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    POETRY 2

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    A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories Volume I — Poems Teachers’ Handbook ICSE Edited by: P. Pinto Phones: 23244660 (Sales) 23246113 (Fax) © Reserved with the Publishers First Edition: 2014 Price: Rs. 40.00 Beeta Publications (A Unit of MSB Publishers Pvt. Ltd.) 4626/18‚ Ansari Road‚ Daryaganj New Delhi - 110002 Website: www.studentsmorningstar.com E-mail: info@studentsmorningstar.com A Collection of ICSE Poems and Short Stories Volume I — Poems 1. Where the Mind is

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    The Open Boat

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    A biographical styled story includes bits and pieces of an author’s personal life. Personal life experiences‚ personal facts‚ relationships‚ and so on. Characters and themes of the story portray part of the author’s life events and gives the reader an insight of the history of the author. The short stories “A Pair of Tickets‚” “The Open Boat‚” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ all revolve around characters who mirror their authors. Amy Tan’s “ A Pair of Tickets” begins with the main character (Jing- Mei)

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    Write about the significance of disguise and mistaken identity in Twelfth Night Shakespeare’s use of disguise and mistaken identity is significant to the plot of Twelfth Night as it is the thread that runs through the entire fabric of the play; and is instrumental in providing confusion‚ misunderstanding‚ and ultimately – love. Almost all of the characters in this play either carry out some sort of identity deception‚ or are deceived by someone else doing much the same thing. Primarily we

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    Ferdinand Magellan

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    Tahreem Yaqoob Elva Crawford HIS 101 18 April 2013 History Paper Introduction Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer who wanted to get to the Spice Islands sailing west instead of east. He was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan wanted to get to the Spice Islands and prove that they were not far from the new world colonies in doing so‚ Spain could claim the islands. In completing the task‚ he gained profit and knowledge first for Spain then himself and he would have had more possibilities

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    back portion of the island leading to people’s camps acting as a quick getaway to the lake after a long week. There are also many walking trails‚ all connected through a main trail called the Red Trail that was once used to search the coast for shipwrecks. 2/3 of this island is made up of volcanic lava‚ and we are also right above an earthquake fault line. There are so many things to see on this island if you love nature. There is a large hole in a rock formation caused by erosion that we call the

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    Arianna Goff Dunnavant Per. 4 APWH 3-8-12 Japan / china response towards western penetration Although China and japan are similar when it comes to cultural independence‚ japan however‚ was interested in technological advancements influenced by the westerners causing interaction‚ while china stayed isolated causing a power shift‚ meaning Europeans were able to gain power and control over most of Asia and Africa during the nineteenth century. For 250 years‚ japan stayed isolated and independent

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    Lord Byron Influences

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    the family home. While Donna Julia is not as vicious as May Grey‚ she took equal advantage of the family’s trust. Even more general attributes of this poem and it’s characters reflect details from the author’s own life. Juan is able to survive shipwreck because he could swim. Byron was also known as an exceptionally strong swimmer. Don Juan embarks on a grand adventure that includes travels very similar to Byron’s own. He has a number of sexual conquests during his journey‚ as did the randy author

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    Name: Steven Date: Aug 16th 2013 091A Research Paper II Can Historically Inaccurate Films Have Positive Effects on Education? “Titanic” is one of the most famous films in the world‚ which is based on a real shipwreck mixed with fiction. About 2 years ago‚ My girlfriend and I saw the film and discussed the facticity of the film. Both of us thought that the film was a historical true story‚ because everything was perfect matched in the film and we could not find any mistakes in it.

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    they are bonded to. In Twelfth Night imitation of another gender is done both out of necessity‚ and for revenge. In Twelfth Night one’s sexual preference was not a reason for gender reversal. Viola/Cesario who has just lost her brother in a shipwreck feels that she needs to dress as a man to survive on the island of Illyria. "And what should I do in Illyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance his not drown’d what you think." Viola changes her name to Cesario and begins her new life as

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    The Seaside

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    THE SEASIDE How important were the natural features of the sea and sand in creating and maintaining the popularity of the seaside resorts? Whilst sitting on a huge boulder that was on the beach‚ looking out at the sea with the sunrise glistening off of it‚ the crest of the waves turning white and finally crashing on to the beach and fizzling out where we sat‚ I turned to my then girlfriend and said “I want to live here‚ by the sea”. Within two months we had moved‚ lock stock and barrel and

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