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    The Haunted House

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    “The Haunted House in the Rocky Mountains” “The Haunted house in the Rocky Mountains” It was October 8 since my boyfriend’s grandpa passed away. He died in his sleep with ninety two years old; in the spare bedroom of bard’s house‚ where he was living for the past two years. I’m helping brad to pack everything‚ weird books‚ his writings‚ and many horror stories he write ‚ one of his book was named Lucifer ‚ that had many strange language‚ and had words invoking the devil. We were frightened

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    Light And Darkness

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    rises‚ birds begin to sing the joy of light and as the day ends‚ the birds fly back into the darkness of night. The darkness of our lives is often transformed by the delusion of light. In James Baldwin’s essay‚ "Sonny’s Blues‚"� the title itself sets up an irony that is explored throughout. The name "Sonny‚" when read‚ sounds like "Sunny‚" meaning brightness‚ light and hope. The word "Blues" presents the reader images of night‚ darkness and sadness. The darkness represents the reality of life on the

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    Haunted House

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    unknown men. I could not run anymore and entered into a house. I found myself in a very dark house. There were cobwebs everywhere. I was shivering like a leaf. It was a big house like those of the royal palaces‚ but that house seemed to belong to a witch. I just opened the door to see if those men were there and unfortunately they were outside‚ I immediately closed the door. I could not find sleep so I decided to visit the house. The house looked very beautiful from outside‚ but inside it looked

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    Haunted House Gothic

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    The setting of a story is by far the most important aspect because it is what sets the mood and tone. A haunted house at night creates a different sense of danger and mystery compared to a setting with a small little house and bright skies. Gothic means darkness and to be truly gothic‚ I believe a story must contain at least one if not all elements such as nighttime‚ supernatural‚ and fear of an unknown setting. It is because of these stories that these elements are considered scary today and I think

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    Haunted House

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    Topic: The Haunted House It was a house that most people tend not to venture and it gave no indication that anyone should. Its entrance had an old iron gate that creaked from here to heaven. The pavement leading to the house was beginning to crumble from its use over the years. There was a big oak tree at the front that made the house even spookier. We opened the old dirty wooden door and found ourselves in the dark musky living room. It was filled with so much dust and cobwebs that made it almost

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    Virginia Woolf Have you ever wondered how an author’s personal life can influence their writing? Virginia Woolf‚ an English writer‚ is one of those authors because her personal life did influence her writing. Although Virginia is known to be a depressed author she did have positive things in her lifetime along with bad. Virginia Woolf had challenges in her early life‚ middle life‚ later life‚ had literary critics‚ and things that influenced her writing. Virginia Woolf was born on January 25‚ 1882

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    Virginia Woolf was born in a privileged English household in 1882‚ Virginia Woolf was raised by free thinking parents. In addition she started writing as a young girl and published her first novel‚ ‘’The Voyage Out’’‚ in 1915. However her nonlinear‚ free form prose style inspired her colleague and earned her praise. Also she was known for her mood swings and bouts of deep depression. Furthermore she committed suicide in 1941‚ at the age of 59. Early Life Virginia Woolf an English writer was raised

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    schools were temporarily shut down. However‚ firefighters‚ police officers‚ and ambulance drivers were patrolling through New York off-duty‚ helping people who were hit hard by the hurricane. Home-owners who weren’t affected much took in those whose houses were flooded. There were food and clothing shortages‚ so many took it upon themselves to organize for donations. Colleges provided their facilities to help temporarily those who were displaced by the hurricane. People were seen taking time out of

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    Gap of Two Experiences and the Problem of Gender Inequality In two passages‚ Virginia Woolf describes her experience at a two cafeterias‚ one for a men’s college‚ and the other for a women’s college. Virginia Woolf uses complex diction‚ imagery and detail to convey her negative attitude towards women’s place in society. She also uses contrasting sentence lengths (short and long)‚ tones (awe and formulaic)‚ and imagery (vivid and bland) to help convey her attitude. Both passages contrast each other

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    In “A Room Of One’s Own” an essay by Virginia Woolf and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” a play by Edward Albee‚ both authors portray individuals‚ mainly women‚ who challenge the established values of their time by breaking conventions of the female role within a patriarchal world. “A Room Of One’s Own” was written in the late 1920’s in a post war period. During this time‚ the first wave of feminism was bringing about social change and feminist activity. Woolf was seen as a key figure in women’s

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