In The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Shakespeare uses personification‚ allusion‚ and a rhetorical question to advocate that the climatic moment of Act III is when King Claudius admits to the murder of King Hamlet because‚ by definition‚ it is the act that turns the action of the scene around‚ leading toward an inevitable conclusion. Shakespeare uses personification when King Claudius says that “[his] offense is rank‚ it smells to heaven” (line 36). Claudius’ guilt of killing his very own brother
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The Giver by Lois Lowry was written in 1933 about a dystopian society‚ in which the memories of pain‚ war‚ hatred‚ hunger‚ conflict‚ and sadness have been eliminated from society‚ and placed onto a single man‚ called “The Giver.” The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ has the ability to receive these memories and is charged with the task of taking all of the memories from the current Giver‚ because he is getting old. During this process‚ Jonas realizes that the society he grew up in is far from perfect‚ and that
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William Faulkner engulfs the reader in the story of “A Rose for Emily”. Emily Grierson‚ referred to as Miss Emily throughout the story‚ is a mysterious woman making her the talk of the town. Emily grew up a Southern belle with the idea that the Grierson were “high and mighty” (Faulkner‚ 324). Her father isolates her from friends‚ relatives‚ and the town‚ creating gossip and speculations among the townspeople. Thus‚ when he passes‚ she is left all alone. Emily’s house is used as a figure of speech
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Being alone affects you in many ways. Sometimes it’s good to be by yourself‚ and other times you need people in your life to help you. There are similarities and differences in the way the characters view being alone. First‚ in the poem‚ “The Sidewalk Racer‚” by Lillian Morrison‚ the author addresses the meaning of being alone by being the one and only single engine human automobile. She compares herself as being the driver and the wheel. The author is telling us that being alone is fun. This
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Bite down gently but firmly on the gauze packs that have been placed over the surgical areas‚ making sure that they remain in place. Do not change them for the first hour unless‚ the bleeding is not being controlled. If active bleeding persists after one hour‚ place enough new gauze to obtain pressure over the surgical site for an additional 30-60 minutes. The gauze may be changed as necessary and may be dampened and/or fluffed for more comfortable positioning Exercise Care Do not disturb the surgical
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On the side walk bleeding by Evan Hunter is a story of a boy’s mistake of joining a gang. A boy called Andy that is 16 years old joined a gang called the royals. There are many risks in beings in this gang‚ including “The Guardians”. The reason for his death. Andy was stabbed. He was stabbed because he was a part of this gang. This short story gives a deep and sad response to me because of how young this boy who just died was. “The jacket was a stupid meaningless thing that was robbing him of his
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Bleeding Kansas Before the Civil War‚ the territory of Kansas was unsettled as a slave state or a free state. This caused a conflict over who should settle this territory‚ right before the Civil War. This conflict was also called “Bleeding Kansas”. Later on‚ popular sovereignty‚ played a key role before the Civil War. The Kansas Territory became the center of attention in the battle between North and South over expanding slavery into the territories. Those southerners who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
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Sidewalks and Gangs Even though being too friendly isn’t always good‚ because fear is within the community with the gangs and turf wars because of people being territorial‚ and walking on side walks. Unfamiliar people in new places can cause neighbors to become suspicious and worried that someone new is coming into their community. In The Uses of Sidewalks by Jane Jacobs‚ argues “a gang appropriates as its territory certain streets or housing projects or parkers‚ often a combination of the three
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he would have had a chance. I just got so caught up about those sluts all over Gary‚ I honestly forgot about Andy. I was concerned about my brother and the problems that would arouse with his girlfriend‚ while my boyfriend was lying in an alley‚ bleeding to death‚ fighting for life. Some girlfriend I was. What the h^$% is this world coming to? Someone must have seen him. Someone must have walked past and noticed the puddle of blood surrounding him. Is there no decency to help a guy out? Apparently
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Ecosystems: Change and Challenge The Structure of Ecosystems Ecosystem: a dynamic‚ stable system characterised by the interaction of plants and animals with each other and with the non-living components of the environment The components of an ecosystem are categorised as either biotic and abiotic Biotic means the living environment‚ components include: i). Vegetation (living and decomposing) ii). Mammals‚ insects‚ birds and microorganisms Biomass-the mass of material in the bodies
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