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    the perception of materialistic and shallow love In Victorian society. Additionally the repetition of “love’s sake that evermore”, pushes the argument and links in with the symbolisation of eternal and timeless love. In Elizabeth’s personal context, Robert Browning doesn’t fall for her physical appearance, but her writings clearly symbolising the argument. Therefore the value of time in the Victorian Era in the perspective of Elizabeth Browning is juxtaposed against the Great Gatsby. Showcasing…

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    Whenever something in our life seems to be going well, it often comes to an end or change. Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem that initially is thought to be about nature, and how it's beauty succumbs to an end for an unknown-exact reason. There are a couple ways to view the central meaning of this poem; the idea that nothing good will last forever. A pessimistic, yet reasonable view of this poem is that every positive condition in one's life will come to an end at some point. An…

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    get knee surgery, but she wanted to compete at the Sochi Olympics. The World Cup Champion had to decide either to compete at the Olympics or get knee surgery. Everyone has to make important decisions. That is why the poem "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost resonates with so many people. The poems use of vague language allows for interpretations about life choices. There are so many choices in life that can lead to different opportunities in the future, but a choice has to be made. "The Road…

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    Robert Motherwell Essay

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    Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it - Robert Motherwell. During the 20th century, there were wars, economic recessions and radical politics that rattled the world. Some of the movements that came out during the time are, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism. Robert Motherwell’s art is classified in the Abstract Expressionism Movement. Motherwell was a writer, theorist, and helpers of the New York School of arts.…

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    Robert Frost Analysis

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    Robert Frost Essay. “Why not have it imply everything?” Explain how this comment is reflected in Frost’s poems. Throughout history, all poetry has said something and implied the rest. Robert Frost is famous for writing (in regard to writing poems) “why not have it imply everything”. This is reflected throughout his poems, most notably Mowing and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening as they both have deeper meanings hidden below what is most commonly deduced from an analysis of them. Frost…

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    Robert Drewe’s 1991 novel Our Sunshine explores the insights of the famous outlaw, Ned Kelly. The text perceives Ned in a way we have never seen him before, changing the way the public views Ned forever. Our sunshine is a re-written version of Ned Kelly’s life which Drewe successfully achieves, the uses of textual themes complimented with language techniques and dominant themes are portrayed within the text. The theme of loyalty is continuously brought up in the novel and the techniques of…

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    Matthew Henson Biography

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    to reach the North Pole at 800 (“Profile: Matthew Henson”). 800 people repeatedly tried to fight the odds and be the first people to ever reach that corner of the world. The first successful men to accomplish such a feat were U.S. Navy lieutenant Robert Edward Peary and his colored assistant, Matthew Henson. Though on the same team, Henson happened to be pulling a dog sled ahead of Peary, which put him technically in front of Peary. That is how the colored pioneer Henson became the first man…

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    published as a part of a collection entitled ‘Crossing the Water’. It expresses the feelings of Sylvia Plath by an animated and personified mirror. GENRE- The genre of confessional poetry came into being in the mid-twentieth century with the entry of Robert Lowell into the world of literature. It includes basically a class of poems which contain the personal experiences and emotions of the poet like death, trauma, depression, and relationships, expressed with skilled craftsmanship. Such matter…

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    After doing further research and examination of Robert William Pickton and his background, I have reason to believe that his childhood and the actions of those around him as he was growing up played a strong role in his mental and social development and his future behaviours leading up to the murders. Robert Pickton's mother often showed no remorse for taking or losing the life of any creature, including humans, an example of this was when his mother rolled a 14 year old car crash victim into…

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    However, when they are bad they can be really awful. This is the case in The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning. The Most Dangerous Game is about a man who hunts humans. Porphyria’s Lover is a poem about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who cannot be with him, so he kills her. Richard Connell and Robert Browning use extremely descriptive characterization to convey a theme that obsession can have a negative outcome. In the short story The…

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