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In the passage, Williams outlines the beginnings of a violent tug of war between Blanche and Stanley -- a fight of manners versus manhood. This battle, carried out through overt displays of sexuality and subtle wordplay, foreshadows Blanche’s destruction at Stanley’s hands as well as reinforcing Blanche’s insecurities and Stanley’s dominating, alpha-male persona. Here, the battleground for the pair’s fight is Stella, the rope in their metaphorical tug of war, In this passage, Williams outlines…

rather strong central theme that is present within Frankenstein: What caused Frankenstein’s creation to go awry? If Victor is the reason for his creation’s radical hatred towards mankind, who is the real monster in this case? Specifically, one stark passage on page seventy-five clearly delineates the creation’s…

This passage uses a lot of numerical data to clearly point out some possible influences that may be caused by the project. (e.g. “Development of the athletic complex will disturb approximately 68.5 acres and create 8.29 acres of new impervious surface.”). There is a bullet point list in this passage, which makes the modifications of the project on existing structures more straightforward and clear to readers. 3. A) I think section 11.a.ii is a fairly effectively written passage. The passage…

Ana Winds are known for being hot and extremely powerful. Due to the conditions of these winds they bring destruction to the areas that they affect. In the passages “The Santa Ana” By Joan Didion and “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas real life experience of the Santa Ana are revealed. Joan Didion and Lina Thomas both use imagery in their passages to express what the Santa Anas were like. “For a few days now we will see smoke back in the canyons, and hear sirens in the night” (Didion, Paragraph 1).…

continues the narrator becomes more irritated with the curate because the curate starts exclaiming “It is just, O God!” over and over again. The curate is feeling guilty about his life and how he has treated others. At the end of this section of passage Wells uses a biblical allusion, “The wine press of God!”, to express how the curate felt and all the emotions that he had been feeling. As the curate continued to ramble on the irritation of the narrator continues to grow. Explain the context for…

feels without him having experienced that sort of remorse or pain first. His actions reflect this due to the fact that he doesn’t even acknowledge the negative effects of his actions until he truly starts to understand Mrs.Dubose later in the chapter/passage. To go into more detail, To Mrs.Dubose the Camellias represent her “snow on the mountain tops”, they represent her innocence and in turn pleasure and happiness in the midst of everything dark in her life and Jem the destroying them helps…

It’s okay. I don’t think we should go up there. It’s okay. (106)” McCarthy uses short and simple sentences to draw the reader's attention to the urgency and foreboding feeling of apprehension that the boy is feeling in regards to the house. In this passage there is dialogue between the father and the boy, reminding the reader that something is wrong. Which allows the reader to have an insight of the feeling. “Then he raised the hatch door and swung it over and let it down on the floor behind.…

Today’s world is surrounded by ever-changing technological advances. The way in which we utilize them includes; hobbies, recreational activities, career reasons and social reasons. In the passage presented in class we discussed how Paumgarten believed that the GoPro, such as other technologies, were truly taking away from personal experience and causing a strong sense of narcissism. Personally, I believe that, much like many of our technologies, these advances are a positive outcome of what we…

Explication: Rameau’s Nephew This paper is an explication of a small passage from Denis Diderot’s dialogue, Rameau’s Nephew. First, I will begin by identifying the taxonomic elements I used to examine the text, and then go on to acknowledge the relationships between these elements and how they connect throughout the text. With this evidence, I will proceed by stating a few possibilities of meaning that might be observed in the passage and then tied to the rest of the dialogue. Through this…

Dr. Oliver Sacks’ article “The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat” successfully clarifies, captivates and convinces readers using various literary techniques that are common to both Science writers and English literary writers. Throughout the passage Sacks utilizes simile as a way to clarify his ideas for the reader. To clarify something means to make something clearer; in writing a strong tool used by authors to clarify is the metaphor or simile. Metaphor and simile are effective tools for…