Different skin tones in humans are associated with the sun’s UV radiation and geography. UV rays can be used by the human body as a source for Vitamin D‚ which helps make bones stronger by taking in the calcium necessary to create stronger bones. A ton of sun exposure that’s especially strong can be damaging to the human body‚ especially the skin. To solve this problem‚ evolution created a skin tone that was already dark in areas with strong sun exposure to protect the skin from the dangerous rays
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In “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen‚ the female protagonist‚ Kathleen Drover‚ finds that the atmosphere‚ interiorly and exteriorly of her former home‚ is similar to her repressed memories of a past life. Kathleen Drover arrives to her former residence with an initial plan to pack up a few items from her former life; the “steamy‚ showery day” (1) represents Kathleen’s need to restore her current life by obscuring memories that surfaced upon her arrival to the house. However‚ Kathleen‚ in an
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the reader wants to see versus the authors intended purpose. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is a popular poem that is often misinterpreted as a message to nonconformity. However‚ the poem’s use of symbolism and subtle irony reflects a regretful tone to cultivate its true message about the complexities of decision making and missed opportunities. The use of Frost’s imagery can be first found in the title‚ “The Road Not Taken.” The title introduces its main use of symbolism with roads. The figurative
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Anne Sexton’s poem titled “Her Kind” is a popular poem filled with powerful imagery‚ diction‚ and syntax. Her particular use of these elements in different ways contributes to the robotic and non-human tone of the poem. Her use of syntax in the poem is done in a very clever manner. The lines of the poem are short and almost all contain commas. These commas are a part of the syntax because they contribute to the sentence structure. They split up each line into two halves‚ and it almost
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As a stunningly beautiful work of art‚ "The Lover"‚ by Marguerite Duras‚ realistically and profoundly exposes the astonishing harmonization and clashing dissonance of love‚ sexuality and antagonism‚ memory and forgetfulness‚ emotions of happiness and dolefulness‚ and certitude of being desired. Memoirs of Marguerite Duras‚ as a reworking of the childhood in Indochina‚ intensely flowed out from her heart‚ artistically delineated into her novel and inextricably‚ bounded together and entwined with the
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humorous tone and amusing descriptions to make the reader laugh. “My father was a St.Bernard‚ my mother was a collie‚ but I am a Presbyterian.” Mark Twain try’s to make a humorous effect by describing how the narrator’s parents are by using dog descriptions to describe their personalities. For example‚ the
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lines eleven and twelve when he says "And may there be no sadness of farewell / When I embark;" you could tell that the speaker was accepting his death‚ and did not want anyone to be saddened by him leaving. The tone of this poem is sad since the speaker is dying‚ but it is also a calm tone since the speaker is accepting his death‚ and moving on. The speaker had no regrets that he spoke of‚ and knew that his journey was about to end on Earth. In the poem the word bourne was used (13) which meant
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Porphyria’s Lover Context Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a Victorian poet‚ who is particularly famous for his dramatic monologues in verse form. Browning was born in London‚ to a family who relished literature‚ and he grew up surrounded by books. He wrote his first book of poems before he was 12 – but destroyed them as an adult to make sure no-one could publish them! Browning devoted himself to poetry‚ and initially had to live at home and be supported by his parents to do so. He married another
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struggles of Prince Hamlet who is deeply depressed by the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius. The tone of the play gives off a very dark‚ uncertain and introspective feel‚ as the line find quote from beginning of the play. These lines represent the distressing and mourning of the death of the King. Because of this gloomy tone‚ I chose a setting that was a rather dark period of time and expressed the same feelings as Hamlet. Hamlet focuses on complications that
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ACC460 –Auditing Video Case Fraud and Tone at the Top - Video Case Questions This video is an informative video made for accounting students and employees that outlines the danger of corruption and fraud in the workplace. The majority of the video is an interview with Walt Pavlo of MCI Worldcom. He explains his case and the steps that lead him to take the actions that landed him in prison. While he is telling his story two gentalmen describe how Walt’s story relates to the world of auditing
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