posted by keyboard warriors on social media. I come from a family of two other brothers‚ me being the youngest‚ all of us being Millennials. My classmates and I bring up the tail end of the millennial generation‚ and have gotten to see how older members of our generation are taking part in society. The problem I have with some of the statements about how my generation interacts with society is that many of us are just getting to an age where we can actually participate. The end of our generation
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In “The Story of an Hour‚’’ Kate Chopin utilizes an ironic yet melancholy tone and formal writing style to emphasize her views on the woman’s role during the 1800’s. In this short story‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ the main character‚ embodies a woman trapped inside of a marriage and dies when she realizes she will never be free. Mrs. Mallard’s character is that of a fragile‚ heart troubled wife‚ who lives her life unhappily for her husband‚ Brently Mallard‚ and not for herself. She finally gets a glimpse
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Examine the ways in which Hardy uses the natural world to convey his feelings about love. Throughout Neutral Tones‚ Hardy effectively communicates his feelings about love using the natural world and its (neutral) colours and characteristics. His use of rich imagery of the natural world produces a melancholic note about love‚ which resounds through the whole poem portraying the end of an affair between Hardy and his former lover. The backdrop of the poem is set in the first stanza as a ‘winter
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This is reinforced by other lines in the first stanza such as “All went lame; all blind” and “And towards our distant rest began to trudge”. This negative tone‚ which is brought about by the by the emotional language used (like “old” and “trudge”)‚ creates a gloomy scene. “Dulce et Decorum est” is a satirical poem about a Latin saying meaning “how sweet and fitting it is”. Through this poem Owen tries to
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I have decided to do create an artistic expression of the play Romeo and Juliet by writing a poem with a collage from the scenes as its background. Romeo and Juliet’s tragic fate has inspired me to write a poem that depicts a love that is doomed from the beginning. The poem focuses on fate‚ as a higher power‚ that controls all aspects of the play. I have chosen fate as the single-most important theme that affected the lover’s relationship. With the specific use of diction‚ images and sound‚ the poem
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ever be perfect. Shakespeare knows this fact all too well and displays his understanding through his work in Sonnet 130. In this sonnet‚ Shakespeare uses a frank tone to convey his feelings of love to a woman who does not try to misrepresent herself as the perfect embodiment of a woman. In the first quatrain Shakespeare uses a blunt tone to compare objects that are normally used to compliment a woman‚ to the realistic
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By using the metaphor of a “ valley of the shadow of death” David speaks of seemingly hopeless situations through the use of a grave tone. The psalmist uses this metaphor to further show the shepherd character of God because through that dark place the psalmist says‚ “You are with me”. In the final stanza of the poem‚ the speaker uses the metaphor or his cup running over to symbolize
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Women Can Tone Arms: Toned The Arms: To women’s fitness without coming across the word "toned‚ group fitness classes‚ all claim to help women get those "toned‚ sexy arms. I wish my arms were more toned. Women feel uncomfortable using the word muscular to describe their goals. I wonder when and why the word toned took the place of bigger muscles and less body fat. Muscles can do: Muscle tone‚ or tonus‚ is what exercise scientists and fitness experts use to describe the continuous contraction
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when I was middle school student which is co-ed school‚ one time I really embarrassed in my class. For me‚ saying my opinion is very cool‚ but in fact the opinion was wrong‚ and suddenly some students especially girls started to whisper of course about me and stared me like I am stranger. Since I spoke in my class‚ I hardly say anything. If I were single sex school student‚ I would have more confidence to express my ideas a lot. Entering same gender schools is one of the biggest effects that students
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Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery” uses underlying details and specific word choice to highlight her pensive tone. Throughout the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the word “Lottery‚” repeatedly. The use of the word in one sentence focuses on the use of it‚ “...Used to be a saying about ’Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.’... There’s always been a lottery‚” (Jackson 31). The word here emphasizes that Old man Warner has an understanding of “The Lottery.” Jackson leaves the reader with a connotative
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