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    Monday‚ Jul 23‚ 2012 11:00 AM UTC Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood Fathers and mothers play very different roles in a child’s development‚ says the professor of child psychiatry‚ who recommends essential reading for both parents By Eve Gerber more Topics: The Browser‚ Parenting‚ Books‚ Writers and Writing‚ Children‚ Entertainment News Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood This interview first appeared in The Browser‚ as part of the FiveBooks series. Previous contributors include Paul Krugman‚ Woody Allen

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    Laura Walton Silas Marner Essay “At the end of Silas Marner‚ there is a feeling that justice has been done‚ that the badhave been punished and the good rewarded.” In the novel Silas Marner‚ numerous actions take place resulting in different consequences. Some are tragic‚ such as the death of Molly Farren‚ and some are beneficial‚ such as the return of Silas’ lost money. It is remarked upon that each character’s actions are linked to each other in some way‚ and each person’s choice

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    which is opposite on the inside. The prose text analysed is George Eliot “Silas Marner”. Silas identity is showed through comparison with the natural world. As he sits alone weaving in the start of the novel‚ Silas is likened to a spider‚ solitary and ominous. After he is robbed‚ Silas is compared to an ant that finds its path blocked - an image of limitation‚ but also of searching for solution. Later‚ when he raises Eppie‚ Silas is described as unfolding‚ imagery of the blooming of the flower. This

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    In Silas Marner George Eliot shows didactic viewpoint through his use of syntax to prove that money and social position do not make one a better person. Though the Cass family has money they do not get much joy out of life. Godfrey Cass is in love with Nancy Lammeter‚ and even though he has money‚ she does not love him. Eliot questions Godfrey by saying‚ “Did he suppose that Miss Nancy Lammeter was to be won by any man‚ squire or no squire‚ who led a bad life?( Eliot 74).” This quote shows

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    The Aspects of Parenting in Silas Marner “Love and Respect are the most important aspects of parenting and of all relationships.” Jodie Foster says. There are no constraints to love In the book of Silas Marner by George Eliot this is very true‚ all children need love and respect from their parents because all children have a privation of wanting to be loved. In the novel‚ Silas is a man who is living the life when his best friend William Pane accuses him of stealing from the church and Silas’s

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    Irony In the Necklace and Silas Marner there is a common element‚ irony. Yet‚ two different tales are being told. In the book Silas Marner‚ the main character is accused of theft in the very beginning. In The Necklace‚ Mathilde Loisel borrowed a necklace and lost it after her one and only night of fame. A common thing was lost in both stories‚ their pride. Irony occurs in Silas Marner when Silas gets stolen from‚ when earlier in the book he was accused of stealing. Not only that‚

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    HSC ADVANCED ENGLISH – PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS ETA2009/A __________________________________________________________________________________ HSC Practice Exam Questions 2009 English (Standard) and English (Advanced) Paper 1 – Area of Study Total marks - 45 Section I Total marks (15) • • Attempt Question 1 Allow about 40 minutes for this section General Instructions • • • Section II Total marks (15) • • Reading time – 10 minutes Working time – 2 hours Write using blue or black pen

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    Silas Marner is a solitary weaver who is generally portrayed as an introvert character throughout the first four chapters of the novel. In the beginning‚ it is hard to analyze and understand his thoughts and reasons as to why he does certain things due to his odd nature but as things fall into place better‚ we are better able to link certain situations and ideals to the way in which he reacts to. He is portrayed as an extremely isolated and reclusive man. He casts himself away from the rest and

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    unlikelyhood in this‚ and when he came to this theme in ‘‘The Fall of the House of Usher’’ and in ‘‘The Premature Burial’’ he chose instead a diagnosis of catalepsy which fitted better with the plot. The fits of the title character in George Eliot’s Silas Marner‚ diagnosed as catalepsy‚ would today rather be seen as epileptic twilight states. It would seem that this author drew from contemporary dictionary descriptions which described conditions similar to Marner’s fits under the heading of catalepsy. In

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    Ourselves: from Part 4 4‚ 5‚ 6 pages 5-6 Section C: Prose text question numbers page [s] George Eliot: Silas Marner 7‚ 8‚ 9 pages 7-8 from Stories of Ourselves 10‚ 11‚ 12 pages 9-10 SECTION

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