1. During this period‚ advances in travel and communication begin to demystify the west. Through developments like the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad‚ people no longer had to rely on fiction to inform them about the west. They could hear first-hand accounts from people they trust or even travel there themselves with much less hardship than there was previously. With this increased access‚ authors no longer had to satisfy audiences’ expectations about the west; instead‚ they could be
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goosebumps painted on the skin are worthless without it. “Last Night”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ is a perfect reflection of how being in love has a profound effect when in relation to intimacy. Olds compares her experience while being in love‚ to her experience when her feelings for her partner are neutral. Throughout this piece Olds conveys her message with the use of similes‚ repetition‚ imagery‚ and hyperbole. Olds included a variety of devices to convey her message‚ one way was through the use of
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Satire I can not believe it! School is coming to an end! I have always dreaded this day‚ and wished that it would never come‚ but unfortunately I knew it had to. Eighteen years of my life add to the nearly 5‚400 years of my class’ lives that have been allocated to the most preeminent work. Education is the key to succeeding in life‚ but what happens when the key is finally handed to us? What happens when we no longer see the despised faces of our companions and educators? If you have not already
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Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but
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A great man once said “You can’t debate satire. Either you get it or you don’t” (brainyquote.com). Satire has been popular in media and literature. It is seen in movies‚ politics‚ books‚ and newspapers. But what exactly is satire? While is does not have an solid‚ concrete definition‚ it can be defined as using irony‚ humor‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose someone’s stupidity and/or vices. Satire can effectively change people’s views by making them realize how incompetent they are. In The Adventures
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Kandoba at Jajori and the poem is thus against this setting. "An Old Woman" is a graphic picture of a beggar woman. Having lost the promises of her past‚ she is reduced to her present state. As the speaker views her squarely‚ he‚ in a sort of ’revelation’‚ becomes aware of the decay which has set in her person and which is extended to the decaying tradition symbolized by the hills and the temples. Without using many words‚ the old woman forces the narrator to look at her from closed quarters. It
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An old woman clutches a tourist’s sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a ’fifty paise coin’. For this she offers to show him ’the horseshoe shrine’. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba‚ the presiding deity at Jejuri‚ who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman ’tightens
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by the famous Mark Twain‚ is a great example of satire that uses humor to reflect Twain’s opinions. He makes things seem so stupid and idiotic so that the readers also side with him in the many lessons he is trying to prove‚ because it seems the logical way to think when he makes things so foolish. Not many people think about the comical side of Twain’s novel‚ and just focus on the lessons. But they never focus on how the lessons are expressed and in Huck Finn’s
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Moliere reveals in The Misanthrope among Acaste‚ Clitandre‚ and Celimene is that of a double satire. This conversation exemplifies Moliere’s satirical attitude towards the hypocrisy of individuals as well as a society which accepts‚ even forces‚ such falsehoods. He is equally critical of Alcaste’s impliant rectitude as he is of the other characters’ sense of falsehood. However‚ Moliere’s greatest satire focuses on the society which instigates both extremes as he carefully crafts each character and
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How far is it appropriate to consider The Importance of Being Earnest as a Satire on the hypocrisy of ‘polite’ British society? It can be argued that Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (2000) explores in depth the idea of satire on the hypocrisy of ‘polite’ British society. Wilde uses dramatic language to amplify the satirical nature of the play; by using irony and satire he is able to mock the polite Victorian etiquette. The play is set in middle class Victorian London
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