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    Phase the 6th: The Convert Chapter XLV Physical Journey: Phase the Sixth begins after Tess travels to visit Angel’s family at their house‚ where she doesn’t find Angel’s parents due to it being a Sunday and they are at Church. Instead‚ she comes across Angel’s brothers Felix and Cuthburt who are discussing his unfortunate marriage to Tess. In this chapter Tess is travelling back to Flintcomb-Ash farm where she comes across Alec D’Urberville on the northern half of Long-Ash Lane. At the end

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    religious views‚ Vanessa and Ewen are obliviously similar yet distinctively different in their attitudes. Their relationship illustrates how easily a parent child connection can be hindered when both parties are ignorant to clear communication. Vanessa’s allusion escape is a direct result of her father’s untimely death. Vanessa claims “everything changed after my father’s death” because she is released from the “talons” of Grandmother MacLeod and her “uneasy” feeling about their home but not much does change;

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    stanza she says‚ “Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land‚ Taught my benighted soul to understand That there’s a God‚ that there’s a Savior too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.” She is spiritual in her writing making numerous biblical allusions.

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    Identity is presented through the contents of belonging‚ values and beliefs. A person’s identity constantly changes and develops in time‚ depending on aspects of ethnicity‚ self-image and connection to a person or place. It is this which “builds” the qualities of identity. Prime examples of expressing the intricate nature of identity is clearly seen through Alice Pung’s short stories “The Face in the Mirror” and “Sticks and Stones and such-like” alongside Paul Keating’s memorable eulogy speech “The

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    The Fire Sermon Analysis

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    Sofilda Totoni March 3rd‚ 2011 Lit 216 “The Fire Sermon” Analysis. This section‚ and the longest of Elliot’s “The Waste Land”‚ depicts poor‚ gloomy‚ lethargic scenery in which the themes of lust‚ sexual ambiguity‚ moral degradation‚ spiritual melancholy‚ abound throughout the poem. The poet himself often embodies the role of ancient and mythological figures to which he alludes in order to strike the reader ’s infatuation. He continually reminds

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    EXTENDED RESPONSE: Gwen Harwood “In your view‚ how has textural integrity been achieved in Harwood’s works. Support your view with detailed reference to at least two of the poems set for study‚ evaluating the structure and poetic techniques” Through the mastery of the unique structure‚ style‚ and coherent textural integrity of her work‚ Gwen Harwood is widely acknowledged as a ______ poet. Harwood engages the audience personally though the highly personal‚ yet detached tone and language‚ thus

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    The Drover S Wife

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    The Drover’s wife Exposition Outline of the setting – desolated‚ harsh environment‚ poor living‚ bleak‚ Australian bush Outline meaning sketch which is the narrative form of his writing‚ the first two paragraphs are pretty brief about its setting Techniques Technique Example Explain Tone – unequivocal (clear‚ leaving no doubt) ‘near waterless creek’ ‘nothing to relieve the eye’ describes harsh and barren landscape Use of accumulation “built of round timber‚ slabs and stringy-bark‚ and floored with

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    Letter to Lord Chesterfield‚ Samuel Johnson‚ an English writer‚ depicts his feelings toward the honorable Earl of Chesterfield‚ Phillip Dormer. Johnson’s tone throughout the letter is very cynical and sarcastic; he also uses a handful amount of allusions in order to allude to his point. In the opening statement of the letter‚ Johnson States that he has been informed by the owner of The World‚ a magazine‚ that the Lord Chesterfield has published two reviews of Johnson’s Dictionary‚ (one to which

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    the awakening mult ch11

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    long-lasting nightmare D.) The awakening of her true self E.) The Resurrection of Christ 2. The line “The years that are gone seem like dreams” is an example of which of the following literary devices? A.) Simile B.) Metaphor C.) Personification D.) Allusion E.) Verbal Irony 3. Which of the following describes the author’s tone towards Edna in this passage? A.) Critical B.) Sympathetic C.) Reflective D.) Jaded E.) Mocking 4. What other word in the passage is most closely related to “dreams” A.) Suffer

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    The power of Mother Nature has always been envied‚ cursed‚ and awe-inspiring. In old Anglo-Saxon literature‚ most works were devoted to the sea‚ and in "The Seafarer" it applauds the sea‚ but at the same time the author has deference for its power. Robert Frost’s "Nothing Gold Can Stay" also shows this devotion and despite the fact that their subjects differ‚ the ideas that the two poems are attempting to get across are not too different. In "The Seafarer‚" it continuously refers to the sea as the

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