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    personification. Another literary I found was‚ “doves draw love‚” and it’s personification. “Cupid wings‚” is allusion and metaphoric. A simile would be‚ “She would be as swift in motion as a ball.” The last literary term I found which is simile is “old folks‚ many feign as they were dead; unwieldy‚ slow‚ heavy and pale as lead.” This scene helped me see many imagery and literary terms. For imagery‚ I used clock‚ love’s heralds‚ sun’s beams‚ shadows‚ hills‚ doves‚ cupid‚ sun‚ blood‚ ball‚ old folks‚ dead

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    as much. Along with these things come symbols that help encourage and motivate us to keep going day after day. Some of the most important and symbolic symbols in my life would be a heart‚ utensils for eating‚ a graduation cap‚ the health symbol‚ a dove‚ and rainbows. A heart represents unity and love which is why in my life it represents my family along with several other great and warm things it is what comes to mind when i hear the word family.Family they are like the ground they will always be

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    because he felt such heartbreak‚ but Mercutio convinces Romeo to come inside by saying “You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings/ And soar with them above a common bound” (Romeo and Juliet 1.4.17-18). This reference to Cupid was meant to encourage Romeo to go and woo Rosaline‚ and it works. By Mercutio telling Romeo that he is a lover just like Cupid‚ and that he should borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them to her and get over his depression about his heartbreak it really does help aid Romeo a little into

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    The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow

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    devices such as simile‚ repetition and symbolism‚ Anne Sexton delivers the message that there is no way to live "happily ever after." Using four short stories as a lead in‚ Sexton makes powerful arguments about society by creating the symbol of the dove and alluding to the story of Cinderella. For Sexton there is no Cinderella‚ there is no prince charming‚ and there is no happy ending. However‚ through "Cinderella‚" she argues that the "happy ever after" ending remains an illusion society chases.

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    self-worship or what is commonly called humanism. The earliest work that will be discussed is a painting called Ghent Alarpiece. This oil on panel from ca. 1425-32 AD. by van Eyck consists of twelve panels‚ eight of them being hinged shutters composing two wings on either side. When folded together they depict another scene. While open all twelve panels panels can be seen. They consist of paintings which include Adam and Eve on the top far left and right respectively‚

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    “ Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” - Rita Dove. Poems are like fingerprints. All poems are completely unique and different‚ but yet they are all the same. All poems consist of something their writers are passionate about‚ much like how fingerprints are completely unique‚ but the entire human race has one. Most poems could also have double meanings. For instance‚ the poem “ Fire - Caught ” by Langston Hughes could have multiple meanings‚ like someone giving into temptation

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    Animal imagery is prevalent in a variety of literary selections. This paper will focus on animal imagery in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House by using the reader response strategy. In the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ animal imagery is used in the development of the main character Nora. It is also later found that the animal imagery is a critical part in understanding who Nora is and how other characters perceive her. Ibsen uses creative animal imagery to develop Nora’s character throughout the

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    with wood strengthened bars. Taking his rough machine‚ Armen Firman moved to the highest point of a minaret of the fantastic mosque in Qurtuba and bounced. He didn’t fly‚ he dove however luckily his flying contraption swelled sufficiently only to moderate his plunge so he didn’t fall at full speed. Hitting

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    negotiate terms with Hitler to avoid a war breaking out/ postponing the war. We can tell this by the cartoon in which we see Chamberlain flying over to Germany with qualities of “peace:” angel wings (signifying that God is on their side and will help them) and an olive branch (which is normally what white doves hold in their beaks to represent peace). “Still Hope‚” indicates that attempts have been made before and failed but that in this negotiation that Chamberlain was travelling to Germany for in

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