Nothing From the beginning‚ the theme nothing has been prevalent. "Nothing will come of nothing‚" (1.1.95) Lear says to his beloved daughter in the first act of the play. The quote sets the story by meaning that Cordelia will not receive anything until she professes her love for her father. As Cordelia is an honest daughter of Lear‚ lying to her father like her two older sisters have was a challenged. She truly loves him the most; she cannot bring herself to praise him falsely. Instead‚ she says
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Sherman 1 Amanda Sherman Mrs. Hall English 9 7 Dec 2012 1849 Gold Rush In the Early 1840’s a wealthy man by the name of John Sutter headed West to a place very few people had ever seen or heard of‚ called California. His plans were to start his own private empire. Then gold was discovered. People came from all over the world to find the mother-lode of gold. Gold was a very valuable substance and back then even a little bit could satisfy you for life‚ therefore triggering a stampede of half
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the poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. The poem itself is good and once you know what is talking about you start to understand what it is talking about. This poem is not so good as a read if you are not ready to look up what half the poem means. The poem majorly is about triumph and glory to slay the beast so theme could be about glory or good vs. evil. Many words are old english or made up entirely of Lewis Carroll own mind‚ so you unless you use old english you will not understand what the
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Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing the
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The poem “Strange Fruit” was written by Abel Meeropol not a southern black man‚ but instead a Jewish-American high school teachers. “Strange Fruit” was published in 1937. The poem conveys a message about the brutal past about racism around the 1900’s. The poem was inspired by a photograph that Meeropol had seen‚ the picture took place in a lynching‚ the victims were two innocent black men that were hanging from a tree‚ The picture haunted Meeropol for days. This poem was very chilling and terrifying
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California Gold Rush changed California by creating a larger and more diverse population‚ establishing San Francisco as one of the premier trade and banking cities in the nation‚ and the eruption of mining “boom towns.” By the winter of 1848‚ rumors of gold had drifted eastward across the country‚ but few easterners believed them. The gold discovery needed validation and President James Polk delivered that in early December of 1848. Every family within the nation was discussing gold in the west
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why Edward Taylors “Huswifery” has a more traditionally Puritanical message. They both are so similar‚ but have so many differences at the same time. That is flaw that wasn’t thought about the creation of these puritan stories. Bradstreet’s later poems‚ such as “To My Dear and Loving Husband‚” are more personal‚ expressing her feelings about the joys and difficulties of everyday Puritan life. In one she wrote about her thoughts before giving birth. In another‚ she wrote about the death of a grandchild
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Blue Gold This is a documentary about the ever increasing water crisis in our world today; what is causing it‚ the consequences‚ and how to stop it. Ecologists everywhere began to take notice of the “desertification” of our planet and the dire consequences ahead if it is not stopped. The urgency of this issue is one that cannot be brushed off because it is not us destroying solely the planet we live on‚ but destroying our chances of survival on it. Desertification of the earth is caused
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always in your favor. Life has many ups and downs and can sometimes feel like a downward spiral‚ or even an uphill road that never seems to end. This is what the poem “Uphill Road‚” by Christina Rossetti makes me consider. That even though the path may seem dark and endless‚ there is a light at the end of the it. The road may seem uphill and forever‚ but the easy way out is never the option. “Winds uphill all the way” which was mentioned in the poem reveals and prepares readers for a hard climb ahead
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proves that‚ despite their label‚ introverts are capable of writing about the world. The meaning of Dickinson’s poem “A Bird Came Down‚“ seems very blatant at first. After reading it only once‚ readers might assume Dickinson is merely writing an account about seeing a bird fly down‚ eat a worm‚ and then fly off. After closer reading‚ readers can infer that Dickinson was actually talking about her
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