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  1. Love, which absolves no beloved one from loving,...

    Love, which absolves no beloved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as thou seest, it does not leave me yet.
    Canto V, lines 103-105

    Lasciate ogne speranza, voi...
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    For the essay dealing with race, I suggest...

    For the essay dealing with race, I suggest reading “Black Like Me”. The novel is a short yet compelling examination of cultural differences. In the novel, a white man disguises himself as a black man...
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    Here is one I wrote. To watch you sleep I...

    Here is one I wrote.

    To watch you sleep

    I love the way the moon light revels upon your face,
    The way I feel when we embrace.
    As I watch you sleep, I run my fingers through your hair,...
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    My recommendations are: Waiting for Godot ...

    My recommendations are:

    Waiting for Godot
    Night of the Iguana
    Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf?
    The Fantasticks
    Man of La Mancha
    Lysistrata
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Beyond the Horizon
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    I read The Golden Compass a few years ago. I...

    I read The Golden Compass a few years ago. I loved it. At the time I thought it would make a great movie, so I look forward to seeing it. I definitely recommend the book.
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne said “Words - so innocent and...

    Nathaniel Hawthorne said “Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them”. ...
  7. Thread: A poem

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    This is a nice poem. It seems to say many...

    This is a nice poem. It seems to say many insightful observations about fear and other trivialities. Poetry is an amazing healing tool. Poetry always helps me when things aren’t going as I would...
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    The Rambled Soul of a 21st Century Man

    Has anyone read The Rambled Soul of a 21st Century Man? If so, I would like some information in the novel, and your interpretation.
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    Here is a poem with similar themes to the Tell...

    Here is a poem with similar themes to the Tell Tale Heart. Both are told by a first person unreliable narrator. An obsession of the hated individual is seen in both writings. Both are about a secret...
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    I recommend looking into The Cask of Amontillado...

    I recommend looking into The Cask of Amontillado and The Black Cat, also by Poe.
    These short stories are all written from the perspective of a murderer.
    These stories all have similar theme...
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    Being great only lasts so long, You always reach...

    Being great only lasts so long,
    You always reach the end of the song.
    No matter how long you live,
    Or how much to the world you give.
    No matter how much knowledge you have learned.
    Or how much...
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    Here are a few quotations which may help.

    “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger—but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards,...
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    This poem is very nice. I really like the form.

    This poem is very nice. I really like the form.
  14. Thread: Review

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    1984 is one of my favorite books. Yes, some parts...

    1984 is one of my favorite books. Yes, some parts of the novel are not particularly eventful, but I feel they are placed with good reason. The dull points seem to reflect the quotidian lives led by...
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    You shouldn’t give up. If you have an idea, stand up for it. Just know the facts.
    I recommend that you talk to your teacher. You should ask him to conduct a classroom debate with a formal order. If...
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    In A smoky den filled with blues. Sits a lonely...

    In A smoky den filled with blues.
    Sits a lonely man with an unseen bruise.
    The dense air swirls around.
    The music plays with a canorous sound.
    His countenance shows that he is deep in thought....
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    A top of glinted tears Formed by forgotten fears...

    A top of glinted tears
    Formed by forgotten fears
    And a new day begins
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    I read the novel on this website, and really...

    I read the novel on this website, and really enjoyed it.There is a link to the novel under authors, and Alexandre Dumas.
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    Punishment aborted. My world view now distorted....

    Punishment aborted.
    My world view now distorted.
    I sit and dream of things to come.
  20. I would say that the first manifestation of evil...

    I would say that the first manifestation of evil is choice. To make a conscious choice to do something “not right”. This can be looked at religiously or simply morally. Many would argue that anything...
  21. “A glass paperweight especially seems to Winston...

    “A glass paperweight especially seems to Winston in its beauty and fragility to symbolize his and Julia’s lives forever within itself.” The shattering of the paperweight is a representation of the...
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    St. Clement’s is first mentioned in the line “It’s a church, or at least it used to be.”
    It is mentioned in a rhyme, which also references lemons. Julia does not remember what a lemon was. Churches...
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    Chapter seven points out that Jones, Aaronson,...

    Chapter seven points out that Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were the last surviving leaders of the revolution. They “disappeared for a year or more… and had suddenly been brought forth to...
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    Winston’s point of view changes greatly throughout the course of the novel. Compare the things Winston writes in his journal, to what he says at the end of the novel.

    Winston is aware that there...
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    Plato's Republic

    What were Plato's opinions regarding art in society?
    What place, values, and dangers does he mention?
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