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    Within Shakespeare’s poem “My Mistress’ Eye Are Nothing Like The Sun”‚ Shakespeare essentially describes his mistress as an ugly abomination‚ with “wired” hair and dull lips‚ compared to the rest of society. Basically‚ Shakespeare make it seem as if the speaker’s mistress has no redeeming qualities that any other women could have. The speaker compares her physical attributes to the ‘beauty’ of nature‚ but rather than providing imagery for the audience that allows them to picture a beautiful woman

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    The Open Window Irony

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    Like the Sun” and “The Open Window” are two both very similar yet different stories. “Like the Sun” happens to be about truth‚ and its effects while “The Open Window” is based around deception. Both authors do a great job at setting examples of paradoxes and irony in their stories. In “Like the Sun” Sekhar‚ the main character repeats multiple times “Truth is like the sun.” I understood this as saying without truth‚ you can’t grow‚ like living things can’t survive without sun. One example of irony

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    The Irony of the Jungle

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    The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair

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    Irony in "Trifles"

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    Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be

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    Mark Twain states that his early career as an author began by circumstance. A reporter asked him to publish a volume of sketches and even though he didn’t feel like he had the reputation of a writer‚ he was excited about the idea. He writes that his only reputation at that point was due to a short story‚ "The Jumping Frog" that was used in the last edition of The Saturday Press and made a positive impression on the readers. Famous author Mark Twain describes himself as not very motivated or industrious

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    Hassan a such special birthday gift. The surgery went well and Hassan could finally smile an unbroken smile. The author uses dramatic irony to foreshadow the incident after the annual winter kite-fighting tournament. Amir did not stand up for Hassan or tell anyone about the rape because he was envy of Baba’s affection for Hassan. ’’He wrinkled his nose when he said the Shi’a‚ like it was some kind of disease." (P. 10) This is a excerpt from the conversation between Amir and his teacher. Amir was wondering

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    And with the creepy sensation it creates it also brings a touch of irony to the novel. Along with a great theme and plot‚ Christie’s manipulation of foreshadowing in the novel makes for an unnerving page turner. The Ten Little Indians poem is the foundation of the crimes. It is a stepping stone for Wargrave as he is designing a blueprint for his “theatrical”

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    On Sun Guangyi

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    Sun GuangYi http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/26158 Sun GuangYi is a contemporary artist who is Chinese but was inspired by his trip to Tibet and the Tibetan Buddhism‚ thus even went as far as to become a temporary monk to understand their teachings and meanings. His recent work Enlightenment project from the Blessings series was displayed in Sin Sin Fine Art Gallery from January 13th to February 10th of 2012. Sun GuangYi displayed his works in galleries almost every year and he has

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    Sun Vampiers

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    The ’Sun Vampires’ is an article by Cayte Williams outlining the dangers of using sun beds; addiction to sun beds and portrays the people who use sun beds as foolish. The article was printed in ‘The Big Issue’‚ which is most commonly sold by the homeless to earn money. ‘The Big Issue’ is targeted towards young casual readers who have knowledge of current affairs and have general concerns for society. The main message put across in the article by Cayte is that they are dangerous and can become

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    “successful incorporation of the antagonist into the adult world”. (d) Say what opportunities for self- evaluation these short stories provide for you and adolescents who will interact with them in the classroom. 4. Fully explore the writers’ use of irony in “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Necklace.” For each story :

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