frightening of creatures. Mary Oliver’s use of threatening imagery conveys her deep fear of the power of this frightful creature. By using phrases referring to "it’s razor-tipped toes" and discussing the "heavy‚ crisp‚ breathy snapping of it’s hooked beak‚" Mary Oliver wants the reader to understand just how dangerous and scary these "pure‚ wild hunters of our world" are to all other creatures that they view as prey. Throughout this passage the great-horned owl is used as a symbol for danger and any
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them to fly. They need lightweight‚ streamlined‚ rigid structures for flight. The four forces of flight - weight‚ lift‚ drag and thrust. All flying birds have: o Lightweight‚ smooth feathers – this reduces the forces of weight and drag o A beak this is instead of having big heavy bony jaws and teeth – this reduces the weight o An enlarged breastbone called a sternum for flight muscle attachments – this helps with the force of thrust o Light bones. Birds bones are very light and hollow
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finches that varied in different characteristics from island to island. On these 13 islands there are 26 different species of birds‚ 14 of these are the finches known as Darwin’s Finches. The diagram below shows how the finches have changed their beaks to adapt to the changes in their
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horses” “Ducks are weaker than horses and require less energy” “Packs of horses can easily take down a large opponent” “Horses are strong and fast” “Losing to small animals would be more humiliating” “ Dinner” “I’d rather get attacked with a beak/bill than a mouth full of horse teeth.” Method of Sampling: We used a representative sample of about sixty high school students‚ from assorted areas such as the high school cafeteria‚ the mall‚ and classrooms. Taking care to vary
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that it is acceptable for men to impose themselves because of that brief moment of sexual gratification. The gender issues of the poem seems to culminate in the last two lines: ‘Did she put on his knowledge with his power / Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?’ (13-14) Is the speaker suggesting that there is a power shift between the two just after the ‘shudder in his loins’ (9)? Is Leda empowered by the rape‚ as she gains insight into future events which will be the
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Lenore and may be even guilty over her death- as he is almost asking for forgiveness (“this kind repenthe”). A raven keeps reminding him that his time on Earth will be short. “Take that beak from out my heart‚ and take thy form from off my door!” (99‚ 100) explains that the bird won’t leave the speaker’s soul alone (“beak from out my heart”) and he just want him to go away. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker feels as if he is just able to control his emotions‚ trying to forget about Lenore: “vainly
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Introduction The giant squid reaches 59 feet in length. It has the largest eyes of the animal kingdom‚ and holds the title of largest invertebrate living. It has reappeared in human mythologies and stories from the Odyssey to Harry Potter; it captures the imagination‚ this deep sea creature with staring eyes and 39 foot tentacles lined with suckers. We certainly have our stories about the giant squid; they used to reach the shore on the lips of sailors‚ who rarely gave accurate information‚ and
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him dream of a child obedient‚ angel mild.” Here‚ the image of the gun becomes a symbol of the father’s dominance which the child attempts to disrupt. In the line “master of life and death...whose law would punish beak and claw”‚ the use of synechdote which diminishes the owl to a “beak and claw” underlines the youth’s reductionist‚ childish inception of the entirety of another’s identity. Here‚ the exposure of the child to nature is represented as catalyzing a heightened awareness of the self‚ which
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Psittacosaurus [pic] Anthony DeNike The Natural History of Dinosaurs (Eart 65) UC Santa Cruz 5/23/11 Psittacosaurus is a genus of the psittacosaurid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period‚ and represents one of the most primitive conditions of the ceratopsians (Fastovsky and Weishampel‚ 2009). Psittacosaur is Greek for ‘parrot lizard’‚ and receives such a name due to its skull being ‘parrot-beaked’‚ and is characterized by its short‚ deep snout and ventrolaterally
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s her mother’s theft of the book "Great Expectations". She use descriptive language of metaphors and similes to draw on the simplicity of the natural world of the island. One particular symbol of the heart-seed is used to express the idea of migration and change. (include quotes here) The language of 13 year old Matilda‚ is captured in the simplicity of sentences and descriptions. In the opening description of Pop eye she uses short‚ simple sentences and repetition to capture a girl’s curiosity
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