… on the grounds of the personality of the speakers and the themes. The personality of the speakers is on the basis of being contradicting. The duke in Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is a proud man only interested in rank and order. He believes…

… of Destiny Oliver Wendell Holmes portrays nature versus nurture. Holmes through his character of Elsie Venner is exploring the idea of inherited evil or learned evil. Is Elsie inherently evil because of her ophidian ways passed to her through her…

… Est" by Wilfred Owens The poem is one of the most powerful ways to convey an idea or opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est,"…

… turn Nevada’s plan to have sick patients use marijuana into a ruling Monday. They provided no legal leeway for medicinal use of the drug. Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, a Democrat from Las Vegas, who sponsored Nevada’s medical marijuana bill, said…

… time louder, the knock at my front door. No, It couldn't be, its Sunday morning, 7AM. But there it is again. My husband gets up to see who is at the door, a stranger, something about a horse being out an on the highway. But this couldn't be my…

… China before the Cultural Revolution, is about a 19 year-old village woman named Songlian whose father has just died. To support her stepmother's livelihood, she agrees to be sold to a rich man named Chen as his Fourth Wife. For generations,…

… to each of us as individuals: my mother means more to me than she does to you. But the right to life of all human beings is undeniable. I do not think this is negotiable. It is easy to be concerned with the welfare of those we know and love, while…

… of an individual displays one's moral beliefs when he is destroyed. The defeat is what counts most; to defeat a man is to destroy the soul. In the play, A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, the notion that "a man can be destroyed but…

… of consequence”, what exactly are they? A dictionary definition of this term would be what is of value in the world. Antoine St. Exupery explains what he thinks are true “matters of consequence” in his satire, The Little Prince. In the story the…

… diet to only vegetables. Vegetarianism has been around for centuries, but recently we have seen the eruption of a more militant vegetarianism that is inspired by the animal rights movement. Today, vegetarian activists are throwing pies at Ronald…