Bianca Camille Casares February 20‚ 2012 LITR240-1301B-05 Phase 1 Discussion Board 2 Part A: 1. Literature can mean a variety of things to many different people. To me‚ the definition of literature is undefined. When looking up the term "literature"‚ you may find that most answers are vague and are always changing. To me‚ literature doesn’t mean anything that’s written down but may contain short/long stories read from books‚ or some types of information written by someone. Literature has
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Life is the ultimate test of endurance‚ from fighting discrimination‚ to overcoming disability‚ to surviving tremendous odds‚ and to proving the world wrong‚ it is a struggle from the first step‚ to the our final departure. If there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout the literature that I’ve read‚ it’s that life is never a solid‚ paved road‚ but rather a bustling‚ and unpredictable freeway filled with crater sized potholes. Nevertheless‚ it’s a road worth taking that’s full of rewards and adventure
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Why is change inevitable? Why is it feared by many but then embraced with open arms by others? Change is the cause to be different‚ the process or result of altering. And although changes may be difficult and problematic‚ they often DO bring rewards to those who undergo them. But that doesn’t mean every change has a happy ending. Students‚ friends‚ I’m here before you today to discuss with you the concept of change and its results‚ and with the help of arguably the most influential writer in English
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to another‚ and the true interests of the individual‚ or what ultimately is wished to be accomplished as a result of that choice. Through the play‚ it can be seen‚ as with all humans‚ that Oedipus lacks much of this knowledge‚ thus he acts from ignorance. This means he has a full ability to make decisions‚ but he generates poor choices because of his false beliefs and limited understanding of the situation. For instance‚ at the beginning of the play‚ Oedipus was praised for his intellect as he defeated
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third person pronouns like "he" or "she." The narrator in “The Cathedral” is consistently describing his wife and the blind man’s actions. Craver is also sure to provide great detail in the emotions that are supposed to be felt. Ignorance‚ for one‚ “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed” (1977‚ Craver). A Rose for Emily” is told from the viewpoint of an unknown townsman. “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her funeral:
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Dark Wisdom If any two tragic fates can be compared and contrasted‚ they are those of Oedipus and Macbeth. King Oedipus‚ a man who receives his kingship from the people of Thebes‚ marries the widowed queen‚ only to find out that the gods tricked him with their prophecies. King Macbeth presents himself with the crown of Scotland‚ as three witches prophesize‚ while he has not yet cleaned his hands of the late king’s blood. While Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare’s Macbeth both revolve around
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Act 3 our town The stage has been set with three rows of chairs‚ representing gravestones. At the end of the intermission‚ Mrs. Gibbs‚ Simon Stimson‚ Mrs. Soames‚ and Wally Webb‚ among others‚ take their seats. All of these characters have died in the intervening years between Act II and Act III‚ and the stage has become the local cemetery‚ situated at the top of a hill overlooking Grover’s Corners. The Stage Manager appears and announces that another nine years have passed—it is now the summer
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analysis of religious hypocrisy and leader figures of the seventeenth century‚ portraying Tartuffe in contrast with personages like Orgon. The main character is Tartuffe‚ the hypocrite that tries to climb the social ladder by using Orgon’s ignorance and blindness. Tartuffe creates around himself an appearance of religious devotion‚ fact that attracts Orgon on his side: “He used to come into our church each day/ And humbly kneel nearby and start to pray […] He’d sigh and weep‚ and sometimes with a sound/
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his head. Even though Montresor claims that Fortunato inflicted a “thousand injuries” on him‚ we never really find out what these injuries were. Maybe Fortunato didn’t even mean to insult Montresor‚ maybe Montresor just takes Fortunato’s sloppy ignorance for insults. Or maybe Fortunato has in fact been inflicting injury on Montresor since days of childhood‚ and the carnival symbolizes that Montresor has literally gone mad. The name Fortunato itself is a symbol. In Italian‚ Fortunato means “The Fortunate
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through‚ or by confining them within‚ the devices of an epic poem‚ a pagan or nonbiblical art form. Also‚ Marvell deals bluntly with Milton’s blindness‚ mentioning it in the first line as well as in lines 9-10 and lines 43-44. Milton had become blind at least fourteen years prior to the first publication of Paradise Lost in 1667. Marvell assumes that Milton’s blindness may have had something to do with his choice of a biblical “Argument” or subject. Tentatively‚ he questions Milton’s “Intent‚” comparing
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