Close Reading: “The Stranger” By Albert Camus The opening of “The Stranger” Meursault is informed of his mother’s death. Meursault tells us: “I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything.” (page 3); a very strong statement to set the mood of this chapter. When he finished reading the telegram his first thought is: “That doesn’t mean anything.” this can give the reader the idea that Meursault is disconnected‚ cold‚ and perhaps
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is a racial poem written by the African-American poet Langston Hughes that gives an account of the experiences of Negros across time. Hughes employs a diversity of literary elements that add to the success of the piece; this exposition seeks to outline and discuss those elements. The piece is divided into five stanzas. The first stanza is made up of three lines‚ the second stanza is made up of one line‚ the third stanza is made up of six lines‚ the fourth stanza is made
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Close Reading: Moby Dick by Herman Melville LaQuita Johnson Honors American Literature 1 Tues/Thurs/ 9:00am/ Stone June 16‚ 2013
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“Mending Wall” Essay In the poem “Mending Wall”‚ by Robert Frost‚ the act of two neighbors routinely repairing a wall between their lands is noted‚ detailed‚ and observed. There is a popular belief that boundaries‚ such as walls‚ do nothing but divide and tear apart people. In agreement‚ Robert Frost’s own purpose of portraying this ritual through poetry is to express the same belief that boundaries do nothing but unnaturally separate people. Robert Frost’s theme is conveyed to his readers
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8 November 2013 Close Reading: Heart of Darkness Imagine being stuck on a steamboat outnumbered by the other‚ who happen to be starving‚ unable to advance through the unnerving scream filled fog. This enigmatic experience is only one of many told by Marlow in the story of his journey up the Congo. Marlow is attentive to the restraint shown by the black slaves on his boat in fighting off the hunger that weakens them. The colleagues of Marlow are more concerned with the anonymous screams of
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Elijah Brown Study of Lit Eng 213 Close Reading on The Story of An Hour In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ Mrs. Mallard the main character‚ finds out that her husband has been killed on a train accident. However‚ the narrator tells us that Mrs. Mallord has heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard then leaves her sister Josephine and Richard to get privacy in her bedroom. Why it is that Mrs. Mallard began to feel free the more she came to her senses that her husband was no
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Close Reading on The Sun Also Rises This passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling
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creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity
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UNMDP-FH Depto. de Lenguas Modernas Profesorado de Inglés English Literature Close Reading “The Sun Rising” By John Donne Student: SALADINO‚ Luciana Andrea Reg #: 15776/06 THE SUN RISING[1] by John Donne BUSY old fool‚ unruly Sun‚ Why dost thou thus‚ Through windows‚ and through curtains‚ call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run ? Saucy pedantic wretch‚ go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices‚ Go tell court-huntsmen that the
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Hamlet’s soliloquy – Act II Scene II Close Reading – Literary Devices William Shakespeare uses many types of literary devices to describe the very principle of Hamlet’s true battle. Hamlet compares himself to a “peasant slave” and to the talented actor‚ whom could give a convincing performance without feeling the true emotion. After his visit with the ghost (his supposed father)‚ he has been dedicated to the idea of plotting revenge of his uncle-father. Although‚ it is difficult for Hamlet to
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