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    He is living in reality with his wife but he is constantly distracted by this “secret life” that he is preoccupied with. As Walter is confronted by his wife in the hotel lobby he is defending himself and asks “Does it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?” (Thurber 5) This reaction to his wife is defending himself but his wife is not convinced. As she stands there with Walter she is persistent and concludes telling…

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    these sounds contrast the harsh rhythms of the beginning. For example, in the poem's first stanza, Milton writes "I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude/And with forced fingers rude" (2. 3-4). Compared to the w's, this line uses hard consonants that pack a punch when said. This is intended to scare readers with the idea of looming mortality. On the other hand, the delicate whispering effect in line 165 is comforting. Milton is now trying to console readers, showing them there is a time…

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    Judas” itself . Porter says:“Braggioni has become a symbol of her many disillusions, for a revolutionist should be lean, animated by heroic faith, a vessel of abstract values. This is nonsense, she knows it now and is ashamed of it. Revolutions must have leaders , and leadership is a career for energetic men.”(Porter 311).This means that Laura sees Braggion as personification of all that she finds wrong…

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    While verse was economically marginal in the early nineteenth century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) became the first American poet who could live off his royalties (Gioia 74). He was also the first poet of the New World to achieve an international fame; his reputation reached Europe and even Latin America (64). Devoted to the creation of a native literature, Longfellow committed himself to developing an American poetic diction. In “Our Native Writers” (1825), his graduation address,…

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    are harsh and realistic. Due to their judgment and actions, these characters are viewed as selfish and uncaring, especially towards the end following Gatsby’s fall. To begin with, Jordan Baker can be described as a selfish person. An example of this character being portrayed by Jordan is her demeanor during the dinner with the Buchanans and Nick. Tom…

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    “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock”(Fitzgerald 98). This famous quote is one of many ways that F. Scott Fitzgerald used colors in his popular novel The Great Gatsby. Color symbolism is a branch of the Archetypal lense that uses colors to describe different people and their personalities throughout literature. Colors, including green, yellow, white, and red are used to symbolise hope, caution, innocence, and anger through what people see, the cars they…

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    working hard towards wealth, fame and success. This dream can be described as a materialism pursuit of pleasure as it is only achieved when a person successfully having a fancy car, a lot of money, luxurious house, happy wealthy family, fame and nice clothes. However, in order to achieve this dream, most of the character in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald has turns to be someone who is selfish and materialistic. American Dream in the 1920’s, in this novel has caused destruction that can be…

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    Novelists have persistently dealt with the question of the search of the individual for his identity. As the problem of knowing himself has become very acute so Arun Joshi, portrays this problem in his fiction and tries to provide a solution which of course cannot be final. He is perhaps the first Indian novelist who takes up this current…

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    Chapter 1: Prologue Act 1: Holy Shit, I Won the lottery! "Hey dude, it looks like you've won the lottery." "Really? How much the prize?" "Hmm...About 10 Billion bucks." "Holy shit. I need to collect this shit." I immediately grabbed the lottery ticket from the store clerk and ran to the nearby bank. My brain is already filled with things I should buy. Ferrari's. Yachts. Diamonds. Diamond Yachts. Shit, that'll be awesome. I shout "I won the fucking lottery!" inside the bank hysterically.…

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    What is the plot of this story? Use your own words to summarize the plot in one thorough paragraph: The plot of the story is about a prince named Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero was a very rich man. There was a illness spreading rapidly throughout their town killing everyone. The illness was called the red death and was described as fatal and hideous. The Prince thought the only escape from the red death was to lock himself away in his castle with many of his friends. To pass time they drank…

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