ENG-102 27 February 2012 The poems that I have decided to write about are‚ “Acquaint With The Night”‚ and “A Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost. Frost was exposed to literature from an early age both of his parents were teachers. He started writing at the age of fifteen; he admired writers such as William Shakespeare‚ Robert Buras‚ and William Wordsworth. (Spencer and Chris) I believe that Frost wrote “Acquaint With The Night” because it was during a time of depression just after the stock market
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The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Irish writer‚ Oscar Wilde. The main character‚ rich and beautiful Dorian Gray‚ owns his portrait‚ which instead of him becomes older and where are traces of sin and mistakes. While Gray becomes uncontrollable and ruthless‚ his appearance stays youthful and flawless. At the end‚ in his despair‚ Gray destroys the picture and himself. The novel gives us a very good lesson – we can do whatever we want
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Speech Contest “Peace was not made for the sake of justice‚ but justice for the sake of peace - Martin Luther” Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call. Imagine there’s someone on the other end telling you that they have one of your family members kidnapped. Now‚ what would you do? I’m guessing most of you are thinking that you would call the police. Well‚ in Mexico that’s something you cannot do. It’s been 5 years since the “drug war” started‚ and since then‚ there
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committing plagiarism is not worth the damage with which one is left. One must choose borrowed information carefully and practice even more care to ensure that proper credit is given to the original creator. Of all sad words of tongue or pen‚ the saddest are these: It might have been. - John Whittier These words ring true for people who decide to use someone else’s work and claim it as their own. These people‚ when caught‚ are marked for life and will never be credible as a
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Romeo is then expelled from Verona. For myself and many others this is the saddest point of the text because it marks the end of comedy in the play. It is Mercutio’s sense of humour that is a show stealer. This strange yet funny humour is clearly portrayed in Act 1 Scene 4‚ the scene where Mercutio makes his famous “Queen Mab”
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the “furthest city light” (l. 3). In this case‚ absolute darkness parallels solitude in the sense that lights represent company. Because of the speaker’s loneliness‚ the poem’s tone possesses a bleak‚ somber quality mirrored in adjectives like‚ “saddest” and “unearthly”. The speaker purposely excludes himself from the company of others‚ while Dickinson’s speaker uses the presence of others as a learning experience. The imagery in Dickinson’s poem is accentuated by the word choice‚ which provides
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many. The destroyer of hope causes pain and soreness that hurts them the most In the first line of the last stanza "I’ve heard it in the chilliest lands‚" Dickinson offers the reader another reason to have hope. It is heard even in the coldest‚ saddest lands. Hope is eternal and everywhere. The birds song of hope is even heard "And on
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The novel Early Sunday Morning was about a twelve-year-old girl named Amber Billows. Her father is a journalist and her family relocates quite a bit. Her journal starts out in Washington D.C. where Amber’s father announces to her family that they would be moving to Hawaii where he can write more. Amber wasn’t thrilled about the idea because she would have to make all new friends‚ and she would be far away from her extended family. She also judged Hawaii too quickly and thought it was going to be
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The North kept on trying to stop the expansion of slavery‚ but the South kept on wanting more. They kept on trying to push westward. The saddest part of this is that they went against their own countrymen. They couldn’t even compromise with the people who they were fighting side by side with to break from Britain. They completely denied the Northerners who told them that slavery was completely
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Summer vacation is the best part of the year. A student can have a couple of months entirely to himself. He is not bothered about books and examinations. He can do whatever he likes. He can go wherever he pleases. He can build his health. He can visit his relations. If he can afford‚ he can go to the hills. Our school closed on 15th May and I decided to pass my summer vacation at Simla. As my parents were busy and could not accompany me‚ I decided to go with my friends. Big preparations were to
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