events and emotions. Nature also provides the poet with inspiration. Using nature to symbolize is one technique poets use in order to convey an idea or message that the poet wants to underline and express. In Thomas Hardy’s poems ‘Neutral Tones’‚ ‘The Moth Signal’ and ‘The Darkling Thrush’ we see nature being used to portray these. The poem ‘Neutral Tones’ was written in 1867 which is part of Hardy’s collection of Wessex Poems and Other Verses. The poem is about the end of a relationship‚ and presents
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Theme Development in “The Moths” by Helena Maria Viramontes When one is internally consumed by resentment‚ they become isolated and it takes an extreme event such as a great loss to regain inner peace. A young teen in the story “The Moths” is the outcast in her family. She isn’t girly or dainty like the rest of her sisters. The narrator almost always feels alone‚ even at church. The only person that can make her feel safe is her grandmother. At first the young teen represents immaturity. Hitting
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pictures of perfect family relationships and what they are expected to be‚ they are more often riddled with trials and tribulations that do not always have a happy ending. “The Moths” by Helena María Viramontes and “Saving Sourdi” by May-lee Chai are prime examples of youth struggling to achieve acceptance. In “The Moths”‚ the narrator realizes that she does not satisfy her family’s expectations‚ but she is not willing to relent to the pressure they put on her to conform. As a result‚ she embraces
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Religion is Ridiculous?: A Comparison/Contrast between The Nonexistent Knight and Chronicle of a Death Foretold Religion is a top the list of controversial subjects to include in works of literature. Italo Calvino and Gabriel Garcia Marquez do not blatantly state their positions on the subject‚ but yet surreptitiously use a backdoor approach to disperse their message. In order to communicate the ridiculousness of religion both authors construct characters and events representing religious
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Annie Dillard‚ the author of “The Death of a Moth” and Virginia Woolf‚ the author of “The Death of the Moth” have very different outlooks on the subject of life and death. Annie Dillard notices the point of loss and gain involved in the circle of life. Virginia Woolf‚ however‚ seems to see life as pointless and meaningless. It is essentially a postponement of the inevitable to her. Each author writes her essay at a different point in the year. This has a major impact on the personalities each
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Types Of Organic Matter a) Animal Manure These are usually animal droppings or dung‚urine and slaughter house wastes . Animal wastes provide the largest source of plant nutrients . Among animal or organic manure farmyard‚ manure (FYM) is most common and important source . FYM is more or less decomposed mixture of animal droppings‚ urine with the straw or other litter that is used in the yards to absorb the liquid portions and keep the animal lean; left over fodders
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Death has always been a controversial topic with two sides always battling with each other. The side that says that death is a terrible stage in life that take people that you love away. Or the side that believes that death is just a resting period between this world and the afterlife. The poems "On My First Son" by Ben Jonson and "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne are perfect examples of those two arguing sides. "On My First Son" has a very distinct tone of being sad and morbid about death that
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Juliet and in Death of a Salesman‚ lying was a big theme that took place. Lying was a part of the central characters everyday life and eventually led to death. In these two stories we are shown how destructive lying can be on a family’s relationship. Also that lying can protect people and make them feel better about themselves. Not knowing something that might hurt you can either result in a good or a bad outcome. Sadly‚ in these two stories the outcome was not good. Romeo and Juliet and Death of a Salesman
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Compare and Contrast two beliefs of Life after Death? Resurrection and reincarnation both have the same basic belief‚ that there is life after death‚ but the concept of the two beliefs are very different in several ways. Reincarnation is a Dualist belief and is a rebirth into a new form of existence that may be totally different from the first form of existence. For example‚ a human could get reincarnated as an animal such as a cow. The cow is a totally different form than a human. On the other
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It is evident in both Chronicles of a Death Foretold and Antigone; family honour plays a drastic role in decision making‚ morals‚ and ultimately outlines the culture of society. Although the decision making and morals aren’t the same in both works‚ it still demonstrates the culture of the society. In Antigone‚ Sophocles displays a contrast in the views of family honour to display the culture of Thebes. The reactions by the chorus to the actions of Antigone giving her brother a proper burial
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