the origin of the phrase “once in a blue moon” and what a blue moon actually is. “Once in a blue moon” today means “very rarely‚” though it used to mean something that was absurd‚ right along the lines of “when pigs fly.” The first known recorded use of a form of the phrase is in an anti-clerical pamphlet published in 1528 by William Roy and Jeremy Barlowe. In a conversation between two characters‚ one says‚ “Yf they say the mone is blewe/We must believe that it is true.” It appears to be a
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Winthrop In the passage called “A City Upon a Hill” John Winthrop‚ lawyer and leader of the 1630 migration of English Puritans to Massachusetts‚ discusses his beliefs Puritans should follow to be a good Puritan citizen. Winthrop tries to persuade the Puritans to create a good christian society‚ which they will achieve by sticking together as a community with the idea of brotherly love. Brotherly love with allow the community to succeed and prosper. Winthrop uses repetition‚ an extended metaphor and tone to
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Restrictions Upon Women (Final Draft) In the article “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem”‚ Fatema Mernissi talks about how Western beauty standards harm and embarrass the female population even so as the veil does the same in extremist nations‚ if forced by authorities. She explains how the Eastern countries do not have such a rigid standard of beauty and how men are simply not part of fashion‚ in contrary to the West where fashion is used by men to control what women wear. She does this by relating
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In "Caliban Upon Setebos" by Robert Browning‚ the creature Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ reveals his views concerning life‚ religion‚ and human nature. In The Tempest Caliban is portrayed as a spiteful‚ brutish‚ and drunken beast who despises his powerful master Prospero and his beautiful daughter Miranda. He often appears as a coarse and thick headed character; he is overwhelmed by the wine that he is given by the butler Stephano and worships him as a god. Browning’s poem shows
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After reading all of the descriptive essays I found that I liked the “Once More to the Lake “By E.B White. His essay is easily readable and his diction is simplistic. His descriptions and imagery include Whites past and present memories. The narration is first person through the eyes and voice of the author. On the other hand I feel that his theme is more elusive. This retrospection allows the reader to slip behind the wall of time and memories to watch a son and father enjoy the America dream a vacation
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September 31‚ 2012 Once More to the Lake In this story the author relives his childhood memories on a lake in Maine where his father used to take him and his siblings. In the story the author has moments where he “seemed to be living in dual existence” where he sees himself as his son and sees himself being his father at the same time. The author says “I would be in the middle of a simple act‚ I would be picking up a bait box‚ or laying down a table fork‚ or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly
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The two poems‚ "Rising five" by Norman Nicholson and "Piano and Drums" by Gabriel Okara share many of the same base themes through the use of language techniques. Both these poems are to do with life and yet both looked at different parts of it. They each used similar language techniques but for different reasons. They both use metaphors and imagery to emphasise their points In both "Rising five" and "Piano and Drums" metaphors are used to link the surrounding with life itself. In the poem‚ "Rising
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“Once More to the Lake” “Once More to the Lake” is about a father who takes his son to a camp he had visited often as a boy with his own father. While on this trip‚ the man often reminisces about how this camp has not changed a bit and that he often feels like he has gone back in time and is the boy he was when he first came‚ not the father he now is like when the speaker says “[…] or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly it would be not I but my father who was saying the words […]” (White
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most compelling.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Respond to this question with close reference to one or more text(s) you have studied. The Heke family that feature in the ground-breaking New Zealand film from 1994‚ ‘Once were warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori are clearly a family living on the margins of society. They live in a state house next to a busy and noisy motorway in South Auckland‚ New Zealand. Their story is undoubtedly a compelling one: an abusive husband
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers - Literature Notes The physical structure of this poem has beenaltered from the original layout in the text. Brave flowers‚ 1.that I could 5.gallant it likeyou‚ and be as little vain;You come abroad and make a 6.harmless show‚And to your beds of earth again;You are not proud‚ you know your birth‚For your embroidered garments are from earth.You do obey your months and times‚ but Iwould have it ever spring;My fate would know no winter‚ never die‚ nor think of such a
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