Chapter One In Chapter One‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald mainly uses detail to introduce the setting and characters. For example‚ when introducing the main setting of the book‚ he describes his house as squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season. (9). One of these houses was Gatsby’s. This detail gives the reader an idea of what kind of town this was‚ and what kind of people lived in it. Fitzgerald also uses detail to introduce characters. When introducing
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The Laboratory is a poem which is set in the 18th century and is about a jealous woman who thinks her husband is cheating on her so she asks a chemist to make poison so she can kill her lover’s mistress. The main themes throughout this poem are love‚ hate and jealousy which eventually lead to death. Lady Macbeth is a play which was written in the 17th century and is about a deeply ambitious women who lusts for power and status‚ her ambition is shown by immediate determination for Macbeth to be king
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1. Atticus is in disagreement with Aunt Alexandra over many things. The first matter of disagreement is when at the table during breakfast Atticus talks too loosely and honestly in front of Calpurnia. He only does this is because she knows that he respects her and isn’t trying to offend her. However from Aunt Alexandra’s point of view she believes that he shouldn’t talk like that in front of her‚ and declares that Calpurnia will spread the gossip all over the “Quarters before sundown.” Even though
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Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a prime example of dialectical argument. In a dialectical argument the author includes three main parts; the thesis‚ the antithesis‚ and the synthesis. The thesis states the preposition‚ no matter how obscure it seems. The thesis is the “If” statement. After the thesis the antithesis gives the “but” statement‚ the antithesis contradicts the thesis. When the author makes his two arguments he comes to the conclusion of his preposition‚ known as the synthesis
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Introduction "Metaphysical poetry is the poetry of the great age of our drama. Its master John Donne was‚ we are told‚ a great frequenter of plays ’ in his youth. As an ambitious young man of social standing he would not have considered writing for the players‚ and his work is too personal‚ wilful‚ and idiosyncratic for us to imagine him doing so with any success. But his strong dramatic imagination of particular situations transforms the lyric and makes a metaphysical poem more than an epigram
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Compare and contrast the use of love in ‘In Paris with you’ and ‘His coy mistress’. The first twenty lines of the ’His coy mistress’ start to talk about how much this girl means to this particular man. The main character in the poem talks about how he will wait forever to be with her‚ but at first this seems to be a fantasy for the man and it may not happen for them to be together. His views as of now are that he wants to take his time and he doesn’t have go anywhere however ’In Paris with you’
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Reading “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day?” by William Shakespeare was very interesting. It can sometimes be hard to understand what the poet was really trying to get at but once you figure them out‚ it becomes really interesting to see their true meanings. Love poems are challenging to figure out if they truly are love poems‚ and once I figured out how they were‚ it was neat to see the true meaning of that poem. The poems “My Mistress’ Eyes Are
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She knows she is a good person but she is treated with hate and disrespect by her mistress. In the performance‚ it states how the mistress will not treat the child well which relates to Alfrado. Mrs. Bellmont was cruel and a danger to Alfrado. She will whip and beat Alfrado for no reason. The performance also speaks on how the child wanted to be treated well
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1. The tone of the poem is ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG which is a typical tone for William Shakespeare. 2. The poem should be a love sonnet but instead it has some humour to it and he mocks his mistress by saying “My mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun” ‚in line 1‚ as to say that his mistresses eyes don’t even compare they pretty much normal‚ and there’s nothing wonderful about it. In the 2nd line he says “Coral is far more red than her lips”. Coral is a red/ orange colour‚ and is perceived as beautiful
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The American Dream After World War I‚ America seemed to guarantee unlimited financial and social opportunities for anyone willing to work hard – the American Dream. For some‚ however‚ striving for and realizing that dream corrupted them‚ as they acquired wealth only to seek pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby appear to adore the freedom of the 1920s‚ their lives reveal the decline of happiness that results when wealth and pleasure swallow them. Specifically
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