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    I spy

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    all fiction and arouses the reader’s interest: it makes him eager to learn what is going to happen and/or how the problems faced by the characters are going to be solved. Action produces tension‚ suspense or surprise. Allegory: The allegory appears in fictional texts in which ideas are personified and a story is told to express some general truth. Examples: Truth‚ Vice‚ Virtue‚ Justice. Alliteration: An alliteration is a repetition of sounds (consonants) at the beginning of neighbouring words

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    Because I Could not Stop for Death” and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Comparison The poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas are two poems that discuss the dark topic of death. Death is something that is viewed differently by different people‚ some embrace it while others do not embrace it. Both the poems have different views upon death but also have much in common. While the poems

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    nature in the characters Ralph and Sir Gawain through their reluctance to become a hero and the acknowledgement of their faults.                         People do not always get to choose the bearings they go through in life. Both Sir Gawain and Ralph did not originally set out to be heroes. The situations they were put into both triggered something in them to take charge and stand up for what they believe is right. “Listen‚ everybody. I’ve got to have time to think things out. I can’t decide what

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    The poems‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Is My Team Plowing” by AE Housman have their own perception of the idea of death which they further emphasize with the use of figurative language and style. To begin with‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is a poem about a person‚ most likely based on the views of Dickinson‚ who is too into her own world that she does not acknowledge her own death. This poem uses style to emphasize the idea of love. For example‚ on the second

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    In a book series entitled “I Survived” there was once a book written where a summary would sound ridiculous. This summary would be along the lines of‚ once there was a family of four including a father‚ mother‚ sister‚ and brother. The sister a mere six years old had been a genius in finance and accounting. Her brother‚ around eleven years older than her‚ had however not been a genius. The events of this book were as follows; first there was a family vacation with a hotel under construction‚ next

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    Dickinson presents the theme of death in the poem ’Because I could not stop for Death-’. In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Dickinson that you have studied. Death is one of the main concepts in "Because I could not sop for Death-" and Dickinson uses techniques such as language‚ context‚ imagery and verse form to represent the way she explores death. In ’Because I could not stop for Death-’ Dickinson uses an

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    However‚ poetic recluse Emily Dickinson viewed death in a manner contrary to her time‚ as she was fascinated with the unknown regarding the passing from this world into the next. Dickinson expresses her attitude towards death and the afterlife in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” through personification‚ symbolism‚ and form. Dickinson expresses her outlook on death through personification. Death is described as a gentleman‚ “kindly stop[ping]” for the narrator when it is her time to die (2). He “knew

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    'I wish I had listened'

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    onto the bed‚ spreading it all out. His eyes were drawn to the piece of paper that held the worst memory of all. The one that had marked the beginning of his new life. It had a headline in powerful‚ bold writing – ‘The Boy Who Lives’. He had never liked Harry Potter. It continued with the article that described the car crash in which his parents had been killed. Odd thing is‚ that by ‘crash’ they were not talking about the normal car-run into-car. They were talking about the faulty crane dropping

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    Because I Could Not Stop for Death“ is a poem by Emily Dickinson which was written in 1863. This poem is on the theme of death and contains six stanzas‚ each with four verses. The imagery of death can be found within the whole poem‚ since death is personified (“he kindly stopped for me l. 3) and goes on a kind of journey with the speaker. In the first stanza the persona says that she cannot stop for death‚ whereas the death can stop for her. So the death decides the time where her time is up

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    experiences of the authors influence and/or develop their work? This report will go on to examine whether the following authors work was influenced and/or developed by them growing up in a significant setting or time period. The chosen authors are Larry Watson‚ George Orwell‚ Kurt Vonegut‚ J.G Ballard and director …….. From these authors I chose to study the five texts‚ Montana 1948‚ By Larry Watson‚ 1948‚ By George Orwell‚ Slughter House Five‚ By Kurt Vonegut‚ Empire Of The Sun‚ By J.G Ballard and the

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