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    Surprisingly, some of the best articles I have read were very casually written. A fitting description for the article “Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being II” by zcamp. It is loose in style and flows easily, reflecting that of a conversation between friends. The author writes confidently about the number of phallic metaphors Wayne uses in his songs, noting that he sets the world record, and makes a joke of his own renaming one of the songs as “Penis Colada”. Of course, even in a conversational tone…

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    disgust, but it was written to promote self-knowledge in the faith that self-knowledge will lead to right action" ('The Pride of Lemuel Gulliver', 1955). Swift uses satire to ridicule what he sees as humankind's flaws to the point that his readers, as humans, have no choice but the change their outlook and their actions. From the tiny people of Lilliput, who refuse to admit their shortcomings, to the giants of Brobdingnag, who show how disgusting humanity can appear when observed too closely,…

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    objective value. Therefore, Nietzsche’s concept behind the eternal return is simply that “humanity cannot live without some sense of purpose and meaning in life”(Hatab 61). After the “death of God,” Nietzsche believes that without having a higher being to tell us how to live our lives, we must decide for ourselves what will make them significant(Hatab…

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    society. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a satirical comedy that undercuts the British aristocracy of Late Victorian England. The novella Heart of Darkness calls into question British colonialism and imperialism. Both works of literature reveal human faults within the English aristocracy and imperialism. The novella Heart of Darkness criticizes imperialism and colonialism through the use of an evil tone and dark imagery, whereas the play The Importance of Being Earnest…

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    Algernon Euphemism

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    Oscar Wilde ridicules Victorian aristocracy’s gluttony and self-indulgence by using hunger as a euphemism for desire. Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest stands as a parody of society, morals, and marriage during Queen Victoria’s reign. Conflict arises in the scenes of the play that feature food, such as: the stolen bottle of wine, Algernon devouring sandwiches meant for his aunt, Jack and Gwendolen’s bread and butter, and the muffins. Algernon bewilders Jack by eating muffins during a time…

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    negativity in the positivity, and vice versa. For some, finding happiness is something that takes a lifetime, yet Ferlinghetti uses cynicism to its fullest extent, claiming that it would be too late to enjoy life fully and wholeheartedly, because we human beings die sooner or later. “Mortician”, a word related to the cruelest and harshest thing in life – death, is placed next to “smiling” – an action that results directly from joy and delight, furthering corroborating the concept of light and…

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    addition to that, it provides knowledge of our literary culture, that increase the awareness of cultural values, history, sociology, and psychology. Literary expand our accommodation to empathize with people. Increase the ability to see and imagine human involvement, and broadens our intellectual perspective to increase our power to experience life. Literature is the expression of individual and social life and thought through language. It may come out as a social problem or political revolution…

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    The not so good perks of sexual abuse In Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, a child named Charlie is struggling socially, and basically through life. Drugs, family, intimacy, and other factors interfere with his day to day life...he is basically the poster-boy for being awkward. Charlie is unable to be sexually intimate with sam because, unconsciously, he correlates his love for Aunt Helen with his love for Sam, and Charlie’s grief is mixed with unprocessed sexual trauma.…

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    Analysis Paul Beckmann- A Man Who Has Impacted the Lives of Many I came into this class not understanding the meaning of entrepreneurship. I thought it was just a simple way to make a business and make a quick buck in the long run. I wasn’t sure if it was the experience I was looking for and I wanted more than what my major offered me. However, I realize there’s so much more. I came in contact with Paul Beckmann previously working on my business proposal for Surf Media. Paul uses different…

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    Greek In Drama

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    Also comedy have a several types Farce, Romantic Comedy, Satirical Comedy, Sentimental comedy, Black comedy, Comedy of humours and Comedy of manners. The Farce is a form of low comedy, whose intention is to provoke simple mirth in the form of roars of laughter (and not smiles); it uses exaggerated physical action, character and absurd situation, with improbable events, a complex plot, with events rapidly succeeding one another, pushing character and dialogue into the background. The origins of…

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