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    can be grim when someone is well-known. The reason speaker compares well known people with frog, as frog make a lot of noise. Frog makes themselves, notice by the sound of croak and only ‘an admiring bog’ notice them. Bog is not friend of frog it’s just the environment they live in so who care what is bog point of view. For attention as well as fame, fame seekers trudge all through muggy and mossy land as they desperate of the fame. Speaker in the poem scold people that search for attention as well

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    Emily Dickinson Diction

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    Emily Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” portrays her inner turmoil and pursuit of privacy to contribute to the poem’s theme of staying detached from society by using diction and symbols. Dickinson uses a form of  “regal diction” to drive her poem to sound elegant and smooth (Eberwein, Dickinson 100). Although her writing sounds lively, the connotations of her words bear a darker meaning. Dickinson’s use of phrases such as: “don’t tell,” and “how dreary” express a negative perception about living

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    In John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) the archangel Michael predicts that the son of God shall “raise/From the conflagrant mass, purg'd and refin'd,/New Heav'ns, new Earth, Ages of endless date/Founded in righteousness and peace and love/To bring forth fruits Joy and eternal Bliss” (Milton 247). In this quote, the archangel foretells of Jesus Christ and his overarching goodness and harmony, all of which he will share through his sacrifice and ultimate rebirth, bringing peace and light from his miracles

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    hammer and a Rita Hayworth poster for Andy. In the beginning, Andy was assaulted regularly by ‘the Sisters’ and their leader Bogs. Andy and a few other inmates were paving the roof when Andy overheard captain of the guards Byron Hadley complaining of getting taxed on inheritance money and offers to help. Andy is beat to an inch of his life by the ‘sisters’ so Hadley beats Bogs to an inch of his life and transfers him to another prison. Warden Samuel Norton reassigns Andy to the library to help an older

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    In the sentence “ “admiring Bog.”5 Emily uses her cleverness to describe her view of public figures that have nothing good too say combined with their self serving and self promoting ways. The “others” sound like frogs in a bog that “tell one’s name”. This sentence reassures the reader that one who promotes themselves is like a frog in a bog with no audience.6 Rather the frog has nothing important to say and it words are meaningless

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    These last few years have actually been the best years of my life. They were filled with success, new relationships, and happiness. My involvement at school and in my community had a major role in the above listed.
 As my high school is very small with less than 800 students, there are very few clubs to join, but I did my best in finding ways to get involved. Over the past two years, I have been a member of We Group, a student-led club that raises funds and supplies for local and global communities

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    Whether a recession or upswing occurs, the BOGS will adjust to the economic activity. Australia's narrow export base is one structural factor affecting BOGS. Australia's main exports are mainly coal, beef, iron ores and wool. Despite Australia having a strong manufacturing sector, many countries such as China are able to produce goods more cheaply

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    the personal struggles that he went through during his identity crisis. Yet another poem that leads its political commentary through a mix of political critique and introspection is “Punishment,” by Seamus Heaney. In “Punishment,” Heaney describes a bog body and the tortures that the woman went through

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    was a scene where someone said we all need a friend in there. And so he gained a lot of respect not only from his peers. But from the guards as well. Bogs, the leader of The Sisters, gets beaten Did Bogs ‘get what he deserved’? Was justice served here? Why or why not? I think he got what he deserved because rape is a crime nonetheless. Also Bogs knows what happens when you get out of line in shawshank. Plus he kept coming after Andy. Red explains how Brooks is institutionalized How does Red’s explanation

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    'Speckled Band': Summary

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    Barrymore tells Watson he knows why Sir Charles was in his driveway so late at night, despite his fear of the moors and the Hound. He got a letter signed "L.L." from a woman asking to meet him at that precise spot. Doctor Mortimer tells Watson there's a woman named Laura Lyons living nearby in Coombe Tracey. Watson visits Laura Lyons, and while she finally admits to writing the note, she swears she never went to meet Sir Charles that fateful night. Then Mr. Frankland tells Watson he's seen a boy

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