Amber Wi 11/17/14 Period 2 “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood The speaker in Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” is one of the three sirens of Greek mythology. The sirens are known as half-woman‚ half-bird monsters who sing songs to lure sailors to their death. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker makes it seem as if she needs the sailor’s help. As the poem comes close to the end‚ it is apparent that the whole poem is actually the deadly song of the sirens. Margaret Atwood employs allusion‚ diction
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The song of Lawino speaks about a wife Lawino‚ who argues her husband Ocol about his bad behaviour to her and his tribe. Firstly we will see Lawino’s strengths and weaknesses in her song‚ secondly Ocol’s strengths and weaknesses in his answer. The story of this couple was at the colonial period .When Africa was colonised‚ that’s when all begin. Ocol started to follow the colonisers‚ whose leaded him to despise his tribe his wife his way of life. Ocol was comparing his wife to dirty things like pit
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one of the premier epic poems‚ “The Song of Roland” gives the reader great insight of what life was like‚ specifically the prominent role of religion and social structure‚ during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814). The poem revolves around the battle between Charlemagne’s army against the Muslims in Spain. Purpose of the war was for Charlemagne and his army to “free” the country from the impending Muslim threat. Although we do not know the creator of “The Song of Roland” or the exact date of its
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In the article “The Return of the Protest Song”‚ Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time‚ hiphop was seen as a new form of political music‚ and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s‚ writers wrote music lyrics base on political
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ANDY LEWIS WRITING SAMPLE- CONFIDENTAL DOCUMENT Advocates for Youth Youth of Color Initiative Runaway and Homeless Adolescent HealthCare Project Runaway and Homeless Adolescent HealthCare Project _________________ a community-based 501(C)(3) organization delivering services to children and families in Central Brooklyn since 1998 submits the following proposal to Advocates for Youth‚ Youth of Color Initiative for consideration. ________ is requesting $______ to assist our Runaway and Homeless HealthCare
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“Varsouiviana” (Polka) song in different aspects of the play to reflect the emotional trauma in Blanche’s life. Williams introduces the Varsouiviana song to associate it with Blanche’s young husband’s death. In scene one‚ the song plays instantly when Stanley asks‚ “You were married once‚ weren’t you?” (28). The Varsouiviana song is the song Blanche and her husband danced to‚ the night he committed suicide. Blanche memory of her young husband was triggered after Stanley’s question. The Polka song serves to highlight
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The Song of Achilles is a novel by Madeline Miller. This novel is about two men‚ Achilles‚ and Patroclus. They first meet when Patroclus gets exiled from his kingdom because he accidentally killed another boy. Achilles’ father takes Patroclus in and trains him with the rest of the boys that take refuge in Achilles’s kingdom. The two boys grow up with each other which in turns makes them have many adventures together. First‚ they both go to Chiron‚ a centaur that trains heroes like Hercules. Then
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Introduction: C.S. Lewis writes about God-love and Gift-love and the differences between both. He starts off describing Need-love. The best I can describe Need-love is in this passage on page 2: "We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically‚ emotionally‚ intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything‚ even ourselves." We can perceive Need-love to be selfish but as C.S. Lewis uses an example to describe how Need-love is not
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“Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset” “Talking shit about a pretty sunset‚” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide‚ phobia of commitment‚ lack and gain of motivation‚ fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song‚ tells an emotional story of revelation‚ realization and self-actualization. From
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Written in 1881 by Walt Whitman‚ “Song of Myself”‚ is known to “represent the core of Whitman’s poetic vision” (Greenspan). To many people‚ this poem is confusing and complex because of the wordplay and symbolism. This poem “requires a large perspective; you must not get your face too near the book. You must bring to it a magnanimity of spirt‚ a charity and faith equal to its own.” (Burroughs) Whitman starts out by introducing the subject the poem‚ himself‚ and continues to celebrate this topic
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