“A ROSE FOR EMILY”----WILLIAM FAULKNER Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical)‚ mystery‚ the supernatural‚ ghosts‚ haunted houses and Gothic architecture‚ castles‚ darkness‚ death‚ decay‚ doubles‚ madness‚ secrets‚ and hereditary curses. The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants‚ villains‚ bandits‚ maniacs‚ Byronic heroes‚ persecuted maidens‚ femmes fatales‚ madwomen‚ magicians‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ monsters‚ demons‚ angels‚ fallen angels
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Wars of the Roses was not just one war‚ it was a series of ongoing wars between two parties‚ The Lancaster Party and the York Party. They were fighting over the English throne. The Lancaster party had a red rose‚ York had a white rose‚ and the Tudor rose was both red and white. This is why the series of wars that were named the War of the Roses. They did not name the wars until several years later. Some might say that the marriage of Margaret and Henry Tudor had been why the War of the Roses ended‚ but
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SOIL LAB: The Wealth Beneath Your Feet Purpose: To determine potential growth based on tests of physical characteristics such as pH‚ fertility and consistency. Pre-Lab: TO start off our investigation‚ we had to gather soil. Our group decided to get it from below a tree‚ right next to the trunk. In terms on fertility‚ we rated our soil to be a 4 (1 being the least fertile‚ 10 being the most). We rated it rather high because it was in a place where it had not been tampered with making it better
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Oh My Aching Feet In John King Fairbank’s short story‚ “Footbinding‚” Chinese parents choose to bind their daughters’ feet so they could have a better chance for a good marriage arrangement and success in life. A Chinese custom in practice for decades‚ “Footbinding spread as a mark of gentility and upper-class status” and as a way “[…] to preserve female chastity” (Fairbank 403). At a very young age‚ parents tightly wrap their daughters’ feet with cloth to prevent growth and change the shape in
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An Organization’s Social Responsibility June 21‚ 2013 ETH/316 An organization’s sense of social responsibility should be above the standard ethical and legal practices. Social responsibility extends to the company’s local and global communities. Companies that have social responsibilities takes into consideration those stakeholders who do not have a formal relationship with the company. Informal stakeholders include the residents of the community‚ its land‚ and
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Escaping Loneliness In "A Rose for Emily‚" William Faulkner’s use of setting and characterization foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. His use of metaphors prepares the reader for the bittersweet ending. A theme of respectability and the loss of‚ is threaded throughout the story. Appropriately‚ the story begins with death‚ flashes back to the past and hints towards the demise of a woman and the traditions of the past she personifies. Faulkner has carefully crafted a multi-layered
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The theme of "The Family of Little Feet" is coming of age. This is evident because when they put on the shoes people on the street call them ladies and they describe their legs that are not theirs but a woman’s‚ "On the avenue a boy on a homemade bicycle calls out: Ladies‚ lead me to heaven."‚ "But the truth is it is scary to look down at your foot that is no longer yours and see attached a long long leg" The tone of the passage is playful and innocent because they are just playing‚ like dressing
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with Satan can be looked at in many different perspectives‚ and have many different reactions. When three young boys in the city of Eseldorf come across Satan‚ they particularly enjoy his presence‚ and his fantastical powers. In Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger‚ the satirical elements portrayed are Dramatic Irony‚ Absurdity‚ and Fantasy‚ to mock the ignorance and insignificance of the human race; and not only that‚ but also to draw the attention of humans and help make most of their flaws clear
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earth. He states they will make their last cherry pie‚ take their last buggy ride to town‚ etc. He also describes Dick and Perry’s trek across the state of Kansas and how they prepare for the murders by buying rubber gloves‚ ropes‚ etc. 2) In Cold Blood is like a fiction novel because of how brutally the murders are committed. When the two men found no money in the house‚ and committed the murders anyway‚ this proves these men were not sane. Even though the novel is nonfiction‚ most of the
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Giving human-like qualities The Sick Rose * Sick * Songs of experience * Badness * Unhealthy * Depressed * Infected * Imperfection * Aware or not? * The rose is sick. * Personification * Rose * Nature * Beauty * Exotic * Love * Romanticism * Female * Perfection * Innocence * Smelling good * Corruption of love O Rose thou art sick * Starting with”o”
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