Masks have held countless uses and meanings throughout history. Masks have been used in plays‚ like those of Shakespeare‚ traditional dances‚ social gatherings‚ even as a form of casual or corporal punishment. Although masks have several different uses in different cultural situations‚ the meaning of the masks is generally the same. Masks are used to conceal an appearance and assume the identity of another. Metaphorically‚ masks can be used to hide feelings‚ to protect oneself‚ and to block out the
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turn‚ which is when the mood of the poem changes for the better‚ taking a more optimistic approach. His sonnets speak of political events‚ love‚ beauty‚ and sex. In “Sonnet 71”‚ Shakespeare discusses the mourning of his beloved after his death. The speaker of this sonnet appears to be an older man who doesn’t want his lover to mourn for him. The sonnet suggests that the speakers love is much younger than he is. Before the turn‚ the speaker has a very pessimistic tone‚ as seen in “From this
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In the multilayered mystery “My Father’s Mask‚ Joe Hill presents a young boy and his family travel to a remote cabin the family inherited from the boy’s grandfather. On the way‚ his mom tells him a story about “playing card people” who are ruining their lives. They are going to sell many of the possessions in the cabin because they need the money. When they arrive‚ both of his parents dawn masks‚ telling him it’s an old tradition. The next day‚ he is dispatched to the woods to gather firewood. He
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Name: Shirley Lee 400110150 Mode: Cause and effect Audience: People who seldom wear hat and do not know why other people do. Purpose: To inform them about the five factors why other people wear hats so that they can understand the reasons why other people do. Ordering: By points/from the most known factors to the most unknown factors. Thesis statement: There are five factors that lead people to wear hats including: to protect‚ to make a fashion statement‚ to hide from people‚ to show status
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The Valley of Ashes The first paragraph of chapter two is a description of the Valley of Ashes. Fitzgerald uses carefully chosen words and phrases to create a withdrawn mood for this setting‚ Fitzgerald describes the “transcendent effort of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”(pg.23) This quote creates a clear description of the men desperately trying to reach the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses special words like transcendent‚ i interpreted that the men’s efforts
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4. What is the tone of the poem? Throughout the poem‚ Dante’s Divine Comedy‚ the author‚ Dante‚ portrays an emotional tone. Through Dante’s own struggles with sin and the suffering he endured himself‚ we can see him caring for other’s and deeply thinking about human’s moral thoughts. The poem is written in first person and through the poem‚ you see crying and high emotions. Because of Dante’s own struggles‚ he sympathizes with other sinners throughout the poem. Sympathy is another emotion Dante
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Lying is “a false statement or action made with the intent to deceive.” (Ericsson1) Lying is a bad thing for anyone to do for various reasons. Three writers that agree are Stephanie Ericsson author of “The ways we Lie”‚ Richard Gunderman author of “is lying bad for us?”‚ and Angela Haupts author of “How lying affects your health”. These three writers give great insight on how these lies can affect ones mental health‚ as well as their psychological health and also how you can improve from those negative
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The film King of Masks deals with and challenges the feudal idea that men are superior to women; this ideology‚ as the film portrays‚ results in alienation‚ tragedy and bitterness for girls in Chinese society and particularly the protagonist Doggie. In contrast‚ out of darkness‚ corruption‚ and poverty‚ the goodness of humanity and the human love sprung up from the master-apprentice relationship between Wang and Doggie will ultimately reign over narrow and backward traditional notions. Evidence
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In the army there are many uniforms a soldier has to wear. This is for the different activities a soldier does. For everything from their daily Physical Training (PT)‚ their regular working uniform Army Combat Uniform (ACU)‚ or their dress uniform either the Army Service Uniform (ASU)‚ or the Army Green Service Uniform (Class A). Each uniform is design to fit a specific task and to be worn a in certain way. A great resource for either the ASU or the Class A is the “U.S. ARMY UNIFORM GUIDE.” I found
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Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy (1867) Neutral Tones BY THOMAS HARDY We stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod; – They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles of years ago; And some words played between us to and fro On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have
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