CHARLES by Shirley Jackson The day my son Laurie started kindergarten‚ he gave up his little-boy clothes. He started wearing blue jeans with a belt. I watched him go off that first morning with the older girl next door. He looked as though he were going off to a fight. He came home the same way at lunchtime. “Isn’t anybody here?” he yelled. At the table‚ he knocked over his little sister’s milk. “How was school today?” I asked. “Did you learn anything?’’ “I didn’t learn nothing‚” he
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Valentine’s Day is a day full of romance and love. On this special day‚ many people will take this opportunity to express their deepest love and care to their boyfriend or girlfriend. Among all poems and songs from the sixties to the twenty first century‚ I think that the poem Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe is the perfect Valentine’s Day poem. The poem told a story about the persona’s girlfriend‚ Annabel Lee died years ago. They had become couple from they were a young age. It describes the
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90 Seconds of Want By Ross Schexnayder Since I have your attention for the next 90 seconds I wanted to say that I just realized no matter what I do up here to show who I am‚ it isn’t about me. It’s about you. You‚ sitting out there‚ writing and staring‚ staring and writing‚ nothing here matters unless it’s what YOU want. How can you expect me to appeal to everyone in the amount of time it takes to heat up a can of Chef Boyardee? Some of you want me to give you Shakespeare‚ abridged but
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The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women initially‚ Eve Ensler (the author of the Vagina Monologues performed every monologue herself‚ with subsequent performances featuring three actresses‚ and more recent versions featuring a different actress for every role. Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina‚ be it through sex‚ love‚ rape‚ menstruation‚ mutilation‚ masturbation‚ birth‚ orgasm‚ the variety of names for the vagina‚ or simply
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Cassius’ Monologues Cassius used two different monologues to convince Brutus to help him assassinate Caesar. In the first monologue‚ Cassius used ethos to change his reputation and make Caesar seem weak and in the second monologue‚ Cassius used pathos and logos to convince Brutus of Caesar’s ambition and convince Brutus that it was his duty to stop it; both monologues convinced Brutus of different things but together they persuaded Brutus to join Cassius. The first monologue was used to show Brutus
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an amazing theatrical tragedy. It complains very unique parts as monologue of Macbeth when his wife died. Here we can find many interesting moments when we worried about the protagonist‚ his fatal flaw‚ at the same line we see antagonist who leaded Macbeth to crime‚ very dramatic denouement. The text leads us to think about virtue and make our own conclusion and feelings. The first main part of each creation‚ especially for tragedy‚ is plot. Personally‚ I found for myself
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for a redress of grievances” (http://www.law.cornell.edu). Over the years there have been many court cases that try to help decipher what is mean by the 1st amendment. In 1942 commercial speech was introduced by the Supreme Court with the Valentine V. Chrestensen case. Commercial Speech is speech done on behalf of a company or individual for the intent of making a profit. It is economic in nature and usually has the intent of convincing the audience to partake
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Levin’s essay exemplifies the significance of Pechorin’s monologue and his action towards Princess Mary of how it is portrayed throughout the book. Levin says that this specific monologue is known as “Pechorin’s confession” that illustrates his characterization – corrupted and a deceiver. Levin states that Pechorin is always in an “assumed” atmosphere. He says that if one “assumes a certain air‚ it means one is playing a role: and thus we have reason to disbelieve him.” His argument saying that Pechorin
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Shuo Lee Monologue Essay Nov. 7‚ 2011 FA THEA 1520 Questions 1) Clive Harrington is caught between his mother’s affection and his father’s criticism on how to be a man. In this monologue‚ Clive has enough with his father’s opinions and has an argument with him. He finally gets his points across to his father. 2) Clive wants his father to realize that he is not in control of what Clive wants
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requirements for her class. “Monologues will be due Monday morning.” I heard Ms. White say. My nerves could not catch a break. After class‚ I went home and wrote my monologue. I did not want to present my monologue to the class. I was shy and knew no one in my class. I told myself repeatedly that I could do it. Monday morning was here before I knew it. The feeling of dread filled me‚ and I wanted to back out‚ receive my zero with pride. When I arrived at school‚ my monologue clutched firmly in my hand
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