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Lots Wife, Akhmatovas Version
... a different situation, as the speaker is also different. The structure also is different,
which affects the fluidity of the poem and how it is read, almost working with or reinforcing the tone. It is ironic how similar tone is in these two poems, yet the structure in each varies significantly. There are different connotations in each of these poems also, making them different. Each of these pieces imply different things to different extents. Akhmatova’s version leaves an abundant amount of information to figure out for ourselves while Szymborska’s uses connotation in a manner which gives us more detai ...
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Nightjohn And Number The Stars
... because the owner wanted to keep them ignorant so they wouldn't rebel against him.
Once a female got her "troubles" [menstrual cycle] they would be sent off to the breeding sheds to reproduce.
The "mammy" took care of all the young ones until they were old enough to go out and work in the fields.
The slaves were forced to eat from a trough like animals.
The mammy would pray with her head inside a kettle so that the owners would not hear her pray. Praying, too, was strictly forbidden.
Number the Stars contains even more facts, details and incidents that contribute to the historical accuracy of the book ...
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Julius Ceaser
... corpse. He shows us Caesar's bloodstained toga, with a tear. He shows us the rip, and says, "See what a rent the envious Casca made: Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd." When Antony showed us visual evidence of the bloody treason, and when he said the words "beloved" and "Brutus" together I sought revenge. I am furious, and detest Brutus. I hit myself on the head, for respecting him, and thinking of him as an honorable man. How foolish I had been! Tears come to my eyes, as I see the dead corpse of the most exquisite man that had ever existed.
It was after all of this, that the crowd of Roman citizens is t ...
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Beowulf
... one of the warriors, for they ran off. Perhaps it was just a commoner that wants to see what is being done for his own safety. This story was passed by mouth for close to five hundred years. Told to warriors right before they went out to battle. The story teller would have possibly sang this story so that it could be remembered. Because of this there is a certain flow to the piece, not any rhyming, but there is a general flow.
The first sign of alliteration occurs on the first line of the piece extracted from the story. "Then the dangerous dragon…" It goes on to emphasize the burdening problem the dragon, "†...
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Chronical Of The Death Foretold
... of Santiago Nasar, but this light was never turned on because Nasar was able to enter the house without switching on any lights. After the death of Santiago, his house was a complete mess. Santiago's corpse was lying in the living room in an iron cot, surrounded by fans to cool the body (act as a refrigerator), furniture was moved out to make room for everything.
Clotilde Armenta's store is where a lot of the story took place. The Vicario twins were here since four o' clock in the morning waiting for Santiago Nasar. This is also where they first started telling everybody about the fact that they were going to kill ...
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Gullivers Travels 3
... all of the different creatures he comes in contact
with. Once he arrives on the unknown island, he begins to
explore the land around him. After being brought into the city,
Gulliver remains subservient towards the Lilliputians by staying
chained up near his hut without acting out and attempting to
break free which would have most likely been a successful
attempt. This subservience created enough trust of the
“Man-Mountain” by the Lilliputian king that it was declared that
his liberty hath been granted when he could have easily crushed
and killed these little people. Gulliver is also very ...
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All My Sons 2
... out of the process with defects. So Dad went directly to the phone and called here and told Joe to come down right away. But the morning passed. No sign of Joe. So Dad called again. By this time he had over a hundred defective. The Army was screaming for stuff and Dad didn’t have anything to ship. So Joe told him... on the phone he told him to weld, cover up any cracks in any way he could, and ship them out.” That is a passage from the play and is a very important scene, where the truth comes out about what the two men did. In a state of panic, the men let defective parts which went into airplanes ...
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Frankenstein Vs. Dr. Jekyll
... history, Dr. Jekyll seeks out to find a solution for his shame and guilt of his sins by compounding a potion that could separate the two components, good and evil. Both men with good intentions for the bettering of society did not realize the different rules they were now playing. Neither could predict the horror that was unleashed by their truly limited knowledge and education.
People usually don't set out with a far-fetched and bizarre task of creating "life" out of "death" nor ripping and containing the two side of the double-sided human soul. Events leading up towards the actual decision of pursuing their at ...
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Is Macbeth Responcible For His
... some of the events so that they fitted the play. For example, he invented Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and death, the banquet scene and Banquo's Ghost as well as most of the cauldron scene. Shakespeare also changed Duncan from an ineffectual king into an old and revered ruler and he also ignored Macbeth's ten years of good rule.
The first major event in the play is Act 1 Scene 1 where the witches talk about meeting Macbeth on the heath. The appearance of the witches early on in the play immediately establishes the influence of the supernatural. My quote supporting this statement is below. It's when the third ...
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Animal Farm
... problems in life. Their only problem was Man. Man used them for his own purposes: his own needs. That, to them, seemed wrong and they knew that they had to do something about it. Old Major mentioned a Rebellion and it was all the animals hoped for. But it was up to them to rebel. Then he thought them a song “Beasts of England” that they sang on and on to memorize.
Analysis
Chapter I
George Orwell’s is an allegory* it concerns the toppling of the Russian Imperial rule and its replacement by the communist regime.
In this light, the characters introduced in Chapter I represent real, historical figures: M ...
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