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    Choose the appropriate meaning of the underlined word from the box below. 1. Benito spent most of his time munching on turnips‚ and never made any friends. 2. His ugly big front teeth brought him nothing but grief. 3. He was treated like a sideshow freak. 4. I just want to apologize for giving you those ugly big front teeth. 5. I’ll be retiring soon‚ too. Nobody believes in tooth fairies anymore. 6. Benito ate nothing but sweets‚ hoping to get the most vicious tooth decay

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    Calling the witches ugly would be a huge understatement‚ they are worse than that as they cannot even be described as human‚ they are referred to as the ‘weird sisters’ by Banquo and Macbeth throughout the play but whether they are even girls is questionable‚ as Banquo even says at one point ‘you should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.’ Banquo also says ‘so withered and wild in their attire’ They are never described as anything but repulsive‚ Macbeth describes

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    photographed. The symbolism showed in “red globe of light” connotes the prostitution displayed in Kings Cross which portrays the danger placed in the word “red”. Slessor uses this poem to defend against those who believe the city is “ugly”. The repetition of “You find it ugly‚ I find it lovely” states in clear colloquial language that the contrast in response concerns the poet. He also uses tone in this sentence‚ to show that he stands firm with his opinion and Is defiant‚ as it shows he views things

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    more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Hulga and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other a bitter 32 year old‚ wishing to be younger and ugly. These stories tell the tales of impressionable young women who are tempted by the delights of strange men‚ only to prove to themselves in the end how naive they really are. In "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?"‚ Connie starts out as most

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    Eye by Toni Morrison‚ blue eyes were seen to represent something positive and encourage adoration. Toni Morrison uses blue eyes to symbolize beauty and acceptance in society. Pecola‚ the main character yearned for blue eyes because society saw her as ugly and disgraceful towards the human race. Pecola is a young African American girl who lives in Lorain‚ Ohio‚ where she and her family lives in a storefront opposed to a house. Living in this storefront shows how her family is

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    event. First of all‚ Brian was lost on an island and thought that the pilot will look for him. Secondly‚ Moon shadow was a fear of American because of the heavy debt they have to pay off. Last of all‚ Rachel faced her emotions in the classroom that an ugly red sweater was her’s. As shown above‚ all the characters can have a life changing experience. Brian faced loneliness and hunger when he was stranded on a deserted island by himself. First‚ Brian was stranded on an island with no one with him due

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    In my young and more imaginative days I’d spend the hour in ballet class not doing plies on the barre‚ but talking to myself in the long mirror behind it. I was convinced that within the mirror there was another world‚ another dimension in which another me lived. Mirror Me was perfect in my eyes for even then I knew the real me wasn’t. I found solace in knowing that somewhere there was version of myself that was perfect and I suppose this is where my deep fascination with my reflection was born.

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    Parental guidance and support are key components of the foundation of a child’s growth and development. Without either‚ a child cannot grow and develop properly. In her novel The Bluest Eye‚ Toni Morrison examines the effect of different mothers on their respective children through the characters of Mrs. MacTeer and Mrs. Breedlove. Throughout the novel‚ both characters express their thoughts and feelings through words‚ with Mrs. MacTeer having a few fussy soliloquies and Mrs. Breedlove having a few

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    unemployment in the world. Although the lazy do work slowly‚ they have not taken any property. Furthermore‚ the writer looks around the world and sees ugly people. He thinks that repulsive people have made the whole society awful. He does not want them to live. Fried would prefer them to be slaughtered. So‚ “the world grows beautiful” (3-4). Nevertheless‚ ugly people have also contributed many things to this world. For

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    such as connotative meaning‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ and tone. First‚ the three famous poems all possess a connotative meaning . Within the poem "Gubbinal‚" Stevens wrote‚ "The world is ugly". In the quotation‚ the word ugly isn’t merely used to describe what the world looks like. It has a deeper meaning. Ugly represents the evil and corruption of the world. In "Fire and Ice"‚ Frost’s first two lines are "Some say the world will end in fire‚/ some say in ice." This excerpt also has a greater meaning

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