An apocryphal legend holds that the inspiration for "The Cask of Amontillado" came from a story Poe had heard at Castle Island (South Boston)‚ Massachusetts‚ when he was a private there in 1827. According to this legend‚ while stationed at Castle Island in 1827 he saw a monument to Lieutenant Robert Massie. Massie had been killed in a sword duel on Christmas Day 1817 by Lieutenant Gustavus Drane‚ following a dispute during a card game. According to the legend‚ other soldiers then took revenge on
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1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? He refers to the ship as a meteor in the first‚ and in the second he calls it an eagle‚ being chased by harpies. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚ stripped of everything valuable or reasonable. What proposal is put forth by Holmes‚ in the last stanza of his poem? Holmes is saying that it would be much
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Both The Mosquito Coast and Weir’s next feature‚ Dead Poets Society (1989)‚ foreground fathers myopically invested in misguided personal aspirations. A significant critical and commercial success‚ Dead Poets Society is a period piece set in the 1950s in Welton College‚ a private boys school‚ at the heart of New England’s establishment. It is a study in the mechanisms with which the ruling class absorbs and expels rebellious influences before proceeding undeterred in its primary mission of reproducing
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As the perspicacious Pierre Berton once said‚ “Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom‚ and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.” Joanne Hyppolite‚ the author of the story “Dyaspora‚” faces racism first-hand as she grows up Haitian American. Using second-person point of view‚ she encourages the reader to put themselves in the author’s shoes. Consequently‚ the author’s repetitive use of the word “you” helps the reader to assimilate
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„Dead Poets Society“ by N. H. Kleinbaum‚ based on the film by Tom Schulman A word document by Liên Ferreira About the author‚ Nancy H. Kleinbaum: * Graduated from the Medill School of Journalism * Former newspaper reporter and editor * Lives in New York * Born in 1948 About the film: * The book is based on the motion picture from Touchstone Pictures * Produced by Steven Haft‚ Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas * The book is based on the motion picture written by Tom
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Poetry Analysis: "Batter My Heart‚ Three-Personed God‚ For You" John Donne’s "Batter My Heart‚ Three-Personed God‚ For You" is an Italian sonnet written in iambic pentameter. The poem is about a man who is desperately pleading with his God to change him. He feels imprisoned by his own sinful nature and describes himself as betrothed to the "Enemy" of God‚ namely Satan. The speaker has a truly passionate longing to be absolutely faithful to his God‚ but at the same time is rendered hopeless by the
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The Metaphysical Pizza as Sliced by Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were Greek philosophers who lived within the third and fourth century BC. Thought Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ they each had very different ideas or theories on how life is or Metaphysics. Plato theorized that reality was outside of our physical world and outside of most humans understanding‚ while Aristotle theorized that this physical world was the only world and the only reality. Plato looked for a universal
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An individual’s interaction can indeed enrich or limit one’s experience of belonging‚ as belonging is one of the essential needs of any human being. Belonging can be seen in the prescribed text of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society & Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ where the central characters are driven by their need to belong or not belong which is ultimately stimulated by the world & people around them. The Crucible is based on the Salem community found
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Movie Review: Dead Poets Society Any movie title with the words‚ Dead’ and Poet‚’ might strike someone as being a little strange or even a little boring. However‚ do not judge a book by its cover with this mind busting‚ deep thinker of a drama. This film‚ directed by Peter Weir adds a little poetry to this truly inspirational‚ heart-felt movie that makes anyone who has ever known what it feels like to want to rebel in a nonconformist culture. This solid‚ smart entertainment breaks out of
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Social Evils in Pakistan Outline: 1) Introduction: a) Man is a social animal. b) What is evil? 2) Different types of social evils a) Adulteration in different commodities b) Smuggling c) Drug addiction 3) Spread of social evils a) Different countries are affected from social evils b) Pakistan is one of the major effected countries. 4) How they are harmful a) They are harmful to the public health. b) They are playing to lives of the peoples 5) Remedies
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