The Ruined Maid The “Ruined Maid” was written by Thomas Hardy in 1866. This poem has six stanzas‚ which consists of four quatrains each. In the beginning of each stanza the farm girl speaks‚ and ‘Melia‚ the “ruined girl” speaks just for the last line; however for the last stanza ‘Melia begins to respond to the farm girl from the second to last line. This paper will break down each stanza of the “Ruined Maid” for readers unfamiliar with this poem. Further‚ this summary will give information on the
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Thea reads An Abundance of Katherines by John Green By Thea On January 6‚ 2011 · 6 Comments · in 6 Rated Books‚ Book Reviews‚ Smugglivus The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength‚ we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as to put it in another galaxy altogether. It is more than a mere Dare – it is a Feat of Strength. Title: An Abundance of Katherines Author: John Green Genre:
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Katherine Mansfield close reading how to analyse prose fiction Close reading is the most important skill you need for any form of literary studies. It means paying especially close attention to what is printed on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers.
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Victorian times‚ a woman’s role was to be pure‚ innocent‚ and clean‚ and anyone who didn’t fit that mold was considered damaged goods. A woman who lost her virginity outside of marriage (no matter the circumstances) was damaged and Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid‚" mocks society’s idea that a woman who lost her virginity before marriage is "ruined". This story is comprised of a discussion between a farm girl turned prostitute named Melia‚ and an unnamed friend from the farmyard. The two girls run into each
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writers of the Victorian Era‚ Mathew Arnold and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson‚ are also among the best quest seeking story writers of the Victorian Era. Some of their greatest quest tale stories are “The Scholar Gipsy‚” “The Lady of Shalott‚” and “Ulysses.” In both “Ulysses” and “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson‚ Tennyson speaks about people who are in love‚ but cannot experience that love for the reason
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Matthew Hernandez January 7‚ 2015 Gango – 2 Practice AP Essay In an excerpt from Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde‚ the playwright reveals the values and nature of his own society through the conduct of his characters. The author uses the lives of high-class people to demonstrate the underlying fancies and motivations of the elite society of his time. Wilde targets the society’s emphasis on an external show of good behavior‚ their scorning of the lower classes‚ and their vanity in living for the
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Historian Linda Porter in Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr‚ the Last Wife of Henry VIII describes Parr as “so naturally gracious and intelligent that it was not a difficult transition from being a minor noble woman to queen.” She is right; it was not hard for Parr to assume the role of queen. On top of the irreproachable reputation of her virtue and maidenhood given to her by her widowhood‚ Parr was also educated to the standards befitting an early modern woman; Parr was
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The title of this novel perfectly resembles it because there are a lot of Katherines talked about‚ Colin has trouble with Katherines‚ but there could also be a different title fit for this book. In this novel it talks about how one of the characters named Colin had dated nineteen girls named Katherine and that they all broke up with him. After the nineteenth one broke his heart he locked himself away in his room and didn’t want to come out. His parents came in to talk to him but he didn’t really
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The Ruined Maid Summary: In this poem the speaker recgonizes an olf frind named Melia who is now a wealthy woman and has turned very beautiful. However‚ Melia declares that she is ruined now‚ but the speaker still has an ultimate desire to be just like Melia. The speaker then talks about if this is ruined then I wish to be a ruined woman. Melia then proclaims how the speaker does not have what it takes to be ruined. Speaker: The speaker of the poem is an old maid who is in awe over Melia. Main
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1 2 A CUP OF TEA BY KATHERINE MANSFIELD 3 4 5 Comment [LS1]: The title is linked to the central incident in the story and also acts as a linking device between Rosemary and Miss Smith. As Rosemary emerges from the antique shop in the cold‚ winter weather‚ she feels she ‘ought to go home and have an extraspecial cup of tea’. Immediately after that Miss Smith appears‚ begging desperately for something Rosemary has plenty of but which Miss Smith needs to sustain her existence. Miss
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