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    improvised speech‚ showing quick-wittedness and resourcefulness but also demonstrating that Viola has command through the use of verse over her emotions whereas Olivia‚ who even though is a high status figure‚ speaks loosely and melodramatically in prose. Viola consistently demonstrates her adept use of her wit and intelligence and uses it to her advantage in the early stages of the play. ‘Oft close in pollution’ (line 49) suggests that her intelligence gives her an understanding that appearances can

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    * 1. THE SCOPE OF HUMANITIES By: Eric F. Pazziuagan * 2. VISUAL ARTS * 3. Visual Arts Perceive by our eyes Classification: ◦Graphic: flat‚ two- dimensional surface ◦Plastic arts: three- dimesional * 4. The Graphic Arts Any form of visual representation in which portrayals of forms and symbols are recorded on a two-dimensional surface. All processes and products of the of the printing industry. * 5. 1.Painting2.Drawing3.GraphicProcesses4.Commercial Art5.Mechanical Processes

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    Greece are either poems (as with Homer and Sappho) or‚ with Aeschylus‚ drama. The Histories is the earliest surviving work of prose of Western literature – although fragments remain of earlier prose writers of histories (or‚ more likely‚ hagiographies) of city-states‚ such as Hecataeus of Miletus (fl. c. 500 BC). For all his reliance on verified sources and his highly readable prose‚ Herodotus is not‚ however‚ a truly dispassionate observer – his sympathies lie clearly with the Greek side. The slightly

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    Swift is remembered for works such as Gulliver’s Travels‚ A Tale of a Tub and A Modest Proposal. He is regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language‚ and is less well known for his poetic works. Jonathon Swift’s short poem‚ A Beautiful Nymph Going to Bed‚ reflects the relentless‚ emphatically unromantic‚ and savagely satirical visions that mark Swift’s art. This poems presents the process by means of which an eighteenth century London prostitute prepares for sleep –

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    William Shakespeare authorship: The text of Hamlet contains indications that Shakespeare portrayed himself as an allegedly dead university graduate. HAMLET: A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS‚ OR THE TRAGICAL FATE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE? by Alfred Barkov To the contents When the text of William Shakespeare: a mask for Hamlet - Christopher Marlowe? William Shakespeare Hamlet is read attentively‚ and no details are disregarded‚ it becomes evident that William Shakespeare included in it something

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    consumerism‚ which has lead to `conformity‚ and eroded the individuality of many people. The idea that our view of the world can only be seen through television and that our experience of life is restricted and controlled by it is highlighted in the satirical poem‚ Tele Vistas.(1977) This idea is revisited in The Not So Good Earth.(1966) Television in consumer society is the prime source of information and entertainment. Dawe expresses his concern that we have become desensitized to human suffering because

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    deliberately parodic panegyric” (313). Donald C. Mell perceives Swift’s writing style as deliberate use of falsified praise. These characteristics are evident in the following three samples of Jonathans Swift’s works: “The Lady’s Dressing Room‚” “A Satirical Elegy of the Death of a Late Famous General‚” and “A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed.” To begin‚ all three works by Jonathan Swift demonstrate critique of mockery. The poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room” has three examples of this writing style.

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    home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259). She portrays her satirical style by using empty adjectives‚ a tone of irony‚ and metaphors throughout her work. Atwood uses adjectives that are not descriptive enough to create imagery as one way to show her satirical tone. She uses adjectives like

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    In A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift‚ the author proposes a plan to help evoke a sense of pity for Dublin’s poor. A satirical tone is expressed throughout as Swift ‘modestly’ proposes a plan to kill underprivileged children. Through the use of ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ and kairos‚ Swift expresses ways to improve his country. Throughout the story‚ Swift uses ethos to help create a sense of credence towards his ideas. Swift’s proposal describes how Dublin could potentially benefit from it. He states

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    write to entertain their audience‚ yet they may also write to get important messages across to their audience that may have to do with politics or world affairs. An example of this is Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” from the year 1729. In his satirical work‚ Swift claims that the impoverned people of Ireland should sell their children to be slaughtered for meat. It would fix both the economic problems and the famine that the country had been facing. His purpose for the essay‚ quite obviously‚ was

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