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    Symbol of America

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    The thing that I see that represents America is Independence Hall in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. There have been numerous historical events that have been the basis for the forming of the United States of America that took place inside Independence Hall. Basically‚ everything that happened during the time of the Thirteen Colonies and a period of time after the Revolutionary War that involved political affairs‚ all took place in Independence Hall. This place was pretty much the earlier version of

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    Tale

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    Professor Mc.Comish Assignment: A tale of two divorces 3/12/12 In “a tale of two divorces”‚ Roiphe made a statement “my divorce is the tale of two divorces‚ one that never was and one that was”. The first divorce is her mothers‚ but the divorce never happened. The second divorce is hers‚ which did happen. The reason she uses the word “my” in her statement is because‚ her mother’s divorce which never happened was the reason she had a divorce of her own. Unintentionally she had been following

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    Symbols In The Crucible

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    Drama; Secrets; Scandal. Three simple words‚ all of which describe ‘the Crucible’ perfectly. Arthur Miller’s clever use of universal themes and hidden techniques throughout the tragedy are what makes ‘the Crucible’ the well known play that it is today. With its gripping storyline of love‚ jealousy and betrayal the play is deeply moving with a twist of excitement. Focused on the series of mysterious events surrounding 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Arthur Miller produced the play in 1953 at just 34

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    In the prologue the chorus says that ultimately that Romeo and Juliet are going to die because they are “star-crossed lovers.” This centralizes with my theme of fate and the motif of poison. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the poison motif supports the central idea of fate that people can’t escape their fate. There are many central ideas that seems to be portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The one that seems more interesting is that you can’t escape your fate. This is shown in most acts in the story

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    Light and Dark Motif In order to portray the overall theme of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses motifs‚ which are recurring concepts or contrasts. From the beginning of the novel and throughout‚ there are clear examples of light versus dark that are used to set tone and mood‚ and used for character development. Hawthorne utilizes the idea of light versus dark‚ or day versus night to convey the theme of covert sin and overt abomination. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne displays this contrast

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    Jayanthi 1! Sishir Jayanthi Mrs. Eve Itaya H. English 10 P.2 14 February 2015 Mental Deterioration Shakespeare uses the motif of mental deterioration to convey the point that achieving one’s ambitions through malicious deeds can cause psychological collapse. Psychological deterioration through wrong doings is first evident before Macbeth murders Duncan. “Is this a dagger I see before me” (cite). Macbeth questions himself‚ before he is about to kill Duncan; it could be interpreted that whilst the

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    Light/dark Materialized by the play of shadow and light in the mysterious garret‚ the opposition light/dark and its permutations provide the central motifs of the play. These motifs include: sight and blindness‚ ideal and vulgar‚ truth and lie. We should note its significance to Gregers’s cause in particular. Unlike his near-blind father‚ Gregers believes that he "sees his mission in life‚" despite Werle’s warning that he only looks through his sickly mother’s "clouded eyes". Gregers is intent on

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    The Handmaid’s Tale Response Paper The motif of time is very apparent in this section. Time‚ something are never thought much of before her new life‚ is now an object she thinks about frequently. “There’s time to spare. This is one of the things I wasn’t prepared for – the amount of unfilled time‚” (Atwood 69). “In the afternoons we lay o our beds for an hour in the gymnasium…they were giving us a chance to get used to blank time‚” (70). “The clock ticks with its pendulum‚ keeping time my feet

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    Michaela Barney Mr. Ried AP English 21 October 2011 Douglass: Motif of Animals In today’s society‚ almost all people are seen the same way‚ people have faults about them and have different traits‚ but all are considered human‚ men and woman are able to hold the same positions and jobs‚ and people of all races are able to live together in society. Frederick Douglass was born‚ and raised‚ a slave in the 1800s; life was very different‚ African Americans and white Americans were not

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    than others" (Jacobs & Tunnel‚ 89). There are six basic fantasy motifs‚ as discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel‚ including magic‚ other worlds‚ good versus evil‚ heroism‚ special character types‚ and fantastic objects. If a story contains all six‚ it is classified either as a classic fairy tale‚ or a modern high fantasy. Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is an example of a modern high fantasy‚ as it contains all six fantasy motifs discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel. The most basic element in fantasy

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