In a close reading of Symposium‚ we as readers get to browse through an eclectic mix of brilliant and unique minds belonging to poets‚ philosophers‚ lovers‚ play writes‚ comedians and even war heroes. Each character takes their turn in describing their own ideal of love in this casual setting and the speeches with which we are presented are clearly melded by the life‚ profession and personality of these speakers. Plato’s success in giving each speech its own character and personality is quite remarkable
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English Literature 2 Close Reading Exercise: ‘A Sentimental Journey’ A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy was the second and final novel of Laurence Sterne‚ published barely a month before his death in 1768. The novel first popularised the travel writing genre and describes the journey through France and to Italy undertaken by Mr Yorick‚ the parson who first appeared in Sterne’s first and best known novel‚ The Life And Opinions of Tristiam Shandy‚ Gentleman. As its title
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you enjoy hanging out with‚ and share a similarity with each other‚ while acquaintances are people you know slightly‚ but aren’t close to them. Many people have lots of Acquaintances‚ but not that many close friendships. There is a huge difference between having a close bond with someone‚ and knowing little about one person. A person should have around 5-10 close friends‚ and around 15-30 acquaintances. Friendships can last a long time‚ and are meaningful‚ while being an acquaintance shows that
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Extremely Loud Incredibly Close Oskar Schell‚ who is the main character in “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close”‚ is a 9-year old boy. He has a very good imagination and is very creative. He talks about himself as an atheist‚ a scientist‚ a pacifist and an adventurer. He is also a very determined and strong-willed boy. First we get an impression of a happy and joyful kid‚ but after his father dies in the attack on the World Trade Center‚ he becomes very unhappy and almost depressed. The funny thing
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English 101 Paper 2 11/26/12 To Live‚ to Love‚ and to Grieve. -Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer What does it mean to be human? It is to live‚ to love‚ but most to grieve. In the wake of one of America’s greatest tragedies a young boy learns what it means to grieve. Oskar and the world around him are sent into turmoil faced with the loss of many loved ones‚ faced with grief. What is grief? All of the characters in the novel are grieving. They are
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Section 2 The Novel – Close Study Question 1 A) Dickens’ key theme in the novel is the concept of a true gentleman through which he conveys how society often mistakes wealth and social-class for gentility and shows that true gentility comes from high moral qualities. Dickens’ bildungsroman focuses on Pip’s development as he pursues his aspiration to become a gentleman. Firstly‚ when Pip first encounters Satis House and the “decaying” and “corpse-like” Mrs
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Verdi: Hitting Close to Home Italian born Giuseppe Verdi was in his musical prime when his Nabucco premiered in the world famous La Scala in Milan‚ Italy in March of 1842. This classic Italian opera‚ complete with an over the top sibling rivalry‚ death‚ deceit‚ and uncontrollable puppy love present in any melodramatic love story‚ is a holy derivation of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews in the 6th Century BC. When Verdi premiered Nabucco in the then-Austrian-occupied-Italy‚ the Italian spectators
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9.07 close up! "If you want a close-up view you should move yourself if it is possible. The trouble is that so many photographers seem afraid to move in." (Lord Snowdon) How can moving close to a subject change and improve a photograph? Why do you think many photographers use their lens to get closer rather than moving closer to the subject? Moving close to a subject can help change and improve a photograph because your getting in closer to the subject and you will be able to see different things
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| Aeschylus’ Oresteia: Agamemnon | Close Reading Essay| | | “Now you pass judgment! Exile from this land‚ the hatred of the people‚ public curses. But him! What charges did you ever bring against him? For all he cared he might as well have been killing an animal. Oh‚ he had plenty of sheep to choose from‚ but he sacrificed his own child‚ my labor of love‚ to charm away the cruel storm-winds of Thrace. He was the one you should have banished from this land‚ as punishment
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CO2520 Unit 6 Assignment 3 Communicating in a Close Relationship Ethics Statement There are many considerations that can impact communication with others in close relationships. I believe it all starts with authentic communication which refers to communication that is open and free from pretense. We expect our closest friends to be authentic‚ or "real" with us. It is because we are connecting with their true selves and we ourselves are also able to be our truest selves with them inside the
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