The fear of Scrooge towards the third ghost is very understandable ‚ above all it is the physical appearance of this ghost that makes Scrooge fear him the most‚ but on the other hand the quietness of it makes Scrooge get a feeling of suspense. “Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him‚ and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it” (Dickens 134). The fact that the ghost did not talked at all only made Scrooge more nervous‚ he did not know
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Madame Defarge is a murderer and brutal human being. She has killed many people and will keep killing no matter who tries to stop her. Madame Defarge has a very revengeful mind and doesn’t think about anyone but herself. I hate that Madame Defarge thinks that she has all the power and can do whatever she wants. She doesn’t take anyone’s feelings into consideration and just does what she feels like doing even if it hurts the people around her. No one knows much about Madame Defarge because she is
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The true description of Scrooge first appears about quarter way through the book‚ before then there are only a few minor references to his character. The description begins metaphorically as it features the words " A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone". Its metaphorical because it is trying to portray that Scrooge is literally as tight as the hand to the grindstone. Then soon after this seven adjectives follow‚ " Squeezing‚ Wrenching‚ Grasping‚ Scraping‚ Clutching‚ Covetous‚ Old sinner". They are
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Page 1 Snow fell lightly on the cold ground outside as Robbie eagerly tore open his first Christmas present. When he saw the content in the box‚ his face fell in disappointment. “Socks! I didn’t want clothes! I wanted toys for Christmas!” Page 2--- Do you think when giving the kid socks the parents would really be shocked that the kid was disappointed? Maybe adjust the story line a bit here to be realistic. The story reads better and would be more sincere if this was almost a planned exchange between
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‘history’ not ‘herstory’. A woman’s voice‚ her opinion and her viewpoint have all been heavily disregarded in the past centuries‚ with a woman being seen as an accessory to a man rather than an individual with the capability to think for herself. However‚ Carol Ann Duffy’s anthology ‘The World’s Wife’ seeks to correct the gender inequalities‚ with the poems Eurydice and Mrs. Midas portraying strong minded and authoritative females that retell the Greek mythological stories from a women’s point of view.
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security that Mrs Tilscher’s classroom provides for the children‚ but hints the dangers that one would confront if one were to leave the classroom. Comment on how the narrator does this by close reference to the poem. ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem about a young person entering the transition from childhood to adolescence. She shows the safety and security of the class through the use of techniques such as simile‚ listing and diction. However‚ she also hints at the dangers
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Consider the treatment of love in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’. Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Valentine’ ultimately depicts a highly cynical attitude towards love and conventional gestures of affection. The poem uses traditional images of valentine as a starting point‚ before showing how an onion is much more true to the nature of love. An extended metaphor of the onion is then used to depict Duffy’s underlying implication that love can be destructive on many different levels. One of the main ways in which
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Dickens shows the reader that the important things in life cannot be measured. Discuss. Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” paints a bleak world of 19th century industrial society with the stark division of classes. Despite this miserable‚ poverty stricken setting‚ Dickens portrays a range of characters that have been affected by this social cataclysm‚ illustrating each of their responses to it in order to illuminate what the important things in life are‚ and how they can be measured through
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1.Stanford Professor and Psychologist‚ Carol Dweck‚ developed the concept of growth and fixed mindsets in 2006‚ which states that a person’s beliefs determine whether their basic abilities‚ talents and intelligence are fixed or can be developed with hard work and persistence. Dweck writes‚ “This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment...Students who embrace growth mindsets‚ may learn more‚ learn it more quickly‚ and view challenges and failures
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“Lunch Money” Two. Two What? Two artistic‚ meaningful‚ and melodic poems dummy. The cleverly crafted poem entitled “Outside/Inside” by Carol Diggory Shields describe a young child in elementary school who wants to play outside in the rain‚ but is not allowed to and has to color in geography maps with other classmates. The witty poem entitled “Lunch Money” Carol Diggory Shields describes a child who has asked every single one of his elders for lunch money and can only rely on his piggy bank for providing
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