?WT2 Questions & samples Higher Level students must write at least one critical response (written task 2) to a text. These responses, which in fact are essays, answer one of six prescribed quesitons from the Language A: Language and Literature guide. These questions are answered with regards...
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Symbols The Three Caskets The contest for Portia’s hand, in which suitors from various countries choose among a gold, a silver, and a lead casket, resembles the cultural and legal system of Venice in some respects. Like the Venice of the play, the casket contest presents the same opportunities and...
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“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.” — Page 113 — “You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.” — — “Malicious men may die, but malice never.” — Page 42 — “Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined” — — “Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's...
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Leaves of Grass: Democratic Themes When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer I Hear America Singing In his Preface to Leaves of Grass, Whitman states, “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem”. Whitman was the ultimate Transcendentalist/ Romantic. He united democratic...
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Tartuffe is about a fraud named Tartuffe who pretends to have divine authority. He insinuates into the household of Orgon and cause chaos. Tartuffe’s influence on Orgon is clearly depicted when he influences Orgon to make the decision that her daughter Mariane will marry him. The main aim of...
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1. Many critics feel that ‘The Return of the Native’ is too pessimistic. How far do you agree with this? 2. “The main interest in the novel lies in the characters of the three women and the ways in which the return of the native affects their destinies”. Account for the effect Clym’s return has on...
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Farewell to Manzanar: Essay Question #2 Jeanne’s father, Ko Wakatsuki, shows many sides of himself throughout the novel, from Pearl Harbor Day to the day he dies in 1957. Papa starts out as a typical father figure, who’s very demanding and stubborn. However, when the family moves to Manzanar, Papa...
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Merchant of Venice Essay The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearian play whose plot is centered around love and loss. Throughout the play Shakespeare satirizes Jewish stereotypes and depicts acts of extreme bigotry, this has lead to a significant amount of debate as to whether or not Shakespeare...
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Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Japanese American, and James D. Houston, describes about the experience of being sent to an internment camp during World War II. The evacuation of Japanese Americans started after President Roosevelt had signed the Executive Order 9066 on...
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“Men in general justice more from visual aspects than from world. All work forces have eyes. but few have the gift of incursion. ” That quotation mark by Nicollo Machiavelli is merely defined as. what you see is non ever what you get and few work forces have the gift of being able to see through...
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“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!” — Page 432 — “Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.” — — “If...
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"Both Swift and Dryden are masters of satire. Usually the satire is directed against an opponent/enemy or a political process. Using references from one poem from each writer, discuss how and why each uses satire and wit as a cutting sword. " John Dryden and Jonathan Swift became remarkable...
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In Princess de cleves which is believed to be written by Madam La Fayette sarcasm has been used to depict the heroine who is lacerate between her responsibility and love. While her bosom is passionate about her lover. her sense of responsibility towards her hubby and above all the social norms...
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I believe that Bassanio from the play The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare is portrayed as a determined, loyal and materialistic character throughout the play. Bassanio shows his determined side when he first become accosted with the idea to court Portia, he doesn’t let the small problem...
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On December 7, 1941 there was a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japan. The attack came from the Japanese, yet it caused unfounded fear in this country toward Japanese Americans. The book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston depicts the reactions of the...
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In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War? During the period from 1861-1870, the Civil War occurred due to the split between the North and South. That split was caused by the differences in ideals and practices within the country. Both sides wanted to...
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Sarcasm is one of the oldest tools in the literary universe. This tool is designed to utilize rebuff of words to assail popular civilization. politicians or royalty in an indirect manner. The first aureate age of sarcasm occurred during the age of Enlightenment. It was during this clip that...
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Cormac McCarthy's The Road I plan to do my essay on Cormac McCarthy's book, The Road and the subsequent adaptation of the same name, Directed by John Hillcoat and adapted to screen Joe Penhall . The book tells the struggle of a father and a his child traversing across post apocoliptic America in...
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Bede’s Characterization of the Celts in Regards to the Spread of Christianity Religion has served as an influential guide for society throughout its entire existence. Western culture, especially, has been sculpted by the Christian religion, and Christianity has remained a widely practiced religion...
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In the early year of 1942, the families of Japanese people are being ordered to start a move to Manzanar, California; the Wakatsuki family is one of them. Many Japanese accept the move because they are afraid of Caucasian aggression, but some simply see it as an adventure. Families have to put on...
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“This is no book; Who touches this,touches a man;(Is it night?Are we here alone?)It is I you hold,and who holds you;I spring from thepages into your arms...” — Page 217— “Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering,High in the purer, happier air.” — —...
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Orgon refuses to see the fact that Tartuffe is a hypocrite and won't believe it until he sees it with his own eyes near the end of the play. To see how dedicated to Orgon is to Tartuffe, just look at page 319. When Dorine is telling him about the sickness his wife had, Orgon's only concern is...
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?ELAH 1 Susana Mendoza Expository EssayPeriod 112 November 2013 Axworthy In the memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, Papa was born in Japan and he moved to America. While he was living in America the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred. He was a...
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In his most notorious play Tartuffe, Moliere relates the story of an attempt, by a manipulative hypocrite, to destroy the domestic happiness of a citizen who, charmed by his seeming piety, has taken him into his home as a respectable guest. The play was disallowed after its first performance...
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Beauty Eliot contrasts inner and outer beauty throughout the novel to express the idea that external and internal realities do not always correspond. Although Hetty is more physically beautiful than Dinah, she is cold and ugly inside. Hetty’s outer beauty masks her inner ugliness, especially...
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“The reason I want to remember this is because I know we'll never be able to do it again.” — — “From that day on, pay of me yearned to be invisible. In a way, nothing would have been nicer than for no one to see me. Although I could not have defined it at the Tom me, I felt if attention were drawn...
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The man and the boy survive physically in the post-apocalyptic world by using their intellectual traits. The characters survive by being cautious, resourceful and manipulative. Throughout the book the characters in The Road are cautious and vigilant. They try to avoid any potential situations that...
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“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life--to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting...
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Prejudice tore apart families, destroyed lives, and lead to murders and deaths. As the Jews in Germany were persecuted, the Japanese were in the United States. Many of these Japanese had lived in the United States all their lives. In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne W. Houston explains her experiences...
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A dream exists in every American's mind and that is to be young, beautiful, rich, famous, and powerful. Tender is the Night portrays the characteristics of this "dream" and shows the effects, focusing on the negative effects associated with being wealthy. Tender is the Night was one of F. Scott...
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In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is a Jew who struggles to adjust to a Christian society that belittles him. Antonio is a devout Christian. Shylock’s relationship with Antonio reveals that he is biased against Christians, and in this way both Shylock and Antonio exhibit...
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The novel All the King’s Men was published in 1946 and written by Robert Penn Warren. The title of the novel is taken from a popular children’s nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. The novel has won many awards and has been adapted into films in 1949 and 2006. Based in 1930s, this is a story...
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Nothing really seems to work out in William Faulkner's Light in August. Lena opens the novel searching for the father of her child, and at the end finds herself without any steps forward. Byron Bunch wants to marry Lena, but she is only concerned with finding her baby's father. Byron helps to tell...
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In Elizabethian times – money meant power, and a person’s status in the society. Money was one of the most important factors that society could not live without. However, there are things which money itself cannot buy or represent, such as the true value of a person, friendship, and revenge. In...
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Abstract An important development is occurring in the working outward arena. An electronic tender is an electronic communication capability in a product or service that allows that product or service to be tended; that is, cared for, attended to, or kept track of by another computer. Electronic...
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In the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare, according to a number of characters, there is a prominent aura revolving around the themes of love and hate. It is understandable that during the latter part of the play, Shylocks daughter, Jessica, contradicting her father Shylock, is...
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The fantasy genre consists of wizardry and witchcraft, things that are unlikely to happen in real life. Fantasy is the suspension of reality; it is based on myths and legends. Fantasy takes place in a magical world. There is usually a villain or an antagonistic character with supernatural powers...
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All the King’s Men In All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren, Willie Stark is just one example of a morally ambiguous character. When we are first introduced to Willie, he is treasure of his town, Mason County. As the novel progresses, he is put in the position of governor. Motivated by his...
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Light in August, by William Faulkner, is a story of racial conflict in a Southern United States town. Faulkner's work is very unique because its structure presents only gradual revelations of information and consists of three different but interconnected plot threads. In this way, the narrative...
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“Actually that's my secret — I can't even talk about you to anybody because I don't want any more people to know how wonderful you are.” — Chapter 1, page 18 — “New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.” — — “You're the only girl I've seen for a long time that actually...
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The Merchant of Venice, supposedly written between 1596 and 1598 is classified as an early Shakespearean comedy and also one of the problem plays. Though It is classified as a comedy, it has certain aspects of a romance. The play itself is about what could be called a rival between Christianity...
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Light in August is a novel written by William Faulkner. This modern morality tale, containing 506 pages, was published by Vintage Books in 1932. The main protagonists are Joe Christmas, Gail Hightower, Lena Grove and Byron Bunch. Joe Christmas is the main character that the plot revolves around...
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The Age of Innocence is an ironic title. No one in the entire society described in the book is innocent at all. They are all naïve but not one of them is innocent, they are all liars, hypocrites, and /or fake. The entire society that Newland Archer, the main character, lives in is based on being...
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All the King’s Men Commentary #1 We left the bay, and lost the salt, sad, sweet, fishy smell of the tidelands out of our nostrils. We headed north again. It was darker now. The ground mist lay heavier on the fields, and in the dips of the road the mist frayed out over the slab and blunted...
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During the discussion, several articles were presented to the class. The subjects brought to light were the Russian economy during the 1850s, serfdom, and the question of whether Turgenev was obsolete or not. The articles on the Russian economy explained the state of transition the Russian economy...
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Community in Light in August Most scholars view community as one of the most important themes in Faulkner’s novel, Light in August. Faulkner’s story is based on the community of Jefferson, Mississippi. The characters that Faulkner focuses on are mostly isolated from the community. Instead of...
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Is Shylock portrayed as a villain or victim? In our lessons we have been studying one of Shakespeare's plays The Merchant of Venice. This is one of Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedies, written in 1596. The bases of this play lies on dealing with a dispute between shylock, a wealthy Jew...
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"The Chrysanthemums is about a strong, young woman, Elisa Allen, who is disappointed with her life because the lack of admiration she gets from her husband and the absence of children she could have bore. It shows how women are ignored in a patriarchal society; not that they are just thrown out...
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Andrew Allen Mrs. Billings English IV 9 August 2012 “Oh, I Believe In Yesterday” Everybody has a past. Some may have a wonderful past full of fun events and great deeds, and some may have a terrible past that haunts them every day of their life. Either way, everybody has an eventful history that...
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To analyze the attitudes towards the women question and the most useful starting point would be to look at the representation of the liberated woman, Yevdoxia Kukshina, which can be contrasted with the representation of Bazarov’s mother or Nikolai Kirsanov’s wife, the women ideals of...
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