Maja Strzelczyk, 4KMT2 Topic: Analyse and interpret the passage below, backing up your reading of these lines with apt cultural examples, relating, too, to other literary texts: OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! There is quite possibly no greater
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and sociological context of his times in order to truly understand his works. - Poems are placed in their historical context — to explain not only their allusions and particular use of words, but the conventions and expectations of the times. The approach may be evaluative (i.e. the critic may suggest ways of responding to the poem once the perspective is corrected), or may simply use it as historical data. - a poem may be used to illuminate the writer's psychology, or as biographic data. No less
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eventually “wore herself out”. This poem suggests that unrealistic societal demands are destructive for a woman’s self-esteem and well-being. When comparing oneself to an idealistic notion of female beauty and behaviour, one can only expect to feel demoralized, discouraged and devalued. Indeed, "Barbie Doll," the title of the poem, symbolizes society’s view of a perfect woman; the way society expects every woman to be. In fact, by using “Barbie Doll” as the title to her poem, Marge Piercy wants the reader
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in class: Sonnet 18 • Works cited: Shakespeare’s Sonnets Collection. Objectives: • Students will learn the basic structure of an English Sonnet (i.e., the Elizabethan Form) • They will learn some figures of speech and how to paraphrase a sonnet • Thanks to the visual reinforcement they should more easily remember the sonnet, and its main themes. Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 – (Valentina Henriet) The aim of this lesson
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Name- Student name- Tutor name- Week 2 I have gone through first part of all the stories and decided to make the folio based on ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ as it sounds really interesting to me. After reading thoroughly the first part of the story, I can say that Mr. Morris, Sargeant-Major has gone through some rough and brutal phase for which he holds ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ guilty and responsible. There was some bitter fact that he hides from his friend, Mr. White though he warns him about
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title: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- using your understanding of predictive evaluation and retrospective ------------------------------------------------- Evaluation analyse the text of your choice to establish its appropriateness ------------------------------------------------- or lack of it, for a specific grade in a primary school from either ZPH ------------------------------------------------- College Press
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The White Man’s Burden 1. How is the black man described? a. The black people are described as being inferior. According to Rudyard Kipling line 8 they are”Half-devil and half-child”. He describes the black man as somebody who should be glad to be able to serve the white people and at the same time escape famine. “The White Man’s Burden” also makes it possible to prevent sickness (line 22). The black man ought not to have any aspirations (line 26). In the last stanza Rudyard Kipling
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remained until his retirement at the age of 67. Synopsis This poem is about celebration. It is a descriptive poem about the changing scenes. It celebrates the richness of the land’s produce and how alive and plentiful Nature is. However, amidst the harsh rain and lashing wind, things are always bright and glorious when the sun shines again. NATURE POETRY SETTING The poem is set in Jamaica. The poet uses nature and describes the weather
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conflict of a wife deceiving her husband. It also shows different ways a husband treats his wife. Throughout the play, Nora is referred to as her husband’s “little Skylark” (Isben, 1879). The title of the play symbolizes the way Nora is treated and how her husband thinks of her. She is thought of like a mindless doll that is living in her “doll house” The irony in this play is that while Nora’s husband thinks she does not have a mind of her own, she takes it upon herself to go out and take a loan
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re tu ra li CAPE Modern te ng Languages Literatures nE e siniEnglish ur e at l er g it En sin ur e at er it L Caribbean Examinations Council ® SYLLABUS SPECIMEN PAPER CSEC® SYLLABUS,MARK SCHEME SPECIMEN PAPER, MARK SCHEME SUBJECT REPORTS AND SUBJECT REPORTS Macmillan Education 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW A division of Macmillan Publishers Limited Companies and representatives throughout the world www.macmillan-caribbean.com ISBN 978-0-230-48228-9 © Caribbean
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