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- 1801: Battle At Trafalgar
- ... lack of officers available to properly administer command and train the crews virtually made the fleet ineffective in times of engagement with the Royal Fleets. Villeneuve recognized these deficiencies and was reluctant to fight. In effect, his orders as well as the other admirals were not to voluntarily engage the English. The ship of the line themselves offered little comfort for the crews that worked them. Every thing on the ship ...
- 1802: A Tale Of Two Cities - Foreshadowing
- ... open in the street to emphasizes how poverty-stricken the common people of France were and how tumultuous a crowd of people united around a common cause can be. Charles Dickens used foreshadowing to great effect in his novel Tale of Two Cities.
- 1803: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... unanswered questions and loose ends. This little scheme might work for television shows in which the viewer has a whole week between episodes to think about possible outcomes, but it doesn’t have the same effect when it only takes half of a second to turn the page and read further. Dickens tries to create mystery by having his characters as broad as possible so that readers can make up their ...
- 1804: A Shropshire Lad
- ... of guilt by their previous relationship. "The street sounds to the soldier’s tread," similarly whispers the same message. As "a single redcoat turns his head/He turns and looks at me," Housman creates the effect of the transcendentally personal nature of such an impersonal meeting (15 ll. 3-4). Though "leagues apart" (l. 7) and will "meet no more" (l. 10), the speaker and the soldier have an understanding of ...
- 1805: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Gene
- ... story. "I knew Finny was interfering with my studies, and then I began to suspect why. I was smarter than he was. He couldn't stand that."(104) This quotation shows how Phineas has an effect on Gene's school work. Gene even admits it. Therefore, we know that Phineas has an obvious influence. In addition, Phineas is also outgoing. An example of this occurs when they go out to jump ...
- 1806: A Rose For Emily New South Vs. Old
- ... wrote her himself, offering to call or to send his car for her, and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin flowing calligraphy in faded ink , to the effect that she no longer went out at all. The tax notice was also enclosed, without comment," (Faulkner, ). She thought she had no taxes because she never had paid them before. However, after the souths defeat ...
- 1807: A Rose For Emily -- Symbol Of The Past
- ... the town he was still alive and refusing to accept the her father’s death. Although the law intervened and buried her father, the "crayon portrait of Miss Emily’s father" further emphasized the great effect he had on her lifestyle and mindset. Miss Emily was rarely seen by the public after the death of her father. She confined herself to her house to bask in the sentimental memories of her ...
- 1808: A Modest Proposal
- ... would be no repercussions since the upper class would treat this as a comedy. Actually, the lower class could have revolted fearing that their children were in danger if they knew of the story. In effect, it is a combination of both propaganda and humor aimed for the educated audience. Secondly, if Swift did want to help the lower class, he wouldn’t have created an exemption for himself in the ...
- 1809: A Man For All Seasons
- ... that if he does what he is called to do rather than what he believes to be morally right then he will have made the wrong decision and in the end will have no positive effect. This is evident when More says " I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties...they lead their country by a short route to chaos."(Bolt, p 22 ...
- 1810: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... love, Vivian, both of which did not give him much of a choice. Once persuaded, Grant is still skeptical about what he can do for Jefferson. At first, his hourly visits to Jefferson have no effect. Giles tells us that, "Grant's problem is that he himself has little desire to be where he is and sees little value in trying to change Jefferson's perspective" (63). At one point, however ...
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