Glossary—The Merchant of Venice Act I‚ Scene II 1. “By my troth”—a mild oath like “Upon my word” 2. aught—anything 3. surfeit—overindulge 4. superfluity—excess 5. Hare—to run fast 6. “overname them”—say their names over 7. colt—a young‚ or inexperienced person 8. Death’s-head—skull 9. a-cap’ring—dancing 10. pennyworth—a small amount 11. doublet—a close-fitting outer garment‚ with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt‚ worn by men in the
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In the novel The Chrysalids‚ Axel Strorm—David Strorm’s Uncle—is described as "a cripple." (24). They live in Waknuk‚ Labrador; a community with very unique and bizarre laws and religions. As you read through chapters 1-8 you see his traits prevail. You also learn that David sees his Uncle as a friend and a role model rather then just a relative. "…because he was Uncle Axel and my best friend among the grown-ups." (30) You also get the sense that David almost feels as if his Uncle is
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Character Sketch - Cephalus from Plato’ s Republic Choose one of the three main characters from Book One of Plato’s Republic (Cephalus‚ Polemarchus or Thrasymachus). Write a character sketch that shows how the personality‚ social status‚ life situation and position affect the views the character holds about life and about the virtue of justice. Include the definition of justice for the character you are describing. In book one‚ we are introduced to four main characters: Socrates‚ Cephalus
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Geoffrey Trease’s Cue for Treason Character Sketch Assignment November 16‚ 2012 The novel Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease portrays a character named Kit Kirkstone‚ also known as Katherine Russell. Kit characterizes a young cunning‚ determined‚ and confident woman. First off‚ Kit represents a cunning girl because when she was rehearsing her role in Romeo and Juliet she acted as though she was inspired- as though she were Juliet‚ living it all. In this case
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“Pumped Up Kicks” – Foster the People Historical/Biographical Analysis “Pumped Up Kicks” is a song by Foster the People that is very well known for its dark‚ yet meaningful‚ lyrics. The lyrics refer to an isolated‚ psychotic child who wants to shoot “all the other kids with the pumped up kicks” in his life. Mark Foster‚ lead singer of Foster the People‚ has written this song to bring attention to the increase in gun violence among youth‚ which is caused by‚ he claims‚ "lack of family‚ lack of love
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Alice Tapsikova A Character sketch of Tellson’s Bank In A Tale of Two Cities Dickens describes Tellson’s Bank using the humor and satire. The Tellson’s Bank‚ a type‚ which actually existed in 1780‚ is described by Dickens as "an old fashioned‚ boastful‚ small‚ dark and ugly place with musty odour"(p.51). His derogation with this bank is obvious through the whole description even when he relates staff as "the oldest men carried on bussines gravely" and when he directly says that young men
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Three-Paragraph Character Sketch Harriet Tubman is an old‚ African American‚ runaway slave. This was a woman that was very brave and fought for her rights/freedom. She just didn’t want freedom for herself; she wanted it for all African Americans. I would also have to say that she was a very smart woman. I say that because she carried a gun around with her‚ so if any of the other runaways wanted to go back she would threaten them with the gun because she knew that the masters would end up finding
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How to Write How to Write a Statement of Purpose a Statement of Purpose for the KAUST Discovery Scholarship for the Prof. Reima Al-Jarf College of Languages & Translation KAUST Scholarship Candidates’ Workshop. King Saud University. Malaz Campus. May 11‚ 2008 Aims of Workshop p At the end of the workshop‚ attendees will be to: identify what KAUST is looking for in the statement of purpose. p p make an outline of topics and subtopic to be included in the statement of purpose included
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A Character Sketch of Rudolph Steiner (The Green Door by O’Henry) Rudolph Steiner is the main character of the story “The Green Door” by O’Henry. Rudolph Steiner belongs to the middle class of American society of the beginning of the 20th century. He is a piano salesman‚ a commonplace citizen on the one hand‚ but on the other hand he is (as the author characterizes him) “a true adventurer; few were the evenings on which he didn’t go forth from his hall bedchamber in search of the unexpected”
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why your work is an essential component of research in the field. The introduction does not have a strict word limit‚ unlike the abstract‚ but it should be as concise as possible. It can be a tricky part of the paper to write‚ so many scientists and researchers prefer to write it last‚ ensuring that they miss no major points. For a longer research paper‚ where you use an outline‚ it can be useful to structure your introduction around the outline. Here are a few outline examples. The introduction
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