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Irony Essays and Term Papers
Macbeth's AmbitionMacbeth
In Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, Shakespeare explores the effect of ambition on a character. Ambition is shown to be a fundamental theme throughout Act one as well as a recurring theme throughout the play. As in the case of tragic dramas, the protagonist, Macbeth, is first recognised as a ...
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The Great Depression"First came the dramatic drop of stock prices. The years 1930 and 1931 were marked by serious declines in industrial production and exports. By 1932, these consequences were reflected in massive unemployment" (3, 3). Hoover's tactics basically stunk, and the depression gradually worsened during ...
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Ender's GameCard used third person limited so that the reader could feel closer to the main character, Ender, without having to become Ender himself/herself. An example from text would be in pages 44-45, “Not Ender, though. When Dap came, his crying was over, his face was dry. It was the lying face he ...
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Huckleberry Finn: HonorGarrett Henson
27 October 2012
English II
Mrs. Hoffman
On my honor
There were many themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer there were many themes that were put into the book. One of the themes was honor. At the beginning of the novel the character Tom Sawyer said there is a lot of honor ...
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Hedda GablerThe tragedy of Hedda is that she has nothing serious to do but at the same time she desperately yearns for happiness without ever being able to find it.
Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler is a definitive look at social conditions involving women at the turn of the Century. His title character is a ...
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A Modest ProposalA Modest Proposal
Starr Hunter
1/16/13
* Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" under a pseudonym, so who is the speaker here?
The speaker may be hidden because of the harsh stance Swift takes here on the matter of solving the issue of overpopulation.
* Discuss the tone of the piece. Pull ...
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How Power And Gender Are Communicated In "1984" By George OrwellKara Newton
Laura Peet
English B1A
24 June 2013
How Power And Gender Are Communicated In "1984" By George Orwell
1984, by George Orwell, explores the issues of power and gender. Power and gender are represented and portrayed to the audience in certain ways. In 1984, George Orwell ...
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Re-Write Banneker Letter to Thomas JeffersonRe-Write Banneker Letter to Thomas Jefferson
In this piece I will explain the rhetorical structures and different examples that Benjamin Banneker uses in a letter written to Thomas Jefferson regarding slavery in 1791. He uses show hypocrisy, uses the example of Britain and how they treated the ...
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Conflict in Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and JulietExamine the way Shakespeare presents the conflict in Act 3, Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet. In your response make reference to others parts of the play. Then look at the way conflict is presented in the section of poems you have studied. Finally, make links between the ways the writers present the ...
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Heller's SatireAlex Haas
Mr. Bolch
AP Lit
7 October, 2013
Heller's Satire
Catch-22 is usually called a comic satirical novel, but the category may be too narrow. Traditionally, literary satire involves a topical work that examines human folly, shortcomings, vices, abuses, or irrational behavior. The ...
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Analysis of T.S. EliotBryan Lynch
Mr. Bruno
English IV Period 5
November 7, 2013
Eliot's Themes and Techniques
T. S. Eliot, a father of modern poetry, is an American-Born English poet. Although Eliot has a very modern style, it also identifies with traditional poetry. Many of Eliot's devices are similar to ...
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Picture of ChildhoodExplore the way in which Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem `Picture of Childhood', positions the reader to see justice.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem, `Picture of Childhood' is a descriptive piece of poetry. Written through the eyes of a young child, it successfully positions the reader to see justice. ...
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Yellow StarYellow Star
Part One
The use of colour imagery is used in an effective manner and enhances the text and its meaning. Firstly, the colour orange is distinctly chosen for Syvia’s coat and muffler because orange signifies brightness. As the book proceeds, pieces of Syvia’s bright coat were torn ...
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JournalsThe Fish
"The Fish" is about a certain speaker who catches a huge fish while fishing in a little rented boat. The speaker studies the catch for a while as, holding it up half out of water beside the boat. The fish is pretty old, with barnacles and algae growing on it, and it also has five ...
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Humor In Angela's Ashes and The Liars' ClubPain Transformed by Humor and Poetry: A Comparison of Angela's Ashes and The Liars' Club
It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction, and there's no doubt that the power of memoir is that it reads like fiction and yet has the power of fact. So it is with two poetic, bitingly funny and ...
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Campaign FinancingThe Best Way the 8-10 Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Finance Their 2004 Primary Campaign
Hard Money / Soft Money
Campaign financing has become a very big issue for the 2004 elections primarily associated with some changes in dealing with hard money contributions and soft money ...
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A Review of Neil Simon’s Lost In YonkersNeil Simon's Lost In Yonkers
Say the words, "Neil Simon" and see what comes out as the automatic response. Most often it's "play" or "Broadway". Occasionally it's "Odd Couple" or "Good-bye Girl". Almost never is it "Pulitzer-prize winning author". Neil Simon is thought of primarily in terms ...
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PragmaticsPragmatics
Definition
In 1959, Rudolph Carnap explained that pragmatics refers to the relationships between signs and their users. (Leo Hickey page 3)
What is Pragmatics?
Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics which studies those aspects of meaning that cannot be captured by semantic ...
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Saint Irenaeus of Lyon's work "Against the Heresies"Introduction
This essay concerns Saint Irenaeus of Lyon's work "Against the Heresies" in Book I (chapters 3,8,9,10,19, 20). In these chapters, Irenaeus exposes the false doctrine of Gnostics as a way of refutation. In terms of methodology, this essay will be divided into three parts. The first ...
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The Huntsman"Most humans do not think twice before they speak". Justify this statement providing evidence from the poem The Huntsman. (A Model answer to the Question number 5 of the O/L English Literature Model Paper. From these model answers, you will learn how to answer an essay type question according to ...
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