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Discuss the use of personification in the following quote from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: ''Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.''

By making 'love' the subject of the sentence, love itself is seen to do the action of 'looking'. This is an example of personification: a human quality is being given to a non-human thing; in this case, l...

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Answered by Robert F. English tutor
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What is the difference between the preterit and imperfect tense? When would each be used?

Preterit to express an action completed at a definite moment in the past Eg. Yo estuve en su casa por tres horasto express actions that because of their nature are not us...

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Answered by Zoe F. Spanish tutor
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What is the difference between the imperfect tense and the passé composé?

They are both used to talk about the past, however the imperfect tense talks about something that happened habitually or over a long period of time in the past and the passé composé is used to talk about ...

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Answered by Eleanor W. French tutor
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How does Tony Harrison reveal the physical and psychological harm caused by social injustice in his poetry?

Harrison’s use of imagery and tone in ‘Working’ paints a painful portrayal of the physical damage inflicted on 14-year old Patience Kershaw by the social injustices of industrial systems. Primarily, he de...

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Discuss in detail how Xian employs a traditional Western key structure and harmony in the first movement of the Yellow River Piano Concerto.

Having spent time in both Russia and France, Xian, who was born in China, draws on a rich musical palette, mixing traditional Western influences with oriental origins in the Yellow River Piano Concert...

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Answered by Tim T. Music tutor
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