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    Plot to Fever 1793

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    Matilda Cook lives with her hardworking mother‚ grandfather‚ a veteran of the Revolutionary War‚ and Eliza‚ a freed slave who works as their cook‚ in the apartment on top of their family coffeehouse in Philadelphia. Matilda ("Mattie") Cook is 14 years old with big dreams for her family’s coffeehouse. When the yellow fever epidemic breaks out during the summer‚ people flee the city or die. Matilda realizes she has to fight for her own life and her loved ones. Her father died in a fall from a ladder

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    Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) he works at the Medfield College and is trying to develop a new energy source‚ to try to raise enough money to save the college from closing. His research distracts him from his fiancée the college president Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden); he has missed two weddings in the past and this has angered Sara. On the day of the third wedding‚ Philip is approached by his former partner Wilson Croft (Christopher McDonald)‚ who has profited from ideas he

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    Harrison was different‚ and he wanted to be different. He didn’t want to be like everyone else‚ so he broke free from his chains. But for being different‚ he got killed. Thirdly‚ the author also uses hyperboles to help establish the theme. When George says

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    EN4405 Don Paterson Tony Harrison and the Language of Authority ‘And so it seemed to me then that the greatest gift I could acquire for myself was the gift of articulation‚ the treasure of eloquence‚ the power over words‚ the power of words.’ So wrote Tony Harrison in his essay ‘Facing up to the muses’ in the Bloodaxe Critical Anthology of his work‚ explaining the origins of his strong belief in the power of language‚ and particularly poetry. Tony Harrison‚ though he has written for both television

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    Forestville: Plot Summary

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    Forestville a town of murder and suspense was known for its most famous criminal Dr. Oddball. Now Dr. Oddball was once a good man until one day he was betrayed by the richest person in town‚ the mayor. When the mayor wife was very sick he took her to Dr. Oddball. So when they arrived at Dr. Oddball’s office the mayor offered him a one thousand dollar payment if he healed her. So Dr. Oddball was able to heal her and then he asked where his money was and the mayor said what money. Dr. Oddball said

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    Plot Summary Of Ender

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    Bean- Main Character‚ Protaganist: A homeless boy on the streets of Rotterdam that uses his intelligence to keep him alive‚ and eventually earn him a spot on the ranks of Battle School. Andrew “Ender” Wiggin- Another boy recruited to Battle School‚ a lot like bean‚ small‚ and extremely smart. Is Beans mentor and example as he goes through Battle School. Poke: A nine year old girl‚ that also lives on streets of Rotterdam. Takes Bean into her family and gives him a chance. She is one of the main

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    know about setting and plot: 1. Setting is vital to a story’s plot‚ offering a reader more than a mere description of place. It refers to when and where a story takes place and‚ in a broader sense‚ the physical circumstances‚ culture‚ way of life‚ and/or shared beliefs that frame the lives of the characters. 2. A story’s course of events that forms the action and is propelled by conflict toward a climax and eventual resolution is called the plot .

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    Plot Analysis for “A Rose for Emily” The short story “A Rose for Emily” is a story based on an elder woman named Mrs. Emily who particularly does not like or accept change in her life. Mrs. Emily is a very literal character who will not pay her taxes or hang numbers outside her house or on her mailbox for her address. William Faulkner’s presentation of the story and the plot structure helps to amplify the conflict between Mrs. Emily and the town. The narrator is also affected by this unique ordering

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    A Summer's Reading-Plot

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    ----------------------- Setting Nearly four years ago‚ George Stoyonovich had quit high school "on an impulse" when he was sixteen. "This summer" [the beginning of the story] is a hard time for jobs and George‚ now "close to twenty"‚ has none. Having no money to spend‚ he stays off the streets and spends most of the day in his room. Sophie urges him to read some "worthwhile books" but he is in no mood for them: "Lately he couldn’t stand made-up stories‚ they got on his nerves." Rising

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    Gilgamesh Elements of Plot

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    The icon I used to represent the exposition is a tombstone. The main event in the exposition is Enkidu’s death. A tombstone is often used as a symbol of death‚ which is the main event. Tombstones can also be used to show sorrow‚ which is a feeling Gilgamesh is shown to have as his friend lays dying. Gilgamesh is left with the memory of his fallen friend‚ just as tombstones often do. The exposition of the epic of Gilgamesh had a deeply sorrowful moment when Enkidu dies. The gods decided to kill

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