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    Jessica Tavernier Dr. Liz Ann Baez Aguilar English 1302 20 March 2015 “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe represents a major figure in the world of literature solely based on his profound short stories‚ poems and theories. He demonstrates control of language and technique‚ while incorporating his inspirational and original imagination. Poe’s poetry and short stories greatly influenced the French Symbolists of the late nineteenth century‚ who in return altered the direction of modern

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    References: J. Sterling Livingston in the September/October‚ (1988) Harvard Business Review George Bernard Shaw‚ (1912) Play‚ Pygmalion Robert Rosenthal & Lenore Jacobson (1968) Pygmalion in the classroom New York: Holt‚ Rinehart & Winston

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    Tanya Mitchell suffers from Battered Woman Syndrome. Tanya Mitchell was charged with second degree murder in 2002. Mitchell killed her abusive husband because she thought her life was in danger (Moscatello‚ 2015). Tanya’s husband used to make threats of killing her. Her husband was also tied to law enforcement so it was hard for Mitchell to seek help. A shelter she requested help from told her she could no longer stay there because of the threats her husband and his friends made to staff. Women are

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    stepfather has an even more expensive gift for her that has absolutely nothing to do with pop or singing: a horse. Days later‚ Bryan finds out that Kim wants to go with her friend‚ Amanda‚ to Europe for “educational purposes” alone‚ and that his ex-wife‚ Lenore‚ like any other rich mother of a spoiled rich girl in California‚ supports them. Knowing how gullible his wife is and how the story is obvious b.s.‚ Bryan takes a glimpse into his daughter’s bag at the airport and realizes that they’re actually planning

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    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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    Ode to the West Wind

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    Ode to the West Wind is a poem addressed to the west wind. It is personified both as a "Destroyer" and a "Preserver". It is seen as a great power of nature that destroys in order to create‚ that kills the unhealthy and the decaying to make way for the new and the fresh. The personification of the west wind as an enchanter‚ as a wild spirit is characteristic of Shelley’s poetry. Shelley’s personification of the west wind can be called "myth poesies"‚ another kind of metaphor. The poem is divided

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    Sailors have told legends of mermaids in the seas for hundreds of years. Many recall their majestic beauty as they call out to men lost at sea. Some scientists have suggested that the sea ladies past sailors had seen‚ were most likely animals such as the manatees‚ and one could easily mistake their shape in a dark light in the middle of the ocean. However I have the great privilege of knowing a real mermaid. Yes‚ I can honestly claim that my grandmother‚ Diane Mitchell‚ was a mermaid in Florida

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    Traci L. Pugh Dr. Amber Reagan-Kendrick ENG 45023-SU-2012-OA Seminar in American Literature 8 August 2012 Gothic Literature: The Fascination with Terror People have an intrinsic fear of the dark and the unknown. While each person’s level of anxiety and object of terror are different‚ the fascination to reveal them has inspired Gothic authors such as Mary Shelley‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ Stephen King‚ and Stephenie Meyer for three centuries. Subjects of these classic tales include vampires‚ reanimation

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    The Psychological Obstacles in Gothic Literature and life Gothic literature is not just a bunch of vile stories about ghosts and spirits‚ they are about the deep adversities in everyday life. The works of Edgar Allen Poe (One of the most famous gothic writers) talk about death‚ psychological issues‚ and unsightly examples of pain in the minds of some of the most disturbed characters. Examples of his notorious works include “The Raven” and the “Black Cat”. More recently‚ some of the gothic authors

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    These negative feelings‚ in turn‚ are outwardly expressed through violence. In this paper‚ we will look at battered woman syndrome as a theory that has stemmed from Robert Agnew’s general strain theory. In her 1979 book "The Battered Woman"; Dr. Lenore Walker first came up with what is now know as battered woman syndrome. Put simply battered woman syndrome‚ or BWS as it is sometimes called‚ is a group of psychological symptoms that are easily recognized in women who have been physically‚ sexually

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