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    Examine the ways in which Hardy uses the natural world to convey his feelings about love. Throughout Neutral Tones‚ Hardy effectively communicates his feelings about love using the natural world and its (neutral) colours and characteristics. His use of rich imagery of the natural world produces a melancholic note about love‚ which resounds through the whole poem portraying the end of an affair between Hardy and his former lover. The backdrop of the poem is set in the first stanza as a ‘winter

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    Name: Do Dinh Trung [Trung] Date: August 27th 2013 Title: Chapter 2 Note SECTION 1 Experimental Method Science usually begin with observation => a piece of information gathered by using our senses To extend their senses‚ science often use tools such as ruler‚ microscopes … etc Hypothesis => a testable idea or explanation that lead to a investigation Prediction => Logical statement about wat will happen if the hypothesis is correct Observation => Question Hypothesis =>

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    Quotes for The Awakening

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    AP Lit. The Awakening Quote How to Read Literature Like a Professor Quote Reveal deeper meaning of The Awakening Quote 1. “He reproached his wife with her inattention her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother’s place to look after children‚ whose on earth was it?...Tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier’s eyes…Such experiences as the foregoing were not uncommon in her married life.” (Chopin‚ 7-8) 1. “When Virginia Woolf writes about women of her time only being permitted

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    Feminism In The Awakening

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    chances as men do. We see that over time‚ women have gained more rights in hopes of having equal opportunity as the opposite sex. However‚ although women have gained rights there is still a lack in equality between men and women: In the novel‚ The Awakening‚ by Kate Chopin‚ the use of imagery and symbolism through the novel demonstrates feminist ideas. To begin‚ the of birds demonstrates Demi’s ’’tis views on treatment of women. The very first sentence that the book opens with is a squawking

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    When reading the novel from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ the sea plays an important role in the ’awakening’ of Edna Pontellier. There is a strong relationship between Edna and the sea from the beginning of the novel to the end. The sea represents Edna’s desire to find her own freedom and identity. In the beginning of the novel‚ Edna’s expression of the sea reflects her awareness of her own identity. "Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf‚ whose sonorous murmur reached her like

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    clearly defined gender roles and expectations” (122). The new enforcement of social norms forced women to question their roles in society‚ and is the main obstacle in the path of Chopin’s female protagonists. One of these protagonists‚ Edna from The Awakening‚ feels the pressure of the overbearing Victorian society. As (#Author of AC#) states‚ “Cultural norms indicated that a woman’s place was in the home‚ and woman who resisted that role was subject to discrimination and ridicule” (114). Edna‚ who shares

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    In the 1500s 80‚000 Inca were defeated by only 168 Spaniards‚ but how? The long term effect on the Inca defeat was the Spanish technology compared to the Inca technology. The Spanish conquistadores had developed guns‚ they also made steel swords where the Inca had only bronze weapons‚ the Spanish also had developed a written language while the Inca people had never even seen a book. Spain and all the rest of Europe had developed the plow and other farming techniques such as attaching the plow to

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    Summary Of 'The Awakening'

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    She’s finally able to see what it’s like to be so free from the rebukes of society. There were days where she was able to celebrate the blissful feeling‚ and when she wasn’t as trapped as she once was. This newfound freedom that her awakening gifted her enable her to go beyond the expectations‚ and it opened up her eyes to a wide rage of possibilities. She did new things that she’s never done before‚ and it provided her with a joyful feeling. Despite the freedom that she was given‚ it

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    Clayton Gordon 7th Hour AP Lit In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening‚Edna’s suicide was the best thing she could do because it was her escape from reality. When the narrator sounds to start like Edna at the end‚ this allows us to have sympathy and side with Edna in almost all situations. Chopin draws many similarities with Edna but only when Chopin is in her ideal world. We know this because Chopin actually says‚ “Perhaps it is better to wake up after all‚ even to suffer‚ rather than to remain

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    Broken Spears Hernan Cortés was a Spaniard who defeated the Mexica Confederation in many different ways. The most successful tactic he used to defeat the Aztecs were by European Weapons‚ but he also had different ways. Cortés had different advantages that the Aztecs didn’t‚ the Spanish brought over small pox. Many of his people were immune to it while the Mexica Confederation was not. Many people thought the Spanish were gods and gave them many gifts. Motecuhzoma thought Hernan Cortés was Quetzalcoatl

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