Georgiana is constantly confronted with the fact that she bares the “visible mark of earthly imperfection.” Georgiana “came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature” but was deemed defective by this “singular mark […] that wore a tint of deeper crimson‚ which imperfectly defined its shape amid the surrounding rosiness.” (pg. 47) Alymer‚ Georgiana’s husband‚ made his feeling about the birthmark quite clear. He believed that it “destroyed the effect of Georgiana’s beauty‚ and rendered her countenance
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Pitting Rainsford and General Zaroff against each other in the hunt allows Connell to blur the line between hunter and prey‚ human and animal‚ to suggest that instinct and reason are not as mutually exclusive as people have traditionally thought. Writers and philosophers have traditionally placed human intellect and the ability to reason above the bestial instincts of wild animals‚ which have no moral compulsions and act solely to satisfy their own needs. Reason‚ therefore‚ transforms mere animals
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A SELECTION OF HIGH-VALUE WORDS Very often‚ you will be required to describe people‚ places‚ events or an experience that you have had. This can be in an examination situation or in a social situation when you are just talking to people. In order to describe anything effectively‚ you must have a wide vocabulary. You must be especially able to use verbs‚ adverbs‚ adjectives and imagery aptly and with confidence. This section contains many examples of good descriptive sentences. It is hoped that you
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New York City‚ the 1870’s. Newland Archer‚ passing through the deep crimson drawing room where the much-criticised nude by Bouguereau was hung‚ entered the ballroom at the Beaufort House‚ solemnly. He was determined to announce during the ball his engagement to the beautiful‚ artless debutante May Welland‚ with the hope that the news would help her towards diverting gossip away from her cousin‚ Countess Ellen Olenska‚ whose returning from the Continent to escape from her marriage was sensational
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The curse against the house and against man is represented differently in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon‚ Agamemnon’s ancestors did horrible acts on others that incurred the wrath of a curse upon their house. While in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus was sort of thrown into a tragic event that had nothing to do with him. The curse against both men is represented in varying ways. Starting with Agamemnon‚ the curse on his house starts even before the play begins with a curse thrust upon the house of Atreus who
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The roles of rustic characters in Tess of the D’urbervilles are used in many concepts to express Tess’ superiority in the book. Throughout the novel Hardy emphasis his love of the character Tess‚ he has always made Tess stand out‚ for example in the opening when we first meet Tess she is described as the most beautiful dancer their but he has also added the red ribbon so she stands out in the crowd of white dresses. Tess of the D’urbervilles‚ like the other major works by Thomas Hardy‚ anticipates
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behind him is a pretty good one. The tide was going out at the bay and the water where we were walking was ankle deep. Miniature waves splashed our legs and the choppiness of the water made it difficult to see our feet. No matter‚ I thought. This water wasn’t deep enough for any fish too big to hang out in. Even being barefoot‚ I figured I was safe. My husband spent his childhood coming to Cape Cod. He had walked in many a low tide and scoured the pools for low tide treasures. He knew the horseshoe
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to one household‚ the Buchanans. It is clear to see from the beginning of the novel when Nick Carraway walks into the Buchanans when the entire house is decked in various shades of reds. Nick describes walking into their house as if‚ “Inside the crimson room bloomed with light‚” (Fitzgerald 22). Tom and Daisy are two very passionate and quite eccentric characters‚ but they are not the only two. It seems anyone who seems to come into relations with two instantly have a life full of lovely drama. Gatsby
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presented and discussed‚ allowing the reader to derive their own opinion about the origin of algal blooms and what will happen in the future. table of contents Table of Contents I. Harmful Algae II. What are Algal Blooms and Red Tides? III. Why do Algal Blooms occur? IV. What are the effects of Algal Blooms? V. Where and how often do Algal Blooms occur? VI. Resources I. Harmful Algae All algal species are not harmful. Only a few out of the thousands of species
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law of superposition‚ ocean sediments as paleoclimate records. Q. What is ‘the snowline’ of the ocean? Lecture 16: beaches‚ barrier islands‚ pocket beaches‚ headlands‚ stacks‚ arches‚ caves‚ wave cut notch‚ longshore drift‚ groin‚ spit‚ berm‚ low tide‚ high tide‚ breaker zone‚ swash zone‚ backshore‚ foreshore‚ offshore‚ seasonality of wave energy‚ seasonality of sediment inputs‚ wave cut platform‚ marine terraces‚ supratidal‚ intertidal‚ subtidal‚ mudflats. Q. Beaches most likely to form along
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