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    wonder if in that dim world beyond, as he came gliding in, there rose on some wan throne a King, — a dark and pierced Jew, who knows the writhings of the earthly damned, saying, as he laid those heart-wrung talents down, ‘Well done!’ while round about the morning stars sat singing”(385). Du Bois predicts Alexander Crummell’s death in a style that expresses his unique, desolate romanticism. He portrays an image of a King, a leader of the black folk, who slowly slides in “that dim world beyond” the

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    In the "Tell-Tale Heart", Edgar Allan Poe uses irony, imagery, and symbolism to depict how frighteningly twisted the mind of the narrator truly is. Irony in the story is that the narrator/murderer refers to how he loves the old man and was never so kind to him as he was right before the murder. It's irony that he loves the guy but he systematically plans to kill him. there are many references to clocks and time to described how slowly he moved, Poe also uses similes in this manner as well. Poe was

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    you have trouble distinguishing specific colors such as red, green, blue and yellow. Color blindness is a condition normally your born with, but it can be gained throughout life. It is literally when your unable to detect all of the primary colors to sum it all up. It is not in fact a form of blindness, but a deficiency in ways you perceive color. It is a condition that is inherited. Its said that it affects males more than it affects women. There is an estimate by the association prevent blindness

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    asks her about his past, but she adamantly avoided the question and start talking about how she "like large parties" due to their "[intimacy]." On the night of his acquaintance with Gatsby, Nick turns quickly to Jordan and interrogates her about his "dim background." Nick's actions seem child-like and very chagrined due to his choice of action; it seems that the only way Nick could get information about Gatsby is by gossiping like small school

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    Glee is a musical-comedy drama TV series that revolves around the glee club in William McKinley High School. The show follows the members of the glee club through their high school lives, such as academic, romantic relationship and friendships and bullying. Glee was perhaps one of the most racially-diverse shows. In glee club, there are 12 kids: seven white, two Asian Americans, two African-Americans and a Hispanic. Given the fact that one of the white kid is gay while the other one is on a wheelchair

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    sometimes to control which mood that I slip into because these emotions have similar colors to me. A somber feeling is the color of dim lights with a orange and yellow hue as well as brown and a little navy. Chrome is essential to my “September” playlist because it eliminates anything that is dimly lit and it transitions a sober mood into a more chill and uplifting mood. To sum everything up, music greatly affects my mood and most of the time my music is chosen based on the color that I am feeling in that

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    were born and raised in Vietnam; just like how I was born and raised in America. I grew up with the privilege of learning many languages such as Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and even a bit of French. I grew up eating may different things such as dim sum, hot pot, Hong shao niu rou, and more. Growing up as a Chinese-Vietnamese-American was very confusing. I was a living contradiction. My family said one thing, yet American society said another. In Vietnam, I wasn't seen as a "true Asian" and in America

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    of them, this is a Couplet. In The Sunshine Kid, there is a plethora of Couplet examples. One particular example is found more towards the end of the poem. Little Miss Sunshine has just basically said to The Sunshine Kid that only he can choose to dim his light. It goes into saying how “Whether the weatherman said it or not, it would be fine, 'Cause even behind the clouds the kid could still shine” (Baker Lines 77-78). Fine and Shine are rhyming words, both at the ends of their respective lines 92

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    background music, just the sounds of someone cooking feverishly. This generates a very tense environment, almost as if the cook is in a rush. Immediately, I felt as if the cook were planning an extravagant dinner or holding an important event for large sum of people. All the movements the cook makes are quick and efficient while, the body language of the actor is portrayed as strict, serious and deep in concentration. Almost 35-40sec goes by until the music finally starts to fade in. The music in the

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    Essay Analysis of W.B.Yeats' The Stolen Child

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    believe.       The first three stanzas extol the wonders of the faery world and of faery life: they '... foot it all night/Weaving olden dances/Mingling hands and mingling glances', leading an idyllic life where the '...moonlight glosses/The dim grey sands with light', surrounded by scenes of breathtaking beauty and natural life.  This care-free existence is contrasted to the human world, for '... the [human] world is full of troubles/And is anxious in its sleep.'  Note, however, that the

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