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    Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem‚ “The Prelude”‚ William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of nature. Wordsworth describes this experience of his through his voyage in a boat which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. Through use of suspenseful diction‚ dramatic personification‚ and descriptive syntax‚ Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of nature and how he views it with certain trepidation after he encounters a “towering”

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    remained largely ignorant‚ and they could not look to the clergy for sound‚ spiritual direction. However‚ God inspired a special man with a desire to communicate biblical truth by using plays that the people could enjoy and learn from. That man was William Shakespeare‚ the Bard of the Bible. Why is he referred to as the Bard of the Bible? Well‚ some call Shakespeare the Bard of the Bible because he advanced biblical ethics‚ alluded to the Scriptures‚ and magnified the Christian God. Many

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    I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen Guarded by an Angel mild: Witless woe was ne’er beguiled! And I wept both night and day‚ And he wiped my tears away; And I wept both day and night‚ And hid from him my heart’s delight. So he took his wings‚ and fled; Then the morn blushed rosy red. I dried my tears‚ and armed my fears With ten-thousand shields and spears. Soon my Angel came again; I was armed‚ he came in vain; For the time of youth was fled‚ And

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    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials essay The Scorch Trials is a fantastic novel written by James Dashner on September 18‚ 2010. The idea of human fragility is linked to the fact that the humans are extremely vulnerable and will turn on each other during apocalyptic times. When humans feel insecure‚ they will resort to unnecessary violence and their original trust will be broken down. This idea of vulnerability is closely associated with humans who are in a situation that is very stressful and requires

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    The poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus"‚ by William Carlos Williams‚ portrays in writing the painting by Brueghel. The piece depicts the Greek myth of the tragedy of Icarus‚ a boy who flew too close to the sun with wax wings and fell into the sea to his death. The poem has no set rhyme scheme or meter‚ an example of one of Williams’ many free verse poems. After reading the poem many times‚ I started sensing a feeling of insignificance; that the tragic event of Icarus’ death was "quite unnoticed"

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    There is a saying that goes “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ the narrator’s feelings towards his younger brother‚ Doodle‚ changes after Doodle’s death. The narrator‚ who we only know as Brother‚ treats Doodle with cruelty throughout their childhood because of Doodle’s physical disabilities. Brother‚ afraid that he will be taunted at school for having an impaired brother‚ starts training and teaching Doodle physical activities. The Brother’s feelings

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    Doodle’s Determination In the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst‚ Doodle is an ‘ugly duckling’ of a little boy and an invalid. Despised by‚ and an embarrassment to his older brother‚ Doodle is a seeming candidate for low self-esteem. He has no friends and rarely leaves the house. His older brother begins to take interest in Doodle’s physical progress and takes him under his wing. Through Doodle’s battle to earn his brothers respect he shows extreme courage ad determination

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    The Fall of Man The ancient Greek notion of tragedy concerned the fall of a great man‚ such as a king‚ from a position of superiority to a position of humility on account of his ambitious pride‚ or hubris. To the Greeks‚ such arrogance in human behavior was punishable by terrible vengeance. The tragic hero was to be pitied in his fallen plight but not necessarily forgiven: Greek tragedy frequently has a bleak outcome. Christian drama‚ on the other hand‚ always offers a ray of hope; hence‚ Macbeth ends

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    audiences but unlike directors‚ authors don’t have that luxury. If authors don’t have technological enhancement’s to grasp their readers then what forms of methods do they use? Unlike directors‚ authors such as Henry James rely on the narrator to evoke suspense to their readers. Henry James’ well renowned novel The Turn of the Screw evokes suspense by having an unreliable narrator which the novel is mostly seen through her eyes. By witnessing the story through the governess’s perspective the readers

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    The Maze Runner By: James Dashner Thomas is a boy that woke up and found himself alone in a dark box. He shouts and yells for help until the box opens. He looks up and sees a bunch of other boys looking back at him. He doesn’t remember anything about his life and he’s very confused about where he is. The leader named Alby comes over and tells him that they call this place the glade but in his sentences he says thing "Shank" "Shuck" "Keeper" "Slopper. Soon a boy named Newt comes over and is a lot

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