Plath uses personification to convey a mirror defending itself against an aging woman’s conclusion that the mirror is making her appear old and ugly. The mirror reflects what stands by it precisely like it is without any alteration. The mirror exhibits exact reflections of how something appears in reality. The mirror has “no preconceptions” towards the image; it cannot be prejudice against the image‚ since it is incapable of emotions. In addition‚ the mirror “swallows” what it sees‚ and reflects
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The Self in the World: The Social Context of Sylvia Plath’s Late Poems‚ [(essay date 1980) In the following essay‚ Annas offers analysis of depersonalization in Plath’s poetry which‚ according to Annas‚ embodies Plath’s response to oppressive modern society and her "dual consciousness of self as both subject and object."] For surely it is time that the effect of disencouragement upon the mind of the artist should be measured‚ as I have seen a dairy company measure the effect of ordinary milk
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Fourth of July is a holiday celebrated by many but is it really a celebration for all? “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde is about a trip her family had taken to Washington‚ D.C. to celebrate her sister and her graduation. Soon the trip turns into disappointment as she realizes the harsh truth of racism and humiliation. What her parents have been avoiding by not telling her the whole truth she learns during her week in Washington‚ D.C. Learning these things all at once makes her question why her
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Wise libertarian in local government: Ron Swanson‚ once said that‚ “History began on July 4th‚ 1776. Everything before that‚ was a mistake.” While standing on the very soil‚ which once oppressed the patriots of young America‚ Swanson‚ filled with a strong pride for our nation and detest of our former British monarchy‚ understands the importance of our independence and the celebration of it. The Fourth of July is both a pivottable date in our democracy‚ declaring our liberty through law‚ and serves
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“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” is a speech‚ which Frederick Douglass presented on July 5th‚ 1862 in Rochester‚ New York. As many may know‚ at the time of this speech African-Americans were not free from the clutches of slavery and were not treated as American citizens. Douglass informs over 600 listeners of the racial oppression African-Americans faced‚ religion and the church’s relation to slavery‚ and the U.S. Constitution. Douglass appears to give off a tone that is welcoming. The
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written by Shakespeare. The poems have the same theme‚ as love and infatuation are the main topics. Their purpose is to portray a person in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience. The song ‘Why is Sylvia’ is organized into three five-line stanzas. Each of the stanzas uses the rhyme scheme of ABABA within. While you might‚ at a glance‚ note the ‘-ings’ in all five lines of the third stanza. The A lines are a simple ‘-ing’‚ while the B lines are ‘-elling’
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has not always been given to all. American values and beliefs have changed overtime causing today’s beliefs to be different. By comparing and contrasting the perspectives of Frederick Douglass‚ who in his speech “What to the Slave if the Fourth of July?” presents his viewpoint on the need to end the act of slavery‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who in her speech from Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention argues the need for equality between men and women‚ it is evident
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founded on freedom; it is a celebrated right. Yet not everyone had the freedom that was so treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different pieces
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"There never was such a child for straying about out-of-doors since the world was made" (Jewett 69). A young girl‚ Sylvia‚ lived in a city environment for the first eight years of her life. Then‚ Sylvia came to live with her grandmother in the country‚ where the little girl came alive and became one with nature. One day in her travels through the countryside with her cow she encounter a lost ornithologist who was in search of a white heron that he had spotted in the area weeks before. At first‚ the
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In the speech “ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” given by Frederick Douglass‚ he announces his goals for the future men and women of the United States. Douglass is a well known‚ powerful public speaker who was born into slavery then later escaped at the age of twenty one. On the day of his speech‚ he addresses an audience at the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society during a time where people of the United States visioned the total abolition of slavery as a profound cause. He speaks against
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