During the 1950’s America had not yet recovered from the devastating effects of World War II and was already thrust into another conflict‚ The Cold War. This war of espionage and fear between the United States and Russia created a hatred of communism and Communists in America. Events like The Second Red Scare‚ known as McCarthyism created a panic that anyone could be a communist. McCarthyism led to false accusations of communism onto other people without any evidence to support their claim. People
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Gulliver ’s Travels: Summary Many of the critics who have critiqued Jonathan Swift ’s Gulliver ’s Travels have used the word extraneous more then once. Swift was viewed as an insane person who was a failure in life. But this is far from the truth. Swift wrote Gulliver ’s Travels‚ a book that has been assigned to students for years‚ and it is written from experience. Swift ’s experience with the Tories and their conflicts with the Whigs caused him to write books that mock religious beliefs
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In this excerpt from Ann Petry’s The Street‚ the wind is the central antagonist. The narrator efficiently utilizes a third-person omniscient narrator to relay to the reader the bitterness of the cold‚ along with the adamant determination of Lutie Johnson. Through the use of chillingly descriptive imagery‚ and figurative language including resplendent personification‚ the narrator successfully conveys the perilous nature of the cold to enhance Lutie Johnson’s temporal and sensory experiences. Imagery
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the character’s judgement. The character‚ Lysander‚ discusses metaphorical intentions in his dialogue on intimacy. In order to do this‚ Shakespeare wields a figurative aim by implicating personification‚ symbolism‚ and other literary compounds that portray a clear image to indicate that love is short lived and finite. Shakespeare‚ with figurative usage such as similes‚ and vivid imagery‚ suggests the theme that love is not everlasting. He demonstrates this by saying “Making it momentany as a sound‚”
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Lady Macbeth was brought into the play reading the letter from her husband‚ Macbeth. I began to think‚ as we started the play‚ that Lady Macbeth was linked to one of the weird sisters. When she read the letter out loud‚ she said it in a very firm tone of voice. I was confused on why she was like this since her husband was given the opportunity to become the Thane of Cawdor. Later on in the scene‚ she begins to summon up spirits to give her the power to go on with her plan to kill Duncan. I think
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In his play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare uses various examples of figurative language. He does this through the use of allusions‚ metaphors and foreshadowing in order to develop character and plot. Shakespeare uses one specific type of figurative to give you plot‚ and that type is foreshadowing. Through out the play Shakespeare continuously gives hints that give you more meaning to the purpose of the verse. In some cases‚ Shakespeare reveals plot‚ in this case upcoming death or misery
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The key of using figurative language in writing is to illustrate to the reader a descriptive image throughout their minds during the story. During the novel‚ the main characters undergo significant changes created by vivid descriptions with Lee’s use of language. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee demonstrates to the reader in his novel‚ diverse ways of using figurative language to express the ideas he is trying to convey to us. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee introduces many ways to the
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Gulliver’s Travels A Perception of Humanity In 1726‚ Jonathan Swift published a book for English readers. This book appears to be a travel log‚ made to record the adventures of a man‚ Gulliver‚ on four of the incredulous voyages imaginable. However‚ Gulliver’s Travels is a work of satire. Satire is a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish‚ weak‚ or bad: humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person‚ a government‚ or a society. Gulliver in the book is not
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Come to the Darkside Goodman Brown The story “Young Goodman Brown” is told from third person point of view from Goodman Brown’s perspective. The reader gets to know how the narrator felt in situations and his thoughts on the choice to be good or evil. A clue that Nathaniel Hawthorne provides the readers with is the language that the characters use throughout the story: old English. With a context of “Sayest thou so?... thee‚ not thou shalt turn back” (Hawthorne‚ 2). The author’s storytelling is
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1. A car travels 40 kilometers at an average speed of 80 km/h and then travels 40 kilometers at an average speed of 40 km/h. The average speed of the car for this 80 km trip is: A) 40 km/h B) 45 km/h C) 48 km/h D) 53 km/h E) 80 km/h 30’+60’ = 90’=5400s=1.5h 40km+40km=80km vavg= 80000m/5400s=13.168724279835390946502057613169 m/s = 48 km/h 2. The coordinate of an object is given as a function of time by x = 7t – 3t2‚ where x is in meters and t is in seconds. Its average velocity
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