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    happiness and discourage them to escape from the reality. However‚ escaping is also a way of pursuing happiness‚ even though escaping will only provide temporary happiness and facing the reality will make true happiness possible. The short story “Horses of the Night” uses its character Chris to demonstrate the idea that individuals may escape from the miserable aspects of life to stay happy‚ however‚ individuals will compromise their ability to pursue true happiness if they escape. Throughout the story

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    Identify | Technique | Analyse | Evaluate | Conceptualise | Appreciate | “A narrow fellow in the grass / Occasionally rides. / You may have met him – did you not? / His notice sudden is.” | Lexical choice – unusual choice of verb.Modal verbDirect addressParadox | Ride – being carried by the grass‚ something other-worldly or ghostly about this snake – being propelled magically. Only happens occasionally – a special/ rare/unique/mysterious occasion. Fellow – such a common address – paradoxical idea

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    Sweet Escape

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    Sweet Escape Rebirth‚ healing‚ awakening- These are the words that mirror a flower that blooms in mud. In order for its petals to greet the warmth of the sun‚ a lotus flower must begin its life buried beneath mud and filth. Fragile and little it uses its own strength to press on through the sludge so that it can live within the water. With time and patience‚ it’ll soon reach the surface feeling the sun shine on it. As its buds begin to grow‚ the flower will then finally burst into full bloom. Same

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    A Realistic Escape

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    25 February 2013 A Realistic Escape “I am no bird;” mentioned Jane Austen‚ “and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Women’s yearning for individual independence has been prominent in every period of history. Over time‚ women have felt the need to be recognised more and more as individuals with qualities and capabilities that contribute to society in ways outside of the home and traditional occupations. Stories written in the Realism period‚ such as A Pair

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    A Beautiful Escape

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    A Beautiful Escape Everyone has a place where they want or dream to escape all the pressures and worries of life. For me‚ the beach is the ultimate cure to all my problems. So many things about the beach make it a claiming place. The most obvious things are the sights and sounds. The many sounds of the beach can be quite claiming. The sound of the waves hitting the shore give a blissful feeling. Some people find the sounds of the birds flying above them in the slight breeze very calming

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    The Fire Escape

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    of the characters had the will to escape from their imaginary worlds‚ and that escape was represented by many symbols during the play‚ one of them were the fire escape. The fire escape which represents the one way excursion which Tom needed in order to find a temporary safe haven from the nagging of his mother‚ Amanda‚ and the responsibilities he had towards his crippled sister‚ Laura. Tom was suffocating both emotionally and spiritually and it was the fire escape that represented the bridge between

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    the escape summary

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    The text under consideration is the short story “The Escape” written by a famous English writer Somerset Maugham. The plot of the story is quite simple‚ though interesting. The protagonist of the story is a young‚ clever‚ well-mannered man rolling in money – Roger Charing. He’s such a gentleman to his fingertips‚ that once he so graciously managed to get rid of a woman‚ that nobody even noticed. He‚ our impeccable man‚ falls in love with Ruth Barlow‚ an unfortunate woman who was twice a widow

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    Linda's Escape

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    When locked away in a cage‚ the only thing that can escape is the bird’s song‚ or voice. The little bird Linda may have been physically trapped in her cage‚ but she sent her voice out into the world to influence those around her. She manipulated the direction of her voice by addressing letters to her family/Dr. Flint from the Free States. These letters achieved their purpose and sent Dr. Flint on several goose chases around the northern Free States in an attempt to find Linda and bring her back.

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    child called it

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    In the memoir “A Child Called It”‚ the author Dave Pelzer’s use of imagery and diction are constantly seen in order to portray the books main ideas. Pelzer tells of his childhood and living with an alcoholic abusive mother. Pelzer enables the reader to create a vivid yet disturbing picture in your head when he tells of the ways his mother would torture him. In Chapter 4 Pelzer’s use of diction and imagery is shown when he writes “A warm sensation oozed from my nostrils. I tried to stop the blood

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    taken a toll on her psychological well-being. Fortunately for her‚ she has been given the opportunity to escape her home of Dublin with her so-called new lover‚ Frank. Once Eveline arrives at the station to escape her miserable life‚ her unsecure‚ self-doubting personality gets the best of her. Joyce really shocks his readers when they discover that Eveline decides to stay in Dublin and not escape with Frank. The way that Joyce created Eveline’s personality and family history allows us to make sense

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