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    of us can relate to. My poem fits into the category of love and is appropriately titled-The Lover Tells of the Rose in His Heart. ALL things uncomely and broken‚ all things worn out and old‚ The cry of a child by the roadway‚ the creak of a lumbering cart‚ The heavy steps of the ploughman‚ splashing the wintry mould‚ Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build

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    them‚ I start to laugh but it is cut off by me impacting the giant of a planet‚ burying deep within it.            When I wake up I feel so drained‚ my bones and joints are stiff and crack when I move. I start coughing when I feel a sharp pain in my chest‚ as I cough I see blood splatter the rocks around me. I force myself into a sitting position cringing as I lean up‚ my breathing is ragged and comes out in short breaths. I look around and see that I am inside a huge crater on a strange planet.

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    Sane or Insane

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    between sanity and insanity‚ which ironically‚ shows his goal of revenge. To begin‚ Hamlet starts of insanity to try and achieve his goals. Hamlet uses is insanity as a weapon‚ changing insanity into the form of words or action. Hamlet is only insane towards his enemies or his enemies allies. For example‚ Hamlet attacks Ophelia‚ who has allied herself with Claudius with words “are you honest” (III.i) “are you fair” (III.i). Hamlet “speaks daggers” (III.ii) to Gertrude‚ because she is an interference

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    Roderick's Insane

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    Could you believe that the owner of a creepy house is insane? If so I could tell you a few details why it’s true. Roderick is insane in so many levels. He just stays in house don’t even go outside to get some fresh air. He is insane because he shares a connection with his house‚ claiming he and his twin had a special connection‚ and has a mental illness. Roderick shares a connection with his house. Roderick said when he dies he wants his house to also be buried. He talks to his house when he’s lonely

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    In Phillip Lopate’s novel To Show and to Tell‚ he describes the process of characterization in memoir by saying‚ “I would further maintain than this process of turning oneself into a character is not about self absorbed navel gazing‚ but rather a potential release from narcissism” (25). In Lopate’s chapter “On the Necessity of Turning Oneself into a Character” he describes different ways that memoirists characterize themselves and how to improve your skills in that art. Chang-rae Lee is skilled in

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    Insane Macbeth

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    An insane person is one that demonstrates foolish acts because of their poor mental state. In the beginning of Macbeth‚ Macbeth is characterized as a brave soldier. His bravery on the battlefield earned him the titles of Thane of Cawdor and Glamis. The play leads the reader to believe that Macbeth is sane‚ but when he receives prophesy from the witches that he will be king‚ an insane character emerges from within. Macbeth demonstrates these characteristics when he claims to see a floating dagger

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    William Shakespeare is a dark and sad tale of a tragic revenge. Hamlet’s madness has been questioned for many years by everyone that has read it. Did Hamlet really go mad? Or was it all just an act? Throughout the play‚ there are many instances in which Hamlet seemed to have lost his mind‚ but it is important to remember one key thing that Hamlet told his friend Horatio‚ his crazy behavior will be all an act. Hamlet truly does make a believer out of the insane role he plays by the crazy‚ weird‚

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    In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ many characters go on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. On the way to Canterbury‚ each person on the journey tells a tale. Whoever tells the best story‚ gets rewarded a lavish free meal. The pilgrimage includes people from the nobility‚ clergy‚ and commoner class. For each class‚ Chaucer develops many different character types that were representative of the society of the time. With a broad spectrum of

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    Is Jerry Sane Or Insane

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    Jerry to prove if he’s insane or sane.” I was nervous because this would be my first case. Jerry had killed bob who he said he liked. Jerry is saying that he is sane and not insane. I believe that Jerry is legally insane and I’m ready to prove my case. I did not think that something this important would be my first case. I was chosen for the case ‚since they thought I was the right person for it. “Ladies and gentleman‚ we will be hearing the case for Jerry that proves he is insane.” said Judge Fudge

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    A foil is a character that contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. Chaucer uses a foil for numerous characters in The Canterbury Tales. Although a foil is mainly used to show important qualities in the protagonist of the story‚ Chaucer employs it to both bring his characters together and set them apart. Two characters that Chaucer compares and contrasts using this technique are the Knight and the Sea Captain‚ or Skipper. He depicts them

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