Ian Gidley IB English I May 17‚ 2005 World Literature Paper I A Character Comparison: Nora Vs. Antigone In the novels A Doll’s House and Antigone‚ Ibsen and Sophocles respectively create two lead female characters‚ Nora and Antigone‚ who confront society’s expectations of women in fundamentally different ways. Nora goes against the grain of middle class society by first forging her father’s signature and then deceiving her husband‚ Torvald‚ throughout their marriage; Antigone‚ on the other
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War is Kind In Stephen Cranes poem “War is Kind‚” He uses repetition‚ tone and imagery‚ to communicate his theme: war is not kind‚ it is horrible. Repetition is the most prominent literary element used by the author. One of the most repeated phrases is "war is kind." Not only does it appear in the title‚ but it is repeated in lines 15‚ 12‚ 16‚ and 26. Crane illustrates that he is being verbally ironic. He does not mean that war is kind‚ but that war creates Misery. The phrase "do not weep" is
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Her Kind The poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton brings attention to her readers from digging deep into the true meaning behind her imagery. Her poem is quiet but along with an intense emotion‚ it brings out most of what she truly felt in reality. Anne describes very descriptively three roles of women in society that are overlooked and judged constantly by the people around them. In Anne’s eyes‚ she makes us feel that as good of a person she can be‚ she’s always overlooked and misunderstood and she
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The "sexual natural attitude" that is reflected through our Western culture differs greatly from that of other cultures. Our sexual natural attitude includes human beings falling into two distinct and complementary categories: male and female. Our culture denotes normality as only when two people of different genders have sexual relations or get married. It is a male dominated society where norms are often based on androcentric beliefs (McGann 2005). Our society labels people as heterosexual or
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quality‚ because of the greater level of organization. For this reason‚ outlines should be among the tools which every writer knows how to use. Outlines help writers to organize what they are going to say before they write it. 2. What are the kinds of outline? The most common type of outline is called the Alphanumeric Outline. Alpha as in alphabet and Numeric as in Numerals - it ’s the one that uses a combination of numbers and letters to organize your thoughts. I. Start with Roman Numbers
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lunatic‚ and losing your mother‚ turns out to be more valuable than meeting your mother‚ learning the truth‚ and knowing why your father had a bizarre relationship with a woman Sal believes is a murderer. Throughout the novel‚Walk Two Moons‚ by Sharon Creech‚ Sal the main character and her father move from their farm in Bybanks‚ Kentucky‚ to an unknown place to them in Euclid‚ Ohio. Once they reach Euclid‚ Sal learns that her father met a woman‚ not just any woman‚ a woman by the name of Mrs.Cadaver who
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cost the producers $20 million. Sitcoms universally share a simular plot structure. The sitcom‚ has two or three different stories or plot points. Story A‚ Story B and Story C which are made to split characters into different storylines. The opening sequence of the show starts with all the characters involved in the plot line of story A. The opening sequence shows other or even all the characters in the show sometimes with the addition of guest stars.
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Her Kind Anne Sexton was a profound poet and writer of her time‚ just as well as our time. Sexton used poetry as a gateway to express herself to people. Sexton’s work can be considered as an insight into being a woman. Poetry itself has be considered a way of relieving yourself of your emotions. Many poets have used the works to get a point across or just to inform. Take for instance the poem “Her Kind”. Look how it is detailed and self explanatory. Just reading a poem like this gives people insight
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The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities: A Comparison The ninth commandment tells man not to give false witness.(Exodus 20:16) Nathaniel Hawthorn and Charles Dickens in their novels The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities‚ respectively‚ both use punishment for deception as a recurring theme. Although they do so to different degrees and in dissimilar manners‚ both authors agree that deception is a sin that requires punishment. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the heroine‚ Hester Prynne conceived
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Amy Purdy asks‚ “If your life were a book and you were the author‚ how would you want your story to go?” That is the question that changed her life forever. When Amy was 19‚ she moved to a place where it snowed which had been her dream since she was a little girl‚ she finally felt free and in control of her life. One day‚ Amy was coming home from work with what she thought was the flu‚ under 24 hours later she ended up in a hospital with a less than 2 percent chance of living. She was diagnosed with
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