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    Metaphors by Sylvia Plath

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    less active‚ show less attention and are more irritable and agitated than babies born to moms who are not depressed (“American Pregnancy Association”). In the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ her choice of words for the poem seem to express her feelings of depression toward the issue of her pregnancy. Plath chose many metaphors to describe her pregnancy. From her choice of words‚ one gets the feeling as if she is not enjoying the fact that she is pregnant‚ nor is she looking forward to giving

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    of the most common metaphors for school is that of a babysitting service where teachers are babysitters and students are small children or babies. This outlook is incredibly harmful for the teaching profession; it removes our college educations and our certifications‚ replacing them instead with the image of a whiney‚ inept‚ teenager. It is also harmful for high school students. These students are on the cusp of adulthood and should be treated accordingly; instead the metaphor draws up images of

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    Loyalty In The Odyssey

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    Posters‚ such as the one above‚ motivated women to persevere during this difficult time and gave them hope. The theme of perseverance is underlying in both The Odyssey and Romeo and Juliet. Throughout The Odyssey‚ Odysseus and his men persevere through many hardships in order to return home to Ithaca. For example‚ they must face the Cyclops‚ which results in a curse that makes it impossible for Odysseus to return with his men and guarantees

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    It is undeniable that these two articles‚ “Intentional Fallacy” written by Wimsatt/ Beardsley and “Irony as a Principle of Structure” written by Brooks‚ address two very different topics in order to discuss how they view the overall goals of New Criticism‚ but it also has to be understood that their topics culminate to several cohesive points. The first point being that a work should be closely read in order to understand the work itself not the context surrounding it‚ or in other words‚ understanding

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    Atticus Finch Metaphors

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    The meaning behind the metaphor is that dont kill or harm anything or anyone that is not doing anything bad. That metaphor also ties in with racism‚ because Atticus relates it to the horrible racism that witnesses weather it is from his corruption or just in everyday life. The first time that Atticus said that to his children is when Jem and Scout received BB guns from their Uncle Jack‚ when the

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    Linda Pastan Metaphors

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    highly aware of how common divorce can be. If the traditional gender roles were the same in the 70’s as they are today‚ divorce would have been just as common. No one should receive a grade on how well they accomplish their daily chores‚ especially if it is coming from their family members. People should recognize how grateful they are to have a family in the first place‚ and they should appreciate what’s done for them‚ not how it’s done. Linda Pastan’s poem Marks contains irony‚ metaphors‚ and appropriate

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    Archetype In The Odyssey

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    they always have a true love waiting at the end of the story. These type of characters are seen in literature 24/7. Who helps Odysseus on his journey? well as any other Disney movie or book The Odyssey has its villains‚ hero‚ mentors‚ and sidekicks. Body #1: Penelope is one archetype found in the odyssey. Penelope deceives all her unwanted suitors. She spoke to them ¨Young men‚ my suitors now that the great Odysseus has perished‚ wait‚ though you are eager to marry me‚ until I finish this web‚ so

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    The poem was quite literal and did not make use any metaphors in the written work. However‚ after further analysis and use of creative thinking‚ we conjured many metaphors to add a deeper meaning to the words in the poem. I drew on my knowledge of the Aboriginal culture that I have encountered on my travels‚ both the beautiful culture and the modern corruption of the culture in rural communities. This poem drew on a peaceful beginning of life for the author. This was depicted in out movie by the

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    perception of our team’s metaphors as a whole is that we all are capable of expressing our thoughts about things in our lives as we see them through metaphors. Each of our metaphors allowed others to identify with our thoughts by connecting words with our senses. The metaphors that my team members have written are descriptive and easy to understand. The metaphors that the team members have written were very good and descriptive in my opinion. Personal Barriers None of our metaphors seemed to have any

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    Space Odyssey

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    greatness and holy benediction computer science has with its divine intervention. This my friend is the reason why humanity survives‚ thrives‚ and dominates. With a lavish lucrative machine provided‚ the only downside is when they take over. 2001: Space Odyssey will forever be missed. I once saw a man. His name was Timothy James Vamanos. His name will always perpetually be with us till the end of space and time. Our class likes to adress to him as Don “Tim” Corleone Vamanos. So one morning Tim wakes on

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