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    possibly re-reading or editing poems that they may have done in the past. Then a ‘Phantom’ appeared before the narrator‚ and this phantom was described as “The genius to poets of old lands”. The phantom says to the narrator that he has a different style of writing than the poets before his time. Poets before his time wrote traditional epics about war and the perfect soldiers who fought. The narrator says to the phantom that he does too wrote about war‚ a war that is more horrific and extended than

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    While there are no restriction on what a woman can be‚ women in the United States have difficult "phantoms" and mental barricades to overcome on their journey to the workplace such as the illusion that there is rampant sexism in the workplace‚ the wage-gap between men and women myth‚ and the belief that they have to care for their children. Firstly‚ the belief that there is a constant presence of sexism in the places of employment is an irrational fiction exaggerated by neo-feminists who believe

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    struggle to come to terms with her past and to finally find out who she is. ‘Phantom’ is the main metaphor in the story. Emily refers to herself being phantom like while trying to persuade herself that her love letters didn’t mean anything to her or the soldiers she was writing to. “…It was all in their heads. Private Schneider was just a lonely kid‚ facing death. I was…Miss Fantasy. A phantom of his imagination. Just a phantom” (1321)! She is trying to force herself to believe that she couldn’t have

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    are known as rhetorical strategies—diction‚ syntax‚ imagery‚ and descriptive details. Woolf’s essay “Professions for Women” is no different. Speaking for women who cannot‚ wont or are afraid to speak of the injustices and problems of facing the “phantom and obstacles” of the world she speaks to the men of this world. Using rhetorical strategies mentioned earlier she stresses their view of the world. Through the rhetorical strategies of anecdotes‚ figurative language‚ and specific description of details

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    V.S. Ramachandran

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    a syndrome called phantom limb and experience paralysis and pain in their phantom limb. What he found out was the paralysis in his patients’ phantom limbs were actually learned because before the patients had their limbs amputated‚ their limbs were paralyzed and the brain was sending messages to move but it would get visually messages that the limb wasn’t moving; thus the learned paralysis would get carried over to the phantom limb. What he did to cure his patients’ from phantom limb and the paralysis

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    1. Minimize Phantom Loads The term “phantom load” refers to the energy that an appliance or electronic device consumes when it is not actually turned on. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)‚ “In the average home‚ 75 percent of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off.” A report from the University of California Berkeley says that phantom loads account for about 6 percent of all national residential electricity consumption. You can

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    the famous musical The Phantom of the Opera. In scene five of the musical where the Phantom of the Paris Opera House sings a romantic melody entitled “The Music of The Night” to the orphaned ballerina dancer Christine Daae‚ he is telling her to “Close [her] eyes and surrender to [her]/ darkest dreams!/ Purge [her] thoughts of the life/ [she] knew before!” (12-15). He is basically telling her to live up to her dreams and for her not to let her past hold her back. The Phantom knows that Christine looks

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    McKinley. " ’Phantom ’ Breaks Record With 7‚486th Show. " New York Times 10 Jan. 2006‚ Late Edition (East Coast): New York Times‚ ProQuest. Web. 8 Dec. 2009. " Lloyd Webber‚ Andrew‚ Baron Lloyd-Webber of Sydmonton ." Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2009. Web. 8 2009 . Michael Walsh. "The Curiosity of Cats. " Smithsonian 1 Oct. 2007: Platinum Periodicals‚ ProQuest. Web. 8 Dec. 2009. Paul Sonne. "Entertainment & Culture -- Theater: ’Phantom ’ Sequel Plan

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    of the novel ‘boo’ is described as a “malevolent phantom”. Boo is never seen outside the house. ”phantom” shows us that harper lee wants to hint that boo haunts his house like a ghost would. The fact that “phantom” is used and ghost isn’t means that the reader is meant to think that boo is evil. This is backed up by the word “malevolent” showing that boo wishes to harm others something only a “phantom” would do. This idea of Boo being a “phantom” is further enforced by the fact “ a negro would not

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    like dominoes. Ramachandran believes the limbic system is where laughter initiates‚ to be exact; the hypothalamus‚ the mammillary bodies‚ and cingulate gyrus in the limbic system. The limbic participates in producing many emotions. In the book‚ Phantoms in the Brain‚ the chapter titled “The Woman Who Died of Laughter”‚ Ramachandran gives a story about a man named Willy. Willy’s mother died of unknown causes‚ and the chapter opens with Willy attending his mother ’s funeral. In a  situation like this

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