Of course she would terrify. ... Plath tells us how at the age of ten she almost died, she says it was an "accident" but the second time she meant it. ... ------- The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth? ... "The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth" also make reference to being burned. ... She goes on to make circus references in the lines that follow: "There is a charge For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge For the hearing of my heart--It really goes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Of course she would terrify. ... Plath tells us how at the age of ten she almost died, she says it was an "accident" but the second time she meant it. ... ------- The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth? ... "The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth" also make reference to being burned. ... She goes on to make circus references in the lines that follow: "There is a charge For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge For the hearing of my heart--It really goes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"When she had first begun to be seen with Homer Barron, we had said, "She will marry him" (35). Even though things started to look up for her there was one thing keeping her away from full happiness. ... "Miss Emily just stared at him, her head tilted back in order to lock him eye for eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up" (35). ... "She carried her head high enough-even when we believed that she was fallen" (35). ... She had to learn how to do things for herself. ...

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The grandmother is full of self-absorption, however, she starts to change during her last moments alive. When the misfit murders the family, the grandmother doesn't even seem to bat an eye. ... She realizes that instead of being perfect, she also does have flaws like everyone else and that she has caused some heartache throughout her life. She then begins to regret the path on which she has lea herself. ... She starts to feel guilty and upset at what she could have done differently with her actions. ...

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Jefferson was a small southern town that was filled with southern hospitality and full of southern gossip. ... He would put fear in the eye of any boy who ever even thought of dating her. ... The whole town thought that she was going crazy. ... Generation after generation she was never seen. She had finally died of an illness at the age of 74. ...

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For instance, as Odysseus escapes the Kyklopes island on his boat, he turns and yells his real name to Polyphemos, the one eyed giant only to taunt him. ... "Kyklops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes son whose home's on Ithaka!"... Since she does realize who this is and she does not say anything this shows us that she has remained loyal to Odysseus, and she is also wise because she knows of the disloyal maids and servants which will help Odysseus deal out fair deaths to them. ... Now that her ...

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I believe the most eye-opening theme of the novel was the poverty in which this family struggled to survive in. ... She stored her food at her daughter's. ... Areas like the Henry Horner Homes could certainly benefit by having more agencies like juvenile counseling to help direct the paths of troubled youth, vocational rehabilitation/counseling to direct the unemployed (thus helping the theme of poverty), substance abuse counseling to aid those with drug and alcohol addictions, and child care services to help out parents with full time jobs. ...

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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 buzzing fly blocks her view though of where she is heading and the light that was once there is now gone. ... The speaker mentions children at the beginning of the stanza because she is reflecting back to a time in her life when she once played at the school. ... Death plays a large part in Dickinson's poetry and it greatly shapes the way she writes and the way readers perceive her. ...

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When someone goes against behavioral constraints, others make an excuse for that persons actions by calling them sick or crazy in order for them to not have to question their own conformed way of thinking, which is why the narrator often considers Krespel "mad" and is never able to see eye to eye with him. ... Which gives reason to interpret that Krespel, at length, did understand how people thought of him, which is why he did not invite any townspeople to the house-warming because he did not want a room full of people only amused by his creation who would never understand, but rathe...

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When someone goes against behavioral constraints, others make an excuse for that persons actions by calling them sick or crazy in order for them to not have to question their own conformed way of thinking, which is why the narrator often considers Krespel "mad" and is never able to see eye to eye with him. ... Which gives reason to interpret that Krespel, at length, did understand how people thought of him, which is why he did not invite any townspeople to the house-warming because he did not want a room full of people only amused by his creation who would never understand, but rathe...

• Word Count: 2844
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