neighborhood was an adventure in itself. Our home was a wooden‚ traditional one-story home with a built on porch. The aged wood made our home look like one of those haunted houses shown on television around Halloween. The porch was lined with horizontal‚ parallel beams that my grandfather referred to as a “banister.” On rainy days‚ with a little bit of soap‚ we would slide down the porch on our scooters. We had two long gravel driveways‚ one leading to the house and another leading to the shop
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the poem “The Raven.” Although we do not know much about how she looks‚ Lenore symbolizes beauty which brings a sense of purity to the poem. Poe writes‚ “It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore ¾ / Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore” (690). The narrator uses “sainted maiden” to describe the deceased Lenore. By using that adjective‚ he is associating Lenore with a saint‚ which means she is the perfect‚ ideal woman. If Lenore is the ideal woman‚ she must
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Before‚ Joe would not let her participate in porch gossip‚ but with Teacake‚ Janie could “even talk some herself is she wanted to” (134). Teacake does not try to control Janie like Joe does and values her input and opinions. Janie loves Teacake‚ and when she shoots him after he contracts rabies‚ Janie
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In “Lost and Found‚” Lynda Barry uses the three key features of literacy narrative. Well-told story: Lynda Barry’s essay provides a looking-glass into her past to which she is informing her readers on what exactly influences her decision to become a cartoonist/author. Barry addresses the conflict’s she comes to face while trying to determine her place as a writer. She tells of the stories she imagines of as she reads the classifieds as a nine-year-old girl and how she didn’t show interest in writing
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tone and indicate to the reader that something powerful is about to happen further along. Also the old book with the story about the room and the painting is a kind of ancient prophecy which is a very normal and strong element in a gothic story. The maiden in the painting is both “the woman of distress” and “the woman threatened by a powerful‚ impulsive‚ tyrannical male” in this gothic-story‚ because she suffers under the painter’s love and passion for art‚ and is deeply
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Titanic “The Unsinkable ship” The Titanic was known as "the unsinkable ship". She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage in April of 1912‚ during which she collided with an iceberg. She was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. A numerous amount of people believe that the collision that occurred on April 15‚ 1912 was The Titanic’s sister ship The Olympic‚ and that the wreckage was premeditated and was used to commit insurance fraud
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that it is dangerous or sinful stems from word "Little" in the title‚ which implies that the girl addressed in the poem is quite young. Other signs such as the fact that the prologue is addressed to "children" and that the "maiden" is still clearly under parental guardianship create contradicting feelings about innocence. All this could be slightly misleading. Perhaps Blake‚ like Shakespeare‚ believed in very young brides. While the boy and the girl in
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suspense helps create a creepy mood because their movements are super slow and cautious with fright and adrenaline. Another example of figurative language in the event of trespassing on the Radley property is imagery when scout explained that the back porch ‚” was bathed in moonlight “ (71). By using this quote from the book it helps the reader imagine what type of creepy detail the characters are seeing. by creating this image in the readers mind it almost makes it feel as if the reader was there too
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sometimes deadly and devastating aspect. This beauty is none other but the majestic Mt. Mayon which is located in the province of Albay in the Bicol region. It is known around the globe for its flawless cone shape. In some ways‚ she is like a shy maiden who likes to hide‚ using the clouds above her like a veil. Legendary Origin The legend of Mt. Mayon goes around the tragic love story of a beautiful young heroine named Daragang Magayon and a dauntless warrior. The legend has been narrated and
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Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady‚ or the Tiger‚” the readers are introduced to the daughter of a semi-barbaric king and her lowly lover‚ who was sentenced to go into the King’s arena and choose between two doors: behind one door is a beautiful maiden‚ and behind the other is a savage‚ relentless tiger. In a surprise ending‚ Stockton does not specify which door the lover chose. Instead‚ he poses the question and warns the readers‚ “Think of it‚ fair readers‚ not as if the decision of the question
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