Whoever has become thoughtful and melancholy through his own mishaps or those of others; whoever has borne about with him the clouded brow of reflection, and thought himself "too much i' th' sun;" whoever has seen the golden lamp of day dimmed by envious mists rising in his own breast, and could find in the world before him only a dull blank with nothing left remarkable in it; whoever has known "the pangs of despised love, the insolence of office, or the spurns which patient merit of the unworthy takes;" he who has felt his mind sink within him, and sadness cling to his heart like a ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There were people frolicking everywhere mostly teenagers, but people of all ages. ... We were now nearing the entrance to the castle, each grabbing our tickets tightly holding them as if they were the golden tickets in Wily Wonka. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Her "golden curls" symbolically represent the money that Silas had lost. ... It is clear from this that Eppie is Silas" saviour, she had brought him back from the brink of despair where he had no love in his heart to a place where he is free from the premature aging that had gripped him. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School