If you are approaching Tennyson’s poem‚ "The Lady of Shalott"‚ this page will help you get started. It is intended especially for students (high-school age and older) who have read the poem in class. The Story John William Waterhouse‚ The Lady of Shalott 1888 The Lady of Shalott is a magical being who lives alone on an island upstream from King Arthur’s Camelot. Her business is to look at the world outside her castle window in a mirror‚ and to weave what she sees into a tapestry. She is forbidden
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Silent Guardians What does it mean to you to be in the Air Force? At first I had thought that I knew that answer. I thought I was doing it just to escape the jail that my hometown had established for me. That it was my ticket out‚ to see the world. It wasn’t until this assignment that I know realize the true answer behind that question. An answer that not only defines who I am as an airman but also a person. I would like to take you back on a cold December night during 1990. I was born to
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Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem‚ one published in 1833‚ of twenty stanzas‚ the other in 1842 of nineteen stanzas. It was loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat‚ as recounted in a thirteenth-century Italian novella titled Donna di Scalotta (No. LXXXII in the collection Cento Novelle Antiche)‚ with the earlier version being closer to the source material than the later.[1] Tennyson focused on the Lady’s "isolation in the tower and her decision to participate in the living
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Suppression of women was a serious issue in several countries over the past few centuries. The women of Spain and Norway were suppressed at the time the two plays A Doll’s House and The House of Bernarda Alba were written. Although this issue has improved in most countries‚ it still is occurring in some countries. This issue was portrayed in the themes of these two plays. Both A Doll’s House and The House of Bernarda Alba portray the suppression of women and their lack of freedom in different ways
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Keats was inspired to write “Ode to Autumn” after walking through the water meadows of Winchester‚ England‚ in an early autumn evening of 1819. The poem has three stanzas of eleven lines describing the taste‚ sights and sounds of autumn. Much of the third stanza‚ however‚ is dedicated to diction‚ symbolism‚ and literary devices with decisively negative connotations‚ as it describes the end of the day and the end of autumn. The author makes an intense description of autumn at least at first sight
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powerless Quincy boy tried to calm his hammering heart that was beating furiously in excitement and trepidation. “What terms?” “I only have one term; you must swear to forgo all dealings with Soul Reapers‚ now and in the future.” Naoko found the request odd‚ “What does it matter that he hangs around Soul Reapers? What does that have to do with him getting his powers back?” Ryuken turned his cold eyes on his daughter‚ “That is my term and I do not have to justify it to a witless girl like you.” She bristled
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Some of the most popular and well known inventions included the seed drill‚ horse hoe‚ reaper and twine knotters. Jethro Tull’s (1674 – 1741) major contributions to the Agricultural Revolution was his two inventions‚ the seed drill and the horse hoe. The seed drill was an invention that allowed seeds to be easily planted deep into the ground
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usually would interpret as death or poison. And I used the skull to serve as Hamlet result of vengeance for this father death‚ shows the many death that came out from his revenge. The skull appears to have a smiling grin that gives the work a sense of a reaper making a mockery smile toward Hamlet intention of retribution for his father. Additionally‚ the skull is under a ruff which is a representing of Hamlet’s scheme to test Claudius’ guilt‚ reenacting the undertaking of King Hamlet death. Upon the
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Jackson/Industrial Revolution Review The Adam-Onis Treaty gave Florida to the United States as long as they renounced their claim to Texas. It set the borders for the Louisiana Purchase. The Monroe Doctrine warned European countries that they should not attempt to colonize Latin America‚ or they would face military threats. In 1819‚ Missouri requested to become a slave state. This would upset the balance of pro-slavery/anti-slavery states. Henry Clay Missouri Compromise Admitted Missouri as a slave
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Grade 3 Story Time by Andrew Collett When our teacher tell us stories at the end of every day‚ we all sit in silence as she takes us far away. To places where wise wizards live in castles in the sky‚ to lands where all the children have wings so they can fly. We all sit in silence we just sit and stare‚ for when teacher tells us stories she makes us feel we’re there. Grade 3 Rainy Nights by Irene Thompson I like the town on rainy nights When everything is wet - When all the town has magic lights
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