(35-37) By addressing the town from which the priests and villagers came, something that is not actually physically pictured anywhere; the speaker reaches his deepest analysis of the urn... The speaker in this second poem begins by expressing the need to escape from reality by numbing the pain with alcohol, "that [he] might drink, and leave the world unseen" (19). ... On earth all he sees is the harsh reality of existence, and the only hope is the promise of an afterlife. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the course of this paper I hope to demonstrate the variety of fairies and how they appear in A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... I will start with a general analysis of the topic related to Shakespeare's text. ... By doing so I hope to illustrate that adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream are not unrelated events, but part of a larger cultural framework which influences the appearance of each performance. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Unlike Carver's other stories, however, "Cathedral" ends with hope; although there is no proof that the narrator will overcome his isolation, for the moment, he is in communion with himself and another human being. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
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• Grade Level: High School