Margaret Atwood : (1983) “Happy Endings” is six different story lines and alternate endings‚ with only four characters. All of the stories have different plots and motifs‚ they all have the same ending and that is with death‚ throughout the stories she is never shy to use death. Atwood uses satire through diction‚ she also uses flat characters‚ and she tricks with the different gender roles in a relationship‚ based on commitment‚ and adultery. She uses the gothic concept of inapt ability to escape
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Poem Analysis--Model The poem I love best‚ the poem that I want to memorize and memorialize is: To be of use by Marge Piercy. I discovered this poem to share with Kendra‚ a young friend who graduated from college. She wants a career that allows her to give back to society so the title caught my attention. Kendra‚ like me‚ seeks meaningful work; this poem not only speaks to Kendra‚ it speaks to me as well; it has since become my favorite poem. The title‚ To be of use‚ is appropriate for this piece—Piercy
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my assignment for the short story “Two Kinds” The main character is Jing-mei that is forced to play piano by her mother. The mother wants her daughter to be a prodigy. The mother is fascinated by the American dream. She thinks that you need to work your way up. However‚ Jing-mei do not want to be someone else. She cannot play piano. She says that it would not happen. She only wants to be herself. The mother hire a professional pianist that should teach her daughter to play piano. Some examples
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The Bait - DIDLS Analysis The Bait‚ a poem written by metaphysical poet‚ John Donne‚ during the early seventeenth century‚ tells the story of a woman whose physical attractiveness and coquettish behaviour prove destructive as they succeed in ruining her chances of finding a pure and meaningful relationship. This poem is recounted from the point of view of a man whom‚ amongst many other men‚ has pursued this woman and become emotionally hurt in the process as he finds her actions‚ in response to
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When I first read this poem‚ I thought the speaker was showing sympathy by saying “war is kind” to people who had lost loved ones in the war‚ or that “war is kind” because it eventually makes peace. But then I realized‚ the more that I think about war and how it is not at all kind makes me believe the speaker in this poem is being sarcastic when he says that “war is kind”. I still believe that he was showing sympathy in a paradoxical way. Society tends to overlook how bad war really is and how gruesome
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Sometimes everyone must consider if what they have done‚ or how they make decisions‚ is acceptable‚ or even logical. As discussed in the paper written by J.N. Hooker entitled‚ “Three Kinds of Ethics”‚ it goes on to describe how the three kinds of ethics are applied‚ and created. To distinguish between the three kinds‚ we must dedicate thought to our actions‚ and consider why we make these choices. Since the world isn’t perfect‚ and we cannot stop the criminal‚ let’s put a halt to the crimes that they
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War is Kind In Stephen Cranes poem “War is Kind‚” He uses repetition‚ tone and imagery‚ to communicate his theme: war is not kind‚ it is horrible. Repetition is the most prominent literary element used by the author. One of the most repeated phrases is "war is kind." Not only does it appear in the title‚ but it is repeated in lines 15‚ 12‚ 16‚ and 26. Crane illustrates that he is being verbally ironic. He does not mean that war is kind‚ but that war creates Misery. The phrase "do not weep" is
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to Mother as Book is to Child In the poem‚ “ The Author to Her Book‚” Anne Bradstreet refers to her book like it is her child. Just like a mother critiques her child as she walks out the door‚ Bradstreet critiques her book before the second edition is published. The poem is her outlet for her emotions regarding the exposure of the first edition‚ which was published without her knowledge. Bradstreet uses a conceit supported by metaphors throughout the poem‚ to express maternal feelings such as
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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