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    Sonnet 12

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    read on‚ you learn that the first line is significant because it creates a bridge to the next line‚ "the brave day sunk in hideous night"(L2). Again‚ we need to place emphasis on Shakespeare’s choice of wording. Shakespeare uses the word sunk in order to illustrate how the dark night engulfs the day. What Shakespeare is doing is using the words "hideous night" and "sunk" to form a catalogue of images pertaining to decay and passing time. The brave day sinks deeper

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    La Guillotine Sound

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    Jacob Biletsky Mrs. Carter Period 6 2 February 2012 The Guillotine: You Can’t Miss Killing has become easier and quicker to accomplish than ever with the invention of the Guillotine. A guillotine is a machine used for a quick death. It has a large wooden base with a hole for a person’s neck. A large blade is raised above the base and the dropped. It beheads the victim and they die instantly. This machine was used frequently in The French Revolution. In the novel‚ “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles

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    Greek Gorgons Beliefs

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    monster (Bulfinch 89). This idea is very similar to the first one‚ that Athena made her the disgusting freak. The difference between the two is in the second point‚ Athena became jealous of how much more beautiful Medusa was so she made Medusa into a hideous mutant. The last of the reasons why it was thought Medusa was a Gorgon is very different from the earlier two. This reason is that she was born into the family by two gods‚ Ceto and Phorcys‚ along with two sisters (Evslin). This view is very different

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    Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the anger

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    Themes- Wilfred Owen

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    Wilfred Owen’s poems have numerous themes that explore the negativity of war. Owens poems talk about the truth of war. The poems focus on the fear of war‚ horror‚ sacrifice‚ glory and questioning life’s purpose. . In particular‚ the poems “Mental Cases” and “Dulce Decorum Est” both strongly emphasise the reality and horrific experiences of war. Dulce Et Decorum Est shows what it was like during the war and what the soldiers experienced. Mental Cases explores the aftermath of the war and the lives

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    Sympathy for Frankenstein

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    Victor acquired the knowledge allowing him to execute his plan. Victor was interested in bringing the dead back to life‚ thus leading to his downfall. After many tries he finally accomplished the creation of a monster. The creation was extremely hideous‚ but far more real than Victor could have imagined. In the years that would follow‚ the monsters eloquence and persuasiveness would allow him to not be blamed of murder and force Victor to make another creation all to sympathize for his ugly physique

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    Descriptive Essay

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    Bloody Mary ENG121 Bloody Mary “She’s hideous!” Said my best friend Brando‚ short for Brandon. “Just do it!” he kept saying‚ along with his brother Kevin. I was afraid. “Don’t be such a pussy.” Kevin yelled as he pushed me forward‚ almost knocking me off my feet and into the cross street at the top of our cul-de-sac. That was where the house stood. Directly across Mountain Ave. That was where she would appear‚ the “hideous” woman. The one we all called Bloody Mary. All you had to

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    Red Death Characters

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    He is described as “tall and gaunt”. (Poe‚ 248) The reader is introduced to a disease‚ a plague‚ with hideous and terrifying symptoms‚ that take an extremely rapid course‚ one that has an inevitable termination‚ it is death. Poe’s greatest emphasis is on blood‚ not as a sign or a symptom‚ but as the incarnation of evil‚ the manifestation of fear and a seal

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    The Good Earth Essay

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    The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel‚ The Good Earth‚ Pearl S. Buck tells the story of Wang Lung‚ a diligent farmer living in pre-revolutionary China. The novel begins with Wang Lung’s visit to the powerful House of Hwang to collect one of the house’s slaves‚ a woman named O-lan‚ to be his wife; O-lan proves herself to be a plain‚ yet dutiful and competent wife over the next few years‚ producing three sons and a daughter and keeping her new family well fed. Wang

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    Abstract Global outbreaks of human influenza occur from influenza A viruses with novel Hemagglutinin (HA) molecules to which humans have no immunity. So understanding of the origin and evolution of HA genes is of particular importance. Host-origin classification based on the two outer proteins Host classification based on the HA protein achieved accuracies between 91.2% and 100% using KNN and random forest. While host classification based on the NA protein achieved accuracies

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