Annotation John Donne’s Holy Sonnet IX Holy Sonnet IX If poisonous minerals‚ and if that tree‚ Whose fruit threw death on (else immortal) us‚ If lecherous goats‚ if serpents envious Cannot be dammed‚ alas ! why should I be ? Why should intent or reason‚ born in me‚ Make sins‚ else equal‚ in me more heinous ? And‚ mercy being easy‚ and glorious To God‚ in His stern wrath why threatens He ? But who am I‚ that dare dispute with Thee ? O God‚ O ! of Thine only worthy blood‚ And my tears‚ make a heavenly
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Digging by Seamus Heaney: Close Reading Analysis Digging by Seamus Heaney appears to be a poem about his actual family‚ in reality‚ it is about the stereotypical male role from past to present. Society has been made to believe that the males traditional way of earning a living is through hard work and manual labor and it has been this way for centuries. This poem is Heaneys’ way of coming to realization that “digging”‚ or hard labor‚ was not for him and he is going against what society says and
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Close Reading: Shakespeare `Julius Caesar` III. 2 lines 11- 48 (Brutus) Julius Caesar is an historical tragedy‚ written by Shakespeare in 1599. Set in ancient Rome it depicts the rise and fall of an emperor and a time of vast political change. Presenting a tale of manipulation and a struggle for power Shakespeare uses the uses the art of the orator and rhetoric to describe key moments in Rome’s history. Structurally central to the play is Act III‚ scene 2‚ as it is at this pivotal moment‚ after
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Sha-Dasha Poe November 12‚ 2012 2nd Period Close Reading Essay Digging deep within The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World Gabriel Garcia Marquez intoduction of “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” already questions the story just from the thought of the title. How can a drowned man be handsome is the main question. The title of the story itself portrays imagery‚ allegory and imagery. This handsome drowned man is the main character of this whole story. To start with‚ this story
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different points of views. In the close reading of a particular excerpt‚ it shows the relationship of a husband‚ a WW I veteran‚ and his wife. The text can be found on page 23 of the novel. “For she could no longer stand it. Dr. Holmes might say there was nothing the matter…It was she who suffered – but she had nobody to tell.” This short paragraph tells a world about how Rezia‚ the wife of Septimus‚ is feeling about her husband and their marriage. This close reading will bring out the meaning of
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Invictus Close Reading The poem Invictus by William Hernest Henley is a quite unusual poem that tells the story of a man trying to overcome and survive when faced with a difficult situation. It starts off with him saying that the “night” covers him‚ which in my opinion refers to suffering and darkness of some sort. This first line plays into the second line because it states darkness again‚ which I believe is talking about a literal hell on earth the way it is worded and it even mentions the north
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There’s many supernatural apparitions in Macbeth that make us want to know more and see if they are real. Shakespeare has made this play to make us somehow question the unnatural and make us want more suspense and more horror. The Witches and the apparitions that happened throughout the play make it more interesting and make us see how Macbeth gets affected by all of the supernatural and unnatural events. As well we could see that when a supernatural event happened people became mad and stared to
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Close Reading: Culture is Ordinary by Raymond Williams The article by Raymond Williams is an attempt to describe and analyse the changing dynamics of culture through its constant shifts in meaning. He begins his essay with a brief account of a visit to his childhood home in Wales‚ in a few words describing his own personal history. From his anecdote‚ Williams delves into his main argument‚ that Culture is ordinary‚ breaking this idea into two parts‚ “the known meanings and directions‚ which its
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Pauline Johnson’s “The Derelict” “ And‚ with the perversity of his kind‚ Cragstone loved her; he meant to marry her because he knew that he should not. What a monstrous thing if he did! He‚ the shepherd of this half-civilized flock‚ the modern John Baptist; he‚ the voice of the great Anglican church crying in this wilderness‚ how could he wed with this Indian girl who had been a common serving-maid in a house in Penetanguishene‚ and had been dismissed there from with an accusation of theft that
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Close Reading of “The Raven” “The Raven” was written by Edgar Allan Poe and originally published in January 1845. It is a narrative poem about a man sitting in his room and falling asleep while reading‚ wanting to forget his lost love named Lenore. All of a sudden his attention is grabbed by a knock at his door. He goes to open the door only to find there is no one there. Then‚ there is a knock at his window. This time a raven swoops into the man’s room. This raven first interests the man‚ but then
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