It is common to find that in literature, scholars present their views about prominent books and other works of interest. One such book that has attracted massive attention in the field of literature and has become a subject of high school and college literature studies is the Lottery that describes...
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The Presentation of the Poem The presentation of the poem is in a simple form. The speaker decides to make a stop by some woods. The poem summarizes the information in four stanzas which are identical. The lines constituting the poem are iambic. They consist of four emphasized syllables. The Wood and...
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Reading: A Worthy Exercise For a long period of time reading has been perceived to be a worthy exercise. It is probably one of the most valuable and wholesome activities that one can engage in. This is because it is through reading that one can is able to discover new concepts,...
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Abidin, Hazlin and Maaruf Siti. Envisioning the Future of Online Learning. Springer, 2016, pp. 171-182. The authors in the book explains typography in visual communication as a mini component in which visualization, purpose and structure creates a more effective influence of communicating visually to the audiences and readers which is...
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In essence, this is a short story of two waiters in a caf having a conversation before closing for the night. Since they still have a customer, they cannot leave; while the older waiter sympathizes with the old man sitting at the table, the younger one is anxious to...
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Banshee is a monster, famous in Ireland and Scottish Highlands; essentially, it is considered monstrous due to its appearance. The creature takes the form of a woman with and emits a shrill cry of lamentation. According to folktales, the supernatural being wails when an individual is about to die, alerting...
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Justice and Corruption in The Crucible Arthur Miller’s dramatic trials in The Crucible depicts a period in history that is completely different from the contemporary policies and laws. The story paints a picture of a time in history where people live under a single over-riding system of belief that is blind...
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Amy Tan's Two Kinds Amy Tan’s Two Kinds is a short story whose main theme draws from the title. The story was published in the book Luck Club. The main character in the short story is Jing-mei Woo or just June, the daughter of Suyuan Woo. The story explores how the...
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The Slaughterhouse-Five: A Tale of War and Time Travel The Slaughterhouse-Five is a science fiction novel written in 1969 by Kurt Vonnegut. The novel is about the experiences of World War II. The protagonist of the novel is Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier and also an assistant of the Chaplain. In...
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Eileen Myles writes the poem Mad Pepper from a feminist point of view. The poem gives a symbolic meaning to the word pepper, which the poet equates to masculinity based on its hot nature. Mad pepper is about masculinity, which the poet feels desolated from. She uses the word itself...
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Homer's Impact on Ancient Greek Poetry and Rhetoric Homer’s epic stories have been used as points of reference over the years. The works of ancient poets were rich in figures of speech that are still applicable to date. Homer is an example of ancient Greek poetry and use of language to...
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The Story of "There Will Come Short Rains" by Ray Bradbury The short story, “There Will Come Short Rains” by Ray Bradbury is an apical story. The story as written by Ray describes the fear of what is to come as Ray puts it in his flash-forward of how the world...
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