Frankenstein Close Reading This passage‚ the paragraph located at the bottom of page 138‚ and bleeds over onto page 139‚ comes from the part of the novel in which Victor Frankenstein is almost home from his ordeals in Ireland. While in Ireland‚ Victor promised to make a female companion for his Creature‚ but then throws his work into the sea‚ as he realizes that he does not actually want to create this second being because of the chaos it may cause. Enraged by this‚ the monster murdered Victor’s
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The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore
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A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson‚ written by Mary Rowlandson‚ is about King Philip’s War. The war started on June 20 in 1675 and was between English colonists and Native Americans. During the war‚ the Indians attacked English colonists’ territory. They burned the colonists’ houses‚ killed the resisters and captured some of the colonists. The living of captives was very tough. They had to
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Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the
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Smith and Mary Rowlandson‚ whose stories are very different due to their captors‚ gender‚ and religion. James Smith was 18 years old when he was captured by the Indians just miles above Bedford. Smith was captured by three Indians‚ one was a Canasatauga and the two others were Delawares. With the exception of being flogged‚ Smith’s experiences with the Indians were not
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Close Reading of Sonnet 116 Written by William Shakespeare 2011 “Sonnet 116” written by William Shakespeare is focusing on the strength and true power of love. Love is a feeling that sustainable to alterations‚ that take place at certain points in life‚ and love is even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal
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Mary Rowlandson” captures her reader’s attention as she describes being taken by the natives and how she was thankful that God had given her the courage and strength to keep going during those difficult times. In her narratives she confesses‚ “ I remember in
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Close Reading In the play‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Iago‚ manipulates people to get what he wants. One character that is manipulated the most by Iago is Othello. The reason why is because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant and there were rumors that Othello has been sleeping around with his wife‚ Emilia. Iago involves Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ in his plan by making it seem that Desdemona and Cassio are having a relationship. Iago convinces Othello about this relationship
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The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson reveals that the ghastly depiction of the Indian religion (or what Rowlandson perceives as a lack of religion) in the narrative is directly related to the ideologies of her Puritan upbringing. Furthermore‚ Rowlandson’s experiences in captivity and encounter with the new‚ or "Other" religion of the Indians cause her rethink‚ and question her past; her experiences do not however cause her to redirect her life or change her ideals
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Mary Rowlandson: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration In exploring‚ the captivity of a puritan woman on the tenth of February 1675‚ by the Indians with great rage and numbers‚ Mary Rowlandson will portray many different views of the Indians in her recollected Narrative. Starting off with a savage view of ruthless Indian violence‚ and then after seeing the light of God in delivery of a Bible by an Indian warrior returning from the demise of a near puritan fight‚ Concluding with the friendly
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