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When we read poems, very few people actually take in the devices used and make sense of the way the poet uses them and still fewer people take the time to decipher why the poet has used that specific device in that specific place. The devises often have hidden meanings, and are used to make…

north-eastern France. Her father Jacques was a peasant farmer and a minor village official. Her mother Isabelle, raised her daughter in the teachings of the Christian faith. Joan was more religious than most of the girls in her village. At the age of thirteen or fourteen Joan began to hear voices and to have visions….

MUSEUM TRIPWhen this project was brought to my attention at the beginning of the semester I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know much about the history of art or any of the specific terms that are used in the art world. I have been to museums in the past but that was when…

Raygan DeFillippoENG 101KreitzerJune 17, 1996AntigoneCritics have traditionally divided over the question of whether Antigone or Creon is the protagonist in the play, Antigone, by Sophocles. The answer lies in ones interpretation of the play. Is it a play about a woman doomed by the sins of her father,r is it a play about a king…

“The Taming of the Shrew” is a play written by William Shakespeare which comments on the role of Woman in the Renaissance period. Woman were expected to act as a moral support for their husbands whilst running the domestic sphere, and were not expected to voice there opinions or behave in an unsavory manner. If…

History had left many with unlawful strong beliefs. while no 1 can be certain of a person’s inexperienced persons. looking back it appears as if many tests were conducted ill. and that the strong beliefs of were based on undependable and incredible circumstantial grounds. Now. merely in hindsight. is it seen the mistakes made ab…

The above quote was taken from Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the thirty-first chapter. Huck’s words in this quote illustrate and directly relate with how modern man copes with what Mark Twain termed the inescapable dilemma of Democracy. In the novel, Huck is faced with the dilemma of whether or not to…

The Church accused Niccolo Machiavelli of being Satan for writing his book The Prince. Machiavelli completed The Prince in 1513. He wrote it as a gift to Lorenzo Medici, called the Magnificent, ruler of Florence. The political views Machiavelli expressed in his book went against the theology of the Church, specifically the Ten Commandments and…

How does the writer criticise the educational system of the 1950’s and how relevant are his concerns in the 21st century? The writer of Unman, Wittering and Zigo, and Giles Cooper criticises the educational system of the 1950’s. The story centres on a new, young, weak and inexperienced teacher called John Ebony although the Head…

I think that Inspector Calls is indeed a successful modern day morality play. This is because it relates to the old traditional morality plays and teaches the audience something at the same time, teaches them a moral. It teaches them something very factual and true, something about themselves and the society they live in. This…