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    Critical Lens Essay Quotations Chose one of the following six quotations to connect to your work of literature: 1. “Good Literature makes us aware of the potential that each human being has.” Anonymous 2- “The best literature may entertain readers or disturb them‚ but above all‚ it must make them think.” Anonymous 3- “Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.” Pablo Picasso 4- “The best literature is about old universal truths

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    “I walked about the chamber most of the time. I imagined myself only to be regretting my loss‚ and thinking how to repair it; but when my reflections were concluded‚ and I looked up and found that the afternoon was gone‚ and evening far advanced‚ another discovering dawned on m – namely‚ that in the interval I had undergone a transforming process; that my mind had put off all of it had borrowed of Miss Temple – or rather‚ that she had taken with her the serene atmosphere I had been breathing in her

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    Macbeth Key Quotations & Questions Act 1 [1.1.10] and [1.3.38] What theme is revealed by foul/fair? What might this foreshadow? This goes with the theme “Appearance versus Reality” because it means that things are not always what they seem to be. Everything that is right can be wrong and everything that is wrong can be write. It is a paradox. It foreshadows that there will be a gap between appearances versus reality and that everything that people may seem to look good in appearance‚ in reality

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    My Favourite Quotation about Love “By blood‚ I am Albanian. By citizenship‚ an Indian. By faith‚ I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling‚ I belong to the world. As to my heart‚ I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”Hearing these words‚ can you guess who she is? Yes‚ that is Mother Teresa and my fovourite quotation about love is just from her-------“not all of us can do great things‚ but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa had devoted her whole life to minister to the poor‚ sick

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    The Attack on Pearl Harbour Focus Question: How did the attack on Pearl Harbour affect WWII? What significant reason did the Japanese choose to start a war with the United States? How did the surprise assault affect the surroundings of Pearl Harbour? The quotation of “issued Potsdam Declaration” had Japan to surrender‚ even if they did surrender why are the United States still deciding to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How has the results of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing affect the lives

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    Meaningful Quotations: Quote 2-3 passages that you really connect with. Include the page number found in parentheses. Explain what makes those quotations/passages so meaningful to you. All quotes are from Henry James’ Turn of the Screw. "It was all the romance of the nursery and the poetry of the schoolroom." (26) This quote is said by the governess‚ about the relationship between her and the children‚ Miles and Flora. This simple sentence reveals a lot about how the governess feels about Miles

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    Quotations Theme: Though one may feel different from others‚ we are all different from each other but still need another. 1. “Jules had a little kid sense of time and after a month when all the cigarettes were gone he didn’t seem to believe that Kent was ever going to come back.” * Reliant on Jules senses or beliefs‚ usually influenced by addiction or drug high. When Jules is not home‚ Baby doesn’t know what to do and gets lonely showing need of Jules’ presents. PG3 2. “His hat was

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” is of a complicated relationship with her mother that comes out in the mother-daughter dynamic in the story. The mother‚ obviously a dominant figure in the young girl’s upbringing‚ informs the young girl of various duties associated with being a young‚ dignified lady. Her mother gives the daughter advice to make her the "proper" woman she should in fact be‚ and this advice gets more and more firm as the story continues. “Girl” is a very well suitable title

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    The Top Ten Totally Terrific ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Part Two) Quotations In Chapter 12‚ page 132‚ Calpurnia teaches the children good morals: “Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates them.” The verb “aggravates” suggests that the people were irritated easily and had a lot of pride. Calpurnia doesn’t want to boast that she’s better off than other black people. Lee portrays Calpurnia as a good person as she is teaching the children morals‚ as well as

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    In the story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid the mother does most of the talking who gives her daughter a long list of instructions and warnings. The daughter responds twice but they happen to go unnoticed by the mother. There is no introduction of the characters‚ no action‚ and no description of setting. The mother’s voice simply begins speaking‚ "Wash the white clothes on Monday‚" and continues through to the end. The mother dispenses much practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep

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