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    works. Lack of such regard results in a limited capacity for sociological cohesion consequently shaping the discourse of an era. Austen inadvertently expresses the minimal regard for written material in her society through Pride and Prejudice. The exclamation “there is no enjoyment like reading!” highlights the passion felt for such an activity. However, this desire can be attributed to discourse. Austen exhibits this through the cultural expectation that a woman “must have thorough knowledge”, furthered

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    closing the door behind her, and approached her son with all the wheedling and supplicating servilities that fear and interest can impart to the words and attitudes of the born slave. She stopped a yard from her boy and made two or three admiring exclamations over his manly stature and general handsomeness, and Tom put an arm over his head and hoisted a leg over the sofa-back in order to look indifferent” (Twain 36-37). This scene depicts Roxy trying to reconnect with her son. Arrogant. Repulsed. Egotistical

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    Because it is burned in their minds, the people are passionate about their hatred for Goldstein and love for Big Brother. It is clear how enraged they are by Goldstein when it says, “Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room...In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating

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    some ways I wish I would have heard about this sooner, hon’.” Anna lightly bit her lip for a few to think about what she wanted to tell him. “Johnny, you were there when she needed you!” Anna entered into words again with soft understanding and exclamation. Anna also said this quote from a Jewish Rabbi in a slow and pondering manner, “If you want to meet a princess, make yourself into a prince.” “What?” Johnny asked perplexed. “Johnny, my dear husband…you made yourself into a prince for her when she

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    stating that the embers are dying, there is a substantial fire in the fireplace. In addition to this, the room is very bright and not very dark and menacing. Once the knocking starts, the actor jumps out of his chair and darts around it, with an exclamation of surprise. That was never stated in the poem. One of the other characters makes a joke which is completely out of place, and ruins the effect of the line that have been delivered. The actor adds an extra line when Lenore is mentioned, saying "Oh

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    Episode 4 Of Oedipus Rex

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    the desire to be righteous and the desire to be free from suffering. At the beginning of the scene, Sophocles writes with acrimonious diction in order to highlight the bitterness that ultimately results from withholding the truth. The Herdsman’s exclamations, “Damn you! Shut your mouth! Keep your silence!” clearly convey his anger at being asked to be candor about something he did long ago (ln.1149). This aids in demonstrating the internal pain suffered within because of dishonesty and the guilt of

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    shrill you bugles blow" (Whitman). Almost every word in this sentence is a one syllable word. Whitman purposely did this to create the effect of the poem almost being in tune with the loud beat of a drum and this beating is intensifying! He uses exclamation points throughout the poem to signify the increasing momentum.

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    Enemy Of The People

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    The Goodman Theatre’s production of An Enemy of the People was an entertaining adaptation of Ibsen’s controversial play. Dr. Thomas Stockmann thinks he is a hero for discovering bacteria in the community’s baths, but his brother, Mayor Stockmann, sees the situation in a different light. Releasing Dr. Stockmann’s discovery to the public would ruin the community’s main source of revenue, and fixing the infrastructure mistake would cost an immense amount of time and money. The performance follows Dr

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    As people may know, Alexander Hamilton ended up marrying Elizabeth Schuyler in the song called “Helpless.” However, there’s someone else who had feelings for Alexander, too. If some haven’t heard of this until now, they may be wondering: Who else could possibly love Alexander? Well, it was none other than Angelica Schuyler, Elizabeth’s sister and the oldest of the three sisters. In the song “Satisfied”, the whole night where Eliza and Hamilton meet is rewinded and told from Angelica’s point of view

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    Unit 8 Trifles

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    Unit 8 Essay When reading various amounts of works by other people you will experience different types and genres of writings. When you read different genres of, it may change your point of view (POV). Even reading the same story in a different genre it may change your POV. POVs and genres change how you interpret things through trifles, POV standpoints, and mood of genres. While reading “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, we encountered a story in a one-act-play form. Now, when you hear trifles, you

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