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    “How is the concept of Breaking Free represented in A Room with a View‚ related text and a text studied in class?” Breaking Free is represented in E.M. Forster’s‚ Room with a View through Lucy and the contrast in constraints of the English society and the freedom loving‚ passionate nature of Italy. Breaking Free is also represented in the feature article “Women at War” by Jo Chandler‚ through how women have broken free from the traditional female roles and taken on front line duties with the Australian

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    Walt Whitman in ‘Leaves of Grass’‚ uses many similar techniques throughout his poem to give off and emphasize his meaning. The three techniques that further Whitman’s meaning in my opinion are repetition‚ along with the overuse of commas and lack of use of periods‚ and alliteration. Whitman’s uses common themes from transcendentalism including body and soul‚ immortality and Whitman also talks a lot about equality. Whitman uses repetition in the beginning of certain sentences to stress his message

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    While Reading Theodore Roethke’s poem "My Papa’s Waltz" I felt very sadden by the situation. Imaging what a horrid situation the child goes through what I believe happens every day. In which he believes is the only way his father shows him love and affection. Roethke Imagewrites this poem in such a romantic way and doesn’t look at this experience as something bad. He tries to beautify the beating by making it a waltz; IN what I think is the most romantic and beautiful dance out there. He shows the

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    I went to an agreement on both the strain‚ and the determining of it. A lyric’s expression assumes a central part in dissecting a sonnet‚ considering the content is each of the one needs keeping in mind the end goal to find the importance. My Papa’s Waltz

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    this author‚ Theodore Roethke‚ see a close family member of his family‚ like his father‚ intoxicated that the waltz dance brings out the humorous side to him. This dance prepares the family for the worst because this it is seen so much. Paraphrase: The smell on your breath can affect a child; but I would never give in for it wasn’t easy. We frolicked so much pans slide from the shelf; my mom didn’t have much tolerance to put up with this. Part of you was injured but every thing I did somehow it

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    In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence is shown as honest and trustworthy. William Shakespeare has written many plays in olden day language. During some time people thought that plays and poems were not worth anything and thought it was rubbish. People now study the writing of Shakespeare because of the rich language‚ the literature and the writing style and context. The most trusted Friar Lawrence clarifies the mishaps and misunderstanding of Romeo and Juliet (5

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    Figurative Language in Woods Runner: A Cultural Debate Yes‚ I agree that figurative language improves the understanding of the novel in Woods Runner. I reached that conclusion because the picture the words paint gives you an idea of what is happening throughout the novel. Firstly‚ an example of this is found in chapter 4 on page 27 where it says “Samuel smelled it before he saw anything. Not just the smoke from the fires. But the thick‚ heavy smell. Blood. Death.” and this adds to the way the reader

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    Keeping love a reality is never simple. Conceivable that living will ultimately be destroyed‚ but does love? Moments in time pass and so do days. It is in "Sonnet 18"‚ that we see an ultimation to the concept that love that is limited. He has a special way of keeping passion a reality in "Sonnet 18"‚ and he uses many different expertise to show how passion is more remarkable and endless than a summer’s day. The first expertise he uses to show endless love is to ask many questions like

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    way these specific experiences have changed their lives. For instance‚ Theodore Roethke wrote the poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz” in which he writes about a moment from his early childhood that probably affected him so deeply that he was never able to forget about it. This shows that certain moments in our childhood are particularly crucial to the way we turn out to be as adults. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Roethke confuses the reader because the poem reminisces a specific event in his life in which he describes

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    Doodle was terrified of being abandoned; Brother knew this. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a short story about shame. Using the literary elements of figurative language‚ mood‚ and setting‚ James Hurst shows that you should not let shame change the way you feel towards a loved one. Mood is a literary element often used in a story to give meaning and descriptions. A type of mood that is used in “The Scarlet Ibis” is to show Brother’s feelings of Doodle. At one point in the story Brother tells his

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