women the world would not function. In the poem “Africa”‚ the speaker personifies the country as a woman who has gone through tribulations of getting her country stripped by white men enslaving her sons and daughters. Through it all she regains her strength. What she went through helped her to become a stronger woman‚ and stronger country. The speakers uses vivid imagery‚ metaphors‚ personification and gives human emotions to the continent. The entire poem is a extended metaphor to describe Africa
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wrinkles in the back of his neck‚ the brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. the blotches rah well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. They were as old as erosion in a fishless desert. SIMILE. His eyes were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. His name is Santiago. He was too simple to wonder what he had attained humility‚ but he knew
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Riders to Sea “Riders to the Sea” is an Irish play about a mother who lost many of her loved ones to the sea. Maurya‚ the mother‚ had been grieving for her missing son‚ Michael‚ and was in a fitful sleep at the beginning of the play. Her daughter Cathleen had been taking care of the household tasks while her younger daughter Nora enters with a bundle of clothing from the priest. When Maurya shows signs of waking up the girls hide the bundle from their mother‚ for it might be Michaels clothing
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one reaches old age‚ there is often a lot of doubt surrounding their lives. Serenity‚ and independence are often the two most questioned. These are some questions that Santiago has to ask himself as well. 	In the novel The Old Man And The Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway develops the concept of man coming to the realization that as he ages‚ his dependency on others will increase. The use of metaphor is key in showing how this is indeed true. The struggle with the Tiburon represents the mental
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James K Baxter expresses his thoughts and judgements using natural settings of his pasts. In Baxter’s poems‚ Rocket Show and Wild Bees‚ he comments about his boyhood‚ nature and how it taught him in life. In the poem wild bees‚ Baxter talks about a situation when he and his friends go out to smoke a beehive one evening to get the honey from it. The very simple language makes it easy for the reader to understand Baxter’s thoughts and judgements.The illusion of a ‘safe Ophelia ‘shows us knowledge
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The Old Man and the Sea Callie Dorfman 1031099 Amanda Cockburn (Remake) 1 In the book The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway uses the flashback technique in order to characterize Santiago and develop key themes of the novel‚ such as Santiago’s connection with nature and what it means to be a hero. Hemingway employs several flashbacks as an effective technique that develops Santiago’s character as he recalls past occurrences in order to renew his strength of will. There are three flashbacks
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Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea‚ Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually divided the power of the world. His brothers and sisters include‚ Hestia‚ Demeter‚ Hera‚ Hades‚ and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers‚ Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea‚ Zeus ruled the sky‚ and Hades got the underworld. The other powers attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of
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Description In 2002‚ Gretchen Reeves and Michaela Hurd sisters took over the management of Hallstead Jewelers‚ which was established 83 years earlier by their grandfather and has become one of the largest jewelry and gift stores in the United States for its product diversity strategy‚ comprehensive range of commodities and brand name recognition among the same industries and customers. After sales became stagnant and profits started to slip since 1999‚ the sisters decided to change the location
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5:1 Guided Reading—Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section‚ make notes in the chart to explain how each geographic characteristic or historical event influenced the history and culture of early Greek civilization. History and Culture 1. Location “around” a sea Greeks rarely traveled more than 85 miles to reach the coastline. Greeks had important transportation routes Greece was poor in natural resources 2. Rugged mountains
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Greatest Wonder of The Sea Andreka Wilkes ENG. 101 Sec. 047 1) INTRO My name is Andreka Wilkes and I am a part of the RSO at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale called SAVE OUR PLANET. Our president of our organization has launched a new campus community initiative advertising project concerned with water management and environmentally friendly behavior by marketing companies. In this project we will be analyzing an advertisement relating to water using some methods we have reviewed
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