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Throughout history women have been prescribed the role of being second to men, as well as being fragile and frail; while men are supposed to be courageous and do all of the heavy lifting. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, there is a recurring theme of gender roles and inequalities. William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is about a group of conspirators, who are…

“n-word” is used over 200 times in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the extreme overuse of this term promotes racism. The “n-word” has been replaced with the term “slave” in some altered versions of the novel; however the word ‘slave’ is not a synonym for the “n-word”. David Bradley has noted that slavery “is a condition. [He means], anybody can be a slave. And it's nothin' for anybody to be ashamed of. “But 'nigger' has to do with shame. 'Nigger' has to do with calling somebody something.…

World Wildlife Fund In today society, people commercialize everything from clothing, food, and drinks to cars, insurances, etc. Their sole purpose is to market their product out to world and attract customer. However, there are certain commercials whose purpose is to inform the audience, express concern or to start a movement. Most of the nonprofit or fundraising organizations would be perfect example. Encourage people to donate money to good causes is the sole purpose of these organizations’…

The Rocing Horse Winner by H.D. Lawrence Pre-Reading Activity Find two synonyms for each of the following terms: 1.asserted:affirm ,contend 2.discreat:confound,disorganise 3.steed:stallion,mare 4.stealth:covertness,slyness 5.brazening:gloat,bulldoze 6.prospects:anticipation,chance 7.money:cash,walth 8.mother:mom,parent While-Reaing The Rocing Horse Winner by H.D. Lawrence While-Reading Activity Read the questions first , read the story again , and see if you can answer all of the following. 1.…

“they”, uniting both and connecting the President to the people, adding an affable humility to his persona. However, the President also uses ritzy diction, such as in paragraph two’s last sentence when he uses “altogether” instead of the less formal synonyms such as “entirely” or “totally”. Consequently, adding formality to his humble…

In the Table 2.5, it would seem that it is translated precisely, yet there are some words changed, thus the idea becomes different than it should be. Using an idiom with the similar meaning but different form should sound very natural in the target language. In Sweeney Todd, the translators managed to achieve a different rendition of the musical piece by using Lithuanian idioms and sayings. In the first example of the table, Lithuanian common saying feels more natural than it would be rendered…

Facebook is an online social media and social networking service with 2 billion monthly active users (Balakrishnan, 2017). Each Facebook user uses Facebook for different purposes to satisfy different individual needs. The uses and gratification theory (U&G) coined by Elihu Katz is a mass communication theory that examines how individuals consume mass media to gratify their needs (Papacharissi, 2008). The basic assumptions of U&G are that users are actively seeking out media content and consume…

(299; chapter 8), “watched a court case” (299; chapter 3), “tried being a painter” (299; chapter 5) and “fell in love” (299; Parenthesis). Moreover, the narrator buys liquor called Stinko Paralytico (288) which is used by Charlie in chapter 8 as a synonym for ‘being drunk’ (214) and is unfaithful to his partner (292), just like Charlie (219) and potentially Ham’s wife (23). Ironically, the finding of “red hairs” (292) appears to be the evidence for his infidelity, which likewise serves as an…

Learn to Let Go is a song by Kesha released in the summer of 2017. The title tells us what the song will be about, learning how to let someone or something go. This might mean to leave things in the past and not dwell on them or to let a person go on their own path. That the title is Learn to Let Go suggests that doing so is hard, as it’s something that has to be learned, which will be the main point of the song. The song begins with the line “Been a prisoner of the past”, which shows that the…

It is unclear on whether or not Beowulf has Christian principles in it. It is clear that throughout the poem there is a sense of "what will be will be" and it is obvious Beowulf believes in destiny and a higher power. "Wyrd" is a synonym for fate and that is what is used throughout the poem. People during this period felt that the will of a higher power ruled their lives. This influenced the Anglo-Saxon people 's outlook on life and the culture. The people of this society as well…