It shows how everyday is precious and tomorrow is not promised to anyone. ... It also shows some kind of acceptance for death. ... Phrases such as "blinding sight," "Grave men," and "Rage, rage" appeals to reader's imagination to allow them to conjure up a picture to be embedded into their mind. ... These lines are the beginning of the last stanza. They show how the speaker is looking back on what there life was and the significance that it has had. ...

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In addition to these three stages, the final stage of eternity was symbolized in the last two lines of the poem "The Horses" Heads (23)," " Leading toward Eternity (24)." Dickinson dresses the scene in such that a mental picture sight, feeling and sound of once life. ... One can picture a warm setting sun perhaps, over a grassy horizon. ... Agreeably, anyone can see that Dickinson's sole purpose in this poem is to show no fear of death. ...

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The Red Badge of Courage is a realistic novel because it shows the reality of death. ... " (7, 35) Crane uses vivid descriptions to paint a gruesome picture of what death is actually like. ... There are no dramatic last words or philosophizing of death. ... The Red Badge of Courage shows the reality of war, making it a realistic novel. ... This shows that even the ones that are least expected, can be taken down. ...

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It is pictured as man who gives the speaker the ride of eternity. ... The last two stanzas of this poem present her last taste of life before Death takes her. The speakers "pause" (17) suggests that the grave was not her last stop. ... This shows that still the speaker being in her afterlife she was still in the wait for something new to happen after her time in the grave. ... Her idea of death and eternity show her belief to faith. ...

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An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. ... It shows us the values, what to not worry so much about, and what to keep with us forever. ... The character shows us not only how every man should meet death, but also how every man should live. ... The last allegorical figure I would like to talk about is the black plague taking place in the movie. ... They show us the allegories literature can contain in a meaningful way full of lessons and things to learn. ...

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Her life, as with the folded towel, is much larger than it is initially perceived to be and Gwen is emphasising how little she knows about her mother but yet how clearly she understands the overall picture. ... The house is representative of her mother; it shows her hard work and her care for the family is echoed through her care for the linen. Gwen Harwood wrote this poem as a love poem for her mother, she compared her to one of our greatest of materials, linen and showed how her mothers care for the tidiness of the house taught her how to be tidy with her own feelings and emotions. ......

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Note she says, "I see you at the blackboard in the picture I have of you". ... Her reference to the death camps "Dachau, Auschwitz, and Belsen", show the extent of her feelings of hopelessness and entrapment in the structure of their relationship as defined by her father. ... Unfortunately, her marriage only lasted seven years by which time her husband had become "The vampire who said he was you and drank my blood for a year. ...

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It is showed that 82% of British people agree with doctors helping patients to die if they have a disease etc. which cannot be cured. ... Picture yourself having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. ... You are almost bedridden, the doctors want you to spend your last days in a hospital ward but you want to stay how with your family. ...

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They wrote a good piece of literature which really showed the peoples feelings during this time. ... The last few lines of the poem reveals Owen's pity for those, as himself, who were lied to about what war was and are now trapped by its endless effects on their consciousness. Just like Owen, Jarrell shows the horrific aspect of war in his poem and he is giving us an insight into war. ... The last line of the poem is conceivably the best graphic picture to portray the cruelty and the coldness of war, when he states that "when I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose"...

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Donaghy has selectively put in mainly good things about Anna, but if we read closely we see that she was not like the picture that is painted of her. ... This shows us that Anna was not really as innocent as she is made out to be. ... This is trying to show us the dangers of these different things thought it just bores us. ... They show her feelings towards her life and the people in it. ... She was apparently angry that her mum was working long hours and weekends and I was away a lot in the last 3 months before she died." ...

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I wanted to go and kiss her for the last time but couldn't go because of that man. ... Then I understood the people in the picture were no more, needless to say one lady was his wife and the other his daughter. ... I had to go for the last rituals of my family who died in a car accident. ... And again one fine day I woke up to wake him to take me to the park and feed me fresh mutton but he showed no movement. ...

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I remember going through the whole process of having a picture of him in our family den and always talking to him as if he was there. ... Although it hurt me tremendously, I would try and show any pain. ... My grandfather was what we liked to call each other "best buddies" and it was hurting me to hear those words come out of his mouth for the last time. ... I have to say that I dread the day of his passing, but until that day I will spend each and everyday with him as if it is his last. ...

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In the last part, the narrator describes what happens after Emily's death. ... His crayon portrait shows that Miss Emily believes her father is still with her and watching her. ... The color and the location of the hair show that there is a continuing interaction between Miss Emily and the corpse of Homer, again indicating Miss Emily's refusal to acknowledge the finality of death. ... They help readers have a better picture about the story. ...

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The state of California passed their law just last year and shows that this is still an issue being discussed by state governments in current times. ... The truth of the matter is that the people who are proposing these laws are doing them with very admirable intentions and it is unfortunate so many people shut them down without looking at the bigger picture. ... The last of the protections and by far the most important- "diagnosed with a terminal illness that will lead to death within six (6) months. ... This shows how specifically designed the bill is to allow those in extremely unfortu...

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In lines such as, "No more may gulls cry" (20) and a "break in the sun till the sun breaks down / And death shall have no dominion," (26-27) Thomas shows the reader that even if the sun never shines again death will not rule. ... He opens the poem like a storyteller and "presents an idyllic picture of childhood on a farm, filled with vivid imagery which presents a child's view of the world" (Tremlett 150). ... The turning point in the poem comes when the child realizes his youth will not last forever: "And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows / In all his tuneful tur...

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Although "Darkness- is gruesomely depicting the end of the world, the dog continues to show kindness, loyalty, and love towards a dead master, despite threats, fire, and famine. ... This signifies the futility of their existence, and as soon as "it grew lighter, and [they] beheld/Each other's aspects "saw, and shriek'd, and died."" (65-66) Byron uses the word "shriek- to describe the death of the last beings on Earth, a word he also uses earlier in the poem to describe the wild birds. ... Lord Byron presents a grim picture of the end of the world, filled with men who "forgot ...

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Although "Darkness- is gruesomely depicting the end of the world, the dog continues to show kindness, loyalty, and love towards a dead master, despite threats, fire, and famine. ... This signifies the futility of their existence, and as soon as "it grew lighter, and [they] beheld/Each other's aspects "saw, and shriek'd, and died."" (65-66) Byron uses the word "shriek- to describe the death of the last beings on Earth, a word he also uses earlier in the poem to describe the wild birds. ... Lord Byron presents a grim picture of the end of the world, filled with men who "forgot ...

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Since the exile lasted for so long, the people lost their selfish obsession with personal suffering. ... When Camus mentioned things about the characters" child hoods or an insignificant happening of their lives, I felt as though I was watching a really good show on television, and it was paused for a commercial. ... (page 61) Even though this was the only means to be taken by the authorities, it shows that the people are giving up the battle against the plague and they are trying to fence in the disease and the people. ... I did not have to read far into this novel, before Camus's imager...

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I clearly remember the last minutes of my grandfather's life. ... The red, teary eyes of my family members showed that they had already gone through enough distressing. ... Within moments of this spiritual dialogue I witnessed my grandfather take his last breath. ... As he inhaled air for the last time I looked at my brother beside me. ... Behind my grandfather's bed was a large picture window. ...

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Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young show the different strong holds memories posses and a greater remembrance through diction, tone, and mood exemplified by the author through characters. ... With his descriptions of the colors of flowers, cherry trees, and bushes he is able to paint a picture of its splendor: "Masses of flowers/ Load the cherry branches/ And color some bushes/ Yellow and some red." ... Summer, being the last chapter in the book, should bring a feeling of relaxation and new life but hatred and self destruction through the "new" eyes of Pecola begs to differ. ...

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I kept picturing him there, in the house with the Japanese maple and the hardwood floors, counting his breath, squeezing out every moment with his loved ones, while I spent so many hours on things that meant nothing to me personally: movie stars, supermodels, the latest noise out of Princess Di or Madonna or John F. Kennedy Jr. " (p 42) This quote shows that Mitch had changed from the extrinsic mindset of tabloids, to the intrinsic mindset of the value of his friendship. ... "Instead, I buried myself in my accomplishments, because with accomplish- ments, I believed that I could ...

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This was also the last video to be brought out under the name of "Tupac" or "2pac". ... It would make sense to include something along those lines to show some respect but the only thing written is "EXIT TUPAC ENTER MAKAVELI". ...

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