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    In the "Odyssey" by Homer ‚ and the "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood‚ the sirens are portrayed differently for example in the story‚ the sirens are described through the ship members point of view whereas in the poem‚ the point of view is through the sirens. Perspective plays a huge role in this along with tone and imagery. Tone‚ for example‚ represents how beautiful or evil sounding the sirens were. In the story‚ the sirens have evil hoarse voices apparently ‚ "...Ravashing voices...heart inside

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    Final Proposal Abstract – Two Handed Bowling and Sandbagging Sandbagging is a term used in many sports to define someone that is intentionally playing the sport bad in order to better themselves with handicap. There are people that completely agree with this and use the handicap as an advantage. On the other hand‚ you have the people that are for all intentional purposes trying to do their best every week and try to keep their average high. There are two sides to every story and finding out the

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    Margaret Thatcher‚ in her eulogy speech to Americans about the former U.S President Ronald Reagan‚ used pathos and anecdotes as rhetorical strategies. In order to connect with her audience‚ Thatcher employed pathos throughout her writing. By mentioning Reagan’s sense of humor‚ his recovery from his failed assassination attempt‚ his passion for the United States‚ Thatcher is marking each of her words in the hearts of her audience. Especially because this is an eulogy‚ it was important for Thatcher

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    The Difference Between Being Left-Handed and Right-Handed About 90 percent of the world’s population is right-handed and only 10 percent is left-handed. It is exceptionally rare for a true ambidexterity. Most left-handed people develop some mixed-handedness by living in a world where most everyday objects are for right-handed people (Balter‚ 2009). Balter says “one researcher hot on the trail of these issues is Natalie Uomini‚ an archeologist at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom”

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    In her novel The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Margret Atwood uses symbolism to illustrate the handmaid’s role in the society of Gilead. The handmaids are the women who had broken law of Gilead‚ and were forced into the role of a surrogate mother for a higher ranking couple. The handmaids had no rights or free will. They were under constant surveillance and this caused them to be very cautious. The author characterizes most handmaids as a tentative and distrustful‚ which is perhaps why Offred never puts in words

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    Caught red-handed I couldn’t remember where I was. As I came back to sense I found myself lying in an old attic. Everywhere was darkness and silence. The attic had only three holes in the top which provided me with a ray of light. My head was bursting with pain as if someone had banged on my head with a thick wooden stick. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what went wrong and how I came here. I remember‚ it was twelve o’clock at night when I decided to start my work and that time my target

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    Margret AtwoodSpotty-handed Villainesses” (1994) Purpose • To entertain‚ inform & challenge • Attempted to provide the audience with an entertaining insight into the portrayal of women‚ especially female villains in novels‚ short stories and plays • Initially felt it necessary to outline the aims of fiction and the process by which it is created- purpose is to explore the scope and genres of fiction‚ answering questions which are posed by this area of academic interest • Moved on to

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    Trace the development of the bullying. How convincing are the situation and Elaine’s feelings are portrayed. -How it changes and increases We are first introduced to Cordelia and prepared for the future conflict between the two girls when it is mentioned‚ "The third girl doesn’t wave". This lack of warmth towards Elaine is a premonition of what is to come‚ and is at the same time believable- new girls are often wary of each other‚ uncertain of what the other will be like. This key moment also

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    enduring value of her speech? “I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. And today I am not raising my voice‚ it is the voice of those 66 million girls.” Malala’s speech was a speech that touched all corners of the world. After winning the Nobel Peace Prize‚ a speech was given on the 10th of December‚ 2014 to accept her award. However‚ her speech didn’t revolve around Malala herself but for the 66 million girls who are deprived from education. Her primary purpose was to raise the voices

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    “Dreams of the Animals” by Margaret Atwood represents the nature of animals’ dreams. They mostly dream of other animals “each according to its kind”‚ moles dream of “mole smells”‚ and frogs dream of “green and golden/ frogs”. The word “mostly” is used here. Why? That’s because there are exceptions. The poem later states that “certain mice and small rodents/ have nightmares of a huge pink/ shape with five claws descending”. The word “nightmare” doesn’t only mean a bad dream when sleeping‚ but also

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