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    The Darkness of Macbeth Begins! William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer and poet ever known in the English language who authored world’s greatest poems‚ drama and sonnets‚ including Macbeth. Most of Shakespeare’s famous works are viewed all over the world. Throughout the play of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare had written a famous soliloquy in Act V called “To-morrow‚ and to-morrow‚ and to-morrow.” In Macbeth’s soliloquy‚ Macbeth’s words capture a major theme of the play. It presents a dark

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    Gatsby’s Dream though literary Devices The American Dream is something everyone wants to conquer in life. Something that is so hard‚ that not much people can say they successfully did. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald took place in the1920’s. He himself is a character in the book named Nick. The book revolves around a man named Jay Gatsby and his struggles to be with the love of his life to make it perfect. It is not complete without her and he tries to win her heart back. It’s a tragic

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    The two articles that I will compare and contrast will be “A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood‚” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Only Daughter‚” written by Sandra Cisneros. Both female Hispanic authors talk about how they divided their childhood between two countries and the meaning of being a woman in their cultures. They also describe family structures and relationships between parents and children in an immigrant family. Judith Ortiz Cofer was born in the small town of Hormigueros

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    scheme‚ however the pattern of the words brings a sense of euphony to the reader. Haydens language and artistic devices by which he transmits the idea that people often take acts of kindness for granted‚ often makes the reader stop and rethink his attitude towards som events in their life. The various literary elements of the poem work to support the theme of sadness and contributes

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    in spite of her hard work she actually never gets thought of as hardworking except by her kids. Only Daughter In this essay the words that are significant in the titles essay is Only.The connatative meaning is that she was the only girl out of seven children. The denotative meaning was that she felt lesser than her brothers because he was only a girl. I think the essay’s title is good‚ only daughter describes the connatative and

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    In act three‚ scene three‚ Othello recites a monologue that shows how much he is struggling with the idea that his wife has been cheating on him. His dynamic character and emotions are portrayed in a sophisticated way through the use of different literary elements and language. In addition‚ through the use of tone‚ Shakespeare develops the central idea of Othello’s emotional monologue. Othello’s monologue in act three‚ was an endless struggle as he tried to make sense of the situation and what he

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    In the second stanza‚ Sexton takes the reader back to the stone ages. She thumbs her nose at the exaggerated propaganda which claims that American mothers and wives are thriving. The home is reversed to “caves‚” the use of “skillets‚” and carvings” (9) mirror that the role of a woman has been limited to the kitchen and to the monotonous routine of everyday life. The analogy between rocky deserted caves and the witches’ homes is revealing. It decodes the early dwellers of such places. Primitive people

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    Alliteration- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion- An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Anapest – A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. Antithesis- A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. Apostrophe- A punctuation mark used to indicate either

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    The title alludes to a style of musical declamation that hovers between song and ordinary speech; it is used for dialogic and narrative interludes during operas and oratories. The term "recitatif" also once included the now-obsolete meaning‚ "the tone or rhythm peculiar to any language." Both of these definitions suggest the story’s episodic nature‚ how each of the story’s five sections happens in a register that is different from the respective ordinary lives of its two central characters‚ Roberta

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    Neruda adds obvious devices that overpower the poem‚ such as imagery and metaphors‚ but also connects possible archetypes and symbols to better express himself. To begin‚ the first stanza uses enjambment‚ as the end of the stanza leaves the reader hanging and curious. It says‚ “I want you to know/one thing.” (lines 1-2) What is this thing? The reader has no idea of it yet and is left thinking‚ wanting to read on. Next‚ the second stanza is filled with literary devices to inform the reader of

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