One of Milton’s strengths used in his epic Paradise Lost is his vivid imagery. He uses imagery not only for visual impact but also for reinforcing themes and characterization. Many of the images used pertain to light and dark‚ which help to convey his main purpose of justifying the ways of God to man and illustrating Hell. Milton justifies the ways of God to man all throughout his story. Line twenty-two explains to man that God can make the darkness in one’s life go away by bringing "light" to
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Lost at Sea - Exercise You are a passenger on a cruise ship. While in the pacific‚ there is a violent storm and the ship starts to sink. All of the passengers are directed towards the lifeboats. Each lifeboat contains fifteen items (see the list below). Activity As a group of passengers in the lifeboat you have to come to an agreement over the ranking list of the 15 objects. Here are guidelines to use to reach a consensus Avoid arguing for you own individual judgements. Approach the activity
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After reading and analyzing various poems‚ I have immensely deepened my perspective and understanding of resilience in poetry through the many problems of struggle‚ identity‚ and recovery. In "I Lost My Talk" by Rita Joe‚ the loss of cultural identity because of forced assimilation is depicted in the desperate plea of the speaker to be able to "find my talk" (Joe 14)‚ which illustrates a strong urge to reclaim their true self and share it. In "You Are Love(D)‚" Erica Violet Lee describes intense
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The short story‚ “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupossant represents how conflicts can strongly influence the development of a character. Upon dealing with a huge conflict‚ it makes one realize how much they have gone through. It may also allow one to reflect and appreciate what they had and their strengths and weaknesses. Status has been linked with a guilty and undesirable feeling in life and society. In this story Mathilde’s husband is hopeless to giving his own savings in order for her to purchase
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As Petri Liukkonen states in “Guy de Maupassant…” “Latin has believed that his wife’s jewelry were fakes”(Guy 3). Like in “The Necklace” Mathilde lost a necklace that looked priceless to her when she first got sight of it. But at the very end of the story she finds the heart breaking truth‚ and that was that the necklace was a fake. Also later on Petri Liukkonen points out that i ones of Guy’s stories he “ sets fire to his own house‚ to destroy his Horla‚ but only his servants
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In the story The Necklace by “Guy de Maupassant”‚ Mathilda‚ the main character throughout the story‚ remains static from start to finish. Her materialistic desire combined with her love for attention is still evident after years of hardship and struggle. She [suffers] immensely due to the fact that she cannot have everything she [desires]. The poverty she faces contradicts her expectation that she deserves “all the refinements and luxuries of life” (1). These thoughts consume her and the objects
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The story of an unfortunate boy‚ his future of baseball impeded by pain and loyalty to a promise made with his best of friends; later on‚ forced to lay down his path upon injuring his arm. This is the story of Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick. Resulting of overthrowing the baseball‚ in benign competition with his best friend A.J.‚ Peter Friedman severely injured his arm‚ to the point of being disabled to participate in any plays in baseball. Of this‚ his favorite and main
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The plot of most short stories is condensed in length and of a more simplistic nature relative to novels. Guy de Maupassant’s‚ “The Necklace” is no exception. Starting with the exposition‚ the story has only three main characters‚ Madame and Monsieur Loisel––both very simple‚ “economical” characters that are among the lower-rank of society’s hierarchal ladder‚ and Madame Forestier‚ Mathilde Loisel’s affluent friend. A combination of 19th century language and lifestyle‚ as well as the life span of
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treasure in heaven. Then come‚ follow me.’ But when the young man heard this‚ he went away sad‚ for he had many possessions." Just as the parables that Jesus taught throughout the Gospels had valuable life lessons‚ as does Guy de Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace." The theme of selfish vanity vs. profitable hard work is revealed by Maupassant through Madame Loisel’s internal conflict developed from comparison beginning at a young age. Guy de Maupassant demonstrates that one cannot truly discern how to stand
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