poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died
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November Nights All of the long nights‚ early mornings; all of the times that it would have seemed easier to quit because things seemed too hard‚ now seem worthwhile. November night football games‚ if an observer were to walk in the locker room‚ they would feel almost invisible. What seemed to be a blank stare on the faces of the football players‚ my brothers‚ would seem meaningless to an outsider. Personally‚ I look around and I see a deadly focused group of young men‚ knowing that they are about
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city. I often sit in my window and watch the drama unfolding below‚ seeing as I overlook the slum areas of Creedville. It is always darker down there. From the things I have witnessed‚ I have developed a great fear of being out after 9:00 pm. Most nights I would rather spend sitting in my only window watching below. One evening I had just sat down to watch the darkened scene below‚ when I saw a young looking man walking quickly toward a running car‚ parked under one of the only two street lights
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[for] her tower”‚ demonstrating her liberty‚ as she later conforms to what society expects – “it was corny but he did look sort of gorgeous axe and all.” Indeed‚ Lochhead’s unconventional use of the adjective “corny” juxtaposes the poems antiquated setting‚ which satirises the position of woman today by differencing that it has changed very little. Moreover‚ the description “axe and all” alludes to the electric guitar‚ suggesting that all woman are attracted to male musicians‚ an ironic
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Consider the elements of comedy employed by Shakespeare in Act one – how might a modern day audience’s reactions be different to that of a Shakespearean audience? Shakespeare uses several main elements of comedy in Act One of Twelfth Night. These elements are used to promote comic reaction with the audience; some of these elements are still relevant to modern audiences today. Throughout Act One‚ Shakespeare uses antonyms to create comic effect. He uses this element on several of his characters
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fail to realize we are truly blessed to have these necessities we refuse to even think how life would be if these very items were stripped from our lives the way those of the Jewish faith were stripped of any humanization they had‚ as displayed in “Night” by Elie Wiesel. As we are guided through Wiesel’s horrific experience‚ we are challenged to understand how specific items and events symbolize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people. In such case‚ tattooed numbers‚ the process of selection‚ and
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responsibility that we have is important to keep our indifference in check. We have a moral responsibility to help right the wrongs in the world but to an extent. There are situations where it is acceptable to be indifferent. For example‚ a part in the book Night‚ Elie’s dad was getting beat by an SS officer and Elie didn’t step in to help. In this part of the book Elie was being indifferent. In that situation Elie was worrying that if he stepped in he would get hurt. In #ChicagoGirl Alaa Basatneh
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Sappho: Poems In her work “Let’s Not Pretend‚” Sappho juxtaposes opposite ends of the spectrum of being‚ using life and death‚ black and white‚ mortality and immortality‚ old-age and youth‚ but not in a nostalgic theme. She cites her current old age‚ and seems to be relatively acceptant of the fact that life is indeed waning‚ and that she‚ unlike so many who she has seen‚ will not simply be stuck in the quest for eternal beauty. She writes “No‚ no one can cure it; keep beauty from going/And I
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Samarkand to invite Shahzaman to visit his brother in India. The Visier camps with his retinue outside the city. King Shahzaman goes to the camp to visit with the Visier‚ BUT‚ unknown to his wife‚ the Queen‚ he returns to his palace in the middle of the night. Shahzaman finds his Queen in bed with the cook‚ and becomes so enraged that he kills them both with his sword. He says nothing of this to anyone‚ and leaves with the Visier to visit his brother‚ Shahrayar. One day‚ while Shahrayar is out hunting
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enemy of freedom‚ and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.” as said by the author‚ Pierre Berton. As is shown In the Heat of the Night‚ it’s an academy awarded movie which was directed by Norman Jewison in 1967. The film shows us how big the racial prejudice by this part of the country was in the latest 60’s. As in this great movie In the Heat of the Night‚ the Unites States history is full of confronting races events‚ but has also a lot of brave people who struggled against racism‚ as the
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