The speaker of the poem is Lady Lazarus, who begins the poem by telling readers that she has "done it again" (line 1). ... In the second and third stanza, Lady Lazarus begins to describe herself as: "A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright as a Nazi lampshade, My right foot A paperweight, My face a featureless, fine Jew linen" (lines 4-9). The first of these lines tell us that this unknown "it," makes her a "walking miracle" (line 4). ... As readers begin to read the next few stanzas, the poem begins to become clearer and the mysterious "it" is discovered:...

• Word Count: 1705
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. ... They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to intensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. ... They find that their journey doesn't exactly go without a hitch though as their guilt about various things begins to manifest physically and attack them. ...

• Word Count: 707
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "The Story of and Hour", deals with emotions felt by one character that are completely misunderstood by the other characters in the story. Mrs. Mallard's actions and how she is feeling end up being extremely ironic and comes to a shock to the reader. News of her husband's death had n...

• Word Count: 560
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

She didn't say another word, just thoughtfully grabbed my little hand while we continued walking. ... Finally, in the presence of today, I begin to understand the meaning of death and why mother doesn't talk about it. ... At this time, my journey is just to begin, a time of responsibility, pressure, fear, excitement and death. ...

• Word Count: 798
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Once she is upstairs she begins to feel a change, but doesn't quite know what it is. ... While they are walking down the stairs to return to the main floor, the front door opens and in walks Mr. ... The rain and the birds twittering and chirping are also signs of the new life she is about to begin. ... She begins to feel happy and content and begins to whisper "free, free, free!"... This is why when she leaves her bedroom, upstairs, and begins to head downstairs she never makes it all the way to the bottom. ...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The scene that I have chosen to discuss is the execution of Matthew Poncelet from the movie Dead Man Walking. ... The gurney is lowered so that the injection can begin. ... In the book, Dead Man Walking, Helen portrays the method as gruesome to watch. ...

• Word Count: 1027
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the begining Timril only felt fear but now as time passed he neither struggled against his bonds nor screamed out in furry into the stone which encircled him. ... Finnally the walking ceased and he did not know why until one of the muscular brutes carring him raised his whip and went off down the hallway adjacent to the one they were at. ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

My Friend, Ryan One day before graduation and I was ready. At graduation practice, we did the usual, stand up, and sit down, boring stuff. Afterwards, everyone in the class got together and signed yearbooks and talked about the future. I sat with my friends Ryan and Marcus to eat. We discussed w...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Pg.129 Through time, Godfrey feels that he will never be accepted into society because he will always be a walking reminder of morality. ... He begins to realize after he had been "reborn" that death is different in the South Hemisphere because it is absorbed in a calm and quite way into life which neglects its true significance. ...

• Word Count: 2022
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School