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For Poe, it was that “every piece had to fit, as in a jigsaw puzzle; if it did not, the writer had wasted words and lost some of his potential effect” (Hough xix).... In his own words, Poe defines what he calls “The Poetic Principle” in which he says that “a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul” (Poe 1)....
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This love is a hopeless kind of love because there is always a reason why the poet cannot turn his words into reality.... The paper "German Fairy Tales and Heinrich von Kleist" affirms that Kleist is an interesting author for modern readers because there are so many parallels in his work with other genres such as gothic horror, ancient Greek plays, even post-modern films....
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It is this quality that helps him during his battle with achilles.... Though Poseidon was on achilles' side, he decides to assist Aeneas as he has always honored every god including him.... So he diverts achilles' attention with mist and makes Aeneas disappear from the scene.... When the mist is lifted achilles becomes unable to find Aeneas, whereas the latter is saved and he escapes....
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I have tips that enable me to listen well which include maintaining eye contact, being attentive, nodding my head, leaning towards the speaker, never interrupting the speaker, always replicating instructions and soliciting suitable questions when the speaker has closed his address.... As a good listener, I know that being attentive to what the speaker does not say is as important as being attentive to what he does say.... I also look for non-verbal cues such as facial expressions and posture to get the full glimpse of what the speaker is telling me....
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Mortensen (2004) affirms that, Aristotle defines ethos as the component that attains persuasion through the author's character when an audience listens to a speech and deems the speaker as credible.... They draw on facts and figures in supporting the speaker's topic....
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The same themes are present in the poem, where the speaker asserts that like Quentin, he has problems letting go of the past, and that he is the past, a past that cannot be escaped.... The second person shows that the speaker wants to be in a conversation.... The speaker wants the audience to participate in the act of feeling death by asking them to enter the coffin.... Immediacy helps readers feel that they are inside the mind of the speaker, who is argued as a male because of his relationship with a woman, although the speaker can be a lesbian too....
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This essay discusses an analysis of two genres of literature.... Often material aspects gain priority over the abstract and hence an individual sets material achievement as his or her goals.... Yet death shows the irrelevance of all such obsessions.... Death brings us to the last stage of life.... ...
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The paper "Aeneas, the Bearer of Roman Values and Destiny" states that the anger which fills Aeneas during his slaying of Turnus is reminiscent of the anger of achilles in the Iliad.... Unlike achilles anger in the Iliad, Aeneas' anger had a more rational dimension....
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