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    Reid’s article brings the "Unspeakable Rites" in Conrad’s "Heart of darkness" into focus. It mainly raises the question of whether critics should examine Kurtz’s rites or leave them unexamined. These rites are so horrible and terrible to the extent that critics have refused to examine them. These critics take such a stand as they tend to associate the ambiguity centring around Kurtz’s rites with Conrad’s desire to leave them shrouded in uncertainty. They‚ thus‚ see no reason for examining them. However

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    The Darkness of The Night

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    In Robert Coates short story ;"The Darkness of the Night" Fred is mislead by his love for Flora because she pretends to be someone that she is not‚ and he is naive enough to want to commit on her behalf. I will be proving that of how Fred was mislead into committing the murder by evoking certain emotions‚ the rejection of solution to her problem‚ and threatening of the relationship between each other. Flora manages to evoke certain emotions from Fred that ultimately play a part in his final

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    Erdrich Commentary

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    In The Red Convertible Louise Erdrich uses the foreshadowing and the symbolism of boots and water to show the death of Stephan and the car as a symbol of the loss of a lifelong brotherhood in the last 40 lines. Louise Erdrich uses the symbol of boots to show the weight of the PTSD from war in Stephan’s life to the point where he was alive‚ he was truly not living a healthy life because he was weighted down by the war and his experiences this is shown when he first arrived home and would not leave

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    Data Commentary

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    Queenie 1097300104 E5B Data Analysis First Part Personal information: including the participants’ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ marital status and monthly income. Gender As Figure 1 showed‚ there were 45% of female participants and 55% of male. The numbers of the participants of each gender were very close. Age The respondents were all my friends on Facebook; as the result‚ the majority (73%) of their age was in the range of 16-20‚ as seen in Figure 2. Figure 1: Gender

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    HIV became known in 1983‚ it was then that scientist and the government became interested in knowing where this epidemic originated from and how. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lot like other viruses‚ including those that cause the common cold‚ but it is important to know that over time‚ your immune system will become weak as the severity of HIV increases. What HIV does is attack your T cells‚ which help your body fight infections‚ it them takes over them to make its own. A person will only

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    Commentary On Kindred

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    If different people started transporting between the past and the present which raise would mostly like be able to survive easier? Kindred was an interesting book about a black woman‚ named Dana that started transporting between the past and present periods. She would always transport to the past to help a white boy named Rufus before he did something that would kill him. Each time she would transport to help Rufus he would be a few years older and she would be there for a longer period of time

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    Stephen Batchelor Professor Markovic Western Heritage 26 March 2012 Darkness At Noon Many critics consider Arthur Koestler’s novel‚ Darkness At Noon‚ to be one of the most insightful literary works regarding the qualitative attributes and characteristics of a totalitarian regime. Because of Koestler’s personal experience as a Fascists prisoner under Franco‚ one can understand and appreciate the deep connecting parallels between Nicholas Rubashov‚ the protagonist‚ and Arthur Koestler‚ the author

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    1604 commentary

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    1604 Document After reading the document from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre‚ please consider the following question: How is the setting of Othello significant‚ and how would a Jacobean audience feel about this play? Make references to Act 1 as well‚ if you feel you can incorporate some lines from the play to substantiate your claim. If you quote do cite correctly (I.i.24-73). Consider how Shakespeare begins the play – time‚ setting‚ who gets the first words‚ how Othello is developed

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    Comparative Commentary

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    also educate. The first extract contains 4 paragraphs and uses solemnly prose. The author uses a combination of short and simple sentences (“It is safe”)‚ as well as more complex sentence structures such as “And I do not have to look into their hearts and take what I need; there are wishes that can be granted simple for the asking”. This creates a more interesting writing style and keeps the reader’s attention due to the entertainment. Due to the point of view the narrators’ comment are included

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    Summer Home - Commentary

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    ENGLISH COMMENTARY Q) Write a commentary on ‘Summer Home’. A) The poem ‘Summer Home’ by Seamus Heaney is an exposé of Heaney and his wife’s difficulties. From the foulness of the atmosphere‚ brought out by the larval mat‚ “possessed air” and the sour summer‚ to the metaphor of his wife’s breasts (“Stalactites in the cave’s old‚ dripping dark-”)‚ Heaney attempts to show his love for his wife and how much he wants his marriage to work. The poem uses very sensual imagery of flowers and reference

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