John Green Word Count: 1072 A Tragic Comparison Throughout history‚ audiences have been entertained by tales of tragedy and catastrophe. Though each author and every story they write puts a unique spin on the genre‚ the characters employed are often not too dissimilar. Whether admiring drama from ancient Greece or reading the works of the Renaissance era‚ most of the characters have a parallel character in existing somewhere else literature. These parallels are rarely as clear as when Othello
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connotations that stand out to the reader. The word “chartered” is used twice in the first stanza. As a denotation‚ chartered can mean “a written grant or a certificate of incorporation‚” in which an institutions’ rights and privileges are defined (Kennedy‚ page 74). How the word “chartered” is used‚ it gives the suggestion or connotation of limitation existing.
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Cited: Plath‚ Sylvia. “Daddy.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 4th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson‚ 2012. 630-632. Print. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. “Annabel Lee.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 4th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson‚ 2012. 633. Print.
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Cited: Whitman‚ Walt. "To a Locomotive in Winter." Literature; An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 6th Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman‚ 2010. 426. Print. Dickinson‚ Emily. "I like to see it lap the Miles." Literature; An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 6th Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman‚ 2010. 427. Print. - I really liked how you analyzed the two poems‚ and their tone towards steam-engine trains. Here is something
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A Fine Line Imagine a perfect morning—no alarm clocks or neck cricks—just fresh coffee brewing and a nice bacon breakfast. But could this fit every individual’s description of a perfect morning? Of course the no alarm clocks and neck cricks sound nice; however‚ a vegetarian would easily reject this particular view of a perfect morning. This subjective idea parallels both LeGuin’s and Vonnegut’s warped examples of constant happiness and equality in a society. Ursula K. LeGuin’s short story “The
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resemble their fellows‚ which led them to take action without any control of themselves‚ they finally learned their lesson of life. Work cited Boyle‚ T. Coragnessan. “Greasy Lake.” An introduction to fiction. Ed. X.J. Kennedy‚ and Danna Gioia. 8th Ed. N.Y.:
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Cited: Kennedy‚ X.J. and Dana Gioia‚ editors. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama and Writing. Fifth Fifth Compact Edition. New York: Pearson Longman. 2007 Sophicles. Oedipus the King. Translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Kennedy and Gioia 887- 924
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Diverse authors use diverse strategies to catch a reader’s attention. Both Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were women ahead of their time; they wrote stories that were socially unacceptable but are now considered some of the greatest. In Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour‚" the protagonist‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ dies of a heart attack after hearing of her husband’s death. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" with a blasphemous plot at the time: a woman‚ Jane‚ bedridden because
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Cited: Herrick‚ Robert. "To The Virgins‚ To Make Much of Time." Literature: An Introduction To Fiction‚ Poetry and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th Compact ed. New York: Longman‚ 2005. 1451. Marvell‚ Andrew. "To His Coy Mistress." Literature: An Introduction To Fiction‚ Poetry and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th Compact ed. New York: Longman‚ 2005. 1451.
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Cited: Mason‚ Bobbi A. “Shiloh.” 1982. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 12th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Pearson‚ 2013. 616-625. Gilman‚ Charlotte P. “The Yellow Wallpaper.” 1892. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 12th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Pearson‚ 2013. 473-483.
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