That Canary Had It Coming by Tom Brooksher Professor Kirchner ENC1102 24269 TR 11:30 23 Feb. 2017 Susan Glaspell’s 1917 short story “A Jury of Her Peers” was based on a one act play she had written called ‘Trifles’‚ which was first performed in 1916. This story’s themes centered around the ideas of gender roles as they stood during the progressive era in the United States. The role a person’s gender played in society during the progressive era was vastly different than the way it
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The optimism of people today revolve around too many insignificant instances. “The Autobiography”‚ by Benjamin Franklin‚ shows this. “TRANQUILITY. Be not disturbed at trifles‚ or at accidents common or unavoidable.” (Franklin 81). This virtue means that one should not be in dismay over calamities that can’t be dodged in everyday life. When the boat to Philadelphia was torn at the sails‚ Benjamin and the crew waited out the robust winds. Anxiety is a disorder that makes the average person worry about
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The previuos stanzas gave the violant side of love and had a very masculine tone‚ whereas th mood suddenly changesand becomes more reminisful‚ it justifies the first two lines in the second stanza and proves how vulnerable the heart can be. "Ah what trifle is a heart‚ if once into love’s hands it come!" These words came from him because he has experienced the hands of love. "I brought a heart into a room but from the room I carried none."This proves how vulnerable the heart can be because he was once
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The broken heart is a love poem .In this poem John Donne has a broken heart and he embodies his suffering in a various dramatic ways. As he wants to show us that the grief in love is much more than any other kinds of griefs in life. In the title of the poem John Donne depicts his heart as somethig material such as a broken mirror or glass. So he pointes out that when someone’s heart is broken ‚ it makes his life miserable and can not be able to fall in love any more. He also describes how
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“The most interesting character in the play is Macbeth himself.” Do you agree? Why? The play Macbeth contains a contrast of characters with many different views and values‚ but the one character that you can’t forget about is Macbeth himself. Macbeth is by far the most interesting character as he perfectly represents the tragic hero‚ a great and honest man who is held in the highest regards but throughout the play has a great downfall all due to his own doing. The decline of Macbeth’s mental health
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anyone who threatens to take his Scottish Throne; again a ‘coward’. When I met the witches I advised Macbeth to be cautious‚ “But ‘tis strange‚ and oftentimes to win us to our harm‚ the instruments of darkness tell us truths‚ wind us with honest trifles‚ to betrays‚ in deepest consequence” (Act 1‚ Scene 3: 133-137). He did not listen to me and now his best advisor is dead. Now I’m back as a ghost to haunt him and make him pay for his crime. I’ve been making frequent visits to dear Macbeth‚ however
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AP Vocab List 1 1. approbation (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion‚ praise; official approval My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of ______________ from all the judges at the piano recital. 2. assuage (v) to make easier or milder‚ relieve; to quiet‚ calm; to put an end to‚ appease‚ satisfy‚ quench Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to ____________ her hurt feelings. 3. coalition (n) a combination
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I’ll blow your house in!’ The little pig began to pray‚ But Wolfie blew his house away. He shouted‚ ’Bacon‚ pork and ham! Oh‚ what a lucky Wolf I am!’ And though he ate the pig quite fast‚ He carefully kept the tail till last. Wolf wandered on‚ a trifle bloated. Surprise‚ surprise‚ for soon he noted Another little house for pigs‚ And this one had been built of TWIGS! ’Little pig‚ little pig‚ let me come in!’ ’No‚ no‚ by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin!’ ’Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow
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other townspeople. While their in the cave Tom and Becky begin to feel disinterested with townspeople. As it says in the book‚ “Presently the hide-and-seek frolicking began‚ and Tom and Becky engaged in it with zeal until the exertion began to grow a trifle wearisome; then they wondered…” (Twain 184). Tom is known for going on grand adventures in which he plans to do with Becky
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THINGS FALL APART Vocabulary CHAPTER 1 WILY - (of a person) clever‚ having a very good understanding of situations‚ possibilities and people‚ and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim a wily politician POUNCE - to jump or move quickly in order to catch or take hold of something The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below. The police were waiting to pounce when he arrived at the airport. STAMMER - to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated
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