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    to the everyday life‚ men are given a high pedestal while women are treated as second class citizens. In the novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath‚ Esther Greenwood struggles with this idea of how women are treated and how that leads to mental deterioration. According to a document on sexual assault‚ sexual assault is a crime of power and control. Sexual assault is used when sexual behavior occurs and the victim did not give explicit

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    In the short story “The Swimmer”‚ John Cheever wrote the story as a metaphor for life. Cheever basically stating that your time here on earth is short; don’t waste your time. Neddy spends his time chasing a social life‚ alcohol‚ and a mistress. As Neddy takes his journey across the county why does it take so long for him to realize that his life isn’t what he thought it was? Did he waste his time while on his journey? Through his journey Neddy took glass after glass of alcohol and that’s what made

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    Poetry Explication of Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” The first thing one can notice in Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror” (rpt. In Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 9th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth‚ 2006] 680) is that the speaker in the poem is the mirror and the woman in the poem is Sylvia Plath. As you read through the poem‚ the lake is relevant because of the famous mythological story of narcissus. He was extremely beautiful and one day while drinking from a lake

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    Explain how Robert Frost uses inverted word order in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." What effect does Frost’s word order have on the poem? Does it contribute to your understanding and/or enjoyment of the poem? Robert Frost’s inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ gives me‚ as a reader‚ a childlike dream like feeling. He uses his repetition and imagery to make you feel as if you are in the woods with him in his head. The way he describes the bells on the horse jingling

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    First‚ Fight song is a simile because it contains the lyrics "like a small boat on the ocean‚ sending deep waves into motion‚" It is a simile because she was trying to explain that she was having a hard time at the time and she needed to remember that she had to believe in herself. it is also a Metaphor because it contains the lyrics " wrecking balls inside my brain‚" she is comparing things she wants to say to wrecking balls. It is a Metaphor because she is showing how she disagrees with people

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    Create a metaphor for yourself using something you would find in your kitchen or your garage. List as many similarities or relationships between yourself and this object as you can think of‚ then elaborate on this comparison in an essay. Why is this object a good representation of you? If I took a quick look around my kitchen‚ I would probably find my reflection in a wooden spoon. Not literally‚ as it is not a metallic spoon‚ but figuratively. Because like me‚ a wooden spoon is a well-rounded

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    Edward Taylor and The Metaphor The master of the metaphor‚ Edward Taylor‚ has captured the sense of the metaphor in such a way as too communicate his personal/ religious thoughts of God within his poems. Choosing his metaphors to enlighten the reader‚ Taylor has become an inspiration and a substance of resource to helping us understand God and his connection with our soul. Within Taylor’s poem “Huswifery”‚ he uses a spinning wheel and thread to create a metaphor between the relationship

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    making sure that they do not do something idiotic. Especially Madison‚ she is the biggest of the trouble makers. She does not listen to what you say‚ when you want her to sit down she is standing up. You tell her not to go there‚ guess what‚ that is where she is. Even though she is the biggest pain in my backside she is the most influential she is the one who made me realize what

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    Mr. Silva ENG/100 April 16‚ 2013 Analysis of Metaphor of Two Turkish Videos Understanding the branding strategies of any company or business goes beyond the listing of a set of steps which can effectively summarize and target their buyers. The entire strategy of branding a product revolves around a company’s response to the changing dynamics of consumer psychology. In an effort to unscramble the complexities involved in the branding steps undertaken by the two Turkish commercials for Pepsi‚

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    Mary Hyland  11/18/14  P.3  Poem Reaction Paragraphs    Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest”­  This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. ​ The message is  those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack  something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded.​  The poet says “those  who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it  “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army

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