June 2015 Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” Analysis Fairy tales have specific elements that the reader can catch on to when reading a story. When reading a fairy tale‚ we think of princesses‚ princes‚ happily ever after ’s and once upon a time. In "Once Upon a Time" the story has many of the elements of a fairy tale such as good vs. evil and a problem that needs to be solved. One element is the special beginning and endings. A fairy tale begins with "Once upon a time...". We see the special beginning
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ONCE UPON A TIME THE speaker in this poem reminisces about a time when people were sincere and caring in their dealings with one another; he speaks regretfully about the present time‚ when people are not like before. He seems to feel that people have lost the innocence and openness which he now sees in his young son; he wants to regain that innocence. The poem starts with the well-known words "Once upon a time"‚ suggesting that what the speaker is going to say is a fairy tale‚ something so far-fetched
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Trapdoor spider is a general term use when talking about a spider in the one of the following families: Idiopidae‚ Actinopodidae‚ Ctenizidae‚ Migidae‚ or Cyrtaucheniidae. The largest family by far is the Idiopidae family which includes the brown trapdoor spider and the spotted trapdoor spider. The trapdoor spider is found mostly in the dry areas of Australia. The brown trapdoor spider (scientific name: Misgolas) is found in New South Wales and along Australia’s eastern coast. This spider is identified
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Once Upon A Time Poem Tells of Coversation Between Father and Son. ’Once Upon a Time’‚ was written by Gabriel Okara‚ who is a Nigerian poet. He often explains what happens when a traditional African culture meets the forces of the Western way of life. I think the poem was written to outline the fake personalities of many people and to try and get them to return to a natural and innocent state. The poem tells of the conversation between what seems to be a father and son‚ where the father wants to
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers - Literature Notes The physical structure of this poem has beenaltered from the original layout in the text. Brave flowers‚ 1.that I could 5.gallant it likeyou‚ and be as little vain;You come abroad and make a 6.harmless show‚And to your beds of earth again;You are not proud‚ you know your birth‚For your embroidered garments are from earth.You do obey your months and times‚ but Iwould have it ever spring;My fate would know no winter‚ never die‚ nor think of such a
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Whitman uses a poem about a spider as a metaphor for the soul. By describing the spider as “patient” within the first line‚ the speaker utilizes personification to make the spider more relatable for later in the poem. The words “isolated”‚ “vacant”‚ and “vast” brings a separated‚ lonely‚ and depressed tone to the poem. Also‚ the alliteration of the “v” sound makes these words more prominent to grab the reader’s attention. Repetition is the key to understand the works of this spider‚ so the speaker represents
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: In the poem A Contemplation Upon Flowers by Henry King the comparison of the life of a simple flower is made to the life of a human‚ in the sense that we both are born‚ we both live‚ and we both must die. Majority of people fear death‚ but the flowers accept death with open arms and a smile. This poem by Henry King praises flowers for not only their humble lifestyles but also for their acceptance of death. Henry King uses the literary device of personification
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Reflections Upon Marriage 1. According to Mary Astell the women’s customary status in society is that men are superior to women and it is the Wife’s duty to suffer without complaint. She reported that every man by nature is superior to woman and it would be a sin for women to have dominion over men (even the Queen) because of laws of nature. As she said on the third page “if they mean that some men are superior to some women‚ this is no great discovery.” This obviously indicates that the norm
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Spiders can be very annoying aspects of life. They may make you scream or make you run. For some reasons spiders can cause many accidents in everyday life. They are very bad if you have young children and you they are in a place where you go a lot. You probably want to find a non harmful way to get rid of these pesky everyday creatures. In this essay you find out the best ways to get rid of these very pesky creatures in a few steps that will help you get rid of them without harming yourself. After
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"Once Upon a Mattress" is a modern version of the story "Princess and the Pea". In the story Prince Dauntless is a mama’s boy whose mother‚ Queen Aggravain has ruled that no one else is allowed to marry until her son does. In spite of the Queens wishes for her son to be married‚ she seemingly manages to sabotage the town’s hopes of ever marrying. By testing and failing every applicable princess who comes along‚ the mother destroys her son’s desires of being with a woman. When another character
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