Mirna Garcia 6/30/11 Assignment #3 William Stafford’s "Traveling Through the Dark" is a poem that expresses the challenging aspects of having to make difficult decisions accompanied by sadness. The narrator expresses his struggle of how he deals with a tragic event he runs into while traveling in the dark on a swerved road. As he is driving down a narrow road he runs into a dead deer. Most people view these animals as beautiful creatures belonging and associated it with our beautiful
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and in a glassy cauldron set With elvish unsubstantial Mignonette And such vague bloom as wandering dreams enclose. But she? Awed‚ Charmed to tears‚ Distracted‚ Yet – Even yet‚ perhaps‚ a trifle piqued – who knows? The Witch-Bride by William Allingham A fair witch crept to a young man’s side‚ And he kiss’d her and took her for his bride. But a Shape came in at the dead of night‚ And fill’d the room with snowy light. And he saw how in his arms there lay A thing more frightful than
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This source is a letter written in 1020 to Duke William of Aquitaine. It is from Fulbert‚ the bishop of Chartres‚ for the purpose of counseling William on the roles of both lords and vassals within the vows of fealty. The first line establishes that William had “asked [Fulbert] to write something concerning the from of fealty‚” presumably due to disagreements with his own vassals (191). Fulbert‚ in return‚ gave six requirements to the vassals. In summary‚ a vassal should not harm his lord physically
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In William Bryant’s "To a Waterfowl‚" he looks to a waterfowl for guidance. The bird guided Bryant but God guided the bird. In life‚ a leader tends to be the follower of another leader. This relationship between a follower and a leader corresponds to everyone’s life. In other words‚ every soul in existence has looked to someone or something for guidance. I along with many others‚ look to the people who are in charge of me for guidance. The majority of my instruction comes from my parents and family
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Although both Blake and Wordsworth are romantic poets‚ their subject matters and style of poetry differ greatly. Blake is often critical‚ ironic and symbolic about matters such as city life and politics‚ whereas Wordsworth is explicit and very descriptive - frequently using figurative devices in his works. Blake ’s use of language is stark and bleak‚ while Wordsworth ’s is rich and involves senses. Blake ’s themes are also more to do with society‚ but Wordsworth ’s are based around nature and spiritual
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A contemplation upon flowers Tone The speaking voice /persona is philosophical as he follows what is initially an individual problem to a universally applicable conclusion. It moves from admiration and confusion at his his own recalcitrance ( hard to manage and understand) to one of acceptance and peace. Mood The mood of the poem is deeply reflective one as the poet contemplates his own mortality. Major themes Death and life- our lives are but a cycle that culminate ineditably in depth. If
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mendez v. westminster and others http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/background-mendez-v-westminster-re-enactment This article how the case got started. It started when Sylvia Mendez was rejected to enter a public school in california because it was for whites only‚ that got her father angry then he took action through school‚ civic‚ and legal channels. her father was represented by a civil rights attorney‚ took four Los Angeles-area school districts to
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The Swinging Bridge Discrimination can be found in many different forms and it can happen to anyone. Some people are discriminated against their race‚ gender or age. Some people are discriminated by religion ‚ culture‚ belief or how wealthy they are. Some people are even discriminated by their physical ablities or sexuality. Discrimination is a very ghastly thing and it is a major issue faced by the many of the characters in the novel The Swinging Bridge. The characters Mona Singh ‚ Kello
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Christians believe that they can backslide. Others believe that no matter what they do they cannot lose their salvation; both of these ideas are partially correct. Veriest pieces of old literature talk about the theory of backsliding such as‚ The Bible‚ Westminster Confession of Faith and Pilgrims Progress. Backsliding can be defined in many different ways‚ however the definition most commonly used is “Turning away from God to pursue their desire” (Wikipedia.org). It is important to note that turning away
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What factors affect the bending of bridges? Abstract: This experiment was designed and conducted to find out how different factors affect the amount of bending of the beam. The two variables that were tested were the amounts of weight and the position of the weight on the plank. Aim: To find out how weight and different placements of the weight affect the bending of the beam. Hypothesis: It is predicted that the wood will bend more if there is more weight on it. When the weight is positioned
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