Compare & Contrast: “My Ex-Husband” & “My Last Duchess” Amy Baysinger 9/16/2012 Both poems are similar in that they revolve around the theme of lost or unrequited love. The speakers‚ a man and a woman‚ are different in sexes but similar in their plights. Both are bitter‚ jealous‚ and seemingly unbothered by their losses (but their aloofness is also what gives away their feelings). Each speaker is having a conversation with an assumed good friend and explains the demise of their respecting
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Nowadays there so many different professions that one can be confused in choosing the perfect one for them. The development of certain branches of science and technology has led to the advancement of new skills. So‚ the profession that I want to dedicate my life to is a physician. The job of a doctor is one of the oldest and most prestigious professions. Medicine is constantly changing and adapting to the changing world. New diseases require new knowledge. In addition‚ knowledge and abilities of the physician
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Introduction In this review‚ our group is doing on a short story named “Husband Material” which was published in The Literary Page‚ The New Straits Times‚ Kuala Lumpur on May 1996.This short story was written by Malachi Edwin Vethamani and was taken from his personal website. After reading this short story‚ we found out that societal restrictions can cause broken relationships.In “Husband Material”‚ by putting Shanti through all the struggles‚ the author used the main element of conflict to portray
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Patrick Silva AP Lit Period 4 Mr. Schmitz October 11‚ 2012 How I Met My Husband Thesis Paper The theme of Alice Munro’s story “How I met my Husband” is Social expectations mold individual circumstances. Edie‚ a fifteen year old housemaid in the lower class of society has qualities and talents that demonstrate a skill set of aristocracy. "Have a house without pie‚ be ashamed until you die" is a quoted statement that Edie ’s mother used to say to her that Mrs. Peebles was not very familiar
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write and marries the mailman‚ who believes that she waited by the mailbox for him every day‚ although Edie never tells him that she had waited for Chris because she likes "for people to think what pleases them and makes them happy." How I Met My Husband Summary A red-and-silver plane lands at the old fairgrounds across the road from the home of the Peebles‚ for whom Edie works. Edie’s first close-up view of an airplane leads to her first encounter with romance. Edie is both eager for and rather
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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even after leaving school. As for me‚ I made my choice long ago. I want to become a teacher of the Ukrainian language and literature. My choice of this occupation didn’t come as a sudden flash. During all school years literature was my favourite subject. I’ve read a lot of books by Ukrainian and foreign writers. I understand that reading books helps people in selfeducation and in solving different life problems. I would like to teach my pupils to enjoy reading‚ to encourage them to
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By this title‚ I am guessing most of you are thinking what you will be doing next weekend or even tomorrow. You would be expecting me to write that I’m going to get ‘locked’ with my friends‚ but no! I hope to remember what I did the next day or even in a few years time…I want to be able to say when I’m old‚ that I lived my life to the fullest. Firstly‚ this summer‚ I don’t want to waste it like I did every other summer. I don’t want to sleep all day. I want to live‚ I want to visit museums‚ go to
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a life or two‚ I want to make a difference. I am sure most of you think I’m a bit fanatical but I could not bear doing the same thing day-in day-out‚ just filing numbers into a computer‚ I would prefer to saw off my left arm than work for the ‘man’ as so many hippies have talked about. My reasons are different however. I don’t care if a multi-million dollar corporation makes a bit more profit or not. It’s just that people who work for the ‘man’ tend to be as stimulating as a plank of wood. I want
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(eds) Australian English: The Language of a New Society‚ Univ. Queensland Press. Cox‚ F. M. (1996) An acoustic study of vowel variation in Australian English‚ Unpublished doctoral dissertation‚ Macquarie University. Cox‚ F. M. (2006) "The acoustic characteristics of /hVd/ Vowels in the Speech of some Australian teenagers "‚ Australian Journal of Linguistics‚ 26‚ 147-179. Cox‚ F. M. (2006) "Australian English Pronunciation into the 21st Century" Prospect: Australian Journal of TESOL‚ 21‚ 3-21. Harrington
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