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    one can compare and contrast these three texts. Sniper, Liberty, and Harrison Bergeron all have themes similar to “the fight for freedom is everywhere,”. In Sniper the main character is forced to kill his own sibling. This branch of the theme the literal meaning of physically fighting for freedom. In Liberty the family of the main character is forced to leave their homeland due to a tyrannical leader. This represents the figurative…

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    The episode of White Bear, from the British TV show Black Mirror starts with Victoria waking up in a post apocalyptic world, where she doesn’t remember and recognize anything except for a photo she found of her with a boy and a little girl, who she believes are her boyfriend/husband and her daughter. She starts to be followed by someone who wants to kill her and after being helped by a girl who met in a gas store while escaping she has been told that people are techno-zombies and either want…

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    Fanny Hensel was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1805 to Berlin banker Abraham Mendelssohn and his wife, Lea. Along with her younger brother, Felix, Fanny was considered to be musically gifted and received exceptional music education from renowned music experts, such as Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter (Fanny, 2010). As a piano composer, Fanny began orchestrating pieces and performing at a young age; however, her ability to continue her education and make her works public became restricted…

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    Hawthorne uses The Evil Assembly as the final stage of transition for Goodman Brown. Hawthorne adds this final element to show Goodman Brown’s final transformation to follow evil. The author is able to explain this transition very well it’s a literal transition from good to evil. Even though Goodman Brown did not partake in any activities during the assembly it’s the things he saw also the people that joined it. Before Brown was still thinking of going to the assembly he notices the minister’s…

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    of Songs The Bible, having been written through divine intervention requires insightful interpretation to understand. Song of Songs, which is a book written by King Solomon, is an allegory of the relationship that man should have with God. From a literal point of view, the biblical book seeks to narrate how a just and virtuous relationship should be between man and woman. In fact, the writing adopts an approach through which many people can relate to. For instance, the theme of love is well…

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    Remembrance Emily Bronte

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    Bronte which was published in 1846 and is very significant because it relates to conflict. Conflict is used throughout Emily Brontes' poem to help us relate to what it is like to love someone that is no longer with you. Remembrance has conflict, many literal devices to stress the tone of the poem and is written in a Ballad form this creates a conflicting atmosphere. Emily Bronte has used conflict throughout her poem ' Remembrance' to help us relate to what it is like to lose someone you love.…

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    Answer the following in approximately 250 words: a. How is net worth calculated? First and foremost, it is very important to know what net worth is all about. In a very brief statement, your net worth is virtually everything you own statistically (your assets) minus what you owe in debts (your liabilities). Assets include money and investments, your home, real estate, cars you own. Debt are what you owe on those assets including car loans, mortgage, and student loan debt. Therefore, net worth…

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    in plane that gets shot down during a war. These young boys get trapped on an island, they strive to be adults and get saved overall. Lord of the flies is considered to be an allegorical novel, “having hidden spiritual meaning that transcends the literal sense of a sacred text” as Merriam Webster states. An allegory holds the reader's attention with storytelling but also hits underneath the surface (which is the allegorical level) with symbols that are accessible to the reader. Lord of the…

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    Eldorado Analysis

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    worships the same god, who of which everyone worships, so there are few arguments, and science and philosophy are the main forms of education there. When it comes down to it, Eldorado seems to be a literal paradise. By the dictionary definition of the word optimism, this city is very much a literal example of such. For example,…

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    Emily Dickinson’s “The Drop,” can be interpreted multiple ways, one being the literal sense and another in a metaphorical sense. Word for word, the poem directly indicates a droplet of water getting lost in the massive waves of a sea. However, the subtext of the poem correlates back to the major theme of self and the global society. “The Drop” cannot be viewed one sidedly, rather from all possible aspects; we must “flesh out” to discover the deeper meaning, or the author’s intended purpose of…

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