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    Ironically‚his marks never used to show the efforts he used to take.The reason for this paradox was that he always kept poring into books .He never used to take even a small interval of rest.This forced his mind to start daydreaming and remain in reveries. This would naturally affect his academic and over all performance in school activities. There is another reason to support this statement. On taking a break from a usual activities‚say ‚studies would give a pinch to the person .He/she would feel

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    The concept of the individual is dealt with in varying ways through lots of the texts which I have read. The texts which stood out for me as having the most emphasis on the individual and individuality are Jean Echenoz “Courir” and Rousseau’s “Les Reveries d’un Promeneur Solitaire”. Both deal with the individual and individuality in a prominent way. In Jean Echnoz Courir we see a great emphasis on the individual in the form of runner Emile Zatopek. The emphasis is on the individual of Emile the Czechoslovakian

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    “THE first man who‚ having enclosed a piece of ground‚ bethought himself of saying This is mine‚ and found people simple enough to believe him‚ was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes‚ wars and murders‚ from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind‚ by pulling up the stakes‚ or filling up the ditch‚ and crying to his fellows‚ "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all‚ and

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    Berlioz divided the music into five movements‚ and each of the movements represent a time period. The first movement “Reveries – Passions” is when he first met Smithson‚ which showed his desire of love‚ his melancholy‚ and his happiness. The second movement “A Ball” showed the social scene between the upper class‚ where the composer met his true love. The third movement

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    but quick- the acres of little shelter tents are dark and still as death‚ no wonder for us as I gazed sorrowfully upon them.” While the short are only one word such as “Oh!” The long sentences tend to be asides where she goes into long moments of revery. While the Oh’s are added because of the informal tone of the letter. This is a letter to her cousin who she most likely feels easy to confide in. The Oh’s show that this is the letting off of her burdens to her cousin who she is writing to in a style

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    her perspective‚ this result contains no disadvantages. She might wake up every now and then from a dream based upon her lover getting slaughtered and torn to pieces‚ “but how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth and torn her hair when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door to the lady!” The

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    through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors‚ hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” And we know that she dreamed about what it would be like if the peasant opened the door and out came the maiden. “How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth‚ and torn her hair‚ when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman.” If her hatred for this woman and for the

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    How often in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth‚ torn her hair‚ when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady!” The author shows that the princess is torn by the decision‚ and has many conflicting opinions on the matter. On the one hand

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    Old-English‚ Middle-English‚ Old-French and French words in his story such as; chateau‚ valet‚ grandeur‚ antique‚ Arabesque‚ bizarre‚ niche‚ portrait‚ canvas‚ vignette‚ vague‚ Moresque‚ vehemently‚ subdued‚ appalled‚ austere‚ Art‚ turret‚ chamber‚ pale‚ reveries‚ depicted‚ countenance‚ brush‚ aghast and regard. It is explainable the fact that he uses old styles of English and French since the story was written in the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout the story‚ Edgar also repeats the

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    In Adrift on the Nile the characters deal with these realities in a number of unproductive ways‚ which prevent them from confronting the problems they are facing in life. The ways in which they tackle their problems come in the form of a short-term release. People turn to drugs and sex as a way to achieve some momentary sensations. People keep their problems to themselves and do not want to share them with others. To find discovery and meaning‚ they embark on a journey that only fuels the isolation

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