AP English 11 Zachary Bresnick AP English Writing Prompt 12/13/14 Anxiety Stems from Uprooting In the excerpt from Meena Alexander’s autobiography‚ Fault Lines‚ she describes her constant uprooting of her life as the cause of her fractured self. Her constant uprooting caused her ego anxiety which has triggered a division of self and has unconsciously forced her ego use self-defense mechanisms such as projection‚ repression‚ and regression. Alexander has constantly been moving around
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following prompts with a response of at least 200 to 300 words: Trace the path of American imperialism during the period from about 1870 to 1914 through political‚ military‚ and economic events. Why was the United States interested in expansion in these areas? Why was America building a global empire? What were the benefits of America’s imperialistic actions for the people in these countries or areas? What were the disadvantages? How would you describe their experiences in terms of being conquered
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Prompt: Scars The sounds of gunshots and rapid explosions pierce through Roy Mustangs ears. A grenade had detonated A few feet away from him‚ forcing him to fall into the ground below. The shrill cry of the woman he loves filled the dusty atmosphere around him. He frantically looked around‚ his eyesight obscured from the smoke. As it began to clear‚ Riza Hawkeye laid across the hot desert‚ the sand soaking up her blood from a leg that was blown away with the blast. She was holding her open wound
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RAFTS Writing Prompts (Draft 1) No. 2 Boo Radley 12/1/07 I am rarely allowed to go out of my house. I can only go out when the neighbors are in their houses. I can never do anything fun because that is a sin. During the day‚ I peel the paint off my walls to see if there are any holes in the walls. If I do find a hole‚ I dig deeper and deeper until I cannot go on anymore. Then I just leave it. Sometimes‚ I find mice in the holes. When I find them‚ I keep them for a while and then I eat them alive
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“men where men and women were women” to the highest degree‚ a woman being head of household‚ controlling social obligations‚ managing finances‚ and taking on the stereotypically paternal role of deciding possible spouses for children. Such scenario has only been widely accepted in the past handful of decades‚ never mind a time when women had very little control over when they could leave their home‚ yet in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ such a world exists. Oscar Wilde introduces a world in which
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Professor Daniel Galvin English 213 18 April 2013 Role of Marriage in Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde’s last and most famous play‚ debuted in London on February 14‚ 1895. Throughout the play‚ one major theme seems to override the others. That theme is the role of marriage; the question of whether marriage as an institution is “pleasant” or “unpleasant” comes up repeatedly. It seems as if every character has a strong stance on the role of
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The Importance of Being Earnest Play/Film Comparative Essay Oliver Parker’s (2002) film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is sadly completely consumed by the romantic comedy style‚ masking Wilde’s key concerns and detracting from important comic elements of the play. This can be observed through the varying representations of characters‚ the film’s lack of contextual jokes‚ the more prominent sub-plot between Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism‚ the addition of music and
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Through the use of rhetorical strategies such as figurative language‚ organization‚ diction and tone‚ Seattle attacks the Governor’s malicious deeds‚ while at the same time praises him‚ and reminds him that the Native people‚ although presented as weak beings‚ are not entirely powerless. Seattle begins his oration by addressing the Governor as “the great” and “the Good White Chief”‚ which appeals to the Governor by feeding his ego and ethnic pride. Through this‚ Chief Seattle makes it clear that he
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Explore the use of Duplicity and Deception in the Importance of Being Earnest The themes in Oscar Wilde´s “Importance of Being Earnest” such as hypocrisy‚ manners‚ dual identity‚ duplicity and deception are all closely linked throughout the play. One can see that the use of witticisms and hyperbole‚ combined with the themes Wilde commonly associates with Victorian lifestyle subtly‚ lightheartedly deride the audience. The effect of the theme duplicity and deception is essentially the criticism
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in The Importance of Being Earnest “Ignorance is like an exotic fruit…” writes Oscar Wilde as he sets the literary table with a rich display of Victorian satire (Wilde). Born in Dublin to affluent parents‚ Wilde experienced a social advantage that gave him more than a taste of indulgent upper class life to ridicule. He attended Oxford on a scholarship and was considered a genius. Wilde was characterized as humorous‚ frank‚ and showy. Writing novels‚ poems‚ and essays as well‚ The Importance of Being
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