Santha have just arrived at their new school. They have just been introduced to the the head mistress. She’s just decided to change their names because she hasn’t bothered to learn India’s language. The head mistress states‚ “Oh‚ my dears‚ those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names”(p.1). This reveals that the head mistress is treating Premila and Santha differently. The head mistress says “suppose we give you pretty English names”. She is slyly implying that their given
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Gatsby: A Man With Many Meanings During the notorious time of “The Jazz Age”‚ the American People continuously danced to swingy‚ joyful‚ voluptuous music. People all over America were living life to the fullest. Party after party‚ drink after drink people in the 1920’s didn’t care what the prohibition in tailed. People were buying everything upon everything‚ until the point where their funds ceased. The American people fell for consumerism. All people cared about was when the next big party was
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by mocking the common comparisons and telling the truth about his lover’s appearance. The first quatrain briefly describes the woman’s physical appearance by using comparisons to nature. To begin the poem‚ Shakespeare uses a simile by saying‚ "My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun" (1). One may mistake this line as a criticism‚ but he is merely saying that her eyes are nothing like the sun because they are better than it. The speaker also says‚ "If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun"
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their own choices paid off. She was able to maintain a good relationship with her only daughter and is satisfied to know that Doris is living happily in America. Her willingness to let go also brought her closer to her remaining 3 children‚ who are willing to come back to Emerald Hill to visit her frequently with her grandchildren even though all of them moved away. Towards the end of the
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However‚ because his focus resides primarily on the economic benefactors of slavery‚ he completely ignores the moralistic problems with slavery. Sure‚ it might be more profitable‚ but it’s amazing that he believes so much in the money aspect that he is willing to take away the rights of millions of people living in America to help line the pockets of rich
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Does Love Exist in Marriage?: An Analysis of Love in The Country Wife The Country Wife by William Wycherley is a comedy full of naughty laughs‚ and an elaborate game between men that illustrates several themes concerning men‚ and women. Throughout Wycherley’s play‚ he clearly shows the contrasts between the single life and married life in London during the 1670’s. Eventually‚ going as far as having the audience undoubtedly believing that love does not exist in marriage‚ shown specifically within
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Chapters 10–12 Summary The next day‚ while walking with May in the Park‚ Archer tries to persuade May to shorten their engagement. As he listens to her protests‚ he thinks to himself that she is merely repeating what has always been told to her; that she has not begun to think and act for herself. He suggests that they elope‚ an idea that to May can only seem ridiculously funny. Archer begins to suspect that May will never be able to think for herself‚ that she has been so thoroughly conditioned
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proved his perseverance by taking the initiative to continue his lessons after the mistress stopped teaching him. Douglass’ character suggest that he has the ability to focus on his education by staying determined on his life as a free man‚ which also displays his effort to persevere. He also continued his education even with the danger he faced if he were caught learning how to read or write by his master or mistress. While individuals of the twenty-first century may not face the struggle to learn
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poet‚ Andrew Marvell‚ wrote the poem “To His Coy Mistress‚” which is considered to be a seduction poem on the surface‚ but Marvell’s poem is about seizing the moment in life. Marvell uses figures of speech like metaphors‚ similes‚ and imagery to persuade the woman he loves to sleep with him‚ but he also wants to argue that life is short‚ and she should seize the day‚ both in life and sexually. The figures of speech that are in “To His Coy Mistress” enhance the themes of time‚ mortality‚ freedom and
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She is manipulating Gatsby by kissing him and giving him false interpretations that she is going to leave Tom.Tom is being manipulated because she is having an affair with Gatsby and seems to make Tom question if he is willing to throw their marriage away by being with mistress
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