Topic Sentence: Macbeth is, in essence a good-hearted and noble man... - At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is described by the soldier as a brave and fearless man (1,2,17) - The king saw Macbeth's good qualities in him and decided to name him the new Thane of Cawdor (1,3,107) - Macbeth would have stayed true to the king if the witches did not tell him the prophecies - When he was name Thane of Cawdor, he started wondering if he would really become king (1,3,137) - If what the witches spoke was true, Macbeth would have eventually become king because of his noble personality. But ...

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The word "war" cannot be defined in one sentence, nor can its meaning be expressed using a few words. ... Wars have been fought for hundreds of years, usually to satisfy one side with more freedom, power or wealth. ... Britain is not the original country to feud with Iraq; it is the United States. ... Perhaps war starts because one side wants what they can't have, like more wealth for instance. Everyone desires power and wealth, but if people start to believe that the only way to achieve them is to start a war, then there would be wars all the time. ...

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(this sentence doesn't make sense) I moved from fear to excitement as it drew closer to the time when my first class was about to start. ... As the students began to pile into the room I started talking to some of them and getting to know the people I would be spending the next sixteen weeks with. ... He was a sixty year old German with long grey hair. ... He started to lecture us about the history of the world and how civilization started. ... I was lost and to top things off I was going to be late to my class because of it. ...

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The poet uses various poetic devices but the recurring use of enjambment suggests that the poet is having an outpouring of emotions and is not able to decide where to end his sentence. ... 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 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 poem follows a very well structured timeline beginning with th...

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Chicago has its good and bad because of the people who define it. ... The Chicagoans are always starting over, making what they do better and better. ... Sandburg also wraps up the poem with those same descriptions in the last stanza. ... The first stanza is formed as a list of the occupations, but the last stanza is structured more like a long sentence, "proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation" (86, 36-38). In this way, Sandburg first plays into the misconception of Chicagoans being just a small part of the...

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He wrote a newspaper article about his experience on the life boat with the survivors. ... Using this wood we started a fire in the grill and started thawing out the meat on one side of the grill and left the flame on the other. ... My friend being a quite good hunter went out and returned back a few hours later with news he got a doe. ... It started. ... This sentence was a great foreshadowing line because it tells us right away that it was going to be rough for those four men on that boat. ...

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In the first sentence of the book, he starts out by saying " f you really want to hear about it, the first thing you"ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that a David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." ... His negativity is the first thing you notice about this character when you first start reading this book. On page 42, when he's fighting with Stradlater, he says, "I didn't even answer him. ... On pag...

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Chopin writes this sentence to illustrates the forthcoming events that were going to occur in Mrs. ... Mallard, even with her heart condition is full of joy with this news of her husbands. ... She is swept off her feet with excitement. ... Mallard started to decent the stairs when suddenly, Mrs. ... Was it because of her heart disease? ...

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" It was very annoying hearing it at times because I couldn't even get my whole sentence out without him interrupting me and saying something along those words, but I'm happy I have my parents for support. ... I walked up to my principal, and he was joking with me about my shoes saying that he was surprised I didn't trip or anything while walking. ... I graduated with one of my best friends and did it for my other best friend who was in heaven. ... Seeing happy and excited faces all because of my accomplishment gave me the happiest feeling. ... I started tearing up a litt...

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Many authors use a variety of richly developed literary techniques to evoke emotion, and connect with the audience. ... The dramatic story begins with no defined setting. ... From the opening sentence, the house has been afraid that no one would wake up, it is afraid of being alone. ... The house is afraid because it has been left behind, afraid of being left alone. ... This is an important quote because the author begins to make a comparison between the house and a human being trying to survive. ...

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These responses, while certainly well-intentioned, ultimately dehumanise the dying" So often, those with serious illnesses are isolated because of their conditions, as a society we place them on a pedestal as heroes to serve us as inspiration. ... 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.... And this commitment to charity reminds the cancer person of the essential goodness of humanity and makes him/ her feel loved and encouraged because s/ he will leave a cancer-curing ...

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A man takes his dog's leash of the hook on the back of the laundry room door, and with a little jingle the dog comes running out of the living room right to the man's feet. ... They make for the path that starts in his backyard, but knows no end. ... The man in his red flannel shirt and North Face vest freezes and the bear bats him to the ground with his paw. ... The dog stands up with a bit of a limp, and makes his way over to his owner. ... William Wallace, a Scottish leader, has been sentenced to death by the King of England. ...

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In modern language, these two sentences happen so much in everyday life. ... Not only did her situation affect her mentally, but physically as well because she refused to leave her bed. Medea was so in love in with Jason that when he left her she did not want to do anything except cry and end her life because she as felt as though her world had ended. ... Starting from lines 213 -216 Medea, expressed her feeling about women and burden of finding a husband. ... I knew someone was in an abusive relationship and I asked why stayed with him after he continued to her and she told me because she wa...

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In fact, you may find it necessary to cut a line or two that you especially love "to "murder your darlings- "simply because they don't work in that particular piece of writing. ... After all, the moment you write the last word of a story, novel, or article "when you're still buzzing with the rush of creativity and you're in love with all your characters "is not the best time to assess with an objective eye. ... You might also ask your readers to summarize this piece of writing in one or two sentences. ... a couple of problems with this story...

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