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    an abundance of diction to help set the tone and mood. Diction helps develop a vengeful tone after a rival dog Spitz kills Curly‚ one of Buck’s teammates‚ when it says “Spitz ran out his tongue and laughed again‚ and from that moment Buck hated him with bitter and deathless hatred.”(London‚ 9). This diction helps convey the author’s tone through Buck‚ helps develop Buck as a character‚ and Spitz as a rival. Also it foreshadows Buck’s revenge later on when he kills Spitz. Diction also helps develop

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    As showcased in Typee and Billy Budd‚ the protagonist and antagonist feel uncontrollable homosexual desires. Their desires are only subtly shown since they made their best efforts to suppress it. A desire concerning feelings or emotions can’t‚ however‚ be easily suppressed. Even with the characters’ wish to completely hide it‚ the desires will surely unconsciously appear. Actions and reactions to situations are the messenger to the minds of the characters. It is the reader’s entrance to the deep

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    Poetry Analysis

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    Poetry Analysis Essay “Poema para los Californios Muertos” Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem‚ “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”)‚ is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico‚ and an address to the speaker’s dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic‚ consistently alternating between Spanish and English‚ Cervantes accurately represents the fear‚ hatred‚ and humility experienced by the “Californios”

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    as a submissive young spouse. Then the author develops the characterization of Louise Mallard‚ through her diction and imagery‚ into an empowered‚ freed “widow.” The diction used by the author is crucial to the development of the story. In the opening line the author refers to the main character as “Mrs. Mallard‚” and states that she is “afflicted with a weak heart. These choices of diction imply that she doesn’t have her own identity‚ and her weak heart symbolizes her perceived lack of inner strength

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    subjective diction to convince a resisting abolitionist group that slavery is not a bad deed. While some believe slavery is an immoral act towards society due to their harsh treatment‚ the author argues other wise saying slavery is acceptable and is needed. He explains to his readers how slavery is‚ “a status of society… and continually justified by Holy Writ‚ is its natural‚ normal and necessary status under ordinary circumstances” (Fitzhugh 295). Fitzhugh uses a great example of subjective diction as he

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    Characterization of Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 12-year-old boy who lives with his father Jackie‚ his big brother Tony and his eighty-year-old grandmother in Everington in Northeast England at the time of the miners’ strike in mid-1980s. He is the protagonist in the story and is principled‚ likable‚ and vivacious with a musical tone in his body. His mother Sarah who died two years before the beginning of the story was a musician and used to play on the piano for the whole family. Unlike the

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    Teaching Poetry

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    TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction

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    Captain Vere In Billy Budd

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    Throughout the exciting tale in the novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville‚ the complex character Captain Vere is developed in two different ways: he is portrayed as a martinet or strict disciplinarian and as a gentle fatherly figure. I can guess these different portrayals of Captain Vere apply in the corresponding different situation. I think both of these portrayals fit Vere’s character well in different situations. Some of the ways Vere shows these two personalities are through how he interacts with

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    Metaphysical Poetry

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    Introduction This study guide has been written for students taking GCE Advanced level English literature. It is suitable for undergraduates and the general reader who is interested in the study of poetry. This guide was originally written to cover a selection of poems prescribed as a set text for exam‚ but can be used as a way in to the study of metaphysical poetry generally. The poems considered explicitly here are these: by John Donne‚ The Good-Morrow‚ The Sunne Rising‚ The Anniversarie‚

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    Love Poem Analysis: Linda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. She was born in New York on May 27‚ 1932. Today‚ she lives in Potomac‚ Maryland with her husband Ira Pastan‚ an accomplished physician and researcher. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life‚ domesticity‚ motherhood‚ the female experience‚ aging‚ death‚ loss and the fear of loss‚ as well as the fragility of life and relationships. Love poem is a very simple poem yet it has a deep

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