My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios) Farewell‚ dear fatherland‚ clime the sun caress’d‚ Peal of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give three‚ not count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ‘mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or beed; The place not matters—cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scafold or open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ‘Tis
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Bonfire Night Under the large oak tree stood a little boy with his parents helping him to light his sparkler. This clearly was his first time as he was a little worried that it would burn his tiny little fingers. Most of the children were in groups showing off to each other how big their fireworks were or what effects it produced. The adults were busy buying kids their late night snacks. In the middle of the park Bright yellow orange‚ flames danced‚ flickered knowing they were being watched
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Everyone has a moral compass in them from common thieves to even the Pope‚ but even a paragon of society has some evil lurking in them. In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde‚ Dorian tells Basil after he reveals his altered painting‚ ”Each of us has heaven and hell in him‚ Basil‚” (Wilde‚ 122). The statement functions as a recurring theme in the novel whereas the righteousness‚ represented by Basil Hallward‚ struggles with immorality‚ represented by Lord Henry Wotton‚ for dominance. Although
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Acquainted with the Night The first time I read the poem‚ I saw a murderer of a sort. Somewhere in the huge amount of time that I’ve spent reading stories‚ watching movies‚ and playing video games‚ “Acquainted” with the “Night” meant vampires. I can imagine something like an old man warning a younger gentleman‚ “Beware young man; In the darkest part of the night‚ those that are “acquainted with the night‚” own the forest and it’s roots. For it is there that they roam the free.” Something in the
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Out of the Shadows If you were trapped in a room‚ approaching insanity with nothing to do but stare at an old wall paper what would you do? In the book the Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ a woman is oppressed and discriminated by her gender‚ being forced to inhabit an old nursery in a creepy mansion. Social oppression among women within this time was extremely common and is displayed on the narrator of this story. The Yellow Wallpaper is a story of mystery and horror‚ was the
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article was the concern from environmentalists‚ governmental employees‚ and ranchers with taking the gray wolf off the endangered species list‚ thereby removing hunting protections. These differing opinions have caused significant controversy and years of court-room battling. In each article‚ the main viewpoints are the people that oppose protecting the gray wolf and the people that want to protect the gray wolf. In the first article written in 2009‚ the first viewpoints are from the Obama administration
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The stylistic analysis of “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry The text under stylistic analysis is the short story “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his uncle. Then he went to Texas and tried many professions. For example rancher‚ bank teller‚ journalist‚ founding a comic weekly magazine The Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous
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The Arabian Nights and Arab Culture Arabian nights which known as “ Alf Layla Wa Laylah” have a huge impact and relation to Arab culture. Arabian nights are a collection of old stories include pre-Islamic culture‚ historical tales‚ love‚ crimes‚ poetries‚ music and literature. These stories were derived from the west and south Asia where a lot of translators and scholars collected the work over many centuries. The tales themselves are affected back to the ancient Arabic‚ Persian‚ and Indian traditions
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The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir about Elie’s experience in the holocaust. Elie and his father were sent to different death camps to work and attempt to survive selections‚ starvation‚ and exhaustion. During the holocaust‚ Night shows us‚ several groups of people were singled out and not wanted‚ therefore‚ they were executed; Jews were the main focus of this selection of people. Others would include; Gypsies (Sinti and Roma)‚ homosexual men‚ handicapped Germans‚ Poles‚ and political dissidents
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Savanna Trakas Ms. Herndon English IV Honors 20 September 2013 Feminism in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre In 1847‚ readers were infatuated with the books developing young‚ motivated women. Charlotte Brontë‚ in her novel Jane Eyre‚ created and dissected the epitome of a gothic heroine. In a time where men set the stage for magnanimous literature‚ Brontë illuminated the feminine power that had been so neglected in previous gothic works. Brontë may not be the first feminist author; however‚ she
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