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  • Wealth And Happiness In Voltaire's Candide

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    would be how greed can result from wealth. What Voltaire is ultimately conveying to the reader is that money cannot buy happiness. Raised in Westphalia, Candide was surrounded by greed and his life was ultimately affected by strength and wealth. The phrase “everything is for the best,” taught by Master Pangloss, clouds Candide’s judgement and makes him careless. What Master Pangloss was trying to teach Candide was that with every cause there is an effect and that it is best of all possible worlds. For

  • Theme Of Trauma In Death Of A Salesman

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    The two plays Death of a Salesman and Fences are both very similar. both plays take place in American cities. This is post WW2 era and both families are facing the struggle of the “American Dream.” In each play the families deal with the disappointments of life during this time period. Willy Loman is the father figure in the play Death of a Salesman. He is a salesman with big dreams for himself and his two sons. Happy and Biff are expected to follow in their father’s footsteps and be salesman. Biff

  • The Lady Of Shalott Poem Analysis

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    “The Lady of the Squat” by Catherine Brogan is a political retelling of the poem “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred Tennyson. It follows the same structure Tennyson’s poem and was a response to a law that was put into motion in 2012 in the U.K. that would make squatting illegal (Rutherford). Brogan, the author of this poem, is a squatter and through this poem, she expresses her belief that people should be allowed to continue squatting until the government is able to solve the housing crisis. This law

  • Parallel Structure Of Hamlet's First Soliloquy

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    Hamlet starts the soliloquy with a question of “To be, or not to be.” The question uses parallel structure and repetition with the phrase “to be,” which emphasizes the impact of the answer to this question on Hamlet’s future. Hamlet then employs war imagery in order to highlight the consequences of choosing each path. In order to illuminate the suffering he undergoes by “being,” he uses the words “slings” and “arrows,” which provide an image of Hamlet being bombarded by pain from all sides. Meanwhile

  • Syntax In Kindred

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    Syntax is the specific arrangement and order of words and phrases in English writing. Changing just the position of one word can possibly change the meaning of an entire sentence. The syntax of the novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler is short, clear, and direct. Butler conveys her images and ideas very straightforwardly and direct. She uses easy, readable language with no unnecessary dragging or words, using very few adjectives and adverbs. She gets to the point quickly. The graphic novel adaptation

  • Analysis Of Brownstein's My Period Of Degradation

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    It is hard to confront what one has always believed and then discover little to none of it is based on a hundred percent truths. In a personal interview, Brownstein says about "My Period of Desperation (Degradation)" that the Desperation poem is "how I began to dig into the subject matter and—like when you pick at a scab—uncover more and more truths." He says these words because this poem is one of the first one he wrote after discovering the truth of Palestine. The poet starts with a brief introduction

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God

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    Rhetorical Analysis "Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all resolutions."- Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” was a sermon written and delivered by American reverend Jonathan Edwards in 1741, and was an outstanding example of the potentially dominant convincing powers of the use of Rhetoric. The sermon, even when read silently, is effective in projecting a specific interpretation of the wrathful nature of God and the sinful nature of man. In crafting

  • The Masque Of The Red Death Syntax Analysis

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    Poe, who is often known for using challenging and varying sentence structure, uses elements of syntax such as polysyndeton and parallel structure to create a dark and ominous mood. Poe uses syntax in the first paragraph when he starts several sentences with “But in the…” and then names a specific room. This is effective because he describes each room with

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Happiness By William Hazlitt

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    Have you ever heard the phrase, "Money can't buy happiness?" Have you ever thought to yourself that this statement is most likely true because money physically cannot buy the happiness we long for? An author by the name of William Hazlitt believes that money can, indeed, buy happiness. From what it seems, through the diction, syntax, and metaphors provided, Hazlitt brings our attention to no matter how someone may live, money does play even the smallest of roles in buying one's happiness. Hazlitt

  • Like Tan Mother Tongue Analysis

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    waitress. As my brothers and I grew up, we used English to our advantage, speaking in English whenever we didn’t want out mother to understand. We weren’t aware of it at the time, but our mother was secretly learning to use English. Adopting words and phrases around those around her, therefore, her English falls under ‘broken or fractured.’ Despite her knowledge of English, she still has difficulty

  • Graduation Speech: Many People Fear Barracudas '

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    Using Transition Words On each blank line, write a transition word that makes the order of ideas in the sentences clear. Use the list of transition words below to help you. You will not need all of them; moreover, you may want to use one of them more than once. therefore however as a matter of fact for example finally as soon as moreover despite lastly in fact for instance occasionally consequently furthermore as a result when afterwards now later 1._____________however________________________

  • Death In Venice Symbolism

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    here is the first chapter: I. Allegro ma non tanto. with ossia cadenza. Although the three chapters of this concerto work as an entity, the first chapter itself is a completed description of its own structure: a huge crescendo to the climax with struggling and irresolution, which is similar to the structure of “Death in Venice”: Aschenbach gradually moving to his climax on his journal to

  • Anaphora, Pathos And Syntax In The Want Of Money By William Hazlitt

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    using anaphora, pathos, and syntax. By using those rhetorical terms his is able to effectively convey to the reader that nothing good ever comes out of the extreme want of money. Throughout The Want of Money, Hazlitt uses anaphora to repeat the same phrases and words to show the importance of what he saying and emphasize his personal opinion to the reader. One example is when he states “To be in want of it, is to pass through life with little credit or pleasure; it is to to live out of the world”. The

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of George Bush's Inaugural Address

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    Bush uses oversimplification in the phrase “America is targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity.” This shows oversimplification because Bush assumes there is only one simple cause of an outcome when there could be many more. Bush describes the planes crashing “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing…” He also gives many facts about what he will continue to do after

  • Federal Plain Language Analysis

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    that includes complete sentence structure and accurate word usage. Plain language is not unprofessional writing or a method of "dumbing down" or "talking down" to the reader” (National Institutes of Health, n.d., para. 1). Unfortunately, both Yavapai County Ordinances No. 1997-1 and No. 2011-1 use words and phrases which are not simple, nor easily understood. The word “shall” is used repeatedly when the word “must” or “will” would be more appropriate. Phrases such as “pursuant to,” “as set forth

  • Mirabella

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    whole. Levels Sentences were scored as Level 2 (Parts 1 and 2) equaled 2 out of 14 and Level 1(Parts 1 and 2) resulted in a score of 10 out of 14. 9. Mirabella’s scores in questions, negatives, phrases and clauses were very low. This shows an inconsistency with the analysis of the ROL

  • Comparing Harriet Tubman And Ruby Bridges

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    According to Webster dictionary, scandalous is involving immoral or shocking things that a person had done or is believed to have done. When scandalous is applied to women, people automatically assume a lot of negative things like, cheater, disgraceful, and sinful. But people in our society do not think of scandalous women in a positive way like, courageous, daring, and warrior. When I think of scandalous women, I think about women that have stepped outside their society given roles to achieve something

  • Cloudstreet By Tim Winton

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    son, who Fish wants to name Wax Harry, due to the waxy appearance of the newborn baby. The arrival of the baby brings the two families together and leaves them all in merriment. Diction, figurative language, imagery, point of view, and sentence structure- these are elements that contribute to the last paragraphs mood of celebration and relief. The first lines of the last paragraph of Wax Harry personify the house by stating that “the room sighs, the house breathes its first painless breath in half

  • A Dog Has Died Analysis

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    A Dog Has Died is a poem by Pablo Neruda that can relate to any pet owners who have lost their dog. The poem is about losing love. It tells about how the author misses his dog after it died and when they buried it. He looks back on all of the good memories they had and realizes how much he will miss him. In the poem, he speaks as if he has lost the love of his life, his companion, and his best friend. He believes that the dog made him appreciate the little things in life and now that he is

  • Persuasive Speech Analysis

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    There have been tons of wonderful, inspiring, and intriguing speeches in the world throughout time. From Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream Speech”, to the “Gettysburg Address” written by Abraham Lincoln, or even a speech by a girl or guy running for class president. Either way, while listening to these great speeches, a thought might cross a person’s mind that says “man, this is a great speech. It is so inspiring. I agree with everything this person is saying”. But here is the question that