Now‚ the VOA Special English program‚ AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We present the short story "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: Long ago‚ in the very olden time‚ there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer. One of the king’s ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished‚ or innocence was decided‚ by the result of chance. When a person
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Knowledge is war’s greatest enemy. Because of this‚ in order for war to thrive‚ a state of ignorance must be perpetuated. War is the pinnacle contradiction against human morality‚ and for one to be able to betray all sense of ethics‚ one must abandon the knowledge of this gruesome reality. The theme of ignorance supplementing war is exhibited by three anti-war poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen‚ Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Douglas‚ and War is Kind by Stephen Crane. Although all of these poems
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The porphyrias: inherited disorders of haem synthesis Michael N. Badminton and George H. Elder Introduction and overview 558 Porphyrias presenting with acute attacks Biochemistry of haem synthesis 563 The cutaneous porphyqa~‚ 568 New approaches to treatment 574 Secondary disorders of porphyrin metabolism Conclusion 575 Further reading 575 Appendix 576 574 that result from inherited or acquired partial deficiencies of enzymes of the haem biosynthetic pathway (Fig. 27.1‚ Table 27.1).
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is a mirror through which her self-absorbed lover may view himself. "Mirrors are the perfect lovers‚" she states (6-7). They show a constant and loyal reflection to whoever may stand in front of them. She is objectifying herself as she tells her lover to carry her carefully up the stairs and to throw her on the bed with her "reflecting side up" (line 12). She then moves on to describe the patterns of their intimacy in an almost detached manner - her lover does not kiss her; he only kisses his own reflection
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presents the timeless theme of Time’s mutability. As the lover apostrophizes Time‚ one might expect him to address "old Time" as inconstant‚ for such an epithet implies time’s changeability. But inconstant also suggests capricious‚ and the lover finds time more grave than whimsical in its alterations. With the epithet "devouring" he addresses a greedy‚ ravenous hunger‚ a Time that is wastefully destructive. Conceding to Time its wrongs‚ the lover at first appears to encourage Time to satisfy its insatiable
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able to give him love and firmness – doesn’t let him stay calm. Awaiting the woman at the café he hopes she wouldn’t come and he would return home easily and happily: "How strange he should be hoping for her absence." Even spending time with the lover he misses his wife and thinks of her. How is that possible? Let’s characterize the wife. First of all we should say she is fairly a wise woman. We see she loves her husband and wants to have a happy family as any woman does: "she felt safer with
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The Princess looked down upon her lover. She saw his young face. Sparkling emerald eyes return her gaze. She knew that if their love affair was discovered it would lead to this?this trial in the king?s arena. She knew that behind the young man stood two doors‚ one concealed a beautiful blushing lady. Radiant with sapphire eyes and skin as white as the seasons first snow. If the man choose this door he would be married to the lady‚ on the spot no questions asked. But if the young man chose the other
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the lady‚ or the tiger. I think the tiger came out of the door for 3 main reasons with evidence to back them up. First of all‚ the princess was described as jealous and barbaric throughout the entire story. Second of all‚ she hated the lady that her lover would have married with a burning passion‚ and lastly when it explains her thoughts about seeing the lady come out of the door‚ she is more mad and probably explained more tortuous than her thoughts if the tiger came out of the door. Throughout
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interested in both males and females) and felt no shame towards it. Her strong feelings and emotions toward her sexual orientation can also be seen in her writing as they focus on women’s politics‚ gender and alternative forms of spirituality. She had a lover by the name of Annie Winifred Ellerman better recognized as: Bryher. Bryher was her pen name (similar to H.D.) due to individuals believing that women should not write text work (Oxford Bibliographies). I believe that Doolittle describes Bryher and
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‘Spring Offensive’ of Wilfred Owen: Offensive and Its Outcome Sunday‚ October 23‚ 2011 Wilfred Owen Masters the group of war poets who have the first hand experienced of modern war fare. ‘Spring Offensive’ like other poems of Owen‚ is an eloquent protest against the cruelties and horror of war and it is drawn on Owens own experience of the Anglo French offensive launched in April 1917 to attack the Germans who took shelter behind the river Somme in France. The very title of the poem
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