Arnold Toynbee’s Thought Analysis of the book " The World and the West " I have proposed to do an analysis on the main ideas of Arnold Toynbee’s book " The World and the West "‚ written in 1953. Though it has already passed more than half a century from its publication‚ I believe that the thoughts exposed in this work continue being in force. The significance of each one of Toynbee’s theses are still a motive of discussion between intellectuals of the most diverse tendencies. For the public
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Poetry‚ which appeared in 1888 as the first entry of his Essays in Criticism‚ Second Series‚ presents Matthew Arnold’s case for the importance of poetry. According to Arnold‚ poetry is the criticism of life‚ “and the criticism of life will be of power in proportion as the poetry conveying it is excellent rather than inferior” (237). Arnold argues that the purpose of poetry is to interpret life‚ to explain meanings beyond our comprehension: “more and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to
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window before he died‚ and Arnold caught him. Arnold had a child named Victor‚ and his age was same with Thomas. Because of the fire killed Thomas’ parents‚ he was raised by his grandmother‚ and he had a strange personality. Arnold had an addiction to alcohol‚ and he would become violence after he got drunk. When Victor was 12 years old‚ Arnold left Victor and his wife because of a fighting with his wife. Thomas and Victor had never left their hometown until they knew that Arnold died. Suzy told Victor’s
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David Cano 3/1/2014 ENC1102 Arnold Friend = Devil? One of the big mysteries In Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Is Arnold Friend the devil or not. Arnold Friend portrays the devil in many ways. In the story‚ Arnold friend is the devil‚ he went to Connie’s house and tries to get her to go for a ride with him and his friend Elli Oscar so‚ he can rape and kill her. Arnold Friend is none other than the devil himself‚ which shows in his appearance‚ his speech‚ his
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In the video there were several different illusions that showed us how one’s perception can be easily manipulated. One showcase was about the “crazy nuts”‚ which showed two perpendicular nuts that seemed to be moving or sliding across each other‚ when in actuality‚ the notes were rotating. Each time the movement occurred our minds had a momentary lapse before realizing what was truly happening in the illusion. I found two optical illusions enjoyable. One was about the manipulation on shapes. In
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Exercise 1 The Things They Carried EXCERPT ① 1. How is the term common secret typical of the phrasing of this whole passage? How is run or freeze or hide also typical of the excerpt’s phrasing? In which sentences does O’Brien’s phrasing seem especially clear‚ direct‚ and simple‚ and why is such phrasing so effective? How would you describe the tone of this passage? How might the tone easily have been quite different? For instance‚ how could it have been highly emotional and melodramatic? Why
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Jacob Sunday Calotes BSCE-1 My Perception of Saint Arnold Janssen Saint Arnold Janssen‚ S.V.D. (November 5‚ 1837 – January 15‚ 1909) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary‚ and is venerated as a saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word‚ a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation‚ also known as the Divine Word Missionaries‚ as well as two congregations for women. Janssen was born in Goch‚ in the Rhineland‚ Germany‚ not far from the Dutch
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All these devices leave a very vivid description of the students’ anticipating such an unpleasant inevitability as the exam. By means of the author’s language our imagination depicts a distinct and colorful picture proving the effectiveness of the stylistic devices in Gordon’s description. It’s hard to believe but suspense is even growing from one paragraph to another turning just an investigation of a man’s knowledge into judgment day. And to my mind this allusion is chosen nonrandom but to emphasize
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FUNCTIONAL STYLISTICS Functional stylistics is a branch of linguistics which studies functional varieties of the literary language determined by specific spheres and aims of communication. In modern society every person constantly finds himself in regularly recurring situations typical of the given culture‚ in which he has to play a definite social role‚ i.e. to behave according to norms accepted in the given society for such situations. One of the manifestations of a social role of
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Claribel by Arnold Bennett. The General Slant of the Story. The Author’s Attitude to Love and the Institution of Marriage Honorable members of the examination board‚ the speech submitted to your consideration is devoted to the essence of love and the institution of marriage on the basis of the story “Claribel” written by Arnold Bennett. In my speech I’m to dwell upon the following points: firstly I give the definition of love‚ then I pass on to love in its various forms‚ after that I focus
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