William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is one of the best known writers of the present day. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and short-story writer. The short-story “Louise” was published in 1936. This story is about the woman who used to get everything what she wants using her “weak heart”. The gist of the problem raised by the author in this story is relationship between people. This problem is always urgent. The main idea conveyed by the author is that
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of devotion” should be highly esteemed for the sacrifice they made. Lincoln establishes his ideas through the usage of rhetorical devices such as‚ an appeal to ethos‚ parallelism‚ and juxtaposition. Lincoln never uses the words “I‚” or “you‚” to address his audience‚ but instead uses “we‚” “our‚” and “us‚” to establish ethos and connect with the audience -- the North and the South. He repeats these words through out the entire speech‚ using similar diction to tie the whole piece together. The phrase
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The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. O’Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer‚ noted for his numerous short stories. He worked in various jobs: as a rancher‚ bank teller‚ as a journalist. He founded a comic weekly magazine “The Rolling Stone” before being employed by “The Houston Post” to write a humorous daily coloumn. In 1898 he was convicted of embezzlement and served a three-year term in the federal penitentiary. After that he contributed short
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Abraham Lincoln uses anaphora‚ antithesis‚ and allusion in his speech‚ "The Gettysburg Address"‚ to motivate and inspire fellow Americans to finish the almost-completed task that the soldiers fought for ‚ equality. In the third paragraph‚ President Lincoln declares‚ "we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground." Abraham is referring to the field in which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. He believes that the Americans should dedicate the field to the soldiers‚ that
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is not free” and “The Negro’s discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality” to emphasize the need for the equal rights for colored people (King). The blacks of the time before the Civil Rights Act in the 1960’s were
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assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). Against what Mr. O’Reilly and Mr. Dugard have said‚ I do not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the single shooter in the assassination of JFK‚ because the only three shots fired from his rifle would have been spaced out evenly‚ instead of bunched up‚ as witnesses testified. On November 22‚ 1963‚ Kennedy was riding in a limo through Dallas‚ Texas and one of the United States most tragic deaths occurred; JFK was shot in the head and neck by a sniper
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There are so many theories on the JFK assassination but the ones that are the most common and the most logical are that the CIA set up Lee Harvey Oswald‚ the Mob set him up‚ or that he work as an independent. There are only solid and reasonable and facts behind those three hypothesis. Those are only the three major ones but there have been many different conspiracies and after public opinion polls consistently show that the people believe there was a conspiracy of some sort and they have a great
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What is meant by style and stylistics? Style is concerned with the artful expression of idea and stylistics is the bridge that links the idea of style to the analysis of literary texts through the tool of linguistics. The 19th century‚ that witnessed evolution in the field of biography‚ historiography‚ anthropology and others‚ could not remain unattached to immutable linguistic and stylistic norms in literature. Linguistic study was esoteric in the beginning and severely criticized as‚ "pretension
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issue that were addressed by FDR including some of the major problems like bank runs‚ unemployment‚ and even political policies. Overall he talks about the economy of the country and how it has been affected by the Great Depression. He begins his address by referring back to the problem and how it is affecting the society. He starts by talking about how the Great Depression has destroyed the value of banks‚ mortgages‚ loans‚ and credit. He describes the situation and how the value of money has decreased
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Analysis (from “W. S.”) The text under analysis is an extract from the story W. S. by the well-known English novelist Leslie Poles Hartley. He wrote a number of novels and made a weighty contribution to English fiction. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947) and The Go-Between (1953). In the very beginning of the given extract‚ Walter Streeter‚ the main character‚ gets the postcard from Forfar. The sender‚ W.S.‚ asks whether he really thinks that he is really gets to grips
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