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    narrow-minded. Isaac Cline was very intelligent and adventurous at a young age with a raving passion to reach his dreams of performing something that would “give results beneficial to mankind.” Sometimes though‚ his confidence got a little out of control and made him appear a bit cocky about himself and the intelligence about the weather and the world around him that he supplied. By the time Cline had reached his early twenties‚ Cline’s eyes had seen many horrific events that scarred his

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    The magnificent painting‚ The Ride of the Valkyries by William T. Maud (1890) displays the beauty and story of the Norse myth of The Valkyries. William uses many forms of archetypes in this piece. The two most notably being symbolism and character. Beginning with symbolism we see a multitude of representations. The raven in norse mythology is a bird of ill omen‚ a sign of death‚ and bad luck. Valkyries arrive to war zones and snatch dead men for their own uses. These ravens symbolise the war and

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    and gracious‚ she matched society with her quick Irish wit and charmed anyone who knew her. Not satisfied with the women’s role in society‚ she provocatively stirred emotions‚ thoughts‚ and ideas in her writings. Two such classic examples are “The Storm” and The Awakening. The idea for a woman to have sexual desires‚ human connections‚ and forthright adultery shocked and revolted the society she lived. This unconventional‚ innovative poet did not deter away her own personal thoughts and feelings

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    Sebastian Junger’s‚ “The Perfect Storm” and Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel’s‚ “Super Disasters of The 21st Century”‚ both find strategies to use like personal anecdote‚ expert information‚ and scientific theories and make data to describe the causes and effects of both stories. In this case with similarities and differences of both articles! In the text‚ “The Perfect Storm” by Sebastian Junger’s‚ many strategies are analyzed like personal anecdote. He does it to show data from a first person perspective

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    Comparing/Contrasting “OutOut” and “A Man Said to the Universe” Everyone desires to mean something to somebody at some point in their life. Both “OutOut” and “A Man Said to the Universe” express through corresponding themes but unalike tones‚ the universe doesn’t care‚ no matter your rank‚ and where one stands on Earth. Throughout the poems one could see that the theme is the universe doesn’t care. Both “the big boy” and “the man” wanted to mean something to someone. The boy perished from the

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    A major point in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” is the representation of weather that is taking place throughout most of the story. This storm is the reason that Calixta’s husband and son cannot return home from the store and causes her to run into her former lover Alcée Laballire. A storm is typically something that can be frightening‚ builds in intensity‚ and invokes chaos momentarily in the outside world. As Bobint points out in the story‚ the storm created “sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister

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    In the beginning of ‘OutOut—‚’ the author personifies the saw through grammatical structure and precise language in order to reveal the control tools have over the humans who use them. To begin with‚ Frost deliberately arranges his words to show who is more accountable for the accident of boy’s hand getting cut. For instance‚ the reader notices that the saw frequently “bear[s] a load” and thus seems to hold more responsibility for a task than the boy (Frost 8). However‚ it is not until line 15

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    writing. Although many parts of writing that we read spoke to me‚ only one specific piece spoke to me in a way none of the others can compare. “The Storm” is a short story wrote by Kate Chopin. Calixta’s family is in town when the storm hits and her past lover is looking for shelter from the storm. Of course Calixta then lets Alcée in. As the storm goes on‚ they remember how much they loved each other in the past. That remembrance then leads to sex between the two. Temptation is not so much a

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    Compare and Contrast The poems Wind by Ted Hughes and Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney have several differences and some similarities. The poems differ in various ways‚ they leave readers with distinct emotions‚ have different perspectives or narrators. Both poems have a metaphor that clarifies the meaning. For example in the poem Wind‚ Hughes uses words that clearly invoke vulnerability and interprets the weaker side of humans. By using words like ‘trembling’‚ ‘shatter’ ‘quiver’

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    Sexual Openness There have been several instances in history where a woman’s societal and personal existence revolved around her relationship with her husband. In “The Storm”‚ Chopin discusses women’s sexual openness in correlation with their husbands and status in society. By contrasting martial structure‚ gender roles‚ and class distinction‚ Chopin showcases the weight of societal pressures on women during the 19th century. One of the foundations for marital structures is the conflicting ideas

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