Most people in their life will face guilt after doing something‚ whether it is leaving a knife out for your little brother to reach or killing someone. In the play Macbeth‚ written by Shakespeare‚ Macbeth faces the guilt of something very bad‚ killing Duncan. Macbeth says‚ “I am afraid to think what I have done. Look on ‘t again I dare not.” (Shakespeare 2.2‚ 66-67). Macbeth is talking to his wife while he says this. He just killed Duncan‚ and is feeling guilty of his actions. Macbeth was supposed
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book "The Gathering" by Isobelle Carmody explored the theme of "Good VS Evil" in such an intricate manner that every aspect of the text‚ the characters‚ themes and her own message portrayal‚ all become involved. This means that the reader can understand the plot of the book‚ and will be able to clearly read the message being revealed by the three main aspects of it. Other minor things‚ such as the title of the book itself‚ contribute to the feelings of the reader‚ all of which are designed by Carmody
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Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlett letter‚ the theme that “the punishment imposed on us by others may not be as destructive as the guilt we impose on ourselves” is shown a lot through some characters‚ especially Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. As the book goes along‚ we find out that Reverend Dimmesdale is Hester’s lover. Although the town people are not aware of this‚ the guilt he has inside him is much bigger than any punishment and so he begins to torture himself physically. As the story commences‚ we
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How are the themes of loneliness and isolation explored in “Of Mice and Men”? Born in 1902‚ John Steinbeck‚ author of ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ set his book in the 1930’s. The novel revolves around two hard-working men dependant on one another during the Great Depression‚ a time when most were alone. Many themes are explored in the novel such as racism‚ loneliness‚ disability‚ isolation and friendship. This essay will be talking about how the themes of loneliness and isolation are explored in ‘Of Mice
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Becoming a flexible reader There are three important reading style that each student to be a flexible reader. Each has its own purpose‚ a student has to identify his purpose for reading and decide if he is reading or looking for specific information. The first style is Study Reading‚ this is the use when the purpose is to read difficult material at a high level of comprehension. the student should read at a rate that is slower than his normal rate‚ he must challenge himself to understand the material
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Reader Response In the short story Bluebeard‚ there is a man who is married to an average house wife. The main part of this story is how Bluebeard leaves his house for a week or so for some reason. This results in leaving his wife all alone in Bluebeards house‚ where his wife has not seen a whole lot of it. Bluebeard gave her a key and said there is a secret closet in the house that you are permitted from. So the wife goes on searching and does not think about that one closet. However‚ her curiosity
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Intervention Methods for Struggling Readers: An Action Research Proposal November 5‚ 2012 through March 5‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………….. .3 INTRODUCTION………………………….…………………………………………. 4 LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………………6 FINDINGS ON RESEARCH ………………………………………………………….9 METHODOLOGY…..……..………………….………………………………………12 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..16 Abstract The National Center for Education
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opinion‚ when you first handed us The Longman Reader I thought to myself how boring this book looks. They always say you can’t judge a book by it’s cover‚ but I sure did. I’m not a big fan of reading books since I don’t have much free time. The font in this book is very petite compared to other book. As I was reading this first chapter I was asking myself why someone put such simple steps in a checklist in the book. To add some positively to The Longman Reader I can say some important facts that they
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Reader Response Theory - can be traced back to Aristotle and Plato - literature’s effect on the reader - sources in the writings of the French structuralists (who stress the role of the perceiver as a maker of reality) - reader criticism became recognized as a distinct critical movement only in the 1970s - less a unified critical school than a vague collection of disparate critics with a common point of departure - “Reader Theory” “audience theory” neutral terms
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For the Germans‚ the most condemning section of the Treaty of Versailles is Article 231‚ famously known as the ‘War Guilt Clause’. Amos Hershey apprises the popular German opinion of the time stating‚ “The acknowledgement of guilt in Article 231 [of the Treaty of Versailles] seems to me like a smarting wound which burns in the soul of the German people" (653-654). The War Guilt Clause blinded the Germans with anger and pushed them towards Hitler’s intent for war. Although the Treaty of Versailles
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