Professor Hauth-Forgie English 102 19 February 2014 Arnold Friend or Arnold Foe ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’‚ a short story by Joyce Carol Oates‚ takes place in the mid-sixties and revolves around two central characters‚ Connie and Arnold Friend‚ who mysteriously appears at Connie’s home and tries to coax her into coming with him before ultimately forcing her. Arnold Friend is a much debated character among critics‚ largely due to hints of inhuman abilities and his intentions
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Matthew Arnold: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Scholar-Gipsy" (1853) Summary The speaker of "The Scholar-Gipsy" describes a beautiful rural setting in the pastures‚ with the town of Oxford lying in the distance. He watches the shepherd and reapers working amongst the field‚ and then tells the shepherd that he will remain out there until sundown‚ enjoying the scenery and studying the towers of Oxford. All the while‚ he will keep his book beside him. His book tells the famous story by Joseph Glanvill
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A description of the facts Mathew Fraser a 17 year old senior gave an inappropriate sexual speech during an assembly where his classmates and school staff attended. His speech was related to his classmate’s vice- presidential election for student government. He was suspended from school for three days because he broke the school disciplinary code for inappropriate sexual comments as well as gestures. The student father was angry and said the school was breaking the First Amendment for the freedom
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killed with a stick. A stick was killed the snake 16. The minister was welcomed by the people. The people were welcomed the minister 17. He was found guilty of murder. Guilty of murder was found him(?) 18. This house was built by John Mathews in 1991. John Mathews was built this house in 1991 B. Changes from indirect to direct speech 1. ‘What do you want?’ she asked him. She asked him what he did want 2. ‘Are you coming with us?’ he asked me. He asked me if i was coming with them 3. He asked‚ ‘When
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throughout the poems‚ they can range from happiness to sadness and anger‚ which help set the mood of the author and how he/she is telling it. Main themes that are present are Racism‚ War‚ and Death and how they can be paired hand in hand and help reinforce the message of the Poem. Racism is a major problem that is still being tackled today‚ with the discrimination of a certain race or religion‚ it has affected many lives including Cecil Fisher‚ who is the author of the poem “Black Anzac”. The poem focuses
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things such as power or pride. Throughout the British epic poem Beowulf‚ there are many killings and deaths. Grendel (a gigantic‚ troll-like ogre) kills Danish thanes‚ Beowulf comes to the rescue and kills Grendel and his mother. Also Beowulf kills a dragon and gets killed by the dragon. The most important theme of the great epic poem Beowulf is ’death.’ By the death of the enemy‚ characters in the poem earn pride and dignity. The poem is about a hero from the land of the Geats to help the kingdom
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Man: His Solitariness Robert Frost has written on almost every subject‚ but alienation and isolation‚ both emotional and physical‚ are the major themes of his poetry. His‚ ‘book of people’‚ North of Boston‚ is full of solitaries who are lonely and isolated for one reason or the other. Frost is a great poet of boundaries and barriers which divide men from men and come in the way of communication‚ and so result in lack of understanding and friction. Man is not only isolated from other man‚ but Frost
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-Judith Wright Hunting snake is the poem written by Judith Wright‚ an Australian environmentalist‚ who shares her amazing encounter with a great black snake. The main theme of the poem is nature. Here‚ the description that the poet gives about “the great black snake” is pretty much similar to the red bellied black snake which was found in the writer’s hometown in New South Wales. In this poem‚ the persona or the voice is that of the poet herself. The poem is written in a quatrain‚ i.e four stanzas
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Peaceful Dover beach‚ which was calm the night when Arnold was there‚ showed us the difficulty of accomplishing something. By using ideational structure full of metaphors and making each stanza to have its own characteristic‚ Arnold effectively transferred the theme of the poem. The poetry starts with the description of Dover beach at a moment‚ which would not last forever‚ directed us to the sadness or disappointment that he would reveal later in poetry. The first stanza is very much about
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above with reference to two poems you have studied on the theme "Relationship." There are several important issues that teenagers need to consider seriously when being involved in a relationship. Issues such as having honest open communication and dialogue‚ understanding one another‚ not being judgemental‚ knowing and loving each other are important elements in any successful relationship. These issues are highlighted in the poem that I will write on. These two poems are "Quiet Pain" and "Silly
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