"The Masque of the Red Death" 1. Poe was a master "wordsmith." Through carefully chosen diction he is able to create a psychological effect on his reader. What effect did his description of "Red Death‚" in the very first paragraph of the story‚ have on you? Quote those details that provoke this response from you. The effect that it had on me of the description of “Red Death‚” in the very first paragraph of the story was “The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been
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Sadness and Depression Lauren Shipman Block 4 Mr.Devine English 11 H 3/9/14 Sunday‚ March 9‚ 14 Sadness in Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye is a book of many themes of many different types of different things Sadness is one of them. The main character of the book is Holden Caulfield‚ he has major problems‚ he finds nearly everything depressing. Today we’d say that Holden Clinically is depressed. He has no reason to be so sad all the time. He’s alone and he knows it‚ he also
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TRUE FRIENDS You are the one who makes me happy‚ When I’m feeling very sad and lonely. You are the one who cheers me up‚ You bring me sunshine in a cup. We’ve been through a lot of things‚ And all the happiness and sadness it brings. You help me with all my problems‚ So to me you’re more precious than gems. They say true friendship is definitely rare‚ That’s why I’d like it for us to share. For all you’ve done to me‚ just remember: You made my life a whole lot easier. This
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their 2nd annual Clothesline Project to raise awareness for domestic violence victims. The Clothesline Project can be viewed in the Mint Rotunda. The Clothesline is an experience that radiates a feeling of sorrow and a call for help and has left me sadness and anger. What is Domestic violence? Domestic violence is an emotional abuse that is used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Domestic violence can have various forms such as‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ physical abuse‚ and
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Without happiness‚ sadness cannot exist. In today’s society‚ happiness and sadness coexist and form an unbreakable bond. In Ray Bradbury’s book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ that bond does not exist. In this book‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ desperately wants to be happy; but society tells him to stay neutral. Montag realizes that he never really happily married his wife when he meets a clever girl named Clarisse McClellan. Montag breaks free of society’s expectations with the help of Clarisse‚ by learning
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others emotions really are. Yet‚ most of the writing done is about or centered around sadness and people going through sad moments. These books inspire people to pursue happiness and never consider other emotions. This is because they have read and have thought that happiness is the only goal one should aim for. Sharon Begley writes that America’s fixation for happiness fosters “a disregard for the value of sadness” (455). People do not put value on other emotions‚ especially negative ones because
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this medium” Here are some reactions and appreciation‚ from some of the actors over the course of the workshops. “ I am 18 yeas old‚ married with two children‚ and live in 24hours of sadness‚ when I come to the workshops for the four hours each day is the happiest time I have. I get to release some of that sadness and feel empower. (Zena) The ladies range from 16 to 58 years old all have compelling stories of lost and survival. “Oh wow‚ I have found my younger self again‚ I have expressed thing
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and pleasure as he presents them as two halves of a whole experience‚ where one is consistently reinforming the other‚ as an endless cycle and revolution‚ like the seasons. When looking at ‘Melancholy’‚ it is clear that Thomas is suffering and in sadness; it is a state of mind for him. This may also be due to his mother suffering from depression‚ that he too lived with. Although Thomas resents his illness in this poem‚ he does not want to change his ways‚ ‘so that if I feared the solitude / far more
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Imagine a world that is perfect. A world where no one gets hurt‚ physically or emotionally. Where people don’t have to choose‚ or take risks in life‚ because all of their major life choices are made for them. This is the utopian world that The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ creates. There are no landforms or weather that couldn’t even hurt a fly. All big life choices are made for the people who live there‚ by an unbiased committee‚ so bad choices simply can’t be made. Most feelings are restricted‚ so that
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by Shange is full of symbols; each lady can be described differently. I believe each lady can be identified with a more specific description or feeling throughout the different poems that can be related to their color for example: passion for red‚ sadness for blue‚ fun for orange and so on. I will start with Shange’s Lady in Red because it is the first color of the rainbow. Her second line in this book is “it was good!” (Shange‚ 11) in the poem “Graduation Nite” (Shange‚ 7). Right away there is a
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