ENG-3U1 Ms. Maxwell Work diary #2 4. Themes The first theme I noticed in the second half of the novel was being powerless. Xavier is ultimately powerless in the sense that he cannot stop Elijah from heading down his path of self-destruction. No matter what he does Elijah will continue to evolve as the monster he has become. Xavier finally has to kill Elijah because he knows that that is the only way to stop him. Niska is also powerless because on their three day journey home there is nothing she
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Desdemona’s death from Othello’s and Desdemona confesses of love only where this foretold the disaster that would soon come. "I kissed thee ere I killed thee‚ no way but this‚ Killing myself‚ to die upon a kiss" (5.2. 359-360). Meaning before killing Desdemona Othello kissed her‚ and before he took his own life he kissed her once more‚ this justifies the point that his love for her was always present and giving one final kiss and then killing himself was repentance for her foolish death. I argue that
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Emanuela Pavel Engwr 300 23 March 2010 Justifying an Evaluation essay –final Chronicles of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe is based on a children’s book by C. S. Lewis and follows the book faithfully. Chronicles of Narnia is a good movie because of a great character story line‚ because of the allegories used and because of the good lessons for children to learn. The movie is a retelling of the biblical story for a young audience. One of the techniques
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imagery of Nature’s beauty to create a theme that death is beautiful and serene‚ while Cormac McCarthy uses imagery darkness and dead things to create a theme that death is scary and dark. Bryant’s perception of death shows that it is interconnected with nature at which it is a life cycle. He shows us a different perspective on how death is. His use of creative imagery of nature to death creates the theme of death being not as bad as it seems. McCarthy’s view of death differs from Bryant’s view. McCarthy
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The universal theme‚ no one can escape death‚ is displayed in “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story‚ Prince Prospero threw a masquerade to distract him from the pestilence that was The Red Death. His guests were worried about the plague getting to them and killing them all‚ and they tried forgetting about it. Eventually‚ The Red Death came and everyone‚ including the prince‚ was killed. This theme is not just found in this story‚ it appears in other places. The universal
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The best thing you could ever do is take advice. In the story The Three Little Pigs‚ Andrew Lang illustrates that listening to suggestions could save your life. Using the counsel he gets about his rival’s [the fox] ways‚ the third little pig outfoxes his foe. The third little pig‚ Blacky‚ pays attention to his mother’s guidance and respects what she has to say‚ eventually using that recommendation to defeat the fox. His mother cautions him of how the fox will attempt to deceive them‚ to aim to get
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Robert Frost ’s Approach to the Theme of Death Reflected In His Poetry. “All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech.”(Frost .R. Class Slide2) Throughout Frost ’s poetry it is clear to envisage that Frost himself had experienced great loss. His poem’s take you through some of the stages of grief he had experienced at various points in his life. There is a certain cathartic quality to his poems‚ it is obvious Frost used the medium of creative writing as a release from his grief
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If the Martian Chronicles had been written in the 1999’s instead of fifty years ago‚ many issues and problems would change. Ray Bradbury wrote his book in 1946. In it he wrote about problems such as censorship‚ man’s cruelty to man‚ and loneliness. Each issue shows up in one or two of his chronicles. All of his issues affect every one of his characters in many different ways. Censorship is a main problem or issue today‚ and in the book it shows up in one of his chronicles‚ "Usher II". In
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Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of “Death of a Salesman”‚ doesn’t believe in working hard yet expects success. In 1945 when Arthur Miller wrote this play‚ America was going through the Great Depression. Many immigrants were still looking for the American Dream when they had moved to the U.S.‚ but not every dreamer became successful. "Death of a Salesman" is a tragic play. Some critics think it indictment of the American lifestyle‚ criticizing everyone from an ordinary worker to the capitalist system
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For my verbal-visual collage‚ I chose to read the book The Monkeyface Chronicles by Richard Scarsbrook. Richard is a Canadian author who attended Western University where he earned an Honours BA in history. He also attended U of Ottawa and received his Bachelor of Education. Richard published his book the Monkeyface Chronicles in 2010. I chose to read this book for my project because it was recommended by the library staff at NT. Also‚ the novel won the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award
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