Sophia Brookshire
I love books! I love the smell of them and the words contained within. I received a Bachelor s degree in English and an Associates degree in Comparative Literature from UC Santa Barbara. I love to read other s works, and create my own. Reading is definitely one of my favorite pass-times, currently I m reading The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. One day, I hope to be a professional author, who is able to affect the lives of her readers with her words. I love animals, and I have had the pleasure of volunteering at various animal shelters for the last nine years, which has gifted me with three wonderful dogs. I also have a huge aquarium with several different tropical fish species and a Betta.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poem "202 (185)"Dickinson's poem 202 (185) is a plea to Samuel Bowles to reconsider publishing her poems. She wants him to take a closer look at her poems, so that he can recognize how good they actually are.
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 55"- "Not Marble, nor Gilded Monuments"Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 is about the idea of a sonnet acting as a living record. As long as these verses exist so does the narrator's beloved. Time, death, war, and Gods are no match for these words; in the narrator's eyes, this sonnet and his beloved by
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 53"- "What is Your Substance"Shakespeare's Sonnet 53 presents the beloved as the ideal beauty. All other beauty is just a shadow that is cast off from the beloved's beauty. This sonnet is perhaps the most Platonic of all Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's "145 (59)"Dickinson's poem #145 (59) is a retelling of Genesis 32. It is the story of a man who is so scared of dying that he separates himself from his party and ends up wresting with God upon the mountain Jabbok.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Poem "124 (216)"Emily Dickinson's poem 124 (216) deals with the idea of resurrection. She describes the dead as being meek beings awaiting the time when they can enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnets 35"- "No More Grieved at that Which Thou Hast Done"Shakespeare uses an extended law metaphor to describe the internal civil war that the narrator is experiencing. The narrator's anger towards his beloved seems to be dissipating, which is madeevident by the narrator trying to justify his beloved's faults.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's "68 (89)"Emily Dickinson's poem number "68 (89)" is one of Emily's early poems. it begins by telling the reader about all the things she doesn't wish to talk about and then moves onto to talk about the one thing that truly interests her.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's "112 (67)"Dickinson's poem number 112 (67) is a lesson in what success truly means. She uses the imagery of a soldier dying in battle to convey that success can only be felt by those who have failed.
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Analysis of Emily Dickinson's "39 (49)"Emily Dickinson's poem 33 (49) is centered on the theme of death. The narrator loses a couple of people that are important to her and then begs God for his help.
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 33"- "Full Many a Glorious Morning Have I Seen"William Shakespeare’s “Sonnets 33” is the first of the estrangement sonnets. The narrator has been rejected by his beloved (an anonymous young man) in some way, and is using the disappearance of the sun as a metaphor for expressing his pain. The poem foll
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "An Arundel Tomb"Philip Larkin’s “An Arundel Tomb” is a poem about the existence of perpetual love. This is the first and only time that Larkin has shown this kind of reverence for love, in his poetry.
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "The Trees"Larkin's "The Trees" compares the death and apparent immortality of trees to that of humans. Larkin is jealous of the fact that the trees don't appear to age or die.
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "For Sidney Bechet"Philip Larkin had a deep passion for jazz music, which had been fostered from childhood by his parents, who purchases both a drum kit and a saxophone. Between 1961 and 1971, Larkin served as the jazz critic for The Daily Telegraph. Larkin wanted was a hug
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Born Yesterday: For Sally Amis"Philip Larkin’s poem “Born Yesterday: For Sally Amis” is about the birth of his friend Kingsley Amis’ daughter, Sally Amis. She was born on January 17, 1954. Kingsley Amis is a British writer, whose most famous work would probably
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Homage to a Government"Philip Larkin, an English poet famous for his “average Joe” poetical voice, wrote his poetry for the everyday man versus his contemporaries. He wanted to portray the world as it is rather than mucking it up with the artificial. He had a tendency to write
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Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney's "Astrophil and Stella #31"Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella is largely accepted to be an intimate portrait of Sidney and his beloved Penelope Devereux relationship. Sidney imitates Petrarch’s poetic style in this series of poems. The narrator describes himself as the typical Petrarcha
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps"Throughout this poem the moon is described as having inhuman strength, clarity, and confidence, all of which the narrator wished he possessed. In the beginning, the moon both terrifies and angers the
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Summary of Langston Hughes' "Red-Headed Baby"The narrator has been working on the same ship for the last five years, and has only managed to rise to third mate. The ship was docked in southern Florida, the site of the great land boom of the 1920s. He walked through the ha
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Summary of Edith Wharton's "A Journey"The young woman was working as a school teacher trying to pay off her arrears (overdue debts) when she met her future husband. He was her salvation. She was naturally full of life, but her life circumstances
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "MCMXIV"Philip Larkin entitled this poem MCMXIV, which are Roman numerals for the number 1914. Many WWI stone memorials were incised with MCMXIV
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "High Windows"Philip Larkin’s poem High Windows was written in 1967 amidst the “Summer of Love,” in London. The “summer of love” introduced drug use and “free” sex. During this summer, the Beatles released what a lot of people con
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Aubade"An a is a morning love song (it is the opposite of a serenade, which takes place in the evening). Sometimes it is written about when lovers separate at dawn. Or, as in this poem, a song or poem announcing dawn; the lover in this scenario is death
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "The Explosion"This poem is an elegy and it consists of eight stanzas, which consist of three lines each. The elegy is concluded with a single line set apart from the rest of the poem that serves to emphasize a sense of optimism for the future
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "This Be the Verse"Philip Larkin's father was a self-made man, who managed to rise to the position of Coventry City Treasurer. His father had a great love for literature, and introduced Philip to T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence
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Analysis of Philip Larkin's "Talking in Bed"In this poem, there is a definite sense of disconnect between the couple, and it is clear that the metaphorical wall between them has been building up for a long time. The narrator questions how and why their
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Futility"The narrator of this poem is having an existential crisis; what is the point of being born if you are just going to die a few years later? It is common for people to question death and what comes after
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting"Wilfred Owen was brought up in a very devout household, and it wasn't until he left his mother's house that he became increasingly critical of the role that the Church played in society. Owen enlisted in January of 1917 and fought in the Battle of Somme
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Analysis of Claude McKay's "Exhortation: Summer 1919"Claude McKay's Exhortation: Summer, 1919 act as a clarion call for both African Americans and their brethren in Africa to defend themselves. An 'œexhortation' is language that is used to incite or encourage; McKay wanted to unite all
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Analysis of Siegfried Sassoon's "The Rear-Guard"This is not a rosy pictorial of the war on the Western Front; from the very first line the poet thrusts the reader into the action, in order to show the reader what the soldiers really experience on the front line.
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30"- "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought"William Shakespeare's Sonnets 30 appears to be about a day when the speaker is so overwhelmed with emotion that writing about it is the only way he can release it, and move on;
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo"- Lines 1-12Wilfred Owen was raised as an Anglican (of the evangelical school), and was a devout believer in his youth. Owen was also very close to his mother, and that relationship caused him to be a bit shielded from the actualities of life and war.
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo"- Lines 13-36The music that the speaker is referring to is the cacophony of gunfire and explosions, which is not what people generally think of as beautiful music
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnets 29"- "When, In Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes"In Elizabethan England, professional writers were among those most highly revered. Writers all across England sought aristocratic patronage, and the few that achieved this coveted position were amply rewarded with money, protection, and prestige.
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Miners"Wilfred Owen's Miners is about the colliery disaster at Halmend in January 12, 1918. The Minnie Pit was named after Minnie Craig, the daughter of one of the owners. The pit was
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 23"- "As An Unperfect Actor on the Stage"Shakespeare's Sonnet 23 is addressed to the lovely boy, and tries to convey the awkwardness that the poet feels towards the boy. This awkwardness is due to depth of emotion that the speaker has for
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Summary of Katherine Anne Porter's "He"The Whipples lived in the South. They had three children: Adna, He, and Emly. The Whipples didn't have a lot of money, and often found it hard to feed and clothe everyone. Mrs. Whipple was a proud woman
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 20" -"A Woman's Face with Nature's Own Hand Painted"Shakespeare is asking his readers to consider that love comes in all forms, and doesn't necessarily need to be defined; love is pure and good no matter what form it appears in.
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 19" -"Devouring Time, Blunt Thou the Lion's Paws"Sonnet 19 describes Time as being monstrous and committing crimes against nature; the most heinous crime being disfiguring the beautiful young man, in any way.
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnets 18"- "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"In this first quatrain, the speaker is trying to find something that compares to the beauty of the young man. The speaker tries to compare him to a summer's day, but realizes that the young man is both more lovely and more temperate
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnets 15"- "When I Consider Every Thing that Grows"The speaker in Sonnet 15 wants the young man to procreate, but it seems like the speaker is losing hope that that will happen, so he has decided to immortalize him through verse.
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 12"- "When I Do Count the Clock that Tells the Time"William Shakespeare's Sonnets were unlike anything else that was written in the early 1600s. He chose to write about a beautiful young man versus a beautiful lady. In Elizabethan
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Analysis of Shakespeare's "Sonnets 3"- Look in Thy Glass and Tell the Face Thou ViewestAristocratic patronage, in Elizabethan England, was one of the most important assets that a profession writer could have, because it guaranteed money, protection, and prestige. Shakespeare's
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnets 1"- from Fairest Creatures We Desire IncreaseIn Elizabethan England, aristocratic patronage was probably a professional writer's most valuable asset, because it offered money, protection, and prestige. William Shakespeare sought aristocratic patronage
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 79"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti: Sonnet 79 centers on the idea of what true beauty is. Spenser states that true beauty comes from God, intelligence and morality are the two qualities that should be held in
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 74"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti: Sonnet 74 takes place in the second year of his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. In this poem, he pays homage to all of the "Elizabeths" in his life. Spenser praises each one of them for
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 71"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti: Sonnet 71 follows a hunting theme, which is a typical metaphor in 16th Century England. In this particular sonnet, the hunter is the spider (i.e. the seducer) and the bee is the
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 70"Edmund Spenser wrote his Amoretti for his beloved Elizabeth Boyle, and so she is usually the addressee of all of the sonnets contained within it. In Sonnet 70, Elizabeth is not addressed personally until the -
Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 68"Edmunds Spenser's Amoretti follows his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. Sonnet 68 was written on Easter day, and focuses on divine love rather than on human love; in fact, he doesn't even
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 67"Edmund Spenser wrote Amoretti, a collection of 85 sonnets, about his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. Sonnet 67 takes place on March 30, 1594. This poem is largely about who really has the power in their relationship;
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 65"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti contains 85 sonnets that describe his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. These sonnets follow the traditional Petrarchan model in most respects. Petrarch often obsessed over -
Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 64"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti describes his courtship of Elizabeth Boyle. Sonnet 64 is an example of a blazon sonnet'"cataloguing a lady's features'"it differs from his Sonnet 15, which is also a blazon, in the
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 23"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti describes how he feels about Elizabeth Boyle throughout their courtship. Like any relationship, theirs was filled with ups and downs, happiness and sadness, and joy and
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 15"Sonnet 15 is an example of blazon sonnet. Blazon is when there is a series of comparisons or depictions that catalogue a lady's body parts. In this sonnet, Spenser spends a great deal of time
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Shakespearean Comediesthe characteristics of comedy, types of comedy, and a list of Shakespeare's comedies
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 54"In this sonnet, Spenser takes on the role of an actor, and his beloved is the spectator. She watches him flit from character to character without showing the least bit of empathy.
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Analysis of Petrarch's "Rima 189"Petrarch's Rime (the plural form of Rima) was rumored to be inspired by a woman named Laura de Noves. The story goes that on April 6, 1327, which was Good Friday
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 37"Edmund Spenser wrote his Amoretti ("little loves") about his courtship with Elizabeth Boyle. Spenser draws on the Petrarchan tradition as a model for his Amoretti sonnets.
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 34"Edmund Spenser's Amoretti chronicles his courtship with his wife Elizabeth Boyle. It was originally published in 1595 and loosely follows the Petrarchan sonnet model. -
Summary of William Carlos Williams "The Girl with a Pimply Face"Two doctors were sitting around having lunch when a druggist called and asked for a doctor to go and visit a sick baby that had just come home from the hospital. The doctor that had talked to the druggist asked the other doctor if he wanted to go
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Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "Amoretti: Sonnet 1"Edmund Spenser wrote Amoretti about his courtship with Elizabeth Boyle and their eventual wedding in June of 1594. Spenser follows the Petrarchan style; however, one notable difference is that the women that Petrarch writes about are unavailable
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Storm"The air was quiet; the leaves lay motionless on the ground. Bobinot called Bibi's attention to the "somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar" -
Summary of Bernard Malamud's 'My Son the Murderer"Leo is worried about his son, so he is constantly watching over Harry. Harry feels his father's presence hovering from the time he wakes in the morning until he goes to sleep at night.
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Analysis of William Butler Yeats' Poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" describes a sort of utopia that the narrator wishes to escape to. He wishes to leave the city and go to a remote place where life is
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Summary of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "The Ghost in the Mill"the early days of Massachusetts, there were no magazines, daily papers, theatre, opera, parties or balls (with the exception of Thanksgiving festivals and election day) to occupy one's time.
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Summary of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King"Oedipus asks the priest why the people seem so worried. The priest tells Oedipus that Thebans are becoming poverty-stricken due to bad crops, sick animals, babies dying in the womb,
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Summary of Euripides' "Medea"The tragedy begins with Medea's nurse grieving over her mistress's cruel destiny. She wishes that Jason had never been sent to retrieve the Golden Fleece in Colchis, because then he would have never met Medea.
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Analysis of W.B. Yeats' "When You Are Old'William Butler Yeats' poem "When You are Old" is a free adaptation of Pierre de Ronsard's poem "Of His Lady's Old Age" -
Summary of Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"At the base of the Kaatskill Mountains there was an old Dutch village, and in this old town there lived a "good-natured" man named Rip Van Winkle. His descendants accompanied Peter Stuyvesant (the governor around the time the
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"Tears" by Edward Thomas: AnalysisEdward Thomas's Tears was written in January of 1915, only a few months before he enlisted. Thomas is the speaker of this poem. This poem is about the effects of the war, and it has an air of nationalism.
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Edgar Allan Poe's "Hop-Frog"- Tripetta's AgencyIn Edgar Allan Poe's Hop-Frog, Trippetta, a dwarf with good proportions, endeavors to save her friend, Hop-Frog, from having to drink another goblet of wine and is humiliated by the King as a result.
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Shakespeare's "Macbeth"- when Agency Goes WrongIn the beginning of the play Macbeth receives a prophesy from the three witches saying that he was going to be King; when Lady Macbeth (LM) hears of this she becomes enraptured by the thought of all the power they will have.
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Shakespeare's "Othello"- the Tragic HeroWilliam Shakespeare's Othello is a story about the downfall of a tragically noble character. Othello begins the play as a noble, strong, and prideful man, but by the end of the play he succumbs to the jealous rage that Iago
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Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"- LoveLove is not always as it appears to be, which is what the characters in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night discover. The first love that is encountered in the play is the love that the Duke has for Olivia; however,
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Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"- Portia's AgencyIn the beginning of the play, Portia is afraid of taking control of her destiny and only embraces her agency while in Venice and once she takes on that role of authority figure she does not go back to her previous role once
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Shakespeare's "King Lear" and "The Twelfth Night"- DisguiseDisguise is a powerful tool used by these characters for power, insight, and protection; Viola, Feste, Kent, and Edgar use their disguises to get close to the ones that they both love and want to protect, or those they want to
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Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and Drayton's "Idea 61"- the Duality of LoveIn both Michael Drayton's Idea 61 and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (RJ) the central characters are feeling a duality, pleasure and pain, of love. Romeo loves Rosaline, who does not love him in return, while the
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Marie De France's "Lanval"- EnvyIn the opening paragraph of "Guigemar," in the The Lais of Marie de France, the narrator states that "when there exists in a country a man or woman of great renown, people who are envious of their abilities frequently speak
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E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Sandman" and Adolfo Bioy Casares' "The Invention of Morel"- Strange LoveNathanael is in love with a woman that is just like he is. He is attracted to her, because she does not question his inability to belong in real society. He likes being with her because he does not have to put on an act
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Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko"- Oroonoko's Fight for HumanityThe story of Oroonoko, written by Aphra Behn, is a story of a young African prince and his companions, who are abducted from their homeland and brought to the New World to become slaves for the Europeans who have settled there.
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Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"- Edna's AgencySociety dictates that a woman must marry and become a mother, or they are to remain in the possession of their parents or other family. Outside of this realm they have no real place in society.
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Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther": Werther's Search for Acceptance"How happy I am to be away!" states Werther in the first line of The Sorrows of Young Werther, written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (25). The novel starts with Werther going to visit his aunt about his mother's inheritance,
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Analysis of John Donne's "Holy Sonnets #1"As a child, John Donne was persecuted for being a Catholic in a country that was predominately Protestant. He was distantly related to Sir Thomas More, who was a "great Catholic humanist and martyr" (1260). Donne's religious
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Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary": Emma and Her Lover--The ActorThe central plot to Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, are the affairs of Emma Bovary with other men. One particular man, Rodolphe, attracts her attention in the beginning of the novel and he immediately becomes the object of her romantic obsession.
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Samuel Richardson's "Pamela": Female Agency in a Society Dominated by Men"Join me in one of the most explosive scandals and noisiest, wildest all-night parties around" (Alsanea, 1). In the novels Pamela by Samuel Richardson, and Girls of Riyadh (GR) written by Rajaa Alsanea, these two
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Equiano as the HumanitarianEquiano's story is one which is not typical to most slaves in captivity, during this time. Throughout the narrative there is a sense of Equiano searching for himself. As Equiano learns more of the white man's
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Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus": The Agency of LaviniaIn William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, Lavinia is seen as the personification of Rome in beauty and spirit. Lavinia is the daughter of the most powerful man in Rome; Titus is much revered by everyone, including his daughter.
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Summary of Robert B. Burlin's Article "Middle English Romance: The Structure of Genre"In Modern times, people seem to think that they know what the medieval romance and its modern day replacement, the novel, are, and no further probing is necessary. Taxonomists like classical literature, because it has clear rules and is easily duplicated.
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Analysis of Edward Thomas's "Adlestrop"Adlestrop describes an express train ride that Thomas took on June 23, 1914 from Oxford to Worchester. An unexpected stop at the Adlestrop train station allows Thomas to observe a stretch of the countryside that he had previously
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Analysis of John Donne's "The Flea"The flea was seen as an erotic insect in the medieval times. The sensuality of a flea was popularized by a pseudo-Ovidian medieval poem,
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Summary of Cynthia Ozick's "The Shawl"Rosa and her two daughters, Stella (14 years old) and Magda (15 months), were in a concentration camp. Rosa carried Magda under a shawl; so that she was not seen. Stella was jealous of her baby sister, because
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Summary of Raymond Carver's "Are These Actual Miles?"Leo met Toni when she used to sell children's encyclopedias. He bought a set even though he didn't have any children. They went on a date and later married.
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Analysis of Edmund Spencer's "Amoretti: Sonnet 75"Edmund Spencer's Amoretti was published in 1595 after he met and married his second wife Elizabeth Boyle. Amoretti translates as "little notes" or "little cupids," and were written most likely about his wife. A successful
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron," Day 2 Story 7Beminedab, the Sultan of Babylon, had a daughter named Alatiel, who was said to be the most beautiful woman ever in history. The Sultan gave Alatiel to the King of Algrave to marry, because King Algrave helped him defeat the
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron", Day 2 Story 6Manfred, the King of Sicily, was away fighting in Benevento while his trusted man Arrighetto Capece of Naples governed Sicily. Arrighetto was married to Beritola Caracciola, who was renowned for her nobility and beauty
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Analysis of W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming"W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" was written in 1919, just one year after WWI ended. The beginning of this poem reflects on how evil has taken over the minds of good Christians, and the world has turned into chaos. It
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron" Day 2, Story 5Andreuccio di Pietro was a young horse dealer from Perugia. There was a rumor going around that in Naples horses were being sold cheaply, and when Andreuccio heard this he set out for Naples with 500 gold florins in
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Analysis of W.B. Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium"William Butler Yeats' poem "Sailing to Byzantium" is concerned with the passage of time, and how someone can become eternal. Yeats lived from 1865 to 1939; so this poem, which was written in 1926, reflects his
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron": Day2, Story 4In Ravello, which is a small town in Italy, there lived an extremely wealthy man named Landolfo Rufolo. He was very greedy, and while trying to double his wealth he almost lost everything, including his life.
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 2Robert and Edna sat there on the porch together, and as they were talking Robert was rolling a cigarette. He told her that he could not afford to smoke cigars, which is why he smoked cigarettes all the time.
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 3Mr. Pontellier came home around eleven o'clock that night, and he was in a vey good mood. Edna was asleep when he came home, but his incessant talking woke her. He told her the funny stories he had heard,
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 4Mr. Pontellier could not pinpoint where his wife fell short as a mother, it was something he just felt. The boys never came to her when they fell down while they were playing; instead they got up and wiped
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 5 and 6Adèle, Edna, and Robert sat together on Edna's porch often throughout the summer. Robert and Edna shared a special kind of intimacy; they often exchanged looks and smiles. Robert was always with Edna
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 7Edna had always been lost in her own world. She knew the difference between the outer world that conforms to society's demands, and the inner world that questions everything. Adèle Ratignolle
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 8On their walk back, Adèle asked Robert for a favor. She asked him to leave Edna alone. Robert laughed at her, and Adèle said that she was serious. He composed himself, and in a more serious tone he asked her why
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 9One Saturday, a few weeks after Adèle and Robert's disagreement, there was an unusual amount of husbands at Grande Isle. For the occasion, Madame Lebrun had the lights in the dining hall turned up as high
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 10It was Robert who had suggested the bath, and he directed the way. Robert walked between the lovers, in the rear of the procession. The Ratignolles and the Pontelliers led the group; Edna wondered why Robert
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 11 and 12Out of the darkness, Mr. Pontellier asked his wife what she was doing outside at one o'clock in the morning. She didn't answer, and he drew close to her face to see if she was awake. He told her to come inside
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 13 and 14Edna was overcome by dizziness during the service, and instead of trying to compose herself, she exited the church; Robert followed closely behind her. They went outside, they were standing in the shade
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 15Edna walked into the dining room; she was late as usual. She sat down and began to eat her soup when several people told her that Robert was going to Mexico. She was surprised, because she had spent all morning
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 16Edna was walking towards the beach, when Mademoiselle Reisz snuck up behind her and asked if she really missed Robert that much. Edna had been swimming a lot since the night she had learned how. Their
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 17The Pontellier's house in New Orleans was big; it was painted white and it had green shutters. The house and the garden were up kept perfectly. Mr. Pontellier had bought for his wife only the best things for the
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 18The next day, Lèonce had lectured the cook, and he felt pretty good about himself. He asked Edna to meet him in town; so that they could go and pick out some new things for the library. Edna told her husband that
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 19Looking back on her actions, Edna felt very foolish and childish to stomp on her wedding ring and throw the vase at the hearth. Edna began to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. She completely stopped
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 20One mid-November day when Edna was not in a good mood, she decided that she wanted to go see Mademoiselle Reisz. She hadn't forgotten about the last time she saw her, but she wanted to hear her play the piano
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 21Mademoiselle Reisz always seemed to live in apartments that were on the top floor; whether or not it was because she wanted to avoid beggars and callers is not known. Her apartment had many windows that always
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 22One day, Mr. Pontellier decided to stop in and see the family physician, Dr. Mandelet. He was semi-retired and known for his wisdom rather than his expertise in medicine. He only
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 23For the last few days Edna's father had been in town, and staying with Edna and her husband. Edna and her father weren't very close, but they shared similar tastes. He had come to New Orleans to buy a gift for
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 24Edna and her father got into a huge argument about Edna's unwillingness to attend her sister's wedding. He tried to convince her to go by saying that he didn't think her sisters would ever talk to her again if she didn't go
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 25She began to feel satisfied by her work. The weather greatly affected Edna's work; when it was dark and gloomy, she could not work
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 26Arobin wrote her a letter of apology. Edna thought that if she ignored it or answered it in a serious tone then she would be telling him that what happened between them was more important than it was
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 27, 28, and 29Edna was in an unusually happy mood that night. Arobin found her reclining on a lounger, and she was kinder to him than she usually was. He sat down close to her, and asked her what had made her so happy.
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 30Edna selected her dinner guests very carefully; she planned on having eleven people plus her, but two of them couldn't come. The guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, Mrs. Highcamp, Alcée Arobin, Mademoiselle
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 31 and 32After everyone had left, Arobin asked Edna what was next on her agenda. She told him that the lights had to be turned off and the windows had to be closed, and then she would go over to the "pigeon house." Arobin began to turn
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 33If Mademoiselle Reisz was out when Edna came over, Edna would let herself in with the hide-a-key. One day, Edna had decided to go see Mademoiselle Reisz after she had a string of visitors that kept interrupting her work.
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 34 and 35Edna's dining room was very small; the table barely fit. When they sat down to dinner an air of decorum washed over them; the conversation changed to one that was less intimate. Robert talked about his trip to
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapter 36On the outskirts of town there was a garden that had a few tables underneath some trees. It was owned by an old mulatresse, who sold milk and cream cheese. Edna had found it accidently one day while on one of her walks,
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Summary of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Chapters 37 and 38Edna went into the Ratignolle's drug store; Monsieur Pontellier was concocting a tonic. Edna went up the private stairway at the back of the drug store, which led to the Ratignolle's apartment. She found Madame Ratignolle
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Summary of Kate Chopin's the Awakening: Chapter 39Victor was fixing one of the galleries. Mariequita sat nearby watching him work. She liked to listen to Victor describe the dinner at Mrs. Pontellier's house, and Victor liked to exaggerate the evening when he told her about
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Summary of Kate Chopin's the Awakening: Chapter 1Mr. Pontellier was reading his newspaper at the main house, but the parrot's endless repetition of "allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!" irritated him so much that he went to his own cottage. Madame Lebrun was the master
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron: Day 2, Story 3In Florence, there used to live a man named Messer Tebaldo. He was one of the richest men in Florence. He had three sons: Lamberto
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Kate Chopin's the Awakening: Character Descriptions and Paper TopicsAdèle Ratignolle- "there was nothing subtle or hidden about her charms; her beauty was all there, flaming and apparent: the spun-gold hair that comb nor confining could restrain; the blue eyes that were like nothing but sapphires
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Analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks' Poem "We Real Cool"Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" identifies the struggle that Black American youths went through to define themselves in the late fifties and early sixties, in a society that was predominately trying to keep them oppressed
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Summary of Alexander Pushkin's "A Novel in Letters"A summary of Alexander Pushkin's "A Novel in Letter"
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 2 Story 2There was a merchant named Rinaldo d'Asti, who was on his way home from a business trip in Bologna. On his way home he happened upon a group of three men that he assumed to be merchants; they were actually thieves.
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 12 "Eliduc"In Brittany, there lived a knight named Eliduc. No one was as valiant as he was. He was married to a very noble lady by the name of Guildeluec. He loved his wife very much, but things changed when he went into paid military service.
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 11 "Chevrefoil"This lay is about Tristram and the queen. They shared a love that was very pure, and because of it they suffered greatly. They suffered so much that they ended up dying on the same day.
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 10 "Chaitivel"In Nates, there lived a beautiful and noble lady. Every man that saw her fell in love with her, and so she was courted by many men. She didn't want to refuse any suitors, because they might retaliate. She tried to satisfy each
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 9 "Milun"In the South of Wales, a baby boy was born and named Milun. He was the envy of all other knights, but princes loved him for his skill. Also, in this region, there was a nobleman, who had a beautiful daughter.
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 8 "Laustic"In St Malo, there were two knights, who lived in adjoining houses. The houses were only separated by a high stone wall. One of the knights was married to a woman, who was the epitome of decorum. The other knight was
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 7 "Yonec"There once was an old man, who was the lord of Caerwent. Because he was so old and he had no heirs, he thought it best to seek a wife. He married a beautiful young woman. Once they were married he locked her away in a tower, because
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 6 "Les Deus Amanz"In Normandy, there was a city at the foot of a high mountain, named Pitres. The king's wife died, and all he had left was a beautiful daughter. He did not want her to get married, because then he would be all alone. The king made it known that his
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 5 "Lanval"King Arthur had come to Carlisle, because of an ongoing feud between the Scots and Picts. That summer at Pentecost, the king gave out wives and land to all of his knights, except Lanval, who the king had forgotten.
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 4 "Bisclavret"There was a baron named Bisclavret, who lived in Brittany, and was well loved by all. He was his lord's closest advisor. His wife was greatly worried, because each week, he was left for three days without any explanation
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 3 "Le Fresne"In Brittany, there lived two valiant knights, who were good friends and neighbors. The wife of one of the knights gave birth to twin boys, word was sent to the other knight about the happy news. The knight's wife
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 2 "Equitan"Equitan was well loved throughout his land. He enjoyed pleasure and bouts of love. He had a seneschal to govern his land; so that Equitan could devote himself to pleasurable activities. It was only, in time
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Summary of the Lais of Marie De France: Chapter 1 "Guigemar"The King's baron, Oridial, was a brave and honorable knight. He and his wife had two children; a son named Guigemar and a daughter named Noguent. Guigemar was very handsome, and he was greatly loved by his
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 2 Introduction and Story 1The Queen ordered that they spend the day as they had yesterday. When they gathered together to begin their story time, Queen Filomena asked Neifile to begin telling her story.
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Analysis of William Butler Yeats' "Easter, 1916"William Butler Yeats' poem "Easter, 1916" was written about the Easter Rising, in Ireland, in 1916. The Irish parliament was abolished in 1800 with the Act of Union; Great Britain now had control
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Summary of the Life of Christina of MarkyateChristina was born in a town called Huntingdon to mother, Beatrix, and father, Auti. Christina was baptized as Theodora, which means "Gift of God," but she later changed it for spiritual reasons. One day while Christina
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Analysis of Yeat's Poem "September 1913""September 1913" by William Butler Yeats, glorifies Ireland's revolutionaries and damns all those who are not willing to do what is right for the citizens of Ireland. This poem marks a change in Yeats' political views
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Analysis of William Butler Yeat's Poem "No Second Troy"William Butler Yeat's poem "No Second Troy" is undoubtedly about Maud Gonne. Yeats met Gonne in 1889 and she quickly became the object of his unwavering affection. She became the heroine and inspiration
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Disabled"Wilfred Owen's poem "Disabled" is about a soldier who came home from WWI missing limbs, and how this disability changed his life. This poem was written when Owen was in Craiglockhart War Hospital
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron: Preface and Introduction to Day 1Boccaccio wrote this novel as a way for women to divert themselves from their heart ache. Men have many outlets for their pain, which include: taking a walk, hawking, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, gambling, or
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 1 Story 1I wish to begin our tales with one about Him, since everything that is done by man should begin with Him. If God had not granted us strength and foresight we would not be able to endure the worries, anguish, and toil that
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 1 Story 2 and 3In Paris, there once lived a great merchant named Giannotto di Civignì. He was an honest man. His business was cloth and he was very successful. He had a close friend named
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 1 Story 4In a town named Lunigiana, there is a monastery that used to be considered very saintly, and it once was filled with many monks. In the monastery, there lived a young monk, whose fasts and vigils have not been able to affect his virility and youth
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 1 Story 5The women listened to Dioneo's with some embarrassment, until they looked at each other, and burst out laughing. The ladies made it very clear that there was going to be no more of that kind of story telling
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Summary of Boccaccio's the Decameron, Day 1 Story 6Not so long ago here in Florence, there lived a minor friar (inquisitor) who was entrusted with the duty to investigate heresy. Like all other clergyman, he pretended to be saintly and a great admirer of the Christianity.
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron," Day 1, Story 7Messer Cane della Scala was the most noble and wealthy lord of Italy. He decided to throw a festival in Verona; he invited many entertainers and guests to this festival. Suddenly he canceled the festival; he
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Summary of Boccaccio's "The Decameron," Day 1, Story 8 and 9Messer Ermino de' Grimaldi of Genoa was one of the richest citizens of Italy. Despite being very wealthy he was extremely frugal. He did not dress fancily, and he would deprive himself of food and drink.
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Summary of Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron," Day 1, Story 10 and ConclusionFew women these days understand wit, and if they do happen to understand, they do not know how to reply to a witty remark. They believe that the inability to converse with other women and gentlemen is a sign of a pure soul.
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Analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Dulce Et Decorum Est"WWI has become known as the "chemist's war," according to Chris Reddy. There were numerous technological advances in chemical warfare during the First World War. In 1914, the French introduced tear gas (ethyl bromoacetate).
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Summary of Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"This poem is specifically about the death of a soldier and the notification of that death to his family. This is the reality of war. The word "anthem" has a few different meanings, the one that seems to be the most pertinent
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Summary of Siegfried Sassoon's "On Passing the New Menin Gate"Sassoon wrote this poem after WWI. It has a sarcastic and bitter tone about the war. This poem is about the war memorial, New Menin Gate, which has the names of 54, 889 soldiers of WWI engraved on it; it is located outside of Brussels.
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Analysis of Siegfried Sassoon's "Glory of Women"This poem is a very sarcastic poem. It marks the beginning of anti-women literature. Men resented the fact that they had to fight in the war, while the women could stay home and pretend that everything was the same as it always had been.
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Summary of Siegfried Sassoon's "The General"This poem is one of Siegfried Sassoon's anti-war poems. After the death of one of his close friends he started questioning the validity of the war.
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Analysis of Rupert Brooke's Poem "The Soldier"If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
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Summary of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Wives of the Dead"About a hundred years ago, in the Bay Province it was autumn and two young women were grieving the loss of their husbands. They sat in their parlor, which was on the second floor of a small house.
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Jurgen Habermas' "The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere," Chapter 6 SummaryAround 1750 theaters and concerts helped to form the "the great public" that became known as the bourgeois. The emerging bourgeois were despised by the French nobility who were responsible for setting the standards that the rest of Europe aspired to.
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Love NotesMy life has been so stressful lately That sometimes I forget to say, I love you It seems like I hardly every get to see you So today I decided to write you a note
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Oxnard Dog ParkA description of the new Oxnard Dog Park. Directions to the park and the rules of the dog park.
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First KissA Poem about a first kiss.
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StrangersA poem about the first meeting of two people.
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What Has Happened to Us?A poem about finding the strength to face yourself.
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Dreams of LoveA poem about the soulmate you have yet to meet.
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Livebearers and Their YoungAn article about common live fish bearers and their breeding habits. How to care for fry and how to preven future fry. How to tell the difference between males and females.
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Love LostA poem about an unknown love lost by the hands of fate.
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Popular Freshwater Tropical Fish: Mollies, Platys, and SwordtailsA description of popular tropical fish, which includes their physical characteristics, temperament, and proper nutrition.
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ButterfliesA poem about the butterflies you get when you are in love.
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GuppiesThis is an informative article about Guppies. It includes proper maintence, food, breeding, size, and habits.
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BettasBettas make a great addition to a tropical fish tank. In this article I go over some of their key characteristics and how to care for them.
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The Object of My AffectionA poem about a love that was never made known.
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Manipulating LiarA friendship based on lies.
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Ode to the DamnedGrowing up with someone who hates you.
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How to Make Extra Money by Taking SurveysFree survey sites that will help you bring in some extra cash.
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How to Set Up a Tropical Fish TankHow to set up your tropical fish tank.
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Lost FriendshipLosing a friend to an overbearing relationship.
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BetrayalA poem about a best friend who has lied.
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Lonely LoveA poem about feeling estranged in a relationship.
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Black Hole: A PoemPoem about overcoming depression.
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WordsInner monologue on what to do.
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A Life of DeathA reaction to Elie Wiesel's "Night."
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How to Get Around Pre-recorded Phone SystemsHow to get around pesky telephone systems.
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The Devastating FireDestructive fires, a poem.
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Coming HomeA child's return home to be with her dad on father's day.