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    Media Review Three In his article, Jason Diamond shares one of Flannery O’Connor’s prayers, which she wrote during her stay at the University of Iowa anywhere between 1946-1947 when she experiences doubt in her writing capabilities (Diamond 3). In these prayers, Diamond says that O’Connor “wrote her thoughts and prayers, displaying the same kind of self-doubt we see in so many writers today, but balanced with an unwavering faith…” (Diamond 3). Although Diamond agrees that O’Connor’s works seem…

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    Bluebeard's Egg Analysis

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    Sally is a woman who attends a college for taking night courses and to keep her busy. Also, she is a woman who thinks her husband, Ed is dull and stupid. However, as story goes by, she finds out an affair between Ed and her friend, Marylynn during the party. She witnessed Ed touches Marylynn's butt, and she realizes Ed is not the man she used to think. In addition, "Bluebeard's Egg" is somewhat similar to Fitcher's Bird. For example, Sally is the third wife of Ed, and she thinks she is clever.…

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    Suicide deaths have reached many families all over the world with clusters of people trying to put a end to this depressed topic. The subject of death and suicide is very touchy and Lauren Oliver goes about it the right and informing way in her book Before I Fall . Oliver spoke out about her style of writing saying that “I believe in thinking about audience reaction as composing” -Lauren Oliver (Anonymous 11). She wants the readers to know this when writing this book to show her dedication and…

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    Delia is a young girl in a mystery. She is killed by the gambler; Many singers composes songs for some further meaning to show the social condition of that time. The three songs are “Delia” composed by Bob Dylan in 1993, Little Delia composed by Blind Willie McTell in 1932, and “Delia’s Gone” composed by Johnny Cash in 1962. This essay will discuss the similar and different characteristics of Delia among the three songs: “Delia”, “Little Delia”, “Delia’s Gone”. The first difference is that…

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    Critical Analysis Essay Shahrazad’s Golden Leopard by Muneeza Shamsie Syed Muhammad Shehroz Ali 17l-6334 Abdullah Wasim 17l-4254 Faisal Ashraf 17l-4317 Shahrazad's Golden Leopard is an emotional piece of writing by Muneeza Shamsie, published in, A dragonfly in the sun, by oxford university press Karachi., The story is about a complete Failure and reluctance of Shahrazad mother to understand her kid’s emotions and psyche. Muneeza Shamsie is a Pakistani writer, critic, literary journalist, and…

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    Susan Glaspell, born in 1876 was an American play writer, novelist, journalist, and actress. In her time, she wrote many short stories and plays which began appearing in magazines and journals. One of Glaspell’s best works was a one-act play called Trifles written and performed in 1916. While working as a journalist for Des Monines Daily News, she covered the 1900 murder of John Hossack which is where she received the inspiration for the loosely based play and in 1917 was turned into a short…

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    few examples every time he goes back and fourth whether or not to marry the women next door. It’s a poem that has to do with making choices in life. We can relate this to our own personal life because everyone has to make hard decisions whether it effects our life in a positive or negative way! One could look at this poem from the big picture perspective and know it is about young, indecisive males and females who will come up in life with choices they must make. The subject is young, indecisive…

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    I strongly agree that Sylvia Plath's poetry presents a vivid portrait of an individual who's life is tormented and anguished It is clear from the beginning of Plath's poem "poppies in July" that the poem presents a vivid portrait who's life is tormented and anguished. This can be seen in the first line "Little poppies , Little hell flames". It appears that the individual in the poem shows two different personalities one of a kind person and another of an angry person. "Little poppies " shows…

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    “The Bell Jar” by Victoria Lucas (Pseudonym of Sylvia Plath) was first time published on 14 January 1963 in the U.S of America after her death in a same year. This book was written as novel by Sylvia Lucas, but in comparison with her life before this book, we can clearly say that it is autobiographical book, where the author tries to wright her personal story but under different name, Plath choose Esther Greenwood as her protégé in the book. Both of them had experience with magazines and…

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    The responsibility of the female poet is two pronged: to “give name to the nameless” and “answer the received cultural imagination of the subject with something utterly different.” Sylvia Plath and Gwendolyn Brooks do it exceptionally well. Their poetry tackles subject matter vital to the task of complicating cultural imagined archetypes for women. Almost immediately, first line Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother” fulfills its responsibility of meeting culturally imagined standards with…

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