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    ‘The value of poetry lies in its ability to illuminate the world within’ Do you agree? The value of W.B. Yeats’ poetry lies within his ability to illuminate a world within –a transcendent salvation for beauty‚ longevity and order arising from a world ridden by anarchical change; A salvation that shapes and preserves his poignant and lyrical confrontations by enlightening the fraught arguments of the human heart. From his introspective lamentation of life’s futility in ‘Amongst School Children’

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    Conflicting perspectives are an inevitable part of human existence as they arise from the complex interplay of individual experience‚ social and cultural background and influences. Representations of these discrepancies are fundamentally constructed through acts of deliberate selection and emphasis‚ enabling composers to manipulate audience’s conscious perceptions of truth and reality. David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars portrays the necessity of accepting the inexorable existence of nature‚

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    Upon arrival at the Cathedral of Saint Pierre‚ the structure demands your respect. One can see the towers when approaching further up the street until the final steps when the building goes out of view. Upon the final turn the church pops into view with some form of shock. The whole environment is inviting. The grand rose window shining forth at the central point of the facade‚ steps lead you down to the front entrance and the front gothic porch recedes inward (McNarama‚ 147). Somethings tells you

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    “Whether this is my end or a new beginning I have no way of knowing” (Atwood 295). In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale a young woman named Offred is trapped in a dystopian microcosm being forced to do the unthinkable. In the United States an outbreak of syphilis occurred causing many people to become infertile. The population is declining and the country is scared as a whole. Then‚ a group of extremists breaks into the congress building during a session and kill everyone inside; as well they

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    5.12-5.15 Change‚ whether it is present or absent‚ is universal and an inevitable notion and it can result in positive or negative impacts- depending on the factors stimulating the change. Within the beautifully composed poems by T.S. Eliot‚ the related text‚ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ this concept of change is depicted through the use and manipulation of language devices‚ with the aid of the recurring communal stimulating factors- change in perspective‚ change in world and change in one’s

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    Belonging encases the intrinsic human experience through which individuals strive towards various affiliations within their microcosm of social dealings. An individual’s ability to attain belonging is heavily reliant on their prowess to develop relationships with others and their surrounding landscape. This dichotomy of belonging and not belonging is explored by the 1975 Peter Skrzynecki poem Feliks Skrzynecki and the 1998 memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita which utilise techniques such as

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    Skyler Granatir Misener English 125.078 September 20‚ 2015 First In Gabriel Heller’s short story “After Work‚” one man portrays a typical day after departing from work. The narrator is a busy father who juggles his occupation and the demanding role of being a father. Facing the stories of a murder and a young person’s injury‚ the narrator is saddened throughout the play‚ but inevitably refreshed by his daughter and her needs. Heller uses juxtaposition‚ themes of childhood‚ and themes of parenting

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    The Fall of Man The ancient Greek notion of tragedy concerned the fall of a great man‚ such as a king‚ from a position of superiority to a position of humility on account of his ambitious pride‚ or hubris. To the Greeks‚ such arrogance in human behavior was punishable by terrible vengeance. The tragic hero was to be pitied in his fallen plight but not necessarily forgiven: Greek tragedy frequently has a bleak outcome. Christian drama‚ on the other hand‚ always offers a ray of hope; hence‚ Macbeth ends

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    time‚ roles‚ spatial relations‚ concepts of the universe‚ and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving. A culture is a way of life of a group of people. As a microcosm of the region and as the most desirable location in the Middle East for working and living‚ UAE is a good example of the issues that can come up when people from various countries and cultures come and work together in the workplace. A very important

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    Understanding (of literature)‚ according to Szondi‚ should be defined as the dynamic‚ self-reflexive process or attempt at obtaining and consequent renewing of said knowledge. But has this been accomplished as of late? In his essay‚ Szondi questions whether or not literary scholars have been generating a comprehensive understanding of their objects of study. (Szondi 4) He poses this question in light of the advent of the natural sciences and their influence on literary scholarship by arguing that

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