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    the level of literacy in it. 3. “Justice delayed is justice denied”. 4. National integration. 5. “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes”. 6. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. 7. On tolerance. 8. Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. 9. He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed. 10. “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm”. 11. Public office is a public trust. 12. Devolution of power in Pakistan. 2002

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald is largely recognized as the greatest of all the impressionist writers‚ with his most widely known book being The Great Gatsby‚ in which he uses a great deal of impressionistic technique to create and shape his view of America’s economic boom in the 1920s. Fitzgerald addresses the great disparity between the rich and poor‚ highlighting the excessive and destructive tendencies of the upper class elite. This sentiment is reflected through his portrayal of Daisy‚ who is depicted

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    The notion of ‘Perfetto Cortegiano’ in the fourth book of Baldesar Castiglione’s THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER Baldesar Castiglione’s The Book of The Courtier (1528)‚ one of the most celebrated renaissance courtesy books‚ serves as a guide to perfect social manners and wit. Politically it seeks to define the position of a courtier in relation to the Prince he serves. In an attempt to offer a pragmatic understanding of courtly life and manners and the binary of power relation

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    The Death of Jay Gatsby The responsibility of a murder is not always completely traced back to the killer. Sometimes‚ there is a person who directly‚ or indirectly‚ motivates the murder. The killing of Jay Gatsby is not excluded. His murder could have been prevented if a few instances were a little different. Interestingly enough‚ Daisy Buchannan accounts for three strong points as to why she should be held responsible for the death of Gatsby. The events that made Gatsby’s murder a reality

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    Paul’s Cruciform Spirituality Michael Downey holds that‚ “The human spirit is that which is drawn to unfathomable mystery‚ to which believers call God. And this capacity to be pulled and drawn into mystery abides within each and every human being… Each one is spiritual insofar as each one is‚ by nature‚ drawn to mystery”(Downey‚ 1997‚ p. 33). Paul’s boundless mystery is the presence of God that was made embodied by the life‚ death‚ and resurrection of Christ. His cruciform spirituality is demonstrated

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    Rebecca Daphne du Maurier Insecurity‚ or self-doubt‚ is a powerful force that prevents a person from allowing him or herself to find true happiness. In Daphne du Maurier’s novel‚ Rebecca‚ the protagonist is filled with insecurities due to the haunting memories of her husband’s ex-wife‚ Rebecca. Examples of this are when the protagonist thinks Maxim does not truly love her‚ when the narrator wears the same dress that Rebecca did for the ball‚ and when the protagonist has a talk with Frank Crawley

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    Poets • 17th-century English royalist poets‚ writing primarily about courtly love‚ called Sons of Ben (after Ben Jonson). o Notable authors: Richard Lovelace‚ William Davenant Metaphysical poets • 17th-century English movement using extended conceit‚ often (though not always) about religion. o Notable authors: John Donne‚ George Herbert‚ Andrew Marvell The Augustans • 18th century literary movement based chiefly on classical ideals‚ satire and skepticism. o Notable authors: Alexander Pope

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    Gatsby

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    ISSN 1798-4769 Journal of Language Teaching and Research‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 5‚ pp. 662-667‚ September 2010 © 2010 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/jltr.1.5.662-667 Stylistic Analysis of The Great Gatsby from Lexical and Grammatical Category Xiangqi Liu Qingdao University of Science and Technology‚ Qingdao‚ China Email: shirley780204@yahoo.com.cn Abstract— The thesis tries to adopt the method used by Leech and Short in their book Style in Fiction to make a relatively overall

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    “night” and “light”. The jealousy originated from Iago is then spread like poison to various characters‚ with the use of imagery to portray jealousy as poison and disease. In the line by Iago “The Moor already changes with my poison: Dangerous conceits are in their nature poisons‚ which at first are scarce found to distaste But‚ with a little act upon the blood‚ Burn like the mines of Sulphur. ”poison is used as a metaphor of jealousy‚ describing the danger of jealousy. Jealousy can also be seen

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    James Joyce’s “The Dead” is one of the most famous and revered short stories in the English language. It is also one of the least eventful. The majority of the action takes place inside the head of Gabriel Conroy; the events of the evening and a revelation about his wife’s former lover trigger a lengthy (and beautifully written) interior monologue‚ which eventually culminates in an epiphany. It’s through partaking in Gabriel’s thoughts by the use of free indirect discourse that Joyce unfolds the

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