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    David Malouf’s Ransom portrays a strong connection between Achilles and Patroclus which is evident from their love for one another. Through the loss of Patroclus however‚ Achilles experiences a great deal of pain that comes from a sense of death‚ grief and loss‚ all of which are prominent themes within Malouf’s adaptation of the Iliad‚ Ransom. After the passing of Patroclus‚ Achilles looses all that is humane inside him‚ his anger concocted from his refusal to be consoled after Patroclus’ death

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    The Handkerchief also goes through an almost pseudo-personification as it takes on a life of its own by acting as a sort of possessed object and rebelling against the audiences expectations by taking over the plot. When interrogating his wife about the missing handkerchief Othello explains its origin as a gift an “Egyptian to my mother give” so she could have the love of Othello’s father but this love would be lost if she ever lost it or gave it away (3.4.66). He also states that the woman who gave

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    He uses personification in three ways in this poem. First‚ he says “Yet if hope has flown away” Even so‚ we all know that hope is an abstract thing and it can’t literally fly. Next‚ he says that “One from the pitiless wave?” Despite that wave can’t pity‚ he personified

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    selfishness‚ cruelty‚ and violence. The zebra is the injured Chinese sailor and he personifies fear and desperation. The Mother is the orangutan and she personifies motherly love and affection and the Tiger‚ Richard Parker was Pi and he was the personification of the evil that is inherent in the heart of every man. Even after Pi survived those appalling months at sea‚ he still lived on as an ardent Hindu‚ Muslim‚ and Christian throughout his life in Canada. Pi sustained a great deal of pain‚ and never

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    interpretation of the text. This rhetorical strategy used at the beginning of the story allows the author to set up his thoughts before he starts to claim a particular idea‚ making the base of his argument strong. In addition‚ the author’s use of personification when describing life as if “the seasons rolled by..” made it easier for him to get to his purpose rather quickly (Accawai). His introduction combined with some imagery

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    Human Diversity Amanda Ransom November12‚ 2014 Happy Feet Reflection The movie is about a tribe of Emperor Penguins that possess great singing voices they use to attract mates. Mumble is a very different Penguin that can’t sing‚ but has a unique talent for tap dancing. The movie emphasizes racial diversity‚ where the Adelie Amigos are clearly Hispanics‚ the rappers are African Americans‚ the Skua birds spoke with Italian accents and the elephant seals spoke with a Scottish or Irish accents

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    The owners of the house have disappeared due to nuclear blast which left nothing left but the house. Bradbury explains the daily routine of the house until something came across and left the house burning on the ground. Ray Bradbury portrays personification throughout the entire story to show that one day technology will overpower

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    dreams are as important as lives. The poem shows a theme of reflection of one’s life. To hold onto your dreams as if they were your last drop of hope. Without dreams‚ one’s life would seem empty and dull. Hughes uses a mixture of metaphors and personification throughout his poem. Hughes uses metaphors to show how useless life would be without dreams: “Life is a broken-winged bird” (Hughes 3)A bird with broken wings cannot fly anymore‚ a man without dreams cannot live their life to the fullest. The

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    Euripides’ Medea uses the personification of the golden dress to symbolize the aggressive power takeovers of the BC Greek era. “She‚ when she saw the dress‚ could not restrain herself. She agreed with all her husband said‚ and before he and the children had gone from the palace‚ she took the gorgeous robe and dressed herself in it‚ and put the golden crown around her curly locks. She arranged the set of the hair in the shining mirror‚ and smiled at the lifeless image of herself in it. Then she

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    A red–black tree is similar in structure to a B-tree of order[note 1] 4‚ where each node can contain between 1 to 3 values and (accordingly) between 2 to 4 child pointers. In such B-tree‚ each node will contain only one value matching the value in a black node of the red–black tree‚ with an optional value before and/or after it in the same node‚ both matching an equivalent red node of the red–black tree. One way to see this equivalence is to "move up" the red nodes in a graphical representation

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