Commentaryon the passage from Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is taken from chapter four of the narrative.

English Kate Etienne Commentary The passage from Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is taken from chapter four of the narrative. The passage suggests that this work is a fictitious novel due to the form of prose as well as its lack of factual reference. This section of prose is one which contains great amounts of description and is effective in pulling the reader into the narrative in a short period of time. The reader is introduced to two characters in this section and is allowed to learn much about both in a short period mostly through description and not through delving into inner thought. Much of this is achieved through the use of narrative voice. The narrative voice used by the author of this passage is that of first person narrator. The narrator of this passage is Mr. Betteredge. Mr. Betteredge is speaking to us, the reader, which is an affective way of drawing the reader further into the narrative. He is an elderly gentleman; we know this by the reference he gives to the difficulty he has sitting down on the beach, "When you come to my age, you will find sitting on the slope of a beach a much longer job then you think it now." Through the language used by the narrator, it can be seen that he is a well spoken man, educated, and by the reference to "the plantation" as well as his "bandanna handkerchief - one of six beauties given to [him] by [his] lady" and his job as

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Micro Water Management -The Concept, Methods of Intervention And Experience at NBTDP.

A Report on Micro Water Management - The Concept, Methods of Intervention And Experience at NBTDP by Professor S. B. Roy, Chairman IBRAD, Calcutta Introduction The last half of the 20th century was characterised by unprecedented changes and irreversible trends in natural, technological, social, economic and political factors that have affected human life in radical ways. This when combined with population explosion, urbanisation, industrialisation and economic development exerted high pressure and demand on natural resources, most notably on water resources. We need to have an efficient and effective management of our water resource as its demand has increased with the rise in the population growth and the rise in pollution. Firstly comes the policy support and legislation of the country, the attitude and capacity of the state, the local bodies and the local self government to operationalise the rational use of water. Different stakeholders are involved in the different aspects of the water management like that of irrigation, domestic and industrial supply, flood control and so on. Secondly, the interrelationship between the land and water should be viewed as SYSTEM and water as part of the planning process. Thirdly, research and development programmes need to be undertaken on a range of activities like that of water conservation, water quality management, pollution

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Great Expectations Essay.

University of Cape Town Faculty of Humanities ESSAY COVER PAGE Full name: Joanna Felicity Morton Student Number: MRTJOA003 Course name: English Literary Studies Course Code: ELL113F Tutorial Tutor: Nadia Davids Tutorial Group: 24 Due Date: 12 April 2002 . I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another's work and to pretend that it is one's own. 2. I have used the Author-date convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this essay from the work, or works, of other people has been acknowledged through citation and reference. 3. This essay is my own work. 4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as his or her own work. 5. I have done the word processing and formatting of this assignment myself. I understand that the correct formatting is part of the mark for this assignment and that it is therefore wrong for another person to do it for me. _____________________ _____________________ Signature Date Great Expectations Essay We have reached the end of the second stage of Pip's Expectations, and he has recently learnt the true identity of his benefactor, namely, the convict who threatened him in the cemetery and on the marsh all those many years ago. The convict, Abel Magwitch, is moved by Pip's kind-heartedness and generosity,

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The Handmaids Tale

The Handmaids Tale The Handmaid's Tale is a unique story about the oppression felt by the women of a society that has changed dramatically from that which we know today. The novel was written in 1985 and is set in 2000-2005 it tell the story of a society which revolves around women being the sacred vessels for life; ironically in this society women have no rights, or freedoms. Only those who are on the upper scale, (the wives) have power, even so the husbands or commanders control them for the most part. This novel was written by Margaret Atwood and is very futuristic for its time, it symbolizes how many women all over the world and particularly in the Middle East were and still are subjected to oppression. By analyzing the novel one can begin to see the different topics which it is meant to symbolize and what effect the presentation and format these topics are discussed in have on the reader and the novels over all effect. Although there are many characters in the novel only the real personalities of a selected few are revealed. Offerd is the main protagonist and the narrator of the novel, she is a younger woman who has lived through a great deal of change and chaos. Offred survives to make several tapes of her life's journey that serve as the story line for the novel. Offred does not seem to a particularly strong character, however she does endure a lot. She takes what

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'Discuss The Variety Of Narrative Techniques Used In The Handmaid's Tale'

Sanjay Chopra Friday, 23 November 2002 'Discuss The Variety Of Narrative Techniques Used In The Handmaid's Tale' The Handmaid's Tale belongs to a science fiction genre of dystopian fiction. There is a combination of genres used here, for this is also a woman's fictive autobiography and a novel of feminist resistance, which includes a critical history of North Americans 'second wave' feminism and a love story. The epigraph in this novel helps us to appreciate the issues, which we face as we are given the impression by reading the epigraph of it being a satire and we gather the new cruel environment which is created as Offred we see Offred is only allowed 'one function: to breed.' There are numerous dissimilar types of narrative techniques, which are exemplified in the dystopian novel as we distinguish that Offred is a self-conscious, discontinuous narrator. Throughout the novel Offred seems to revert to her flashbacks, which take us as a reader back to the past from present. We can perceive that the purpose of these narrative techniques is to connect the reader, as we want become puzzled and want to read on. We encounter many dissimilar ways in which Offred changes her narrative techniques, as this is what makes the story complex, but engages us. We approach Offred's narrative through Atwood's own comments as a writer, 'I'm an artist...and in any monolithic

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Murderers and Their Victims.

Murderers and Their Victims In this essay I am going to be comparing two pre-twentieth poems both about murders and their victims. The first is a poem called 'The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond' by Charles Causley. This is a true story of a teenage girl murdered by her lover after he found out she had been having an affair. The second of the two poems is entitled 'The Laboratory' by Robert Browning. This is of a similar nature to the 'Charlotte Dymond' poem but a lot more hatred is felt in this one. Both the poems are old as in 'The Charlotte Dymond' poem it mentions of the girl carrying shillings, which says it is not a recent poem, but more to the point, a public hanging takes place, or so it implies, which strongly suggests it is an old poem. In 'The Laboratory' there is a more obvious clue to suggest it was old. Throughout the entire poem it uses words that no longer hold a place in the English language now days. An example of some words used in the poem like this are, 'signet', which is a type of ring, 'pliest', which means to apply and 'Thus' which means here. In both poems the reason for the murder to take place is all connected to love. In the 'Charlotte Dymond' poem the love felt for Charlotte by Matthew is so immense he is heartbroken to hear of her affair, confused and upset he believes he is doing her a favour and getting rid of her sin by ending her life.

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A Christmas Carol, although occurring at a different time period than today, still holds values and lessons that are important in society today. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, although occurring at a different time period than today, still holds values and lessons that are important in society today. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, starts off having no feelings for others and no Christmas spirit, but changes from his gloomy, dark appearance to a carefree, child-like person at the end. Dickens shows in A Christmas Carol that personal greed will lead to peril, while kindness and generosity lead to personal happiness. It saddened me to learn of Scrooge's lonely childhood. I could picture him sitting all alone at school, emotionally abandoned by his father, waiting for his sister to come tell him there may be a happy Christmas. There are so many children in the world today that are in this same situation. It saddens me to know that there a children who never get to open a present on Christmas morning. It seemed as his childhood progressed and his love for Belle grew, his love for money and greed grew faster until he lost everything but his money. So much emphasis is placed on the monetary value of things today that it is possible anyone could fall into this same lifestyle. When the second ghost comes to see Scrooge, we see the Cratchit family. This family reminds me of the Christmases my family spent together. We didn't always get everything we wanted but we always had a good

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Alice in wonderland by Lewis Carrol and Automated Alice by Jeff Noon.

Alice in Wonderland Automated Alice Lewis Carrol Jeff Noon Almost everyone has read Alice in Wonderland, whether it be as a child or as an adult. And almost everyone who has read it, or has had it read to them, has enjoyed it. I have viewed Alice in Wonderland as a movie, but I have read the novel Automated Alice by Jeff Noon. Both texts are equally enjoyable to view, however I enjoyed Automated Alice more, as it is directed more at grownups, as it has rather gruesome content. It is written in a manner that one would write to a child in, however, the plot is very complex, and even I failed at times to understand what was happening. Alice in Wonderland is directly directed1 at younger children, as it is written as a fairy tale. Alice in Wonderland begins with a young girl named Alice being taught a history lesson by her governess. Alice, however, is bored and plays with her cat. When her governess scolds her, she states that she can't find a book with no pictures in it interesting. Her governess replies by saying: "My dear Alice, there are many interesting books in this world with no pictures." "In this world maybe, but in my world, a book would be nothing but pictures." The governess rejects this idea, saying it is nonsense, and continues the lesson. Alice however, starts talking to her cat. "That's it! If I had a world of my own everything would be nonsense."

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A major theme in 'Les liaisons dangereuses' is seduction, not least the seduction of the reader by Merteuil and Valmont. Discuss.

Colleen Stopforth Week 2. A major theme in 'Les liaisons dangereuses' is seduction, not least the seduction of the reader by Merteuil and Valmont. Discuss. Merteuil and Valmont's characters are crafted by Laclos in a subtle and allusive way through the epistolary form so that the reader is not aware of their own seduction until they are entrapped. As the book develops and these characters orchestrate the seduction, entrapment and destruction of other characters, the reader's dependence on and relationship with them becomes evermore important. Valmont is a character of wit, charm and social graces, unashamedly aware of his role as a libertine in a morally aware society. His audacity is an attractive feature of his character and it quickly revealed. He tells Merteuil in letter 4, 'Je vais vous confier le plus grand projet que j'aie jamais formé,' which immediately draws the reader to his character and intentions. He is an educated, intelligent man who enjoys the present, but plans the immediate future to his advantage. Merteuil is equally as enterprising, if not more so, a quality which is obvious even from her first letter to Valmont, 'il m'est venu une excellent idée.' This description of her plan to corrupt the young naïve virgin Cécile has a hint of humour, a prevalent feature in the correspondence between her and Valmont, and one that the reader is inevitably

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Frederic Chopin.

Frederic Chopin Some regard Frederic Chopin as one of the greatest composers of music for the piano. Even though most of his output was confined to relatively short pieces, Chopin poured out a steady stream of wonderfully inspired music distinguished by exquisite melody of great originality, adventurous harmony and subtle rhythm. No one understood the piano better than Chopin, who could make it sound more truly romantic and poetic than anybody else. Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, February 22, 1810, was the second of four children. Months after his birth, his family moved to Warsaw. His musical talent became apparent extremely early on, and it was compared with the childhood genius of Mozart. He began to study piano at the age of four. His first professional piano lessons lasted 6 years, when, at age 12, his skills surpassed that of his own teacher. Young Chopin had a good education and studied music privately with Joseph Elsner, founder and director of the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1826, Chopin became a full time student at this conservatory. Elsner, after recognizing that Chopin's style was too original to force into traditional patterns, granted him the freedom to develop along is own distinct personal lines. Without a doubt, Chopin is one of the few composers whose style took shape in his formative years and remained very much the same throughout his lifetime.

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