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    the principal concept that the author is trying to convey. Other compositions reveal the significance of their appellation only gradually. In "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams‚ the intent of the play’s label is shown through the writer’s use of contrast‚ repetition‚ allusion‚ and point of view. First‚ Williams illustrates the polarity between Laura’s relationship with her delicate animal collection and the real world. Laura Wingfield‚ one of the main characters of the literary drama‚ is

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    William Wordsworth’s poetry embodies the spiritual focus of romantics and their refusal to conform to the literary traditions of the age of reason. The modern “rational” world which Wordsworth came from was becoming increasingly polluted and destructive. It prohibited the imaginative escape of authors and so people like Wordsworth found solace and escape in what was left of nature and their own imaginative poems. Poems like “Strange Fits of Passion have I Known” and “the Solitary reaper” illustrate

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    Biography William Faulkner was born on September 25‚ 1897‚ in New Albany‚ Mississippi. During his adolescent years he was motivated to attend school and even skipped the second grade. Unfortunately‚ while becoming a young adult he grew less fond of his studies and dropped out of high school when he was fifteen. In 1918 he was rejected from the U.S Air Force since he did not meet weight and height requirements‚ he then returned home to Oxford‚ Mississippi. Faulkner attended University

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    William Faulkner was not only one of the greatest Southern writers of all time but one of the great American authors of all time. His works have long been criticized and analyzed for their deeper meanings and themes. One of his most analyzed works is his short story "A Rose for Emily". While Faulkner uses numerous techniques and strategies which include the chronology of the story‚ his strongest weapon is his usage of the narrator as an omniscient gossip. Thomas Dilworth says that "the narrator is

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    Adam Brown achieves his “American Dream” through hard work and dedication. Adam was a go getter and everything he did‚ he did with full potential that he will succeed no matter how long it took or how hard it was to do so. Adam was rewarded with his first Bronze Star combat valor that came with a citation that read “...By his extraordinary guidance‚ zealous initiative‚ and total dedication to duty‚ Brown reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval

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    This poetry analysis of "The Sick Rose" poem by William Blake mainly presents a review of the themes and imagery presented by the poet. A good poetry critique or essay should start with a free and open look at the title to see what clues the poet offers the reader about his message. Clearly‚William Blake is going to address themes of perfection and imperfection‚ life and death or growth and decay in this poem. The language of the poem. Blake has used thirty-four words in ’The Sick Rose’. Twenty-nine

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    William Gibson’s Neuromancer: Cyberspace As described by William Gibson in his science fiction novel Neuromancer‚ cyberspace was a "Consensual hallucination that felt and looked like a physical space but actuallly was a computer-generated construct representing abstract data." Years later‚ mankind has realized that Gibson’s vision is very close to reality. The term cyberspace was frequently used to explain or describe the process in which two computers connect with each other through various

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    [pic] “WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AS THE WORSHIPPER OF NATURE” INTRODUCTION There’s nothing quite like poetry for singing a paean to nature. Among the many celebrated nature poets‚ William Wordsworth is probably the most famous. What sets his work apart from others is that his poetry was‚ in fact‚ an act of nature-worship. Wordsworth perceived the presence of divinity and healing in nature‚ the presence of a higher spirit that he considered a `balm’ to weary souls. His poem‚ Tintern Abbey‚ depicts with

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    having unfulfilled desires to abandoning loved ones‚ Tennessee Williams encompasses both aspects in his most successful piece of literature that will be examined for generations to come. The struggles of Laura are displayed perfectly by Tom’s memory in respect to her shyness and incapability of forming into society because of a disability yet this play is much more than just finding likely suitors. In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ the characters Tom and his father are compared with each other

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    Women in Macbeth by William Shakespeare This essay is only my opinions and interpretation of female characters in the play by William Shakespeare. When I studied the play at the university‚ I mainly focused three main themes on the play: the supernatural power‚ the hallucination of the Statement ‘fair is foul and foul is fair’ spoken by three witches. Actually there is powerful women force in the play. Lady Macbeth‚ the main character in the play possesses unusual power over her husband‚ Macbeth

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