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    Christmas Carol—Theme Expressed Through Symbolism "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity‚ mercy‚ forbearance‚ and benevolence were all‚ my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business." A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens is a straightforward narrative‚ which effectively uses symbolism to develop the major theme of the novel

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    the 21st century. We all can feel how sin pollutes our life. The sin of sexual desire hits us all at our core and tries to break down the barriers of our faith. Sexual desire itself is not sinful‚ when used in marriage. However‚ when sexual desire causes catastrophic effects and pollutes our everyday living‚ it becomes dangerously sinful. Which is gratified in these three epics. Consequently‚ the sin of sexual desire in Gilgamesh‚ the Iliad and Aeneid ultimately leads to the humiliation of

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    To what extent is symbolism a significant feature of novels? Respond to this question with close reference to a novel (or novels) you have studied. Symbolism is when an object represents something other than itself‚ often of a more abstract nature. Symbolism creates quality aspects that make literature more meaningful. Symbolism is often recognised as an important part of an extended text used to enhance a theme or idea of a story to a deeper level. This is why symbolism is a significant feature

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    through literary techniques essentially symbolism‚ author’s tone‚ and metaphors. Waniek employs symbolism through the sister’s quilt‚ the author’s mitigating tone throughout the passage and the metaphors availed to actualize direct comparisons toward the succoring tone visualized by the author.The first way the author establishes these complex meanings is through the praxis of symbolism throughout the beginning of the passage. Waniek fosters this symbolism through the sister’s newfound quilt which

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    Nostalgia‚ the desire to live in the past and a feeling that mainly every person experiences. To go back to the days where a person was innocent and didn’t care about the actions they performed‚ no matter how silly and foolish the actions were. Mainly‚ nostalgia is something that is believe to have a positive meaning where a person recalls good memories. However‚ nostalgia can consume you and cause a negative aspect. Tony Hoagland’s book Sweet Ruins tells about the nostalgia that a character feels

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    likely to do unacceptable things. Without that supportive‚ influential guide they become more corrupt by following their own personal desires. In Lord of the Flies‚ Golding captures just that idea. Through the use of symbolism the author shows the readers that without parents as a role model‚ children are mislead and tend to behave inappropriately. First off‚ Symbolism is one of the strongest literary devices throughout the book. Within the first chapter‚ the audience already gets introduced to the

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    Under Age Drinking

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    1. What was the justification for undertaking this specific piece of research? The justification for undertaking this research into “Underage Risky Drinking” is to understand the key motives and outcomes that young people may have when drinking underage‚ to what extent they drink and also to explore the social and health related issues that may encounter due to the excessive drinking. This report also focuses on why young people choose to drink in an unsupervised location instead of a supervised

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    Under the same moon

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    ABSTRACT Thesis: it good to import foreign nurses so meet the labor shortages in Texas. The major population of foreign nurse recruits has long been. Asian nursing shortage has become a global health and economic issue‚ potentially many healthcare and facilities and private agencies have been recruiting foreign nurse graduates(FNG) from many countries‚ including Asian countries such as the Philippines‚ India‚ Korea‚ and china‚ to the vacancies in nursing personal‚ and get Texas on nursing on nursing

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    "Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell is a two-scene play about a woman‚ Henrietta‚ who is obsessed with dream interpretation and seems unable to stop over-analyzing the dreams of her husband‚ Stephen‚ and Henrietta’s unsophisticated sister‚ Mabel. Mabel knows so little about psychoanalysis that she think it is "something about war‚" though she has seen a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Russell‚ the same psychiatrist who cares for Stephen. Henrietta respects psychoanalysis until eventually‚ her mind changes about

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" presents a fragment from the lives of a few individuals who meet in less desirable circumstances and eventually produce one of the most remarkable American modern tragedies. The main characters of this story are Blanche DuBois‚ Stella Kowalski‚ Stanley Kowalski and Harold “Mitch” Mitchell‚ and Eunice. The play begins with a verse from “The Broken Tower” by Hart Crane which Williams uses with the intent to prepare the reader

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