is essential to understand what one must do to repent their sins. In the story of “Prodigal Son‚” it is shown that the younger son demands his share of the estate even before
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FileViewHelp Mother vs. Son When thinking of conflict‚ many think of violence or hate. Although‚ according to Wilmot and Hocker‚ conflict is simply a “struggle over values and claims to scarce status‚ power‚ and resources in which the aims of the opponents are to neutralize‚ injure‚ or eliminate the rivals” (Hocker & Wilmot‚ pp.11). Conflict behaviors exist on a spectrum‚ ranging from mild to war (Hocker & Wilmot‚ pp.11). Mild conflicts likely modeling a constructive
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couple of weeks we have been studying readings that pertain to Innocence and Experience. The readings that I have chosen to best represent these concepts are "Advice to My Son" by Peter Meinke and "Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike‚ both readings deal with the Innocence and Experience of life. In the first poem "Advice to My Son" the author is trying to put emphasize how the words written can be applied to life. Also how choices have an impact on our life’s journey and ultimately how these choices
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DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE ASSIGNMENT – DEATH OF A SALESMAN ENG3U [pic] What is a dramatic monologue? A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person‚ in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events. TASK: You will write a dramatic monologue from the perspective of one of the following secondary characters: Linda‚ Biff or Happy. As an audience member‚ we do not have as much insight into these
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The main theme of The Last Night of Ballyhoo play was the importance they placed on social standings in their society in Atlanta‚ Georgia. I do not agree with the play’s message on how much emphasis was placed on becoming popular for the sake of being accepted in the society they lived in. It gives the impression that to have a stable life‚ one must give in to societal pressures to become someone of worth that will be remembered for future generations. Social standings also alienate people and creates
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“Mother to Son” The speaker of the poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes is a mother who is giving advice to her son. Her life has been difficult and hard at times. As readers‚ we know this because the speaker talks about how life is a staircase and her staircase has had “tacks and splinters in it” (line 3-4). This means that her life has not been perfect and she had many challenges to deal with. Perhaps she was born into poverty‚ because the images in her poem reveal a ragged‚ old staircase
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SXSX Native Son Topic #2 Throughout the novel‚ Native Son‚ Bigger is seen as being a sympathetic character by many readers. “He hated his family because he [Bigger] knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help them” (Wright 10). This shows how Bigger acknowledges his family suffering and he wanted to help‚ but he really couldn’t do anything about it. However‚ Bigger killed a white girl‚ Mary and shows no signs of regret‚ he purposely raped his girlfriend‚ Bessie‚ then he heartlessly
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In Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller portrays the struggles that one family faces as the man of the house experiences dissonance between reality and his dreams. Willy Loman‚ the father of Biff and Happy and husband to Linda‚ lives in his illusions of an easy attainment of success in every aspect of life: as a father‚ a husband‚ a lover‚ a friend‚ and a salesman. He is disappointed in his own failures in providing the way he wants to for his family‚ thus he is critical of his sons and wants them
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Critical Insights: Arthur Miller "It ’s All About the Language" Arthur Miller ’s Poetic Dialogue By Stephen A. Marino In a 2003 interview with his biographer‚ Christopher Bigsby‚ about the inherent structure of his plays‚ Arthur Miller explained‚ "It ’s all about the language" (Bigsby‚ "Miller"). Miller ’s declaration about the centrality of language in the creation of drama came at the end of his almost seventy-year career. He had completed his final play‚ Finishing the Picture‚ and a little more
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The 5th century Greek play Antigone written by Sophocles‚ explores the plight of a young woman named Antigone who rebels against man’s authority to bury her brother her dead brother. Her actions lead herself and several others to their death‚ while Creon is left in anguish for his mistakes. Today‚ several people would look upon Antigone and believe that it is an exhilarating‚ entertaining play – the issues presented in the play are commonplace in today’s society; such as putting god’s will first
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