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    If I could travel back in time In this competitive world‚ sometimes we wish to make time stop and travel back to the past. I’m definitely sure that everyone at least once in his or her life thought: “If I could go back in time‚ I would…” All of us have something in our past that we want to change. Personally I regret that my UPSR result was not ideal. If I have a time machine‚ I will travel back to my golden age of about 10 years old. I have many reasons to explain my choice. Firstly

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    the writings of “The Masque of the Red Death‚” Edgar Allan Poe uses symbols much to his benefit to include a deeper context to his words‚ by the symbolism of the seven rooms‚ the ebony clock‚ and Prince Prospero himself. Each of the seven rooms‚ upon further examination of the text‚ becomes a symbol of the track of life that begins with creation and finishes upon the room of death. Without this symbolism‚ the track of Prince Prospero following the Red Death becomes an uncomplicated trek through the

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    As I Lay Dying‚ by William Faulkner‚ is a story about the Bundren family’s journey to bury Mrs. Bundren. Most of the family‚ however‚ has another reason to go to where Mrs. Bundren is being buried. The book itself is not meant to be taken seriously; Faulkner intended the book to be somewhat humorous. Because of the conflict between how the book is written and the book’s story‚ many scenes in the book that normally would be taken extremely seriously are now not as serious due to the book’s ‘dark humor

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    An encounter I could never forget. “Ring! Ring!” “Shin! Shin! Please wake up‚ you are late to work!” Damn! It is already 8.30 in the morning. Today I have a very important meeting in my office! My wife‚ Stella‚ says‚ “Your breakfast is on the table‚ dear.” Yeah. I am Shin. My body is well-built because sometimes I go to the gymnasium to sweat it out. I have droopy eyes and I am proud of it because only a few people have this kind of eyes. On the other hand‚ my wife‚ Stella‚ is a housewife. She

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    In the play‚ Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ the playwright offers a tragic yet realistic view of society in the 1950’s. The symbolism that Miller employs in this play are vital in communicating the significance of the central theme of failure within a success oriented society. Throughout the play‚ Willy‚ the main character‚ refers to diamonds many times‚ which are very significant symbols and contribute to the story as a whole. To Willy‚ these diamonds represent material wealth and‚ thus

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    presence of birds to represent danger and temptation. He establishes this motif early on‚ with the death of Dr. Juvenal Urbino in the first chapter. The novel states‚ “Dr. Urbino caught the parrot around the neck… at seven minutes after four on Pentecost Sunday” (Marquez 42). The parrot’s role in Urbino’s death defines the bird as a symbol of darkness throughout the rest of the novel. In addition to Urbino’s death‚ Marquez’s description of the crows in Fermina Daza’s childhood home‚ help foreshadow the role

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    I Wish I Could See Grandpa Again My Grandpa was a very good man. He died at 90 years old this past year. I wasn’t as close to him as I should have been‚ but his character showed me what a true man he was. It really touched me to see the things that he stuck to in his life and the things he believed in that meant so much to him. My Grandpa took some part in World War II; he flew the P90 fighter airplane. He was stationed in Oregon during the war and was just about to be shipped out‚ but the

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    If I could do anything in the world Just imagine. Gazing up in the sky‚ looking at the stars‚ and you make a wish. All you have to do is make one wish that could change your life forever. I didn’t even see it coming. I hear the camp horn. I wake up drowsily‚ knowing if I arrive late‚ I’ll get in trouble for the millionth time. It’s night. I look up at the sky‚ and there it is. Right above me is the most beautiful thing I ever saw‚ a meteor shower. I lay on the grass as a dozen lights fly across

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    she repeated the word "I could" many times as to express her longing to remember the memory of the meeting. For alliteration‚ she used the words like "meeting me" to attract us. For assonance‚ she stress on the vowel sound ’O’ very much to catch our soundings. And for internal rhymes‚ she used words like ’hour’ and ’your’‚ ’see’ and ’foresee’‚ ’one’ and ’know’. Christina Rossetii used the image of season‚ time‚ memory‚ nature‚ evasion and nothingness in "I wish I could remember". She made the contrast

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    Poe’s Use of Symbolism in The Masque of the Red Death The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is the story of Price Prospero’s attempt to quarantine himself and his courtiers from the deadly disease‚ the Red Death. One of the major themes in the short story is: No one can escape death‚ not even the rich and powerful. To convey this message‚ Poe used symbols to express the images of wealth‚ power‚ control‚ vanity‚ the stages of life‚ and the inevitability of death. Two of these symbols are

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