It is well and truly clear that by looking through the nearest Vouge can damage you, being exposed to images of models leaves you asking yourself, "why cant I be like that?" ... You might have had the case where your aunty called you fat, unfortunately she might have thought that it was the funniest thing at the time, but to you, it might have been the saddest thing you have ever heard. As you grow up you might question to yourself "I wonder what skinny looks like?.." you only discover the answer a few days later when you learn that models are skinny and beautiful. So then you wanted to b...

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He continuously uses images of pain and eternal damnation, such as going into detail about what Hell is like and what kind of tortures await sinners, in order to frighten those present into leaving their old ways and converting.  ... Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. "(Pg 87) Just like Jonathan Edwards, another great spark in the Great Awakening there was Ge...

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Augustus associates his cigarettes with taking control over his health, which is often out of his control, "they don't kill you unless you light them," he said as Mom arrived at the curb. ... It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.... Like Anna, the main character of An Imperial Affliction, Hazel is terminally ill, and as Hazel says, "it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck.... " Also, in An Imperial Affliction, the novel ends mid-sentence, making it unclear wh...

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Many things in life happen for a reason, many to which don't seem clear at certain time Recently I experienced a severe down point in my life, three things I noticed and learned from it were: the fact that sometimes even the most worst can happen and the best can form based from it, most people don't even appreciate the life that they have and are living, and thirdly, you never realise what you have until your in risk of loosing it/them or you have lost it/them. ... Finally now I see you never take anyone or anything for granted, as you don't know what holds in tomorrow...

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Chief becomes invisible right from the start of the novel, he believes that "[people] can't tell so much about you if you got your eye's closed.... His actions also confirm this,"he don't slide scared along the wall he sounds like he's way above them" and compared to Chief "He sounds big"(pg. 10). ... The ward is an asylum of efficiency and uniformity that stifles individuality, just like society the ward is able to manipulate individuals to subdue their irreplaceable sense of individuality. ... The individual has always struggled to keep from being...

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He, Lewis, and both of them together will touch you, make you laugh, cry, and make The Other Sister a movie that you will not be able to forget for a long time. ... It helped me to better understand what it must be like to have a disability, and the hardships that one goes through. ...

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This is the like the next generation of war machines. ... "You can imagine real-time scenarios where you have 10 of these things up in the air and something is happening on the ground and you don't have time for a human to say, 'I need you to do these tasks.' ...

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You don't know anything. You feel angry, you don't know why. You feel guilty, you have no idea why. You could do anything and not have the faintest idea ten minutes later, like Sammy. What if I've done something like Sammy? ...

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Owens use of these devices positions the reader to question the stereotype of these soldiers and to negatively respond to the issue of war: "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks/ Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge/men marched asleep,/all went lame; all blind;/ drunk with fatigue". ... This description of beggars: "coughing like hags" encourages disgust and revulsion towards the soldiers and forcing the reader to see the transformation of the soldiers as a result of war putting it in a negative light. ... "Knock kneed, coughing like hags" gives us the image of d...

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" When you first entered the my little house you could see the devastation and destruction caused by neighborhood thieves and scavengers, holes in the plaster walls the water damage done to the roof and interior ceilings! Can you imagine thinking to yourself is there any way that I can take this old eyesore and raggedy house can be made a humble home again as was in the time of my grandfather. ... In those days I used to love to go into the basement which was a finished room and run around and play with my friends, but now I can barely even recognize the basement as it has suffered so...

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Like every family, my family has always had ups and downs, happiness and sorrow. ... I remember like it was today, feeling tired of play, I laid on the bed and started thinking, "will my mom suffering from a disease?" hoping that it was nothing and when you think this sort of thing, several images begin to move into your head, the better and the worse complicated situations, suddenly you imagine your life without your mother, and it makes you very sad. ... Shortly after that, my parents finally arrived, I saw a weird face of my father, not a worried face but like someone that just received a b...

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In this letter, I will thank him and ask him to use his influence to help educate the people of Miguel Street so that they can build a future for themselves and live a happy and successful life like myself. ... I am writing this assignment in the form of a letter because a letter is a very personal way of communicating with someone else, especially someone who is very dear and close to you like Ganesh is close to me. ...

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"It's not easy being quiet and good, it's like hanging on the edge of a bridge when you've already fallen over, you don't seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength". ... The sentence, "Huge dark-red flowers all shining and glossy like satin." gives the reader an image of gorgeous, soft peonies in full bloom just before the petals "burst and fall to the ground". ...

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Some people may tell you that this film is a true story of a determined car salesman, two ignorant kidnappers, and one dedicated police officer. ... Don't you know that? And here you are; and it's a beautiful day. ... Although Carl Showalter is not illustrated as wicked as his accomplice, sort of like an evil spirit of Gaear, he is slightly more human than his friend. ... His greed leads to his own demise just like the others when Carl kills him when he appears with the payoff instead of Jerry. ...

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Has your study of King Lear and its reception in a range of contexts lead you to believe the play supports or sabotages structures of power? ... In the storm and at the hovel, he throws off his clothes, symbolically the last remnants of power, so he will be like the "poor naked wretches- with whom he is now empathising. ... Eventually Regan is dressed like a dominatrix to convey her attainment of power. ... In Act one, scene one, the stage is lit up like a chessboard, conveying not only the segregation of the kingdom, but also the rivalry between the players. Lear's blindness due to ...

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Nora is portrayed as delicate, fragile, and as the title aptly implies: doll-like. ... Nora is not immune to persuasions of prosperity, when asked by Torvald the one thing she'd like more than anything in the world would, she replies: "Give me some pennies of my own- Though convention would interpret this comment as greed, through a resistant existential reading, this comment is a cry for freedom. ... Nora: "Don't be horrid, I do save, all I can- Torvald: "All you can. ... The whole trouble is, you cant- This dialogue is not only in support of the importance placed on mo...

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Highlighted by Malvinas' characters lack of belonging, is the power of how fictional works explore real issues, like the need to belong within society, and how works of literature effectively examine universal themes of the human experience. ... And through Lowry's use of a narrator's voice it creates a direct connection with Malvina, reinforcing to the reader that you don't always get what you want when given freedom. ... "I understand you but agree with you hell no I'll wear something really bizarre tomorrow just to piss you off". ... These all project to t...

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For example the lord used the cottage maiden as his ˜plaything' and ˜changed her like a glove'. ... For instance, she uses a strong tone of accusation by repeatedly addressing her as ˜you' - one example of this would be ˜if you stood where I stand', which immediately demonstrates the direct comparison the cottage maiden between Kate and herself. ... We are informed of this by the narrator's words of ˜yet I've a gift you have not got'. ...

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The passage seems to lead you into thinking that during the misfits moment of thought and confusion that he maybe vulnerable and in a weakened state mentally and physically and the grandmother is reaching out to comfort him. ... Finally, what I believe the author was trying to do with the choice of words that he uses like the name Misfit, and the way he speaks as an uneducated, and disrespectful man are done to portray the misfit in a negative way to add to the Misfit's criminal persona. ...

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The passage seems to lead you into thinking that during the misfits moment of thought and confusion that he maybe vulnerable and in a weakened state mentally and physically and the grandmother is reaching out to comfort him. ... Finally, what I believe the author was trying to do with the choice of words that he uses like the name Misfit, and the way he speaks as an uneducated, and disrespectful man are done to portray the misfit in a negative way to add to the Misfit's criminal persona. ...

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In the second stanza HE begins with the dawn of a new day in which the poet uses imagery to make the reader perceive the beginning of the day with an orange sky, the aftermath of the storm is slightly exaggerated as the poet describes the mountains as having shifted places, the wind is causing lightning which is twitching, contracting and spreading all over the sky for which the poet uses a metaphor "like the lens of a mad eye". ... The wind again picks up speed and is now so powerful that the fields start quivering and the sky seems like it may vanish any moment with a bang. The win...

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On his return Martin says, "You and only you are answerable for this dishonor befallen me." ... The uncle and brothers of Arnaud du Tihl, the imposter of Martin were ashamed as he had brought dishonor upon his family, as like Bertrande who has brought shame upon the Guerre household. ... The priest of the village tries to restore her faith and trust within the Arnaud by explaining that "Men change with the years, you must remember". ...

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" This is not the only instance, where Edward's casual approach to his kingdom is evident, but also when he says to his nobles, "Make several kingdoms of this monarchy, and share it equally amongst you all.... Here, the irresponsible, immature and weak king undergoes a complete transformation, as he emerges before the audience as a tragic hero in his understanding of the worthlessness of a king stripped off power, much like the King in King Lear. ... What, fear you not the fury of your king?...

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The Macbeths' relationship mirrors their political power in many ways, and with any good marriage or kingship, you need to have trust. ... Once again, at the beginning of the play the Macbeths' were committed to each other, and although they might have showed commitment in a weird way – like helping each other murder Duncan – they would nonetheless do anything for each other without any questions. ...

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After all, "our passions belong to Folly" (Radice, electronic version) and "A man, led by his passions [is] like a beast, he is but the worst of slaves, inasmuch as he gives himself up willingly to so many and such detestable masters" (Radice, electronic version). ... Erasmus believes that the men of the church "should endeavor how they may be like Christ" (Radice, electronic version), but instead of living like Christ, they are living exactly opposite, surrounding themselves with limitless riches. ... "In brief, go whither you will, among prelates, princes, judges, magistrates, friends, enemi...

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