burden that the soldiers carry on their shoulders is enormous. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ written from the perspective of former soldier‚ Tim O’brien uses an extended symbol of the things the soldiers carried. He writes about the weights of things that the soldiers carried‚ “standard M-16 gas-operated assault rifle...weighed 7.5 pounds unloaded.” (5) and then goes on to talk about how they carried‚ “each other‚ the wounded or weak.” (14) and “shared the weight of memory.”(14) . O’brien describes
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DOCTOR FAUSTUS Also from Routledge: ROUTLEDGE · ENGLISH · TEXTS GENERAL EDITOR · JOHN DRAKAKIS WILLIAM BLAKE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. David Punter EMILY BRONTË: Wuthering Heights ed. Heather Glen ROBERT BROWNING: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Aidan Day BYRON: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Norman Page GEOFFREY CHAUCER: The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath ed. Marion Wynne-Davies JOHN CLARE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Merryn and Raymond Williams JOSEPH CONRAD: Selected
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A Village Doctor Introduction: A village doctor is an important person in the village. A village doctor is known to us. He is more expert in killing than in healing নিরাময়. He is not highly educated. He gets some knowledge in druggists shop. Then he becomes a quack হাতুড়ে. A town has many qualified doctors. Some of them are even specialists‚ বিশেষজ্ঞদের but it is a matter of regret দু:খ প্রকাশ that there is no qualified doctor in a village. His Dispensary: A village doctor has a dispensary
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From: DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE By R. Gordon Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚1 a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s years of professional training. To a medical student the final examinations are
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Original answer with comments. Read the following passage from Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. What does this scene tell us about Faustus’s state of mind? Pay particular attention to Marlowe’s use of language. The passage is written in blank verse throughout using iambic pentameter.– The most typical form of writing from the 16th Century poets. In the passage Act 2 Scene 1‚ Marlowe gives the impression of Faustus feeling isolated and trapped almost between the good and evil angels. His lack of self-confidence
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Brandon M. Silerio 8th The Day Of The Doctor “Through crimson stars and silent stars and tumbling nebulas like oceans set on fire‚ through empires of glass and civilizations of pure thought‚ and a whole‚ terrible‚ wonderful universe of impossibilities. You see these eyes? They’re old eyes… and one thing I can tell you‚ Alex: monsters are real.” (Doctor who personal quote “Night Terrors”) Doctor Who is a story where the main character‚ “the Doctor”‚ is constantly time traveling to explore different
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Ques- Discuss Doctor Faustus as a tragedy relevant to all times Ans- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is a Tragedy Relevant To All Times. Pity and fear are the emotions that‚ according to the Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ are aroused by the experience of watching a tragedy. Doctor Faustus is a late sixteenth-century morality play‚ designed to teach its audience about the spiritual dangers of excessive learning and ambition. In fact‚ ‘tragedy’ according to Aristotle’s description (in the Poetics)
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Analysis Of The Text «Doctor In The House» By Richard Gordon This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a famous English writer‚ who was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical
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works. Furthermore‚ his use of humor and wit in this extract from Act II enhances the demonstration of the serious philosophical dilemma. The dilemma consists of Dr. Ridgeon having to decide whether to give the cure to Blenkinsop‚ an honest but feeble doctor‚ or Dubedat‚ “a charming sociopath who happens to be an extraordinary artist”. Whoever doesn’t get the cure will die and Shaw uses wit and humor to make serious issues such as this “trolley dilemma” easier to digest. Shaw calls it a tragedy and very
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Reflective Writing on ‘The Doctor’ Film The film is being related to a life of a surgeon Jack McKee (William Hurt)‚ whose carries on a very successful practice while treating his patients with aggressive sarcasm and general disrespect. This indicates that he only cares for ‘mission accomplish’ and put away the emotional and also spiritual perspective in his line of work. "There is a danger in becoming too involved with your patients‚" he warns his residents‚ reminding them of the surgeon’s credo:
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