Infatuation for love is a spell that can be broken in instant of discern. In the story “Out of Love in Sarajevo”‚ the main character is delusional about being in love with her college professor‚ Peter Piper. Contrary to her belief prior to her revelation‚ she was just obsessed with succeeding academically‚ thus outdoing her sister Clare. The opening setting of the story provides a hint to what the main character’s emotions were and how she would experience an unexpected life-changing decision: “it
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Symbols of Guilt Within The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter‚ a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800’s‚ transports readers to a Puritan town in the 1600’s. Hawthorne‚ nephew of the Puritan Judge John Hathorne‚ was very fixated on puritanism and theocracy. Throughout his novel Hawthorne repeatedly emphasizes the importance of the Christian religion in the theocratic town. Along with stressing the topic of religion Hawthorne also accentuates the theme of guilt within his novel and uses
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Topic: The Separate Vote Count Mechanism in the Hong Kong Legislative Council In Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco)‚ the decision rule is difference for the bills by government and the bills by the legislative council members. There are different views about the Separate Vote Count Mechanism in the decision rule of Legco. Some people think that it cannot reveal public interest and some people think it has its function on resisting so called “unreasonable” or “nonsense” bills by the legco members
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may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil‚ / Must give us pause. There’s the respect / That makes calamity of so long life. / For who would bear the whips and scorns of time‚ / Th ’ oppressor’s wrong‚ the proud man’s contumely‚ / The pangs of despised love‚ the law’s delay‚ / The
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fantastical” (1.1‚ 14-15)‚ this explains that Orsino finds love fantastic and nothing can compare with love‚ or in his case infatuation. Orsino also shows his fascination with love itself when he states‚ If ever thou shalt love‚ In the sweet pangs of it remember me; For such as I am all true lovers are‚ Unstaid and skittish in all motions else Save the constant image of the creature That is beloved (2.4‚ 15-20). In this passage Orsino doesn’t even speak of the one he loves‚ he just
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Emmanuel Onoh In Richard Wright’s Black Boy‚ Richard’s life was a lot of struggling right from a young age. He was a boy who likes to ask and know about things but‚ after his father is gone‚ there is not enough for his mother to afford to buy things such as food which was Richard’s greatest needs in chapter 1. Then in chapter 5‚ another problem came his way as his Mother gets very ill. Now he is going to have to take care of himself with his physical wellbeing. In chapter 1of
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sad hooting of an owl that rends the nocturnal silence and enters his relaxing private space to make it bristle with guilt-complex‚ irony and the painful misery of the suffering humanity. It turns his food tasteless; too salty to take as he feels the pang for leaving his friends exposed to mortal danger‚ enjoying all the comforts all alone. The pathetic cry of the owl was like an epiphanic voice that purged him through an awakening of sensitivity and regret. He was “sobered” and humbled by the experience
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Bryon’s "Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage": The Byronic Hero Boozer English 11/4/95 In Byron’s poem‚ "Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage" the main character is portrayed as a dark brooding man‚ who doesn’t like society and wants to escape from the world because of his discontent with it. Through the poem we see the strong resemblance the Byronic hero has to many of today’s popular characters‚ such as Batman. In the third stanza of the poem we learn that Childe Harold is the product
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Secrecy is an important element in any plot. It creates irony and sometimes situational comedy. The way in which a character keeps or reveals a secret affects the plot and adds to the main theme of the work. Viola‚ a character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night‚ must keep the secret of her true identity. The play uses secrecy as an important element of the plot by creating irony‚ situational comedy‚ and tension‚ as well as affecting the plot and contributing to the overall meaning of the play. The
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Lina Vilkas is an average 15 year old girl with a prestigious art school to look forward too‚ typical teenage problems‚ and a family who loves and supports her through her everyday life. Her life as she knows it is shattered before her when Soviet secret police unexpectedly barge into their elegant Lithuanian home one summers night in 1941‚ leaving nothing but broken shards of her life behind. Lina‚ her younger brother Jonas‚ and her head strong mother are separated from their father and
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