hues and odors plain and hill: Wild Spirit‚ which are moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear‚ oh‚ hear! Thou on whose stream‚ mid the steep sky’s commotion‚ Loose clouds like earth’s decaying leaves are shed‚ Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean‚ Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread On the blue surface of thine airy surge‚ Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad‚3 even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith’s
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’heart’s content‚’ ’in a pickle‚’ ’send him packing‚’ ’too much of a good thing‚’ ’the game is up‚’ ’good riddance‚’ ’love is blind‚’ and ’a sorry sight‚’ to name a few." (David Wolman‚ Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email‚ the Tangled Story of English Spelling. Harper‚ 2010) Levels of "Transparency" "Idioms vary in ’transparency’: that is‚ whether their meaning can be derived from the literal meanings of the individual words. For example‚ make up [one’s] mind is rather transparent
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Kopytoff begins his essay voicing support for Appadurai’s unusual methodology that follows things-in-motion‚ as if they had biographies and social lives as humans do. “In doing the biography of a thing‚” Kopytoff counsels‚ “one would ask questions similar to those one asks about people” (66). He asks: What‚ sociologically‚ are the biographical possibilities inherent in its “status” and in the period and culture‚ and how are these possibilities realized? Where does the thing come from and who
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In life‚ people go through extreme measures to protect the lives of their loved ones. They show significant dedication by putting themselves last and their family’s well-being first. At times‚ they even risk their lives so their family can be safe and comfortable. Personal sacrifice signifies the utmost appreciation a person has for someone by making them their main priority‚ despite the obstacles they may have to encounter. In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ Phoenix illustrates personal sacrifice
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so many stories of girls getting raped‚ women being paid less than men for the same work‚ and ladies getting called “slut” for wearing something that this patriarchal society deems inappropriate. But beyond this issue of female oppression lies a tangled web of other problems. Throughout the history of mankind‚ females are always deemed lesser being than men. Males‚ being physically stronger due to biological differences‚ assumed dominance. From a matriarchal society‚ we became a patriarchal one
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Some people may argue that there is more good in the world. These people are incorrect because everyone does have evil in them and are very well capable of doing bad things. Although not everyone expresses their anger at the same level of intensity‚ everyone has most likely done more bad in their life then acts of good kindness such as helping at a shelter‚ charity‚ and community service. Kids and teenagers stay home and play video games that are usually shooting or murder games. There are not many
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“Augustus commissioned Vergil’s epic The Aeneid”. Romulus’ and Remus’ story is somewhat incredible to be taken plainly‚ but there is indication by some scholars that their characters may be based on some historic truth. Foundation myths are often tangled with a mix of fiction and non-fiction. While is true that we may never be sure if Romulus and Remus were or depicted real historical figures‚ what is certain is that the myth of “Romulus and Remus” was regarded with tribute even by the ancients.
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Octavio Paz is Mexico’s greatest living poet. But let’s face it: that’s like saying William Carlos Williams was Paterson’s best writer. For Americans‚ a better way of indicating Paz’s importance will have to be found. Perhaps it would be more suggestive to say that in the universe of Latin American writing‚ Neruda’s poetry is solar: a lavish‚ Hispanic ful-mination--like a Tamayo watermelon--and Paz’s poetry lunar: a rarer‚ Gallic luminosity--like a Magritte moon--; or‚ to put it another way
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Remember that in life you are never all alone. Just when you think you are‚ God sends an angel your way to remind you that he always holds your hand when you need him the most. Praise each day. It truly is a gift from God. Even if you do it only once in your lifetime‚ do make it a point to watch the sunrise at a beach. I guarantee you that it will indeed be an experience of a lifetime that you will never forget. Never EVER lose hope. For example you can create a monthly newsletter reminding others
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he expected in finding a way to get to him. Also toward the middle of the book‚ after the boys had been on the island for a while their hair starts to grow longer. “Not one of them was an obvious subject for a shower‚ and yet-hair‚ much too long‚ tangled here and there‚ knotted round a dead leaf or a twig…scurfy with brine” (Golding 110). The length of the boy’s hair symbolises how much more savage they have become since first arriving on the island. The longer their hair is the more wild they are
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