Alice in Quantumland 1. Electrons have no distinguishing features except spin Upon falling into the quantum wonderland while in her living room‚ Alice finds herself faced with a new reality of existence that seems to baffle her. She is first met with some strange-looking dweller of the new and vastly strange wonderland that she could not make out. She politely introduces herself as Alice‚ thereby invoking a response from her companion to the effect that it was an electron. Alice also noted
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“The Devil and Tom Walker” Vocabulary jnjkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjj“The Devil and Tom Walker” Vocabulary jnjkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjj 1. Abode – a dwelling place; home 2. melancholy – gloomy; sad 3. repose – to rest or relax 4. incantation – a verbal charm or spell recited to produce a magic effect 5. singular – unusual or remarkable; unique 6. daunt – intimate or frighten 7. surmise – to guess 8. resolute
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In Edgar Alan Poe’s poem titled‚ “Alone”‚ he conveys a sense of loneliness at a young age. Poe contains a pessimistic outlook on life stemming from the fact he never had an actual childhood‚ he was always alone and this made him categorize himself as “different from the others”. He uses several different examples of figurative language to exhibit his tone and implicitly portray his inner thoughts. Poe initiates the poem with a lonely‚ somber tone and as the story escalates he shifts to a more dark
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The opening sequence of Svenkmajer’s film display Alice as someone discontent with childhood and need for a change much like the Alice in the original story. The frustration leads her to follow a path to enlightenment which results in her foundation of childhood crashing down. This aspect is signified at the beginning of the story when Alice knocks over toy blocks while spying on the rabbit in captivity. As Alice journey to follow the white rabbit she is lead to a drawer that has an item that cuts
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Daddy? When you think of the term “daddy” what thoughts come to mind? For most it is an affectionate or familiar term‚ but not for all. In his poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke depicts an altercation between a father and son. In contrast to the poem‚ Holly Dunn emphasizes love and tenderness between a father and child in the song “Daddy’s hands.” Each writer is showing the important role a father plays in a child’s life from very different points of view. Both pieces have a very different
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The Walkers (?) I saw her from the distance; her eyes a sickly green‚ and her hair the palest it had ever been. But nevertheless‚ it was Juliet Walker‚ and I hadn’t seen her for months. “Julie! Jules!” I called to her. I shut my locker‚ lunch in hand‚ as her head slowly turned and we locked eyes. “Kennedy‚ hello!” She drifted across the packed school hallway toward me. “It’s been too long. I am sorry that I haven’t talked to you in a while.” I shrugged it off. The last time I had seen Juliet was
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piece written by American vocalist‚ Kurt Elling‚ and features Theodore Roethke’s 1954 poem of the same title. Released in 2007 on the album Nightmoves‚ Elling uses musical techniques to enhance the message of Roethke’s poem. However‚ in order to understand the reasoning behind the devices Elling has used‚ the meaning of Roethke’s poem must first be discussed. Roethke wrote ‘The Waking’ after a series of intense poems such as ‘Praise to the End!’ and in it he describes the process of enlightenment through
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Zachary Moore Professor Jo Scott-Coe Images of Women in Literature 16‚ March 2012 Poem of Sappho Then I said to the elegant ladies: “How you will remember when you are old the glorious things we did in our youth! We did many pure and beautiful things. Now that you are leaving the city love’s sharp pain encircles my heart.” The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople
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“The Road not Taken” is an analogy discussing about a person who made an important‚ but irreversible decision of life in the past. The poem symbolizes how that person (the speaker) chose the risky decision that has a large impact in that person’s life. In fact‚ later the person feel uncertain if the decision was right. The “yellow wood” depicts the condition of carefulness and privacy. The decision that the speaker made particularly talks about a long-term private life decision. The speaker uses
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not a precise speaker of this poem‚ which I sometimes enjoy but for this poem I feel like there should have a been a definite speaker. I found this poem to be rather a sad and depressing. The way the speaker describes this beautiful “girlchild” (1) is with such admiration and articulation. The speaker describes her as “healthy‚ tested intelligent / … strong arms and back / abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.” (7-9) It almost seems as if the speaker of this poem is someone who is admiring this
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