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    Jonathan Edwards is considered one of the masters of figurative language. His use of vivid images and strong metaphors is very obvious in his fiery sermon. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” as he describes human nature and hell. For example‚ he says at one point‚ “Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering…” One of Edwards metaphors is‚ “The dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the pit of hell.” He very often casts the fires of hell in metaphorical terms rather than using

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    Language and tone in Swift’s work A Modest Proposal In Ireland in the eighteenth century many people wrote pamphlets in which they suggested solutions to the contemporary situation in their country. Among them was also Jonathan Swift‚ whose pamphlet A Modest Proposal differs from the others in its satirical tone. At that time Swift was a member of a literary club called the Scriblerians‚ who were against modern ideas in science and philosophy. Swift himself was inspired by this‚ which can be seen

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    A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland‚ from Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country‚ and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick By Jonathan Swift Swift was Irish‚ and though he much preferred living in England‚ he resented British policies toward the Irish. In a letter to Pope of 1729‚ he wrote‚ "Imagine a nation the two-thirds of whose revenues are spent out of it‚ and who are not permitted to trade with the other third‚ and where the pride of the

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    Jonathan Gottschall’s The Storytelling Animal is a novel full of controversy‚ fact‚ anecdotes‚ and personal experiences of Gottschall himself and his daughters. Throughout the entire story‚ readers are enlightened and perceive things differently with a new perspective on how fiction and stories really shape our lives and behavior. What Gottschall is constantly trying to tell us is to always read and watch fiction whether it is reading a book‚ watching a movie‚ or listening to a song. As we read the

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    Samuel. The Lives of the Most Prominent English Poets‚ Volume 1. London: Williams and Sons‚ 1781. Print. Patey‚ Douglas. “Swift’s Satire on Science and the Structure of Gulliver’s Travels.” ELH. 58.4 (1991). 809-39. JSTOR. Web. 10 March 2012. Swift‚ Jonathan. “Gulliver’s Travels.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt. New York. W. W. Norton & Company‚ 2006. Print.

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    The Prestige Analysis The Prestige is a film adaptation of the Christopher Priest novel bearing the same name. The story is set in the turn-of-the-century London about two stage magicians‚ their rivalry‚ and their obsession to be the best with the artistry and secrecy of illusion. The analysis of The Prestige will examine several aspects of the film including plot‚ character development‚ use of sound‚ use of photography‚ set design‚ lighting‚ and role of the collaborators. Each of these areas

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    Stephen Leasock ’s "Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich": Satire Jonathan Swift has suggested that "Satire is a sort of Glass‚ wherein Beholders do generally discover every body ’s Face their own; which is the chief reason...that so few are offended with it." Richard Garnett suggests that‚ "Without humour‚ satire is invictive; without literary form‚ [and] it is mere clownish jeering." (Encyclopaedia Britannica 14th ed. vol. 20 p. 5). Whereas Swift ’s statement suggests that people are

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    It’s come to this: Writing professors are so desperate for new ways to teach undergraduates about academic integrity that they are assigning them to plagiarize. That’s what Kate Hagopian‚ an instructor in the first-year writing program at North Carolina State University‚ does. For one assignment‚ she gives her students a short writing passage and then a prompt for a standard student short essay. She asks her students to turn in two versions. In one they are told that they must plagiarize. In the

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    It seems like there is no pot of gold for the Irish. In both “A Modest Proposal”‚ written by Jonathan Swift‚ and Angela’s Ashes‚ written by Frank McCourt‚ Ireland is portrayed as the land of the poor. Although they were from a different time period and age when they wrote their piece‚ they both touch on the same subject and seem to be sympathetic towards it. When describing the poor‚ Swift and McCourt each had their own description. Swift describes‚ not himself‚ but other people he saw. For

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    An Introduction to Satire sat.ire n. 1. 2. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Irony‚ sarcasm‚ or caustic [bitterly cutting/burning] wit used to attack or expose folly‚ vice‚ or stupidity. (dictionary.com) Ian Johnston‚ retired instructor at Malaspina University-College‚ Nanaimo‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ offers helpful information in more clearly defining the use and characteristics of satire: Purpose of Satire: “If we see someone or

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