As I stood‚ gazing at the scary house. I shivered‚ as though‚ ice had touched my spine. The cold air went through my entire body. The multiple layer of clothing could not protect against the freezing cold. The walkway leading up to house were cracked. Weeds and dandelions poked out from these cracks. The moonlight makes a glow on the house. Vines covered the entire house making it look 10 times older. The house’s walls were black and covered in dust. Cobwebs covered the corners of the doors‚ tiny
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The Boarding House Who is a victim and who an abuser in The Boarding House? Since the first paragraph of The Boarding House‚ there is a sense that Mrs. Mooney is the victim of an abusive husband- “...Mr. Mooney began to go to the devil. He Drank‚ plundered the till‚ ran headlong into debt.” The reader sees Mrs. Mooney as the woman who illustrates the difficulties a single mother faces raising a daughter‚ however her plan to marry her daughter into a higher class banishes any sympathy the reader
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“Halfway House” by Mohan Rakesh Is “Halfway House” primarily about a search for meaning and identity? Give a reasoned answer. “The crisis of identity and breakdown of communication in human relations and resultant tragic effect of boredom and despair constitute the theme of Rakesh’s play‚ Aadhe Adhure‚ which is by far is best play‚ devastatingly exposing the fragmented personalities and broken images in a disintegrated society.” — N.Choudhuri‚ (Hindi Drama‚ Contemporary Indian Literature) Mohan
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same story can get a whole new meaning. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”‚ Poe uses a first-person narrative instead of using a third-person narrative. This is done to give the reader a better sense of reality to the story. If the story was told in third person narrative the bedtime-story aspect would have been lost. Through the story being
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are "old money." As portrayed in the novel‚ the "old money" people don’t have to work as hard‚ they speak about business arrangements and they spend their time amusing themselves with whatever takes their fancy. Daisy‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ and the distinct social class they represent are perhaps the story’s most elitist group‚ imposing distinctions on the other people of wealth‚ like Gatsby‚ and not based on how much money one has‚ but where that money came from and when it was acquired. For the "old money"
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BOARDING HOUSE DESIGN A house with five or more sleeping rooms where boarders are provided with lodging‚ and meals for a fixed sum paid by the month‚ or week‚ in accordance with previous arrangement. Infrastructure guidelines for boarding facilities These guidelines refer to the provision of the necessary spaces‚ facilities and equipment required to make the environment conducive to learning. These guidelines are described in four perspectives‚ namely planning guidelines‚ architectural requirements
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heat‚ and air so thick you could cut through it with a knife‚ my dad and uncle labored on to build me the most beautiful tree house I have ever seen. Even though it was nearing twilight the heavy July air still laid upon the three of us like a wool blanket. They had just let me help hammer the last nail in place before my mom called out to us that dinner was ready. My tree house‚ my sanctuary‚ my refuge‚ was the only place that I ever felt invincible. It was built about four feet from the dark moist
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The lamp in Katherine Mansfield’s "The Doll’s House" and the monkey in Liliana Heker’s "The Stolen Party" illuminate the common theme by showing children in the middle of learning a harsh reality about the world they live in. The young main characters‚ Kezia Burnell in "The Doll’s House"‚ and Rosaura in "The Stolen Party"‚ live in a society where classism is common. They are both naïve though‚ to the fact that classism exists and that people are seriously affected by it. The lamp and the monkey are
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November 2012 Written Assignment Word Count: The Importance of Appearances in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen was a prominent realist writer in the 19th Century and his works were famous for broaching timeless topics that were not only prevalent in his 19th Century society but are still applicable in present day society. This trend is evident in one of his more known works‚ A Doll’s House. The plot of the play revolves around the consequences the protagonist‚ Nora‚ suffers after deceiving
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itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea‚ clarify meaning‚ or enlarge literal meaning. In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ Ibsen uses the title as a somewhat symbol to portray to the reader that the household within the story could be compared to a doll house which is pretty and well kept together on the outside but could possibly be in disarray on the inside. In A Dolls’ House the stories’ two main protagonists Nora and Torvald Helmer which is a married couple experiences many things
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