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    Class Professor Date Use of the Word “Darkness” in “Gretel in Darkness” “Gretel in Darkness‚” a poem by Louise Gluck is an example of a poem revisiting a renowned fable‚ but it gives its readers a new perspective by crediting the important things that happened in the tale. Throughout the four stanzas in this poem‚ it appears that it doesnt have a clear rhyme scheme. Louise Gluck‚ urges the readers of this poem to try to think about fairytales a different way. Therefore‚ she allows the readers to find

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    “The Red Hat” Rachel Hadas’ poem "The Red Hat" is told from the viewpoint of the parents of a young boy who begins to walk to school by himself. The poem reveals the actions and emotions of the parents who struggle with allowing their son to become more independent. However‚ this poem is not simply a story of a boy starting to walk to school on his own. The underlying theme is about a boy leaving the protection and safety of his parents to enter the world by himself. In the middle of the first stanza

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    Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem‚ one published in 1833‚ of twenty stanzas‚ the other in 1842 of nineteen stanzas. It was loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat‚ as recounted in a thirteenth-century Italian novella titled Donna di Scalotta (No. LXXXII in the collection Cento Novelle Antiche)‚ with the earlier version being closer to the source material than the later.[1] Tennyson focused on the Lady’s "isolation in the tower and her decision to participate in the living

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    Sojourner Truth Part 2 Equality among all people is important. Sojourner Truth was a women’s rights activist from the United States during the time of the civil war and slavery who gave numerous speeches speaking about African American men and women’s rights. In one of her more well-known speeches she spoke about the freedom and equality of all people‚ men and women‚ black and white‚ no matter who you were. Truths purpose in her speech is to persuade the audience that men and women are equivalent

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    A CONVENIENT TRUTH

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    A CONVENIENT TRUTH: THE FALLACIES OF GLOBAL WARMING Charlie Obrecht Dr. Ray PSCI 102 23 November 2013 Charlie Obrecht Dr. Ray PSCI 102 23 November 2013 THE UNDULY ALARMIST WARNINGS OF GLOBAL WARMING The media‚ NGO’s‚ and governments often describe global warming as the largest threat to humanity. While the previous two decades have experienced the highest average temperatures in recorded history‚ the Earth is not necessarily headed for a prolonged stretch of global warming. The science

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    Throughout this semester I’ve read a lot of poems and short stories. Some were very graphic in a sense that while reading them I felt like I was within the poem or short stories and some even helped me to understand different point of views including my own life. For example‚ “Suicide Note” written by Janice Mirikitani helped me to understand more of another’s personal life and what they’re going through. As for my own life‚ “Dusting” written by Julia Alvarez helped me to better understand what I’m

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    Eng1010 CRITITCAL PAPER#1: WAYS OF READINGING AND WORKING WITH A TEXT The truth My problems presupposed that I couldn’t judge because I didn’t know what the facts were. All I had‚ or could have‚ was series of different perspective‚ and so nothing that would count as an authoritative source on which moral judgments could be based. [Tompkins 686] These words come from Jane Tompkins essay “Indians”: Textualism‚ Morality

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    another goal that needs to be accomplished-- things that fuel our determination and strengthen our resolve. The two poems‚ “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Toward” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes are good examples of how poetry‚ too‚ can speak to a reader’s heart and mind and fuel their determination. “Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress

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    Truth and Reconciliation

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    Africa’s new president Nelson Mandela appointed Arch-Bishop Desmond Tutu as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Arch-Bishop Tutu went about putting together the Truth and Commission appointing a diverse group of South Africans to TRC 2 lead the commission and organize the gatherings in which the numerous testimonies were about to take place. Going further in detail as to why the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was ever needed in the first place‚ we must take a look at South

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    When we hear about death we imagine something scary‚ such as The Grim Reaper. In our minds The Grim Reaper is a tall‚ dark figure who’s wasting no time on bringing you along with him. However in the poem I’m going to talk about in this paper views death in a different perspective. In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ the speaker describes death as a gentleman‚ and how he took her on a nonstop journey. Besides death being talked about as a person‚ the speaker also goes through

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