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All through life individuals face numerous hardships, including life and passing; giving up can be greatly troublesome for many individuals. In the short story, A Rose for Emily, Faulkner expounds on adoration and the impacts it can have on a man. The loss of Miss Emily's dad took a tremendous toll on her; her dad was the special case who cherished her. Following a couple of months, Homer Barron came to town and Miss Emily and he turned out to be great companions. In order to convey this theme…

Melissa Puentes Ms. Vinson English 4 DC- Period 7 April 4, 2015 Animal Experimentation When one speaks of animal testing, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you agree or disagree with the use of animals for human purpose? Animal testing has been a long heated topic for many years. Many claim that it is for the better good and it’s justified, while others say that it can be replaced and is cruel and unjust. Animal testing, or animal experimentation, is the use of animals to test…

King David is identified in the superscription as the author of this psalm. David reigned as king from 1010 BC to 970 BC. While David’s exact date of birth and death are not certain, it is difficult to know exactly when this psalm was written. However, knowing when he reigned as king we can conclude that it was sometime around 1000 BC. The audience of this Psalm would have been the Israelites and Judahites. Israelites are an ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac; the nation whom…

This week’s bible passage made me reflect on my clinical rotation at the clinic while shadowing a nurse who was doing an anatomical procedure to an offender who accidentally fell and injured his head. Anatomical is the procedure that any nurse will do before they will assign any offender to segregated or isolated locked rooms or to any offender who needs to be assessed after an event that resulted in an injury. There was a bruising and a “bump” on the back side of the offenders head due to his…

“The Road Not Taken” The Road Not Taken is a very metaphoric poem by Robert Frost in 1916. It has the rhyming scheme ABAAB. The poem was written for a friend of Roberts. In the beginning it explains the setting, a yellow wood, referring to a fall woods setting. The poem then explains that one path was destroyed with undergrowth and worn, and the other was grassy, yet appeared quite the same in terms of wear. In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost suggests that acknowledging and making risky…

Burning emotions , and cold silence are two valid choices that someone can choose to follow towards the end of their life , but if you died and had a chance to come back , would you choose the same path twice? Living through the excitement of fire that shines bright , or live in the shadow of the ice that flows through the night. In the poem Fire and Ice by, Robert Frost contemplates both options , and says which choice he would pick in certain scenarios. I believe the poem Fire and Ice , is…

Undoubtedly, the speech of The Gettysburg Address presented by Abraham Lincoln delivered the intense passion that resided within all members of the Union who wished to fight for those who gave their lives to The Civil War. To commit to the sense of inequity from the purpose Lincoln desires, through allusion, he brings past victories that gave the nation hope, through repetition, he remained stagnant to any additions or denominations to the battlefield, and through contrast, he gave meaning to…

Throughout the history of literature, countless authors have attempted to capture and offer unique interpretations on the concept of Hell. Many texts differ in their imaginations of Hell, largely because there is no definitive explanation as to whether Hell is a physical place or a mental experience. One of the most fascinating descriptions of Hell, and one which offers a stimulating perspective on Satan, is the Old English poem Genesis B found within the Junius Manuscript. Genesis B follows…

The poem opens introducing a long and dark street. The speaker walks through the street clumsily, stumbling around due to the darkness. He hears his feet on the stones and the leaves, but also hears someone else behind him. The person behind him is doing everything the speaker is doing, but when the speaker turns around, there is no one there. The speaker can’t see or make out anything, only his footsteps. He follows the endless street around its endless corners, and says that no one…

Joan of Arc: Deconstruction Essay In George Bernard Shaw’s play, Saint Joan, the Inquisitor explicitly propels a powerful speech, revealing only one side of the story, and aspires to persuade the church court to condemn Joan of Arc for heresy. The Inquisitor makes his point using rhetorical appeals such as paradox and persuasion, while appealing to his audience through anaphora, polysyndeton, climax, and antithesis. In a rather solemn tone, the Inquisitor begins his speech with ethos. In line…