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    Whuthering Heights

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    A Comment on the Romanticism in Wuthering Heights Part One. Introduction The English female novelist Emily Bronte is world-renowned for her wonderful novel-Wuthering Heights. This novel is famous for its gothic style as well as its love theme‚ which attract readers in an extreme method and technique. Most of its readers intend to allocate it into “horror fiction”‚ because there are too many horrible plots and terrified atmosphere that shade its tender emotion to some degree. No one can escape

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    In Literature The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. W. Somerset Maugham (Quotes about Poetry-Education Oasis) Poetry is the breath and soul of the literature. This magical profusion of thought and feeling-the most ancient form of expressive arts not only depicts the changing trends of time but in its very depiction

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    Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Outside Reading Books (ORBs) & Summer Reading Instructions- 2010-2011 Patrice Norris- Instructor Email: elwyn.norris@mnps.org READ THIS HANDOUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE QUITE SPECIFIC Part I. All AP Literature students are required to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You will refer to this book throughout the year. The book is very entertaining and very informative as an introduction to

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    TORTS ASSIGNMENT DONALD TRESPASS TO LAND The sub-lease grants Alexis proprietary interests‚ hence she has exclusive possession‚ and locus standi for trespass to her bedroom and communal areas: Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse (1937) 56 CLR 605 ENTERING BEDROOM‚ PLACING PLANTS ON FLOOR Presumably‚ Donald intended (Nickells v Melbourne Corporation (1938) 59 CLR 219) the direct interferences (Southport Corp v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1954] 2 QB 182 (‘Southport’)) of entering Alexis’s bedroom and placing

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    Kuala Lumpur

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    1. Petronas Twin Towers The Petronas Twin Towers dominate the sky scape in Kuala Lumpur. They are magnificent pieces of architecture which tower over the rest of Kuala Lumpur and are currently the second tallest buildings in the world‚ and the tallest twin towers in the world. They were built in 1998 and have 88 floors and reach 452 meters into the sky. The towers were planned in the form of an 8 sided star which in Islam symbolises fullness and regeneration. There is a viewing deck on the twin

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    SECTION I PLOT AND PLOT STRUCTURE THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES The impact of a literary work‚ as it has already been stated‚ depends on all its elements. Among them plot and plot structure play an important role. The plot is a series of interlinked events in which the characters of the story participate. The events are arranged in a definite sequence to catch and hold the reader’s interest. The writer arranges the events‚ ordering them as he sees fit. Most stories and novels have

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    in from the cold‚ written by John Le Carre is happen to be one of the best piece of the literary history of spies. The English writer‚ who is one of the best well-known figure in the spy fiction‚ received the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize for this book. The book is credible because the author himself worked in the intelligence service for a long time. In the 1950s and 1960s he had worked to the MI5 and MI6 so he had to write his novels under a pseudonym that happened to be John

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    CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………....................3 Chapter 1: Speech Act Theory…………………………………...................5 Chapter 2: Indirect Speech Acts in English………………........................10 Conclusion…………………………………………..………................…..15 References……………………………………………..………...................17 INTRODUCTION Language is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. It is the main tool used to transmit messages‚ to communicate ideas‚ thoughts and opinions. It situates us in the

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    Lit Thesis Wahahahah

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    aBiography Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)‚ French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Guy de Maupassant was probably born at the Château de Miromesniel‚ Dieppe on August 5‚ 1850. In 1869 Maupassant started to study law in Paris‚ but soon‚ at the age of 20‚ he volunteered to serve in the army during the Franco-Prussian War. Between the years 1872 and 1880 Maupassant was a civil servant‚ first at the ministry of maritime affairs‚

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    “A Searing Indictment of the Failure of the American Education System” – Is this a fair assessment of The Catcher in the Rye and Death of a Salesman? In The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and Death of a Salesman (1949)‚ there are contemptuous references to the American Education that currently existed. This was a time of educational reform‚ which continued into the 1950s. These reforms were the result of the inadequacies discovered during recruiting for World War II when recruits were found to be almost

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