The character of Beatrice is portrayed as interesting because her views and attitudes could be seen as masculine and controversial. An example of this is when her exchange with Benedick after Claudio jilts Hero. Beatrice says that Claudio has ‘slandered‚ scorned‚ dishonoured’ her cousin. The use of the triadic structure highlights Beatrice’s abhorrence for Claudio‚ because these harsh verbs indicate that Claudio’s actions have brought shame and disgrace to Hero and her family. These are the sort
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THE HAIRY APE A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life In Eight Scenes By EUGENE O’NEILL AN ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Hairy Ape: A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life by Eugene O’Neill is a publication of The Electronic Classics Series. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim
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Centre Number Student Number CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES 2009 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION English (Advanced) Paper 2 - Modules Morning Session Tuesday‚ 11 August 2009 Total marks - 60 Pages 2-4 General Instructions • Reading time - 5 minutes • Working time - 2 hours • • Write using blue or black pen Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of this page Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section
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life‚ revealed in The Odyssey which shows and defines their culture One of the most prominent of the mental characteristics the ancient Greeks valued was the cleverness and the wit of an individual. This can be discerned from The Odyssey because of many instances and events in which Odysseus uses his brain’s wit and other tricks to get himself out of a risky situation. Examples of this are when he tells Polyphemos the Cyclopes that his name is Nobody‚ when he overcomes Circe’s magic
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Loathe at First Sight By Ellen Conford "You’re dripping on my toes." "I’m sorry. I was admiring you from afar‚ and I wanted to admire you from a-near. From afar you looked terrific." "Oh‚ thanks a lot. Meaning‚ up close I look like a toad." "That’s not what I meant at all! You look good up close too. I love your bathing suit." "Then why do you keep staring at my toes?" "It’s that clear stuff on them. What do you call that?" "Nail polish." "I know‚
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Living in a multicultural Australian community in the nineties where the enforcement of opposing cultures‚ beliefs and opinions is expected and the pressures of expectations are abundant would not be easy. This is especially obvious if the victim’ is emotionally unhinged (or at least slightly ajar) and looking for stability through constants‚ including their heritage and who they actually are. Josephine Alibrandi has all of these pressures heaped on her adolescent mind but the impact is doubled
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Despite the grand scope of Homer ’s epics--which present warfare‚ heroism‚ adventure and divinity as forces that shape human destinyThe Iliad may be seen as an account of the circumstances that irrevocably alter the life of one man: Achilles‚ greatest of warriors. Through the course of the poem‚ Achilles goes through many ordeals that change his character immensely. From the initial callousness and stubborn temper of Achilles to the eventual humanization ’ of Achilles in his interaction with
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also serves the purpose of making Hamlet seem crazy because he is unable to recognise polonius and thinks he is a fisherman. All of this in just one short quote truly shows why Hamlet deserves to be and is the most famous play because it has it all wit‚ love‚ greed‚ honor‚ drama‚ revenge‚ and right and
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Stephen Conway 1995 Literature and Virtue in Sidney’s “Apology for Poetry” In "An Apology for Poetry" Sir Philip Sidney attempts to reassert the fundamental importance of literature to society in general as well as to other creative and intellectual endeavors. Though Sidney ’s work does provide a synthesis (and in some cases an aberration) of much Greek and Roman literary theory‚ his argument aspires to go beyond an esoteric academic debate. Literature can "teach and delight" in a manner
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decide amongst themselves that the time for Odysseus to return to his home in Ithaca has come. At the time of the meeting‚ Odysseus is trapped in a suspended state of inactivity on the island Ogygia with the goddess Calypso. No matter the remarkable wit and cunning the hero is shown to possess‚ it is the decision of the gods at this meeting to send Hermes to pave the way for his release from the island. Zeus to Hermes: “Hermes‚ you’ve been our messenger before. / go tell that ringlet nymph it is my
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