The Bell Jar was published in 1963. The book dealt heavily with mental health and how it was treated and perceived at the time. The Bell Jar touched on gender issues at the time and was described as a feminist novel. In the 1950’s numerous historical events took place and references to those events were made in the book. The story centered around a young woman named Esther Greenwood‚ who aspired to be a writer. The book started off in the summer of 1953 in New York‚ where Esther was an intern
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Hafiza Sarwat Fatima Dr. Shaheena Ayub Bhatti 5th November‚ 2011 Contemporary American Poetry is Representative of Changing Trends 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
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The playwright of Taming of the Shrew‚ by Shakespeare‚ and the film text 10 Things I Hate about You‚ directed by Gil Junga‚ convey similar plots‚ however‚ the composition of these two texts spreads across 400 years. With this‚ audiences who have experienced both of these texts can witness the differences of the society within the 17th and the 20th century. This is conveyed through the social context of both era’s (the Elizabethan Era and 20th century USA) and also the Shakespearean language in contrast
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: CONCIET • A conceit is a special kind of metaphor that is extended throughout most of the poem or over several lines. • Authors use it to create striking‚ elaborate comparisons between two seemingly dissimilar objects. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: PERSONIFICATION • A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to objects or animals. • Authors use it to give an inanimate object or animal a deeper meaning. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: HYPERBOLE • A figure of speech that
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Dramatic Monologues: According to M.H. Abrahms‚ dramatic monologue is a poetic form‚ "a lengthy speech by a single person"‚ addressing a silent listener‚ intended to convey his or her inner thoughts and emotions. It can be rewritten in jargonised terms as ’a cross or hybrid of the genres of drama and lyric’. A lyric poem is ‘any fairly short poem‚ consisting of the utterance by a single speaker‚ who expresses a state of mind or a process of perception‚ thought‚ and feeling’. Though
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to get help for them. Depression can happen to anyone‚ It can happen to preschoolers‚ children‚ teenagers‚ young women‚ young men‚ and also elderly people. It can also easily happen to famous people. For example Abraham Lincoln‚ Mike Wallace‚Sylvia Plath‚ Winston Churchill‚ Georgia O’keeffe‚ Janet Jackson‚ A.J. McLean‚ Kurt Cobain‚ Gerard Way‚ Mark Twain‚ and even Disney Channel Star Demi Lovato have suffered from some sort of depression. When someone is depressed it doesn’t just affect them. It
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“The Thing about Books” Do you get that overwhelming euphoric feeling when you go inside a bookshop or a library? Do you smell through the pages of old books‚ yellow and worn out with time (and new ones!)‚ and get that ecstatic sensation? Do you get that comforting feeling when you know you are carrying some books with you‚ even just for the sake of carrying it (not to mention‚ it is a cure for that toxic boredom‚ too)? During rainy days and bed weathers‚ do you just want to grab something from
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1 April 2014 Candle in the Wind Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English singer-songwriter‚ composer‚ pianist‚ record producer‚ and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist “Bernie Taupin” as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. (Paragraph 1) “Candle in the Wind” is a name of a song performed by Elton John and written by he and collaborator
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Mary Hyland 11/18/14 P.3 Poem Reaction Paragraphs Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest” This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. The message is those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded. The poet says “those who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army
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from nothing and learn as you go.” Though some individuals are blessed with the gift of writing‚ students at a second language level in English may find it not so easy. An idea that we believe in which is deeply inspired by an outstanding poet‚ Sylvia Plath‚ is that writing should be motivated by allowing ourselves to live‚ love and say all we wish to in good sentences. Although content is a major factor in writing and it is likely that many students in secondary school can splatter flowing word vomit
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