In Silas Marner George Eliot shows didactic viewpoint through his use of syntax to prove that money and social position do not make one a better person. Though the Cass family has money they do not get much joy out of life. Godfrey Cass is in love with Nancy Lammeter‚ and even though he has money‚ she does not love him. Eliot questions Godfrey by saying‚ “Did he suppose that Miss Nancy Lammeter was to be won by any man‚ squire or no squire‚ who led a bad life?( Eliot 74).” This quote shows
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Poetry 1. SIEGFRIED SASSOON (Blighters; They; The Hero; The General) - Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during World War I. He later won acclaim for his prose work‚ notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography‚ collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy". Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8th September 1886 at Weirleigh‚ near Paddock Wood in Kent. After Marlborough College
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at a young age or at birth. When baby girls are born with a webbed neck‚ a broad chest‚ widely spaced nipples‚ or heart problems they are tested for TS. Girls with TS only grow to about 4ft 7 inches. The symptoms of TS are they are shorter than average‚ when they hit puberty they usually don’t have their normal growth spurt. Most girls with TS have troubles with math‚ fine finger movements‚ and memory skills. Many
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between God and Man‚ individual and humanity. It gives a good reason for the ways of man to God and the other way around‚ too. It “expresses in perfect language permanent human impulses” ‚ and thus passes the test of great poetry as laid down by T. S. Eliot. Here poetry has become an exposure and invocation. It shows an inner reality of millions of Indians‚ especially Bengali people. It is the best creation of Rabindranath Tagore that regarded as an independent piece with its own theme and personality
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This documentary is based on a teenage boy living in small town Galashiels‚ Scotland who was clinically diagnosed with TS at a young age. Within this film‚ John Davidson spoke on a variety of social challenges that he encounters on a daily basis throughout his life. John has a highly severe case of Tourette’s‚ complete with motor and vocal tics as well as a large bout
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neurologist Gilles de la Tourette (Harvard Mental Health) ‚ and his name has been given to the disorder now regarded as the most common cause of tics — brief intermittent involuntary or semi-voluntary movements or sounds. A diagnosis of Tourette’s syndrome (TS) requires many motor tics (movements) and at least one vocal or phonic tic (sound)‚ with symptoms beginning before age 18 and lasting more than a year. Often the earliest signs are rapid blinking and twitching of the mouth and nose. Other motor tics
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impossibility of giving a final or absolute interpretation of reality. An important modernist poet is Thomas Eliot‚ he focused on the squallor of XX century’s society and the urban life. Thomas Stearn Eliot was born into the Eliot family of St. Louis‚ Missouri. From 1898 to 1905‚ Eliot was student at Smith Academy‚ a preparatory school for Washington University. At the academy‚ Eliot studied Latin‚ Greek‚ French‚ and German. Upon graduation‚ he could have gone to Harvard University‚ but his
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The Hollow Men "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot is a poem of struggle for meaning amongst the meaningless. T.S. Eliot shows the reader how in this day and age society is becoming less and less active and beginning to become more careless in the way in which we live and behave‚ as represented throughout the poem. It brings out all of our worlds weaknesses and flaws. Eliot brings out the fact that the human race is disintegrating. We are compared to as hollow men with no emotions‚ cares‚ and
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influenced by that responder’s social‚ cultural and historical context which is why texts including ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ can be interpreted in various ways by various people. ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‘‚ was composed by poet T.S Eliot. Born in St Louis Missouri USA‚ he attended Harvard University in 1906 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ was the earliest of T.S Eliot’s major works and was completed between 1910 and 1911
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identify to what extent the poem presents a picture of London immediately after the First World War and how it achieves that. What role is London playing within the poem? Eliot presents a detailed picture of London and its civilization. This is partly achieved through place names. The geographical locations given by Eliot are preponderantly rooted in London. Examples include “Queen Victoria Street” (line 258)‚ “Richmond” (line 294)‚ “The Strand” (line 258)‚ “King William Street” (line 66)‚ “The
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