of what was reality was happening to the Jews and the same would happen to them. Until Elie and his family were captured‚ he
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Rumors were in the air that the showrunner of a soap would be shown the exit gate‚ and the same materialized when the executive producer of ‘The Young and the Restless’ Jill Farren Phelps was fired from the show. Prior to the revelation‚ fans harbored a lot of grudge as to how she was handling the show. Therefore‚ the news of her removal from the show was accepted with excitement by the fans. The news however has not been released by the official sources of the show and it might be long before any
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