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    |Name |Justice Gray | |MLA Citation |Obama‚ Barack. "American Rhetoric: Barack Obama -- Speech to the Nation on Passage of New Health Care Reform Bill ." American Rhetoric: | | |The Power of Oratory in the United States. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. | | |.

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    In Hannah Kent’s Speculative Biography‚ Burial Rites‚ the women are portrayed to be stronger than the men‚ being seen as more complex‚ with more control over the events that take place within their lives. All of the women in the novel share a likeness with their mental capability to move on and get through the toughest of times. Although the men have more authority‚ being in a higher position in the world that they rule‚ the women‚ with the power of just being a female‚ take us on the journey that

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    Now‚ let us proceed to the second line of that verse. This is where reality is somewhat challenged‚ as the scene evoked in the passage could only happen in an alternate world. It is not hard or impossible to imagine seeing a bird in flight amidst the azure above us. It is‚ after all‚ an occurrence that happens almost daily. Every now and then‚ when we look up to the heavens‚ we could sometimes see one lone bird soaring against the blue. What makes this line surreal‚ though‚ is the fact that it gives

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    In his "A Passage to India"‚ Forster explores the possibility of English-Indian Friendship. He begins and ends by posing the question of whether it is possible for an Englishman and an Indian to ever be friends‚ at least within the context of British colonialism. Thus‚ as soon as the novel opens‚ the reader is introduced to an argument‚ between Mahmoud Ali‚ Hamidullah‚ and‚ Aziz raising this English-Indian-friendship question. The argument is quite significant because it sets the tone of the novel

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    Verbal techniques such as music‚ and visual techniques such as snapshots‚ cinematography and others‚ emphasized and helped to display the important themes and ideas to the audience in ‘Run Lola Run’. These ideas and themes included ‘The Relentless Passage of Time’‚ and ‘The Role of Fate and Chance’. These all centre around the main character Lola‚ as she has 20 minutes to raise $100‚000 marks‚ save her boyfriend Manni from certain death and punishment‚ and for a supernatural reason has three chances

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    Act I‚ Scene I Quote: "Unhappy that I am‚ I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; no more nor less. Speaker: Cordelia is speaking to her father‚ King Lear. Analysis: King Lear is demanding that Cordelia and the rest of his daughters to tell him how much they love him for him to split up the kingdom for them. The other two daughters‚ Goneril and Regan‚ reply to The King the way he wants them too. Cordelia decides to reply more honestly she tells him that

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    In the passage from Passing‚ by Nella Larsen‚ Clare attempts to compensate for her guilt by warning Irene about the affair that she is having with Irene’s husband. When Clare ties to warn Irene‚ Clare does it in the most ambiguous way and does not distinctly communicate anything. Clare tries to show Irene her dislike towards settling down with a family. When Irene reminds Clare to “think how glad you’ll be to see [Margery] after all this time‚” Clare states “children aren’t everything.” Clare

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    Close Passage Analysis Prompt: In a well-organized essay‚ discuss how the author’s use of language-particularly diction‚ dialogue‚ and selection of detail-serves to develop and/or compare the characters of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Thesis: By using confrontational dialogue and the contemptuous tone during the dialogue‚ Fitzgerald portrays that the characters of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are in fact very similar. Topic Sentence: Fitzgerald emphasizes Tom and Gatsby’s similar characteristic

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    Classic Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (edited by William H. Gilman)‚ and the 1983 Library of America Essays & Lectures (selected and annotated by Joel Porte). Emerson prefaced the prose text of the 1836 first edition of Nature with a passage from the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus. The 1849 second edition included instead a poem by Emerson himself. Both present themes

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    In the chapter‚ A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl’s Life‚ Brent’s lover has tried and failed to buy her from master. Dr. Flint now implements new schemes in attempts to woo Linda into sexual obedience. He now is offering to build a home in the woods‚ where he could make her into a “lady” but she has a different plan. Later in the chapter Brent meets Mr. Sands‚ a white lawyer who has shown much attention in her. She decides to consent to be his mistress in the hopes that he will buy her from Dr

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