(including word choices‚ syntax‚ and distinctive metaphors or patterns of imagery) to two of the following texts: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. What purposes do these different styles serve? You should ground your argument on careful analyses of at least one significant passage from each text you discuss. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”: Literal images Figurative images Symbols: The author’s attempts to represent areas of human experience that ordinary language
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The poems " Mending Wall" by Robert Frost‚ and "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes are very similar in many ways‚ and yet very different in others. "Mother to Son" is written from a mother telling her son that life isn’t easy and not to give up. "Mending Wall" is about a man fixing a wall that has holes in it. Both of these poems are about the hard work it takes to get something done. Each of these poems teaches us to never give up when times get hard. The subject of "Mending Wall" is about two neighbors
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Vision of the future For many years‚ science fiction writers have challenged readers with visions of the future and future society. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man‚ society‚ and life to be like at some future time. One could divide their visions of future into two main streams: an apocalyptical one‚ with the degradation and demoralization of our society‚ and a utopian world‚ where our civilization turns into a highly conscious and developed one‚ and people live in
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RYERSON UNIVERSITY School of Business Management FIN 710 Advanced Managerial Finance – Fall 2013 Instructor: Alan Kaplan | Office Hours: Wednesday‚ 11-12‚ Thursday‚ 11-12‚ otherwise you can just drop by | Phone Number: 416-979-5000‚ ext. 2429 | Office: TRSM 1-080 | E-mail : akaplan@ryerson.ca | Faculty/Course website(s): my.ryerson.ca | PREREQUISITE: FIN 501 METHODS OF POSTING GRADES: On Blackboard E-MAIL USAGE & LIMITS: None‚ unless
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This story centers on Dorian Gray who is concerned with little but appearances. A crucial event in his life comes when Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton in the studio of Basil Hallward‚ an artist‚ who has painted a portrait of the breathtakingly beautiful Dorian‚ now in his early twenties. Lord Wotton intrigues Dorian with his talk of the progression of life and the withering of looks. Dorian fears of the loss of his youth and thinks in terms of a Faust-like proposition‚ in which he expresses a willingness
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moment” and “follow your dreams” as an attempt to be guided by the senses. To act only by the senses means to live without any burdens of society: obligations to be “good”‚ fear of regret‚ or rational reasoning. Oscar Wilde’s novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray embodies the concept of how living by the senses is pleasurable until the temptations are taken too far. Oscar writes that “There are moments‚ psychologists tell us‚ when the passion for sin‚ or what the world calls sin‚ so dominates a nature‚ that
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“The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde has been an extremely controversial novel since it was first published in 1890. The writing had been labeled as “indecent” and “immoral” because some passages hinted at homosexuality which‚ in those days‚ was wrong. Not only that‚ but supposedly what he wrote derided the morality of Victorian Britain. Wilde defended himself and his artistic rights by writing a statement included in later publishings of the novel. In the preface‚ Wilde states the importance
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child‚ Charlie handed him the ball and the two men laughed watching the teen quickly dash away before he could be chastised again. Charlie chuckling still‚ winked at Robert. "Ah youth. Were we ever that young Rob? Feel’s like three lifetimes ago." "I know what you mean Charlie." Rob said on a sigh. "Did you see that kid’s face?" Robert snorted. "I think he thought you were going to lecture him all day." "Me‚ what about you? Growling like a bear at the boy! Hah! I have to say kids these days are the
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subjects this year. In this year’s course‚ I have learned a lot about people and events in history that I had no knowledge of beforehand. Lessons on Joseph Stalin‚ Julius Caesar‚ and many more have educated me beyond belief. I feel that “Between Shades of Gray” is a book that will live in my memory forever. The terrible stories based on real events of what happened to so many people are things I will not be able to forget. In my future schooling‚ I hope to learn more about virtually voiceless events such
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Grumpy Gray It wasn’t one of those “love at first sight” kind of situation. Actually‚ we were originally going the get leave Lily at her foster home because she was the odd one out of her litter of three‚ she was the gray kitten of a white litter. “If you take one you take them all‚” the foster owner said. It didn’t take much to convince us to buy three kittens. At first‚ my affection was directed towards Daisy‚ who had loved a small green jingle toy. So Lily had no lap to spread cat hair on. This
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