their messages portray how people can act a certain ways motivated by desires. For example‚ Robert Herrick uses a Carpe diem theme to express his desires in “To the Virgin‚ to Make Much of Time.” Moreover‚ Robert Browning expresses personal desires in “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” using dramatic monologue. As shown in these texts‚ desires negatively affect people according to a priest’s motivation for women to pursue marriage‚ a Duke’s killing of his Duchess‚ and a lover’s
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after which‚ revealed my top five. In order from highest to lowest‚ they are Responsibility‚ Achiever‚ Adaptability‚ Relator‚ and Significance. I believe this was an accurate conclusion after reading the detailed report from my assessment. I’ve had experiences in life where these talents have served me well and I can predict they will continue to do so in the
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My Sister Keeper by Jodi Picoult is one of best books that I had read in a while and I will confess that was difficult for me to put the book down and stop reading because I was so anxious to discover what was going to happen next. First of all‚ in this book you will discover the difficult choices that a family has to make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease. Secondly‚ you will learn that you should follow your own heart‚ and that you never had to let others lead you life. Finally
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My Sister’s Keeper The story is all about loving a family. The situation become an ethical problem when Sara and Brian (the parent’s of Kate‚ Jesse & Anna) first approved the suggestion of the doctor to have a in vitro child(the child named Anna) that is perfectly match for Kate since Kate is diagnose to have a Leukemia -a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of blood cells. Anna is genetically made on purpose to be the donor of the body parts that Kate needs
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THE RHETORIC OF SOCIAL HORROR IN THE Nightmare on Elm Street SERIES The Nightmare on Elm Street movie series has enjoyed six successful theatrical releases since 1984‚ and a seventh installment was released in time for Halloween in 1994. It and other successful horror movie series‚ such as Friday the 13th and Halloween‚ are frequently analyzed from Freudian psychological perspectives and characterized as allegories of the psychological dynamic underlying the return of the repressed. Although the
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collided with huge rocks. The boat was sinking‚ it was too late‚ and we had sunk. I was swimming as fast as I could. I managed to grab on to a bit of drift wood. There wasn’t anyone there as far as I could see. I caught a glimpse of sun reflecting into my eye. I spotted Robbie at the other side of me and he seemed to be drowning. He then grabbed a bit of drift wood and we both ended up on a desert island. Robbie feared he would not get back. Then a group of tribal warriors came charging at him. We
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The Beautiful Nightmare Back in November last year‚as I wokeup to the blistening sun shining through my window‚ I blinked my eyes to clear the my blurry sight. With the excruciating pain that poked my eyes‚ I walked to the mirror and was surprised to look at my red eyes. That was not the worst part‚ as I focused more into my eyes on the mirror‚ I realised that at the center of my eyeballs‚ there was a white bulge‚ round and small. Not even an hour later‚my mother and I were already sitting on a
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flimsy curtains from the eerily noiseless street behind our house I could see that nothing was amiss. Nothing that I could notice straight away that is. As I got up from my bed‚ I saw that my sister was not in hers’. I looked around once more‚ as the feeling of peculiar alarm and angst worked from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. I was at once perturbed and shaken as I saw that the room was clean‚ severely clean. There was naught on the tables‚ or in the wardrobe‚ not dust nor a shadow of
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interests accompanied by talent as the basis forming and cultivating their passions; there unique gifts influence and contribute to our world. Talent for athletics‚ art‚ music‚ writing‚ leadership‚ and of course the list is endless‚ impact all of us. My spirit is drawn to perhaps the “broadest brush” that which all actions and energy need to breathe. I am impassioned by the promise and potential of time; the canvass which we paint our lives. Of course this is not a text book definition‚ but I envision
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Robert Browning’s poems ’Porphyria’s Lover’ and ’My Last Duchess’ are both about psychotic men who kill their lovers. However‚ the men differ in their motives as Porphyria’s murder could be considered to be done out of love whereas the dukes murder is one of jealousy. This heavily influences our feeling towards the two men‚ as the duke is a bitter misogynist compared to Porphyria’s ‘Tender murderer’. Dramatic monologue by definition is a piece of performed writing that offers great insight into the
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