An unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the
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Subrata Biswas For Reasons Unknown Reality and Vision of Suicide In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I Interestingly in Waiting for Godot and Act without Words I none of the characters commits suicide‚ though it is frequently discussed and attempted by Gogo and Didi. They are between eros and thanatos; they cannot determine what is to be chosen—life or death; they cannot determine what is to be done; they cannot even determine if anything should be done or chosen. Their inability
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Analysis of an Unknown Mixture Performed: 2/13/14 Submitted: 3/3/14 Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to separate and identify the two unknown compounds. The sample used was 105 and it contain 2-propanol and 2-heptanone. IR spectrums were taken of the contents of the second and sixth test tubes and showed the presence of an OH functional group and a small amount of ketone in test tube two and a large presence of ketone in test tube six. The average boiling points of the test tubes
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The Abyss - Unknown Death. It is an odd thing‚ one moment you’re sitting in front of a desk pondering how to answer the question in front of you‚ the next extreme pain as if you’re entire body is being roasted alive. Then‚ well nothing. Just darkness‚ dull and boring. Those were the thoughts of the boy as he drifted in the abyss. His mortal coil no longer existence‚ only a dimly lit sphere in its place. “I’m not sure what’s worse‚ exams or this...” he muttered inwardly‚ originally he hadn’t been
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The Poem "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden is a satire. Its narrator is the state. In this‚ the state pays tribute and describes a successful and positive product of its efficiency and effectiveness. In other words‚ it builds the character later described to the reader as "the perfect citizen." The narrator speaks as if he is delivering a speech or common tribute using words and phrases that are familiar to the reader. Using such imagery helps the reader paint a clear picture of the character
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systems could possibly lead to. The movie Children of Men envisions a world that has fallen into chaos. Women have lost the their ability to reproduce and thus society has lost it’s pursuit for maintaining the world‚ as mankind is on the brink of extinction. The main protagonist Theo an ex-activist strives to save mankind by finding asylum for an African refugee‚ who’s pregnancy is ambiguous as no children were born in 18 years due to unknown cause. Citizens fear the outside world which has completely
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“I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free and I won’t forget the men who died‚ who gave that right to me.” These words may only be a song but these words have power. Men and Woman give there lives to protect the country‚ they give up everything to fight for this country‚ even though most of us are not grateful enough‚ They fight for the rights we have‚ each and every one of us‚ and they deserve our appreciation. I believe that the Unknown Soldier deserves just as much appreciation
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a practice utilized throughout the world to memorialize soldiers who have died in modern wars without being identified. The first monument of this kind was the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers in Frederica‚ Denmark (1858)‚ which memorialized unknown soldiers who died in the First War of Schleswig. Another such Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is found in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania and was erected in 1866 to honor those soldiers who died during the American Civil War. The history
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Student name: Christopher Bowdoin Date: Thursday‚ November 01‚ 2012 Soldiers of the Tomb of the Unknown General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Central Idea: Since 1937‚ the Tomb of the Unknown has been guarded 24/7 by an elite group of soldiers. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Material A. What where you doing at 0500 this morning? B. Lets imagine it is 0500 in Washington
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What I’ve learned from Men Is it true that women could learn some useful things from men? And is it right that women are always responsible for every interaction? Is it their responsibility to keep the conversation going well? Also‚ are women too polite in situations so men take advantage of them? And many other questions could be asked; they might or might not be true. Every gender has his/her opinion of these questions; males could answer these questions differently from females. According
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