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Usage Of The English Language

... is not new, and because of the constant changes and growth of the English language, it will never end. The only judge of “correctness” for language is its usage. “We must make choices and arrange words in patterns of sense and form, accessible to other people. These choices and patterns are usage” (Bishop xxi). Traditional grammarians firmly upheld the standards for language usage and were the commanding authority during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when good grammar was a distinct sign of “breeding, station, an ...

Number of words: 1376 | Number of pages: 6

A Rose For Emily 4

... accept the fact that he is gone. Her father was the only real person in her life. She had relatives in Alabama but they were pushed away by her father over some land that was left behind by a crazy aunt. The relatives in Alabama were the only were all she had but the old wound inflicted by her father was not going to heal. Then the worst thing happens after her father is gone. The man that she was engaged to runs off and leaves her all alone. She didn’t ever recover form this, she isolated her self in her house. The only ...

Number of words: 767 | Number of pages: 3

She Walks With Beauty

... Lord Byron went as far as courting his sister over a period of several years because she seemed to truly understand him, but the affair ended as those rumors continued to spread. In his poem "She Walks In Beauty", Lord Byron describes what he thinks to be the perfect woman. The rhyming, meter, and sound devices give the poem a melodious and gentle tone. This tone suggests the tender nature of this enchanting woman and gives the reader a sense of consistency that allows them to focus more on the woman than the wording of the po ...

Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4

1916 By Morgan Llywelyn

... brought to New York on the Carpathia. Meanwhile, in New York, Kathleen hears of the disaster through her fiancé Alexander Campbell. Alexander worked for the White Star Line, the company that owned the Titanic. Kathleen is very worried about her family. She finds her brother's name, but not her parents' names, on a list of survivors. While in New York, Ned was so taken aback by the tragedy that he cannot take in the sounds and ...

Number of words: 910 | Number of pages: 4

The Masque Of The Red Death: An In Depth Review Of The Image

... an intricate allegory that incorporates details in the story with visual characterizations to give direction and focus to the reader’s imagination. The reader must pay close attention to Poe’s use of words throughout the short story in order to pick up on slight detail which can be easily over looked. For example, Poe uses the word “masque” in the title instead of “mask” to describe the hidden face of death. Masque, a french word roughly translated as “face-mask,” refers to a form of indoor courtly recreation popular during ...

Number of words: 2032 | Number of pages: 8

A Crime In The Neigborhood

... own: 10-year-old Marsha Eberhardt's father, Larry, had run off with his sister-in-law, leaving his wife and three children to manage on their own. Marsha, stunned by her father's abandonment and having broken her ankle, spends the summer witnessing her mother's desperate attempts to cope, the neighborhood's paranoid response to the murder and even the country's disorientation over the unfolding Watergate scandal. The tension proves too great when the Eberhardts' shy bachelor neighbor, Mr. Green, takes interest in Marsha's mother. Though murder ...

Number of words: 1339 | Number of pages: 5

I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died

... grasps the reader’s attention by describing the moment of her death. After reading the first stanza the reader can almost hear or sense the feeling of the fly buzzing in such a still and quiet room. The contrasting sounds of the noisy fly and the stillness in the air draw the reader deeper into the poem. The image created by this contrast is like the color white on the color black. It stands out immensely and catches the reader’s eye. After the first stanza the reader is in full knowledge of the death of the poet. The second stanza ...

Number of words: 966 | Number of pages: 4

Oedipus Rex - Ignorence

... path had he never known about his true origins. His life in Corinth would have been long and prosperous, and Thebes would have lived on under King Laius. In fact, everyone would have been better off in the long run if Oedipus had not ventured out beyond the walls of Corinth. So is it worth living an examined life? Socrates had made this statement long after the creation of the Theban Trilogy. In the context of his own time, this was meant to imply that life must be examined and reflected upon, known and discovered by each individual philosoph ...

Number of words: 852 | Number of pages: 4

Grapes Of Wrath - Rose Of Shar

... and adopts an attitude of superiority over others with her precious possession. She all but refuses to help the family pack the truck for California for fear of disturbing her fetus, even though she knows her help is needed. Her selfish antics and complaints are patiently absorbed by Ma, who tolerates her primarily because of her condition. Rose of Sharon knows that she is now an exception to the normal rules and exploits her position to its fullest potential. During the journey Rose of Sharon and Connie pass the time by dreaming of the idy ...

Number of words: 690 | Number of pages: 3

Feminists And Fairy Tales

... negative or positive influences on that person. It all depends on what kind of person reads the book. If it is a person that is very self-conscience he will take it in a negative way. This person will look at what material things he has and compare it to what the protagonist in these books have. Then this person would see how much more the protagonist has and start to feel sorry for himself. After that instead of striving to achieve what the protagonist has, he will just sit there and wallow. Feeling sorry for ones self and wallowing ...

Number of words: 760 | Number of pages: 3

Character Change, Illustrated

... psychosis in the protagonist's character through their use of setting. Dickey's Deliverance and Ellison's Invisible Man through their use of setting, force their protagonists to come to a realization of self-awareness. In Deliverance, Dickey illustrates how man, removed from "civilized" society, reverts back to his primitive instinct. Man, in this primitive state, becomes the most dangerous creature that roams the earth. His ability to reason becomes utilized only on the aspects of survival; laws cease to exist and man justifies and a ...

Number of words: 2340 | Number of pages: 9

An Occurence At Owl Creek Brid

... remembered the times of his childhood, and his youth. Farqhuar was now on the edge of death. He in no way wanted to die. Whatever happened to him he would do everything in his might to return back home to his family alive. When Farqhuar ended up in the water, he used very smart moves to get himself as far away from the guards watching on the bridge as he could, before he went up for air. He was now like a fugitive, and he had to be very alert. We all are fugitives at some point in our lives. I have been running away from things often in my lif ...

Number of words: 444 | Number of pages: 2

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