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    "The Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush is a story in which shows how there is more to everything than what it looks like‚ Brush uses literary devices such as imagery to express how some people in a relationship can be really happy but aren’t‚ atmosphere to assert how the characters evening went from being delightful and intimate to catastrophic and bitter‚ and metaphor to indicate how Katharine Brush uses imagery to create a vivid picture of how happy it all starts to be. It says‚ "... in the

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    Advertising has become an important factor in society. There are many advantages to advertising. However‚ there are also disadvantages that occur when there is advertising. It’s been able to provide information to people‚ but it has also caused the purchasing of unnecessary products. Advertising is seen as an advantage to today’s society because it helps people learn and can even help people who are in need. In source A‚ lives can be saved because people saw the advertisement about the American

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    White Clouds and Blue Skies Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a fun and quirky play about a shy and timid woman who finds a man dead at a café with his cell phone ringing‚ and she feels compelled to answer it. The Actors Theatre in charlotte did a fantastic job in presenting this story. The actors‚ wardrobe‚ stage setup‚ and props were all very unique and creative. One aspect that really grabbed my attention was the blue sky and clouds background throughout the play. Blue skies and clouds can be connected

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    The sentence structure and diction revealed another side of Hamlet in act 3. In previous acts‚ Hamlet’s sentences were short and choppy. However‚ in act 3‚ his sentences were much longer‚ and included many semicolons‚ commas‚ and colons in each one. For example‚ “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question:/Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?” (A3S1) In this one sentence‚ there are

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    The short story "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush is a representation of life in the 1940’s‚ and so through this short story she uses a series of literary devices such as caricature‚ antecedents‚ and change in the atmosphere to convey her objective. The beginning of the story has humorous caricature describing the couple‚ the author keeps her characters ambiguous and vague so to represent a typical married couple in this era‚ and drama that comes with the atmosphere shift with the rejection

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    through Literary Devices” When sitting down to write a short story‚ an author must consider exactly which literary device will hold the most significance throughout their writing. Making this decision may be forced‚ may come naturally‚ and may even happen as an outcome through the progression of their narrative. After analytically reading various short stories by famous authors one can quite obviously interpret the strength of any specific literary device within a particular story. Literary constructions

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    Anthony van Dyck‚ Lucas van Uffel‚ illustrates a man whom appears to be distinguished as an intelligent artistic person. Although‚ it was compared to another portrait of the same ‘sitter’ but instead of signifying intelligence the man is seen to be overlooking the sailing of ships off a “Mediterranean coast”. The intelligence is displayed by the objects positioned around the merchant ( the globe‚ worn out book also argued to be a recorde‚ and the pages). Rembrandt van Rijn‚ Aristotle with a Bust

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    Characteristics of the Cultural Frame: The cultural Frame is the influence of society or cultural identity in artworks: race relations‚ gender concerns‚ religion & economics. This essay will cover and compare the representation of the female in the art works: fowling in the marshes and Birth of Venus. The fowling in the marshes is an art work created around 1350 BC 18th Dynasty. The size of the artwork is 98cm x 83cm and was painted by the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun. However‚ the birth of Venus

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    In our society today‚ many students do very poorly in school. But what is the reason for this? In Irving Layton’s essay ’The Role of The Teacher’ he believes that teachers shouldn’t be fully blamed‚ and that one of main reasons why students do poorly in school are due to the cut backs and poor judgment of the school boards. Also he believes that the society has done their part to help shape our present and current students. Another main factor he discusses about is how the teacher should be teaching

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    The White Racial Frame by Joe R. Feagin Feagin defines racism as a consistent problem that has lingered in American society since the founding of the country. There are many things that can be held accountable for this issue. Feagin’s min idea is that there is a different state of mind between the races‚ especially in the United States. History has proven to repeat itself as far as racism goes. There have been many changes that have pushed this country in the right direction as far as abolishing

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