The poem follows the effects of the storm on various objects observable from the house, starting with a metaphor comparing the house with a ship far out at sea at night and stuck in a storm. ... The poem follows a very well structured timeline beginning with the fact that the poet has already been facing the storm for one night then how dawn breaks, how from the noon to the evening the wind again picks up speed and once again starts destroying everything in its path, finally at night it reaches a level where it seems that it will tear the house apart at which point the poet ends the poem. ...

• Word Count: 788
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Furthermore, the trees are further personified when Hardy states the trees "succumbs to the crawl of the night." The word 'succumbs' refers to the trees slowing down as night time sets in. ...

• Word Count: 545
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the second and third line, it is revealed that the fishermen have "Netted an infant last night/Along with the salmon" (2-3). ... The infant is also framed to be less of a human being and similar or equal to the fish caught the night before because they are mentioned together with "Along". ...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cloudstreet illustrates the role of culture in making people feel psychologically and emotionally at home. Discuss." Tim Winton's Post-Colonial novel Cloudstreet adopts some techniques to illustrate the role of culture in making people feel psychologically and emotionally at home. Through the st...

• Word Count: 768
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Alcohol compared to Marijuana Marijuana does not affect a person's body nearly as much as alcohol and is not as harmful to people as alcohol. Despite it being illegal many people prefer Marijuana over alcohol and so they should. The long term use of alcohol compared to marijuana has greater ris...

• Word Count: 756
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Similarly, in Kristel Thornell's 'Night Street', Clarice's connection to 'blemished modern Melbourne' allows her to experience a skewed realm in which that which is considered 'unsightly', she 'lovedcomprehensively'. ...

• Word Count: 634
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I can say based off of personal experience that there is something about being completely swallowed up by nature and having to defy its harsh elements that we as humans find to be undeniably comforting. In Edward Abbey's tenacious essay titled "Havasu," Abbey is pitted against the elements of mother...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Speaking of the case Petrovitch reassures Raskolnikov that he could not hunt a criminal but instead, " let him know or at least suspect that I know all about it and am watching him day and night, and even if he is in continual suspicion and terror, he"ll be bound to loose his head." ...

• Word Count: 1005
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the AMC series, Breaking Bad, commenced, Walter White served as a relatable character, a high school teacher who felt passionate about engaging his students in chemistry and acting as an involved family man. The loving relationship he had with his wife, teenage son with learning challenges, and h...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a first year student at the University of Waterloo, my time here so far has been anything but relaxing. Transitioning from secondary school to university, living away from home, and receiving great amounts of homework of even greater complexities has been extremely difficult and stressful to ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Prostitution becomes a multifaceted symbol within Andrew Pham's Catfish and Mandala as it represents self-abnegation within Vietnam, past financial survival for Andrew's family, and a temporary solution for his admitted emotional limitedness. On the other hand, it signifies guilt and shame for Andre...

• Word Count: 2179
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay analyzes the murder committed by Joseph Hall and maintains that General Strain Theory holds utmost significance in assessing the crime. Through the sourcing of first-hand confessions and excerpts from academic materials, the motivations behind the killings shall be explained in detail an...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although they are profoundly horrified and confronted, the four men decide to continue their ultimate trip of fishing, tethering the corpse to the shore with fishing line and allowing a day and night to pass before they alert the police. ...

• Word Count: 1881
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions," Elizabeth Gilbert. An emotion is a subjective experience, which includes various expressed feelings, observable behavior and multiple changes in body state. They make up an immense role and dominate people's lives yet they are intangible. Emotions are greatly varied negative and positive, they range from love, serenity, awe to anger, panic, fear and grief. Emotions operate on many levels. ...

• Word Count: 2870
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate