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    The main way he can consider getting cash is by offering his crowd of sheep. He needs the cash to get to the Pyramids in Egypt and change his present way of life to that of another one. Exactly when he supposes he is one bit nearer to find himself and the shrouded treasure‚ he has a noteworthy misfortune. He lost all his cash from offering the sheep and he can’t get it back. Santiago needs to land a position at a shop to profit to purchase back his

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    necessarily the only reason for his selfishness. He does not only want a simple house. He wants a huge house in a rich neighborhood. He wants to look like and live like rich people. Jefferson used to say: “Five years! Five years I come to this country‚ with one pair o’shoes!”(27) These words prove that he wants to demonstrate that he can start from nothing and in just five years‚ live like rich people and feel like a “true” Canadian. A second literary device that the author uses to express the theme is

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    her causes him to grow reluctant to carry out his plan‚ and he even kisses her one last time because he cannot resist her beauty. Othello also says “I will kill thee/ And love thee after‚” showing that he will continue to admire Desdemona in death. At this point‚ Othello begins to feel a conflict within him as his jealously clashes with the love he feels‚ causing him to weep over Desdemona. Part 2: Literary Devices One of the literary devices present in this passage is the metaphor and imagery

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    O. Henry Ending: Also called a trick ending or a surprise ending‚ this term refers to a totally unexpected and unprepared-for turn of events‚ one which alters the action in a narrative. O. Henry endings usually do not work well with foreshadowing‚ but particularly clever artists may craft their narratives so that the foreshadowing exists in retrospect.The term comes from the short stories of O. Henry (a pen name for William Sidney Porter)‚ which typically involve such a conclusion. Note that an O

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    Cincinnati‚ lay an immense and almost unbroken forest." The words words that contribute to the emotional setting or mood is " He lived alone in a house of logs surrounded on all sides by the great forest‚ of whose gloom and silence he seemed part‚ for no one had ever known him to smile nor speak a needless word." The mood that resulted from the author’s use of description is a depressed and dark mood. 4. What is the theme? I think death is an important theme for this story. How do the final lines of the

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    English 010 The Bicycle Page 32 SightLines 10 1. In what point of view is the story told? First person narrative. Why is it effective? The point of view is effective because the reader is able to follow Hannah’s thought patterns and temptations as she grows up. We feel closer to the protagonist because we come to know her thoughts quite intimately. 2. What are the names of the composers that Hannah studies? Chopin‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Beethoven

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    Dear Mr Mitchell I strongly agree with your review of the film adaptation of ‘Othello’. It is evident that the director tried to make Othello “more lifelike by [bringing} it down to a younger audience.” This is attempted through drug abuse: a contemporary Elizabethan audience would not be able to relate to this as it is a recent convention. This is much more identifiable to today’s society. However‚ the outside influence of drugs completely eradicates Iago’s linguistic manipulation. Shakespeare

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    Bhagavad Gita‚ Analects‚ One Thousand and One Nights all have a theme that encases the idea of Dharma. Dharma is the ethical duty and purpose of why someone does something. Bhagavad Gita shows this theme through the idea Krishna is called to be this warrior in the war that has put family against family. In the Analects‚ many are written with the theme of Dharma. For instance‚ in the Analects that states “He who by revising the old knows the new‚ is fit to be a teacher”. This person is called to a

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    Syree Davis Eng.203 Nov. 1 2012 Ms.tody The Red Lotus of Chastity and The Thousand and One Nights The females in The Red Lotus of Chastity and The Thousand and One Nights struggled against ideas of chastity that were created by a male dominated society. They had to over come the cultural ideals of what women should be and do. Devasmita and Shahrazad both decided to take matters into their own hands and not fall to male authority or their tricks. The themes of these novels are the feminine

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    Antigone and The Thousand and One Nights; From Justice to Infinity Some of the best and mysterious literature is handed from generation to generation orally first and finally written down and preserved. Such is the case with two classics; Antigone and Alf Laylah Wa-Laylah or The Thousand and One Nights. Both of these stories center on the female character and the conflict that exists in the story. This paper will analyze the heroines in these texts; comparing and contrasting each woman’s role in

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