Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) Language and words prove that we love the Earth‚ “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate‚ half perplex‚ the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) To someone
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mother is a big-boned‚ heavyset woman with rough hands and a rough dark face. The mother does the hard work of a man. She wears overalls and can kill and gut a pig or bull calf as good as any man can. Her fat is useful in keeping her warm on winter days when she works outside. She has a second-grade education and‚ unlike her daughter Dee‚ doesn’t have a quick tongue and avoids looking white men in the eye. Maggie‚ who is also in stark contrast to Dee‚ is a skinny black woman covered in scars. She walks
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Macbeth: Quotation Analysis (Act 1‚ Scenes 1-3) 1. Explain the literary device used when the sergeant reveals Macbeth’s victory in“ Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds‚/ or memorize another Golgotha” (1.2.43-44). The literary device used in the quotation is metaphor and allusion. In the first part of the quotation metaphor is used‚ it states “except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds”‚ which is telling a situation
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Avery.W The Great Gatsby Quotations 1) “Gatsby turned out all right at the end‚ it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men” Importance: Although we don’t meet Gatsby until chapter 3‚ this quote allows us to know what Gatsby is like in chapter 1. Symbolism: “Foul dust” symbolizes the valley of ashes that is in between the east egg and west egg. The land symbolizes as
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Billy Elliot - Quotations Dad: Listen‚ have you noticed anything weird about our Billy lately? Tony: What are you after like‚ a list? Billy: Just because I like ballet doesn’t mean I’m a poof‚ you know. Mrs. Wilkinson: Find a place on that bloody wall and focus on that spot. Then whip your head ’round and come back to that spot. Prepare! Mrs. Wilkinson: Right‚ Mr. Braithwaite‚ "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow". [to herself] Mrs. Wilkinson: Fat chance! Billy: So what about your
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A Summary about When Lightning Struck Always remember: the point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on. When lightning struck the plane‚ the author was in the bathroom of the plane. She knew what it was. The flight waved widely and it was hard for her to sit down. As she lunged toward her seat‚ everyone was looking up at her‚ feared. A little girl beside the author seemed scared‚ for whom it was only second time on an airplane. A young businessman who had been confidently working
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others. Tryon Edwards “An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” ― Brian Tracy “We never know which lives we influence‚ or when‚ or why.” ― Stephen King‚ 11/22/63 “Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” ― Jiddu Krishnamurti “Bodily exercise‚ when compulsory‚ does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” ― Plato‚ The Republic “If thou wouldst seek justice
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4-The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will‚ in the end‚ take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. 5-If civilization has risen from the Stone Age‚ it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. 6-When we heal the earth‚ we heal ourselves. 7-How long can men thrive between walls of brick‚ walking on asphalt pavements‚ breathing the fumes of coal and of oil‚ growing‚ working‚ dying‚ with hardly a thought of wind‚ and sky‚ and fields of grain‚ seeing
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Within the novels Lupita Mañana by Patricia Beatty and The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez‚ the experiences of the lives of two different families immigrating from Mexico and El Salvador to the United States are shared and explored. The plights of the main characters within the two works‚ Lupita and Panchito‚ are reminiscent of each other. They are both forced to contend with the hardships of trying to live and prosper within a society that rejects them because they are different. Struggling to find
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3. If love be rough with you‚ be rough with love: Prick love for pricking‚ and you beat love down. Give me a case to put my visage in. A visor for a visor! This quotation is spoken by Mercutio to Romeo. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to persuade Romeo to join them in a masquerade. Romeo is reluctant to to join them. He rather be alone with his love-sick misery about Rosaline not returning his love and Mercutio is trying to cheer up Romeo. This passage is significant because it
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