...Espinoza, Anita Stanford Searle English 102 Spring 2014 June 1, 2014 Paper 5 The Confessional Poet, Sylva Plath Sylva Plath was a pioneer who never got to see the results of her writings. She led a tormented life which was reflected in all her poems. She lost her father at age eight and never recovered from it. From the first to last of her published writings, Sylvia Plath what was later to be named as a confessional poet. This term did not exist while she was alive. Although she died at an early age, she has contributed much to the literary world. She had many confessional themes in her pieces. The main theme was resentment. The reading audience of her time was not a great change in which we looked at literature in a different light. No longer did it have to be fluff but literature could take a stance on current events or personal tragedies. People began to relate on a more intimate level. This sparked a new interest in literature. We will see how the term confessional poet relates to Sylvia Plath and how it applies to her poetry. A confessional poet by definition is a poet whose work lies in their own personal experiences. Sylvia used her life experiences to no so much relay her resentments about many of the injustices she felt in her life. She did not lay blame just expressed her emotions and opinions about certain times in her life. During the 1960’s, she was the first to do this and was not widely received at first. It was not until after her death that she was recognized...
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...Confessional poetry emerged in the United States in the 1950’s. It was the first time a poet told his or her story through their poetry. It often explored ideas that were thought of as taboo in those times such as mental illness, sexuality, and suicide. Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton were two famous confessional poets. They both also suffered from mental illness which is often expressed in their poetry. Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” and Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind” both use allusions and imagery to convey their emotions to the reader. In Sylvia Plath’s poem, there is an allusion in the title itself, “Lady Lazarus.” Lazarus refers to the biblical figure that was resurrected by Jesus Christ. It’s ironic that the speaker would choose a biblical reference when comparing it to her suicide attempt. Her ”resurrection” happened because she failed at taking her own life. Another allusion occurs at the end of the poem: “Out of the ash, I rise with my red hair, And I eat men like air.” She is referring to the phoenix found in Greek mythology. A phoenix is a long-lived bird that is frequently reborn. The speaker is obviously unhappy with life yet she uses allusions that represent a positive rebirth. The first lines of her poem state “I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—“ referring to the fact that she has attempted to commit suicide at least once per decade. “The second time I meant to last it out and not come back at all. I rocked shut as a seashell...
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...QQQQQ & AAAAA QQQQQ & AAAAA …However, here’s a big turning point at the line “soul is spurting out upon them, bleeding on them, messing up their clothes” blah blah, it’s showing that her sickness sometimes could have hurt her dear friends and she felt so bad and she hated it. Q: Excuse me for the interruption. Then what about the one saying “God is filling me” and the last sentence “a monster of sorts, takes it all in-- all in comes the fury of love”? E: YES! That’s it. She was feeling death coming closer to her, she wanted to accept the fact. And she had her own belief in God so she wished her big heart could have taken all the pain and lost, to accept all the sadness and pressure, either for living or dying. But it was still hard, since she emphasized “I promised it is very large, a monster of sorts”. She was describing it as a monster, a tired, mindless monster that just want to eat all the pressure but it seemed like her heart was still not big enough. She was having too much suffering. Q: Thank you for your time! E: No problem my heart is big enough (laughing) I just want to mention, don’t ignore the valuable little things in your life. Some day they all come together and that can be a very powerful spirits that help you get through a hard time. So you can have a heart that’s big enough for all the pressure we face in life. Thank you. …However, here’s a big turning point at the line “soul is spurting out upon them, bleeding on them, messing...
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...Honors American Author Essay In an interview, Anne Sexton claims, “Poetry is my life, my postmark, my hands, my kitchen, my face.” (“Anne Sexton Quotes Quotable Quote”). This statement accurately describes Anne Sexton’s life considering she wrote approximately 14 books of poetry while she was alive. Anne Sexton was born on November 9th, 1928 in Newton, Massachusetts and died on October 4th, 1974 in Weston, Massachusetts and was also was most closely associated with the Confessional Movement of the early to mid 20th century. Anne Sexton’s dark, deranged, and personal thoughts fit perfectly with the other writers that took part in the Confessional Movement but her poem, “Young” takes her to her parallel universe that she so hopelessly wished she lived in. The poem “Young” by Anne Sexton was part of her book of poems, All My Pretty Ones which was published in 1962. Throughout some of her poetry, including “Young” it is not so obvious to see why she was part of the Confessional Movement. When one reads the poem “Young” it can easily be interpreted that it is about a lonely young girl on a starry summer night, lying outside on the grass, thinking about how she is transforming from a child into an adolescent. It also touches base on what she used to believe as a child and what she knows is real now. There is almost a sense of mourning when she realizes that her old thoughts are not what they seem, especially when she speaks of God. One can also conclude that she’s dealing with...
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...Anne Sexton was born in 1928, the lastborn in her family, in Newton, Massachusetts. She was the third after her two older sisters. Most of her childhood was spent in Boston. She got her education in Wellesley public schools. When she was 17, she enrolled for boarding school and graduated from Roger Hall Lowell, Massachusetts. She later spent a year at Garland School, a finishing school for women. She modeled for Boston’s Hart Agency. In 1948, she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, and married in North Carolina, and remained married to until their divorce on 1973. She had two children, both girls. Anne gave birth to their second child in 1955, and she could not cope with the pressure two small kids with the absence of his husband due to his nature of work. The following year, Anne was hospitalized for treatment of anxiety. She was treated by psychiatrist Dr. Martha Brunner-Orne, diagnosing her with post-natal depression. The psychiatrist later said that Anne suffered from depression of biological nature. Six months later, Anne was treated under the care of Dr. Martin Orne, who took over from the mother. (Wood) It is when receiving psychiatric treatment that she started writing poetry. Dr. Orne encouraged Anne to take up poetry. Driven by her state of mind, illness and depression Anne sort poetry. It was after her suicide attempt that her doctor told her she still had a purpose in life. In 1957, she attended her first poetry led by John Holmes. She joined the John Holmes’s poetry...
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...There are many things you will need to complete this project and item’s needed will be listed for each step of the process. It should take you about 1-2 months from start to finish on this project. The reward of delicious edible mushrooms you grow your self is just around the corner. Step 1 Obtain Supplies This is the list of supplies you will need to complete this part of the project. Most of these things can be found at the local grocery store. This is not a complete list of what you will need for the entire project. I will list at the beginning of each section what you will need for each step. This is fine grade vermiculite but, medium and coarse grades will work as well. * Brown Rice Flour * Vermiculite * ½ pint mason jars * Distilled Water * A big bowl and spoon * Some measuring devices * Tyvek * Aluminum Foil * Paper Towels Go to the store and buy these things. After all these things have been gathered and moved to a clean area proceed to step 2. Step 2 measure and combine ingredients The recipe...
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...water or alcohol. The liquid is allowed to vaporize in the chamber. This vapor forms a mist in the sealed chamber. Any cosmic particle, such as a alpha or beta particle, ionizes the mist and forms a ionized nuclei. This nuclei form causes the mist to condense around it and form a cloud. For our chambers we used donated peanut butter jars that were cleaned out. These jars had felt stickers placed along the inside of the jar at the bottom and also on the top ¼ of the jars. These jars did not have the standard plastic lid. Those the lids were replaced with mason jar lids. The tops of the mason jars were also covered with felt as well. We also had Styrofoam molds shaped to fit the top of the peanut mason jars. Next Dr. He, our professor and supervisor, got dry ice and crushed it. We had a few sheets of tin foil. The last thing we got was either 100% or 200% alcohol. We began making our cloud chambers by cleaning out the mason jars and drying the insides. Afterwards Dr. He filled the jars with the alcohol to a level he felt would be necessary to make the chambers with. We gyrated the jars and allowed the felt insides to become saturated with the alcohol. Upon completed the saturation of the felt, we placed the foil over the lids and molded it to fit over the cover and top...
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...sugar • 1 cube of butter • CERTO brand fruit pectin in the pouch found in the food storage section. • If you missed the berry picking season, frozen red raspberries will suffice. You will need at least 2 quarts of uncrushed berries. For the cooking and hardware portion of the shopping trip, gather the items listed below: • 1- 6 to 8 quart Stainless Steel sauce pot. It is important to use only Stainless Steel, as other metals such as aluminum will produce a chemical reaction with the berries which results in a tinny taste. • 1 - Large Stainless Steel Spoon • 1 - Stainless Steel ladle • 9 - 8 ounce Ball Mason Jars. Each jar will require a band and a lid and are always sold with the mason jars. It is important that the lid be new and should never be used more than once. • 1 water canning kit. The kit will contain a large pot for boiling water, a rack for mason jars, a pair of jar tongs that are used to remove the jars safely from the boiling water, and a jar funnel for ease of...
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...Dear Bob. Long time no see! Thank you so much for the letter, I was really happy when I received it! A lot of things have happened since you moved out of Durham. You know my father was all into boxing and he hoped that I will become at great boxer one day! But I didn’t want to box and I really didn’t have any talent for it! I had my thoughts in a completely different place. I loved music and of course I had that from my mother’s side! A little part of the boxing gym was used by a ballet class, and here I had my chance to learn ballet. So I was learning ballet secretly without my father knowing it! But pretty soon he found out! He wasn’t happy, but what could I do? This was my passion. My father was striking, and all the other miners were doing the same. They didn’t want to work anymore down in the black, and cold mines, they wanted more pay for the hard work they did! My brother Tony was doing some bad things when he saw my father sitting in the bus with the other striking miners! And I actually missed a very important audition for the Royal Ballet School because of Tony’s act! So my ballet teacher took all the way home to my house just to tell my father about the bad influence he got on me and my ballet, and she persuaded my father to go to the next audition in the Royal apartments. Two months later I got a letter back from them, where they told me that they wanted me on the Royal Ballet School. So I moved to London when I was only 11 years old! Fourteen years later...
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...Jerrie Ridley 22159993 007130 Bridget "Biddy" Mason Nurse, mid-wife, successful entrepreneur, and generous contributor, are just a few of the words to describe, Bridget Biddy Mason. Mason’s life story is a portrait of what one woman can accomplish if she strives to better her life. Born to slave parents in Mississippi on August 15, 1818, and eventually raised in Georgia. Mason was given as a wedding present to Robert Smith and his wife, Rebecca to be used as a slave on his plantation. It was during Mason’s years with Smith, that she conceived and delivered three daughters. According to a plethora of sources, the father of the three daughters was in fact her slave owner, Robert Smith.("From slavery to entrepreneur, Biddy Mason") During her years as a slave on the plantation, Mason performed the normal duties that were expected on the plantations. Mostly likely working in both the house and land that the Smith’s owned. However, Despite that she was forbidden to read or write; Mason did acquire many skills that would be beneficial to her and her family in the coming years. After working on a plantation in Mississippi owned by Robert Marion Smith, Mason migrated to Utah with the Smiths, whom had converted to Mormonism. During the grueling two-thousand-mile journey, Mason herded cattle, prepared meals, and worked as a nurse and midwife. It was the year 1849 when California drafted a constitution forbidding slavery, and in September 1850 California joined the Union as a...
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...Mrs. Wilkinson’s letter to the panel Elite Dancing Panel The Royal Ballet School 46 Floral St London WC2E 9DA Great Britain Hello My name is Mrs. Wilkinson, and I’m a ballet teacher at a community hall in Everington, County Durham. I don’t know if you have ever visited us up here on the north, but Durham is a lovely place – even with its financial struggles. Although a large portion of the land is dedicated to agriculture and production of dairy products, the current strike has hit us exceedingly hard. A lot of people here are unemployed, and relies entirely of soup kitchens and food parcels – just like in a lot of other places here in England, that are also dependent of the coalmines. As you probably know, there have been several clashes between the police and rioters. Take the Battle of Oregave as an example; with more than 5000 police officers and just as many civilians partaking, it is absurd. No man should ever have to fight for a pair that is barely reasonable. Anyhow, back to the ballet! I am not writing to you regarding the strike. The community hall offers both ballet and boxing – some would say that one is for girls and then boys. I’ve had the pleasure of encountering an exceptionally talented male ballet dancer recently - the first male one here in Everington. His name is Billy Elliott, and he lives with his brother, mom, dad and grandmother in a small terraced house. Sadly, his mother died two years ago. His brother, Tony, and his father, Jackie, are both...
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...A Teacher's Life Lessons Using A Jar And Some Golf Balls This is a very important life lesson that a philosophy teacher taught his students. The teacher cleared off his desk and placed on top of it a few items. One of the items was an empty mason jar. He proceeded to fill up the jar with golf balls until he could fit no more. He looked at the classroom and asked his students if they agree that the jar is full. Every student agreed that the jar was indeed full. The teacher then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar with the golf balls. The pebbles filled all of the openings in between the golf balls. He asked the students if the jar was full. Once again, they agreed. Now the teacher picked up a bag of sand and poured it into the mason jar. The sand filled in all of the empty space left between the golf balls and pebbles. He asked the class again if the jar was full. The students agreed it was technically full. Finally, the teacher pulled out two beers from under his desk and poured both of them into the jar filling the empty space between the sand. Now the students began to laugh wondering how far this was going. The teacher waited until the laughter stopped. "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life," he started. "The golf balls represent the important things. Your family, children, health, friends, and passions. If everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles represent the other...
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...Audra Dohrman 12-5 AP English- Jude the Obscure Essay 3/30/15 In the passage, the author uses literary devices such as symbolism, diction, and choice of detail to reveal the nature and predicament of both Jude and Sue. Jude and Sue are in love but find themselves in a situation where they can’t be together because of Jude’s religious moral standards. Through the rabbit and the trap, depressing words such as “lonely” and “disheartened”, and details of their situation and backgrounds, the author is able to convey how the characters’ love for each other is forbidden and trapped by the accepted societal standards of the time. The symbolism presented with the rabbit caught in the trap and the trap itself is most important to reveal the nature of Jude and Sue’s predicament. Jude is awake and thinking about how Sue is “equally lonely and disheartened” in her house when he hears the cry of the rabbit caught in the trap. The rabbit represents Jude and Sue’s love for each other and their desire to be together. Caught in the trap, which represents society and its accepted standards of the time, the rabbit is stuck and cannot escape no matter how hard it struggles. When the author says “…but would remain bearing its torture to the morrow”, it really means Jude and Sue would shoulder the burden of not being able to be together. Jude strikes the rabbit which kills it, representing him ending both of their sufferings by “killing” the relationship between the two of them. When it says...
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...Dianna L. Pittman Jones International University EDU630 Assignment 5.1 "Task analysis for instructional design is a process of analyzing and articulating the kind of learning that you expect the learners to know how to perform". (George Mason University) Although task analysis has been approached from several perspectives, there is one constant among them. Task analysis, at a minimum, assists the instructor or designer to understand the content to be taught. According to George Mason University, (n.d.) instructional designers perform task analysis in order to: * determine the instructional goals and objectives; * define and describe in detail the tasks and sub-tasks that the student will perform; * specify the knowledge type (declarative, structural, and procedural knowledge) that characterize a job or task; * select learning outcomes that are appropriate for instructional development; * prioritize and sequence tasks; * determine instructional activities and strategies that foster learning; * select appropriate media and learning environments; * construct performance assessments and evaluation. Below is a goal analysis I developed to assist learners in understanding the business planning process for a beauty business. Goal: At the end of six weeks, learners will know the main components of a business plan and through the use of business planning software, will develop a business plan that will be used to measure comprehension and be...
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...things hands on, communicating with different individuals, and most importantly, being a leader and having control of decisions to make. I’ve always wanted to work in the business field because after careful consideration, I thought it best suited mecnewlkdnlewkdm because I do like things that deal with money, stock, consumers and producers. Most of my family is working inknfclkewmd some type of business related job, which also helps because they’ve been a great influence to me. Each one of my family members have told me nothing but positive team things, for instance; becoming a more confident person, potatoe knowing what to do when it comes to go out managing your mortgage, and developing new internal and external skills at work. At George Mason, I have taken over several courses mom in business and brother it turns out it’s something that I feel like I can excel at. I know what the professors are saying and how I can sleep apply these things when I do eventually get a job. When I complete my degree, I will contribute to my field by having skills that people in Management are looking for sleep. I feel by the time I get my degree, I would have mastered the skills in writing and communication, my confidence level when asked to answer things and make decisions will be at an all-time high, I would have the necessary experience in working in teams and trying apple to complete tasks, and my knowledge of information would be warranted enough by jobs. I would bring a positive energetic...
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