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  • Town Planning The City Of Mohenjo Daro
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    Indus Valley civilizations covering approx 1/2 million miles of Northern Indian subcontinent is the largest ancient civilization in history till now. Since both stone and copper are used it is a. The Indus Valley people are highly artistic and skilled. Their chief features include a highly organized urban setup and a strong economy. The IVC economy is flourishing with extensive cultivation of wheat, barley. The Indus river is used for transport, weights are all very accurate and highly standardi...
  • Attack On Pearl Harbor
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    Pearl Harbor: The Review This may be a war movie, but after all it is Hollywood. So half of the movie, sadly is irrelevant to the events of December 7, 1941 (besides the recurring characters) and just happens to be a story about three childhood friends. It focuses on their lives prior to during and after the attacks. The attack, I dare say, was done beautifully. The true climax of the movie was the attack, not the love triangle. A good 30 -45 minutes of the movie was dedicated to the attack itse...
  • Organization And Use Of Figurative Language
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    All poets have a certain structure in order for their poem to be understood in an artistic and unique way. Through the use of organization, diction and figurative language, the poem is composed in a creative manner. In The Great Scarf of Birds, by John Updike, the speaker is understood through the use of all these methods. When the poet begins to speak of what he remembers, he uses vivid colors to describe his surroundings and also his stage in life. Ripe apples were caught like red fish in the ...
  • Use Of Symbol In Poetry
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    The use of symbol in poetry and in literature as a whole is commonplace because it is an outlet for the author's creative psyche. A symbol is a creative use of metaphor, using a comparison but not just a direct comparison. The author attempts to achieve the effect that there is much more than just the reader's initial reaction creating a want to delve deeper into the true meaning, leaving a vast space of interpretation. Allegory on the other hand is a specific comparison, a symbol that is set in...
  • Enemies Of Communist Russia During Gogol's Life
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    Gogol's The Overcoat: A Whisper of Change At first glance of Nikolay Gogol's novel The Overcoat, one would only see a short story about a poor man wishing to survive in a cruel world. However, in looking further into the story, deep symbolism can be found. Gogol lived in Russia during the rise of the communist party, and was a great dissident of communism. He believed the inevitable end of a communist government was total failure. He also criticized the other government of the world for failing ...
  • Cuneiform Script For Writing Akkadian
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    The Development of Ancient Systems of Writing in Iraq and Egypt Ancient systems of writing in the Middle East arose when people needed a method for remembering important information. In both Ancient Iraq and Ancient Egypt each of the stages of writing, from pictogram's to ideograms, evolved as a response to the need to express more complex ideas. Satisfaction of this need gave us the two most famous forms of ancient writing, cuneiform from ancient Iraq, and hieroglyphics from ancient Egypt. Both...
  • Walker's Use Of Lucid Symbolism
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    'Everyday Use'; is a short story written by Alice Walker. Walker did a wonderful job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Her use of simple symbolism prompts the reader to take a deeper look into the story. Walker's humble way of conveying the theme makes the reader take a second look at him or herself. Walker did an excellent job in writing this story, so she could warn people of what might happen if they do not live properly. ...
  • Most Useful Things
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    My republic of conscience My republic of conscience would be on a remote island, isolated in every aspect apart from atmospherically and through the water. This is to symbolism the almost perfection. It would not be perfect because nothing is, it is just cloaked by perfection. When I get there, there would be many animals about, being treated equally to humans. There would be noise from the hustle and bustle of all the people and animals. There would be no need to go through any complicated syst...
  • Maya Glyphs
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    Mayan writing is one of the most beautiful but highly complex and difficult scripts in the world. It is a system that uses pictographs and phonetic or syllabic elements. The Maya used this sophisticated style to carve symbols into stone. The most common place for writing was the perishable books they made from bark paper, coated with lime to make a fresh white surface. These books were screen-folded and bound with wood and deer hide. They were referred to as codices, however only four remain tod...
  • Extensive Use Of Setting By Clark
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    In Walter Van Tilburg Clark's "The Portable Phonograph", the author makes setting play a major role in understanding the action of the characters within the story. Clark, a writer and an English Professor, lived from 1909 to 1971. During that time, he lived through both World Wars at a relatively young age, which may have influenced this story. Clark has excellent use of setting to make the atmosphere needed and set the proper mood, so this story is credible. To accomplish this, Clark orients th...
  • Hemmingways Use Of Irony In His Stories
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    Earnest Hemmingway is an accomplished author with a large audience. While short novels like The Old Man and the Sea have intrigued many, his war stories have won him a Nobel Prize. Hemmingway possesses a writing style all his own, his ability to write descriptively is unparalleled. His use of similar themes, symbolism, irony, and similar main characters is very profound. Hemmingways use of theme makes his writing style significant. In The Old Man and the Sea Santiago went through a lot of troubl...
  • Symbolism The Great Gatsby
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    GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay) The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption, murder and life in the 1920's. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader, and this writer does this to the best of his ability. In this well-crafted tale, Fitzgerald presents a fast moving, exciting story, and to any typical reader it can be enjoyed; however, if the reader takes the time to analyze his wo...
  • Estragon And Vladimir
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    AP English January 19, 1999 Vladimir and Estragon: A Symbol of Man Many Authors use different techniques in their witting's. Samuel Beckett uses allusions and references to characters to help the reader understand what the characters represent. In his drama Waiting for Godot, Beckett's two main characters, Estragon andVladimir, are symbolized as man. Separate they are two different sides of man, but together they represent man as a whole. In Waiting for Godot, Beckett uses Estragon and Vladimir ...
  • Bambara's Use Of Symbolism And Theme
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    Symbolism and Theme in Bambara's "The Lesson" Toni Cade Bambara wrote the short story, The Lesson, in 1972. The Lesson is considered by the Literary Canon to be a wonderful work of fiction because of its use of language, humanistic theme, symbolism, and non-genre plot. Two essential elements that add to the depth and enhance a reader's comprehension of The Lesson are Bambara's use of symbolism and theme. The Lesson takes place in New York's inner city. The fictional story begins with a group of ...
  • Symbols In Masonry
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    The name of George Washington claims a place in our American Masonic history. As the "Father of our Country" he is a source of pride to every American Freemason and we are honored to call him a "Brother" in our time-honored Fraternity. He was "raised" to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in Lodge #4 of Fredericksburg, Virginia on August 4th, 1753. On December 20th, 1788 Brother Washington was elected the first Worshipful Master of Alexandria Lodge #22. It was during the Revolutionary War that...
  • Story Chonita
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    Many times in literature the most useful device of a writer is the symbol. Symbols are used to add deeper meaning to everyday objects. An author may use symbolism to expand the meaning of his or her writing. In the short story "The Hammon and the Beans" Americo Parades masterfully illustrates the art of symbolism through his poverty stricken character Chonita and the different aspects of her life. Chonita and her Mexican people have come to America to find freedom and opportunity, yet instead th...
  • Symbolism Of The Fishing
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    Hana Weinstein 12/18/2002 A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a gruesome tale of the French Revolution. There are multiple layers and topics to this intricate story. There is vengeance, resurrection, sacrifice, death, passion, and the value of life. One of the ways that ial to explaining the themes, understanding the complex thoughts and characters is through the symbolism. Symbolism is when an author uses an act or an object to represent something larger then that ...
  • Story Of Sleeping Beauty To Symbolism
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    Briar Rose Assessment Task - Year 12 - Briar Rose is centered around one woman's Holocaust experience and intermixed with the classic fairy-tale, Sleeping Beauty. Yolen's uses of classic fairy-tale elements such as a prince and the curse of a long sleep are used to connect us to the horrors of the death camp Chelmno. The result is a story that is fresh and shocking as it tears away any of the numbness one may feel for another account of a Holocaust survivor. Suddenly the fairy-tale ideas of resc...
  • Imagery Joyce
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    A Portrait Of The Artist As AA Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man By James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Imagery and Symbolism are vital in the effect the novel has on the reader. In the novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, the author uses the tools of imagery and symbolism to give the reader a better understanding of the author's emotions and ideas that are portrayed through rudimentary symbols that have significant meanings. Such symb...
  • Too Sing America
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    I, Too by Langston Hughes, it creates a feeling of an individual vs. a large group enhancing the loneliness felt. The poem recognizes a certain inequality African Americans felt during a time period of racial discrimination. Hughes recognizes that although different in color, all people living in America were Americans and deserved to be treated equally. Hughes is not known for using lots of symbolism. His poetry is generally straight forward and to the point. There is not much hidden meaning in...

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