In the short story "The Black Cat"‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses gruesome detail and diction to establish his rule of one effect and the death of one major character. One of Poe’s rules for 19th Century Poetry is that writing should exhibit one effect or one purpose‚ which is to scare the reader. Poe uses diction and detail to put disturbing images into people’s head. In "The Black Cat" the narrator declines from sanity to madness. Poe uses detail to set up the situation where the narrator goes insane.
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hard to relate the term "giant" from an old English meaning into what we refer to as a giant today. This old norse description is from a Swedish encyclopedia: "As a collective‚ giants are often attributed a hideous appearance - claws‚ fangs‚ and deformed features‚ apart from a generally hideous size. Some of them may even have many heads or an overall non-humanoid shape. With bad looks comes a weak intellect; more than once was their temper likened to that of
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Chapter 5 – Short answer a) Phosphorylation - the addition of phosphate to a chemical compound b) What are the 3 mechanisms of phosphorylation used by organisms? • Substrate level phosphorylation – ATP is generated when a high-energy phosphate is directly transferred from a phosphorylated compound (substrate) to ADP • Oxidative phosphorylation – electrons are transferred from a group of organic compounds to a group of electron carriers (NAD+ and FAD); occurs in inner mitochondrial
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Name: Ahmad Samir Popalzai Cass: English 111 Date: November 19‚ 2012 Frankenstein’s Misunderstood Creature Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is recognized as one of the most prominent gothic novels of the nineteenth century. The young and ambitious Victor Frankenstein‚ who is the lead character in her novel‚ is obsessed with the idea of creating life out of lifeless matter. After many years of research and labor‚ Frankenstein sparks life in a corpse comprised of body parts from different people. As
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her pride‚ Medusa ’s tale can assuredly be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith. Medusa was a very beautiful mortal‚ who had many suitors‚ although‚ she was very prideful about her appearance. Later on‚ Medusa got turned into a hideous monster by Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war. Her story ended in a great deal of tragedy and she was full of regret. The story of Medusa can be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith for many reasons. The Titanic was the very
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the needs of the individual are met. Blood system homeostasis is ensured by an adequate supply of bone marrow stem cells‚ which remain small in number‚ but are able to meet the demands through the process of self-renewal. Part of the stem cell progeny commits to a specific lineage of blood cells‚ after which they expand and differentiate on a particular pathway. When cells emerge from the bone marrow and go into circulation and in tissues to carry out
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Viruses: A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. A virus is a small parasite that cannot reproduce by itself. Once it infects a susceptible cell‚ however‚ a virus can direct the cell to produce many more viruses. Viruses can infect all types of life forms‚ such as animals and plants to microorganisms‚ including bacteria and archaea. Genetic materials of viruses: Most viruses have either RNA or DNA as their genetic material. The nucleic
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Introduction Drosophila melanogaster is a common fruit fly that has been useful for most experiments in the study of Genetics. The male and the female fruit fly are similar and different in regards to how they look‚ structurally. They are similar because both genders have a head‚ thorax‚ proboscis‚ antennae‚ eyes‚ and mouth parts. However‚ males are smaller than females and have about five abdominal segments as opposed to the seven that the female has. The life cycle of these fruit flies consist
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One of the most common economic issues that attack humanity through decades is poverty. It affects in all places around the world and has no restriction on age‚ religion and skin color. There are several factors of which some nations seem to be affected by scarceness such as: hunger‚ disasters‚ diseases‚ education and specially the lack of resources. While some citizens enjoy the prosperity of some countries‚ most of the populations of the Third World countries have difficulties to succeed among
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Salman Zafar Principles of Literary Study: Poetry Professor I. Essay 1: February 19th 2015 Sonnet 12 The use of imagery and figurative language in poetry can be used to add complexity and depth to the plot and overall tone of a poem. Often times an author will incorporate poetic devices in order to stimulate the senses of the reader in a nuanced manner that further enhances the message or theme of the poem. Similarly in Sonnet 12‚ Shakespeare’s use of poetic devices is used in conjunction
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