The season fall becomes the sonnets most general metaphor in respect to the addressers aging body in the first quatrain of sonnet 73. ... Shakespeare concludes the explanation of the leaves which were hange/ Upon those boughs which shake against the could (2-3). ... The metaphor moves from the immobile, ordinary leaves to some boughs, and distinct leaves, which shakes against the cold and to counter off the approaching death with their best. ... Yet the speakers growing inactivity in the matter escalates the paradoxical theme of down-falling imagery with rousing lyrical feeling. Line 8 undoubt...

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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe implies that the mind is a powerful source of memory and imagination that is stored and buried within the subconscious area of the mind, and that the body is somewhat related to these aspects. ... In "The Fall of the House of Usher," the "I" narrator conceals his memory of the deceased Madeline entombed in the house in his subconscious, and unknowingly brings it out into his conscious and consequently, brings back the body of Madeline. ... Usher is instantly killed by Madeline's heavy fall upon him and the narrator leaves the "House o...

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Justinian's Flea by William Rosen describes the fall of the Roman Empire from the division of the Empire by Diocletian to the start of the rise of the Islamic powers. ... At the same time Rosen describes to us the fall of the west and the rise of other powers in the western Mediterranean especially the Goths, Vandals and Huns. The rise of the East coincides with the fall of the West and the Byzantine Empire that would emerge from the city of Constantinople would become the heart of the remainder of the book. ... This is the Rosen's argument, that Byzantium was weakened by the plagu...

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(This cycle calls to mind the myth of Sisyphus, a story of a man condemned to eternally roll a large stone up a mountain, only to have it fall back over him and roll to the bottom each time.) ... The passage reveals the stunning reality of the hunchback, as this "woman figure" is his nighttime companion (whether figurative or literal, Thomas leaves open to interpretation) and his only friend. ... However, even though Thomas hints at the hunchback's nighttime relief as an artist, overall the poem itself leaves the reader distraught. Thomas clearly does not attempt to restore order or co...

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Wind blowing across bare land lifts particles of sand and silt but leaves behind larger pebbles. ... These include pollution from agricultural pesticides, chemical spills, liquid and solid wastes, and acidification from the fall of acid rain. ... When rain falls on a surface of grass or on the leaves of trees, some of the moisture evaporates before it can reach the ground. ...

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The film deliberately begins in Autumn, the panning shot of the scattered leaves a symbol of physical decay reflecting the moral decay within humanity. Leaves are a symbol of life and the falling of leaves represents the loss of kindness, emotions and crisis of values in human race. ...

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The fact that O starts out as a character with a questionable background detracts from the "tragedy" of a great and heroic military commander (Othello) falling from his high pedestal. ... Overall, the movie was very enjoyable because it is a new interpretation of Shakespeare even though as an independent work it leaves much to be desired. ...

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During the fall of high school, juniors and seniors aren't overly enthused about the upcoming choices for college, or any sort of schooling for that matter. ... Freshly fallen leaves from the trees and bushes surrounding the field emit the smell of autumn, which accompany the smells of the stadium concessions stand nicely. ...

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Hawthorne's presentation of the Puritans throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter is not much different from my own opinion, though he leaves out even the slightest amount of good characteristics that they might possess. ... "The rose-bush, by a strange chance, has been kept alive in history; but whether it had merely survived out of the stern old wilderness, so long after the fall of the gigantic pines and oaks that originally overshadowed it, or whether, as there is fair authority for believing, it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson as she entered the pri...

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When the brilliant red and yellow leaves begin to fall from the tree and the nights grow longer and colder, many people unconsciously dread the bitter flavor of winter's victuals. But for those who live off adrenaline, autumn brings about an exhilarating sense of anticipation for that familiar white...

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He is detached from his surroundings as "suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes", his desolate state remarkable in its pathos: his "shirts and pants soggy", "black raincoat stained with mud" and "bag stuffed with books is falling apart". ... Just as the torrent to sweeps over him, like the cold water over his brown hands, it leaves behind pangs of mental sorrow and pain to which he is afflicted everywhere. ...

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Poor government decision-making leaves those in the medical profession with little incentive to remain in Canada. ... Though we fall in the middle of these two "extremes," I would like to see our government take a more socialist approach. ...

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Being based around the retrospective secret and Nora's mistake, gives a perfect tool to create suspense, as if the secret is revealed the whole play will change 'for the worse', (Nora's life will fall apart). ... Reversal of expectations The exposition of the play shows a happy, content family and therefore we presume it will remain so throughout the play, but in the end Nora leaves the family and it is left broken. ...

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Either they could continue the hard-line, socialist policies set forth by Stalin and embraced by Brezhnev and fall into a pit of worthlessness, or the Soviet Union could try and integrate itself more into the world society moving toward entente. ...

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For example, in the Tournament of Flowers, Princess Sendan becomes forced to marry Ri Toten because her brother, the emperor, rigs it so that more of the plum blossoms fall off and he can choose whom she marries. Furthermore, Watonai controls the relationship with Komutsu, because he plays mind games with her to find out if she will stay loyal; although part of his plan, he simply leaves her without explaining things. ... The play also illustrates this when Go Sankei and Ikkan escape across a bridge-cloud in the sky and the Tartars fall to their deaths after it collapses with them on it: "H...

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Ginsberg accepts the fact that things don't fall into place and embraces it by letting his words and phrases follow the same pattern that nature does, that pattern is a lack of although in both nature and Sunflower Sutra items still seem to fall into place. ... It gets lodged in there and causes so extensive irritation and yet somehow leaves the listener feeling like they have experienced something beautiful, and they have. ...

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This leaves every student who doesn't fall under that one percent on the same boat as kids who don't have learning disabilities (Collier). ... In the fall of 2013, New York State will be eliminating one of the few sources of hope that students with special needs and their families have. ...

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Using her words, Whitney leaves the city of London and other various situations, something other that material riches being "very weak in purse" ("Wyll", E3), leaving her opinions of the city as a whole and the roles one places in it, in place of her materialist goods traditionally giving as inheritance. ... In Lanyer's poem "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum", which she says came from divine intuition before she even wrote the poem, she argues the facts that women where looked down upon because of their responsibility of the Fall from Paradise. ... She also declares that Eve should not be held mo...

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So, in essence, the light of day never leaves the earth because it is contained within her hair. ... Carew writes: Ask me no more where those stars light That downwards fall in dead of night; For in your eyes they sit, and there, Fixed become as in their sphere. ... Her eyes, though, don't contain the light of just any stars, but rather that of shooting stars (as implied by "downwards fall" in line 14). ... It truly is a beautiful thought to see a star fall from the sky and land in this beautiful woman's sparkling eyes. ...

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In an age where television and music dominate children's culture it is easy to fall victim to these false representations of the Oriental world, namely Asia and the Middle East. ... (Vinyl Leaves) At Adventureland in Disney's Magic Kingdom we explore a history of empire and colonialism. ... (Vinyl Leaves) Not far from the China Showcase sits the Japan showcase, yet another Orientalist overview of Japanese culture. ... (Vinyl Leaves) Beautifully designed pagodas aim to reflect a view of Japan as does Minnie Mouse dressed in a kimono. ...

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This gives us the impression that it is common knowledge among the fairies that Puck is cold and dishonest as he often plays unkind tricks – an example of this is shown in Puck's self-confessing speech in Act 2 Scene 1 "Sometime for three foot stool mistaketh me; Then I slip from her bum, down topples she", where Puck talks about tricking a woman and causing her to fall over. ... This behaviour is no longer successful after Puck transforms him into an ass head as when Bottom returns to rehearse with the other Mechanicals they are terrified of him; at first making Bottom s...

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The potato plants were affected with a fungus, producing black spots and white mould on the leaves, eventually rotting the plant to a squishy type substance. ... Mass funerals were held where the people would use a "Community Coffin" but instead of burying the coffin a trap door opened and the body would just fall into the grave (TIF). ...

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Within the final few paragraphs of the text, Franz Kafka leaves the events led by the titular character of "A Hunger Artist " devoid of meaning or purpose. The story chronicles the Hunger Artist's rise to and fall from fame, and ends with the Hunger Artist dying an outcast. ...

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Accidents involving consumer products fall into four categories: • The injury was the fault of the person using the product. ... These laws also recognise that when a product leaves the factory the manufacturer loses control of it and is not responsible for maintaining it or training the people who use, repair, abuse or alter it. ...

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He eerily stalks her every day, he waits from behind his window to see when she leaves her house so he can follow her, always keeping in mind how "[he] did not know whether [he] would ever speak to her or not or how [he] would tell her of [his] confused adoration.... Those who aren't current in terms of having the newest piece of technology are given the sense that they're falling behind. ...

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