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    Professor Credito ENG 115-550 October 31‚ 2013 Paper # 3 “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a very interesting story about a young married women and her response to the news of her husband’s death in a train accident. Though the story is short‚ it touches the reader’s feelings and seems complete to depict the hidden feelings of a widow who discovers freedom rather than despair after her husband’s death. Chopin dramatizes the story in a very fascinating manner with all the details of the feelings

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    Fiction‚ Poetry‚ and Drama‚ DiYanni states‚ “…irony always involves a contrast or discrepancy between one thing and another” (p. 97).  Irony can be presented through the language of the work‚ the events that occur or in the point of view of the work (DiYanni‚ 2007‚ p. 97).  These different types of irony are subsequently called verbal‚ situational and dramatic.  Each of these is demonstrated in the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ the play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ by Oscar

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    Kelly Means English 1113-350 11/8/09 Compare and Contrast To compare and contrast essays can be a difficult thing to do. One might tend to look for similarities in essays and choose that way. You might focus on essays that are just blatantly obvious in their differences. But that would be too easy. However if one might choose essays that are different and then search to find out how they are the same may prove more entertaining. I chose “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” and “Just Walk on By

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    Leiter Mrs. Kurtz English II 13 September 2014 Compare and Contrast Essay In the stories‚ “The Lie‚” by Kurt Vonnegut and “Barn Burning‚” by William Faulkner‚ the main characters mature from childhood into adulthood. This maturity either develops from support of one’s family and upbringing or it grows internally from one’s conscience. We see from both stories that the main characters use this maturity to courageously speak up. In the story‚ “The Lie‚” Eli matures into adulthood. Due to his

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    NORZAHIRAH BINTI ABD AZIZ B14CS0028 930323-10-5730 SECTION 9 TITLE : Compare and contrast libraries and the internet as the two major sources of information for use in academic written work. With the advancement of technology today‚ it can facilitate us to obtain the information easily. The conventional way that is still being practised nowadays to obtain information is by going to library. Libraries and internet are the two major sources of information for use in academic written work. Both

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    comparing and contrasting my life with the following stories. One of these stories is called “The Lottery” which is about a village where they perform extremely outdated and unethical traditions where whoever wins ‘the lottery’ will be stoned to death. Everybody has to participate and it is such an old tradition that bystanders have accepted the culture so deeply into their lives that they will not object or act against ‘the lottery’.

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    Jeleigha Ritter Compare-Contrast Essay Although both Spunk and Joe compete for Lena’s affection‚ Lena admires Spunk due to his physical appearance‚ wealth‚ and reputation among the townsmen. Though these men clearly have different backgrounds‚ they both have one thing in common‚ which is their affection for Lena. Both men share a love for Lena that makes them do crazy things. Spunk shares a love so strong with Lena that he is bold enough to walk around town with her while having the knowledge that

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    “Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders‚ movie and novel‚ are both outstanding masterpieces‚ both of them loved by millions‚ and even if the actors don’t match up with how the characters are described in the book‚ they still portray the characters outstandingly. Even though there are a myriad of differences there are also a mass of similarities‚ for instance‚ they are both set in the same time frame (The 1960´s). They both keep the technology and clothing relevant to how it was portrayed

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    Chopin’s “The Storm”‚ a married woman breaks free from the patriarchal norm of her time. This story embodies feminism for many reasons—some of which are giving female characters typical “male” characteristics and discussing female sexuality. An affair that would usually be looked at with distaste and as an abomination is nonchalantly recounted in this shocking tale. It is also representative of Chopin’s background and symbolizes the turning of a page for women everywhere. This story goes into the

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    diary was a short story called The Storm. In the short story The Storm there are four main characters‚ these characters are Calixta whom is married to Bobinot‚ Bibi which is the son to Calixta and Bobinot‚ and Alcee who is married to Clarisse who is away on vacation during the short story. The short story is about two of the characters committing adultery during a thunderstorm. Bobinot and Bibi went to the store to grab some things they needed and while they are at the store a huge storm begins therefore

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