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    separated lovers‚ the author places both Demetrius and Lysander to love Hermia instead of Helena. I consider this unbalanced love with a happy ending. The reason why I say this is because Shakespeare creates a dramatic feel and role to the play in the beginning. By establishing a dramatic sense of feel for the audience as an introduction and concluding it with a happy ending‚ Shakespeare knows that all would go well. He begins with Demetrius breaking up with Helena for Hermia. Lysander on the other hand

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    Title: Why is there poverty and can it be completely removed? In this session the concept of poverty will be discussed‚ the problems we have in measuring it‚ its causes‚ and policy responses to it. Over the last several decades’ years‚ the poverty is undoubtedly considered as one of the most serious problems in the world‚ even though there has been a rapid development of the economy in some developing countries such as China and India. The relation between poverty and the development of the economy

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    Chapter 1 PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter talks about the introduction of our research. Which is about the social networking sites and their effects to some college students’ academic performance. The background of this study will also be clearly discussed in this chapter together with the aims of the research and its point of view. Introduction Multiply‚ Friendster‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Tumblr‚ and other social networking sites are very much embraced by lots of college students nowadays;

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    The Irony in ’The Lottery ’ Shirley Jackson wrote the story ’The Lottery. ’ A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views‚ situations‚ and the title are all ironic to the story ’The Lottery. ’ The point of view in ’The Lottery ’ is ironic to the outcome. Jackson used third person dramatic point of view when writing ’The Lottery. ’ The

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    Assignment 1. Were you surprised by the ending of the story? If not‚ at what point did you know what was going to happen? How does Jackson start to foreshadow the ending in paragraphs 2 and 3? Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? A: No‚ I wasn’t because it’s a lottery. I wouldn’t be surprised on what happens in a lottery. That there was going to be very immature acting in the story. That there was going to be some hints

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    GANTH 196 Test #3 study guide Understanding primates What is a primate? Mammal – have hair‚ nurse young‚ warm blooded‚ and relatively large brains. Biography: Activity cycles: Diet: Primates tend to seek foods rich in protein and carbs. Proteins are essential for growth and basic body functions Carbs area ready source of energy Main sources of proteins include: Leaves (Folivore) Bugs (Insectivore) Seeds (gramnivore) Vertebrates (faunivore) Main sources of carbs include: Fruit

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    and Jim give each other. The story would not become famous without its “surprising ending”‚ the accident and coincidence. Readers are attracted to the moving love story between Jim and Della‚ which is transfigured by O.Henry’s unrivalled flowery language‚ academic and belles-letters style‚ and his superb ironical tone. At the end of the story‚ readers will only be able to say “How ironical their life is!” “The irony of life” in “The Gift of the Magi” is presented through a story of love and sacrifice

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    “this” country by describing how the animals are treated in both scenarios and using a shift in her poem to show contrast between the two countries. Atwood uses specific words to describe the animals in both countries to show how they are viewed differently. The speaker begins the poem by firstly indicating that “the animals have the faces of people” (Atwood 798; lines 1-2) implying that there seems to be no difference from animals and humans. Furthermore‚ the animals in ‘that’ country are described and

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    this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy

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    模範子女的定義: 典型的優秀子女‚值得我們去學習的 /榜樣 1.孝順 (百行孝為先) 父母為了教養我們,付出了全心的愛,就算兒女長大成人,他們也不曾絲毫改變那份無微不至、犧牲奉獻的關愛 所以我們應該心懷感恩盡心奉養父母 以感謝父母的撫養 弟子入則孝,出則弟。 意思是:少年弟子回到家裡要孝敬父母,外出要敬愛兄長。 夫孝,天之經也,地之義也。 意思是:孝是天經地義的。出自《孝經》。 好飯先盡爹娘用,好衣先盡爹娘穿。 意思是:好飯先給父母吃,好衣先給父母穿。出自《勸報親恩篇》。 首孝弟,次謹信。 意思是:首先要孝順父母,敬愛兄長,其次要謹慎,守信用。出自(清)李毓秀《弟子規》。 聽」即是留心、尊重、順服及體貼父母所說的或 未說出口的心意或感受 ;「從」即是做父母心所 願、所盼的事,使父母的心喜悅及安慰 2. 坦誠(坦率‚真誠) 真誠待人或與人相處‚ 雙方以真實的言語、真實的感情交往‚ 相互關愛,彼此扶助 坦誠需要存在於家庭的每個成員之間。如果一個人向你坦誠表白一切,是表示他信任你的人格,相對的也需要你對他有最深的尊敬與絕對的守密。健康的坦誠時,是將自己生活中的一部分,不論是愛、是喜、是善良、是醜惡都願意開放給對方。彼此之間不應該有任何的欺騙或隱瞞。

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