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Barn Burning Paul
652 wordsCHARACTER COMPARISON OF PAUL FROM PAULS CASECHARACTER COMPARISON OF PAUL FROM PAULS CASE AND SARTY FROM BARN BURNING The stories? Barn Burning? written by William Faulkner and? Paul? s Case? written by Willa Cather both have two separate characters with very similar troubles. Each has a uniquely sad narrative. ? Barn Burning? is a sad story because it not only shows the classical struggle between the underprivileged and the privileged classes, but also the struggle between a father and his son, ...
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Sister Carrie Attitude
940 wordsI think it is very difficult to define the exact character of Dreiser? s? Sister Carrie? , and his original intention. I would say, ? as many eyes, so many opinions? , so no wonder there are different approaches and interpretations towards the novel which is influenced not just by the reader? s reading or personal experience, but also by their particular philosophy of life as well as knowledge about the historical background. ? Sister Carrie? can be read as a novel of desire, seduction, or the c...
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Plays Were Ordered De Vere Works
366 wordsEdward De Vere Earl of Oxford 1. Was De Vere an aristocrat or a writer? Writing was not a proper this for a gentleman/ aristocrat to do. No courtiers were allowed to write poetry. Because of this rule supposedly many men decided upon a pen name however, running against this rule most aristocrats did publish work throwing out oxfords need for a pen name. Therefore if De Vere did write the famous Shakespearean works the author would be known as De Vere rather than Shakespeare. 2. When did De Vere ...
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Actors And Actresses Fair Lady
781 wordsThe two plays that I will be comparing in my final project are The Phantom of The Opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and My Fair Lady written by Frederick Loewe. The Phantom of The Opera which was playing at the Krannert Center in Champaign was what I thought to be a high budgeted play because of the props, scenery, and costumes that the actors wore. My Fair Lady which was playing at The Sunshine Company of Champaign was not as expensive as the Krannert Center and was shown through the costume...
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Feast Of Fools Pagan Ritual Church
517 wordsEuropean Theater diminished drastically during the Middle Ages. This was due to the harshness of living during these times. The common people were tillers of the soil, unlearned, with short life spans. The Roman Catholic Church had considerable power. The church has never been a big supporter of things theatrical. But some primitive types of Theater did emerge in this time. The scop was found in the Germanic or Teutonic territories. The scop was a singer and storyteller who would tell about anci...
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William Shakespeare Romeo Romeo And Juliet
988 wordsFranco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Sex, drugs, and violence are usually a potent combination, and only William Shakespeare could develop them into a masterful, poetic, and elegant story. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, all these aspects of teenage life absorb the reader or watcher. It is understood that Hollywood would try to imitate this masterpiece on screen, and it has done so in two films: Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Will...
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Bonnie And Clyde Police Stations
769 wordsGangsters And Lawmen Of The 1930 s The 1930 s was a great era for crime. There were some pretty bad criminals awesome pretty bad stuff they would do just to get out of doing yard work, ect and so on. One of the baddest Gangsters back then was John Dillinger and his gang he had gotten together in Michigan city while in prison. Some of his fellow gang members consisted of Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. Dillinger was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and attracted national attention for a seri...
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Stratford Upon Avon Shakespeare
662 wordsWilliam Shakespeare William Shakespeare A complete, authoritative account of Shakespeare? s life is not available; thus there is a lot of supposition surrounding few facts. William Shakespeare was generally believed to born on April 23, 1564 to Mary Arden and John Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Shakespeare was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church. John Shakespeare owned a general store and was one of the town? s Aldermen. The Shakespeare family was comfortable, but they were no...
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Motion Pictures Art Form
726 wordsThe late 1800 s and early 1900 s saw great changes in the world of the arts. New forms of art and entertainment such as music, sports, art, literature, and cinema marked this period. Due to less work hours, people then had more free time. A popular new leisure activity, in the early 1900 s, was an evening out to the movies. During the late 1800 s, dozens of inventors worked on moving-picture cameras. The essential device for creating the illusion of moving pictures had been developed by Thomas E...
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Bus Stop Small Towns
507 wordsWord Count: Darren Haviland # 12 Math. Ed Soph. ITL 1 - 2 Born in the USA. Sept 18, 2000 Cum. Ave: 2. 9 F-Comp: B. Inge: Early Success/Surprising Death Enjoying Inge? s play The Bus Stop I wanting to know more about Inge? s life. So I went to the computer lab and found several web pages about Inge that interested me. Then After reading each one carefully I wanted to write this short story in my own words about Inge? s small town life and surprising death. William Inge was born in Independence, K...
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Mental Illness Secret Sharer
1,161 words&# 65279; Isolation as a Cause of Mental Illness Mental illness is a serious problem. Mental illness is a term used for a group of disorders causing severe disturbances in thinking, feeling and relating. The result is a diminished capacity for coping with ordinary demands of life. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. In the short stories The Bet, Pauls Case, Silent Snow, Secret Snow the authors use isolation as a cause for mental illness....
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Island Of Iwo Jima Island Of Iwo Marines
718 wordsThe Battle for Iwo Jima The battle for control of the island of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles in both Marine and American history, began February 19 th, 1945 as part of the island-hopping campaign of the Pacific theater. Ultimately, 26, 000 Marines would be wounded or slain exceeding Union losses at the battle of Gettysburg. Beginning in the summer of 1944, long range American B- 29 s had been pounding the Japanese islands. However, because of the great distances from U. S. bomber bases...
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Jesus Christ Spanish Speaking
1,107 wordsPanama has Panama Panamanian Arts Panama has rich folk culture, which Panamanians at all levels of society enjoy. The country s folk music reflects Spanish, West Indian, African, and even North American influences. The memoranda is a folk song probably imported from Spain in the eighteenth century. It can be either vocal or instrumental but is seldom used for dancing. The national folk dances are the tamborine and the cumbia. Couples perform the cumbia in a rotating circle to the sound of maraca...
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Paul Case Red Carnation
1,680 wordsPaul? s Losing Game In Willa Carther? s? Paul? s Case? Paul, the main character, lives a life that may be compared to flowers, which are so vividly and often referred to in the text: just as flowers blossom and die, so too does Paul. After living one week as? the kind of boy he had always wanted to be? (Carther), Paul finds the idea of returning to his ordinary life unbearable. Paul had lived one splendid breath and a losing game in the end, just as he had referred to the flowers growing behind ...
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Stephen King Mentally Ill
275 wordsA Critique of Stephen King? s? Why We Crave Horror Movies? Elliot Potter In Stephen King? s essay? Why We Crave Horror Movies? he suggested that we are all mentally ill, demonstrated by those who talk to themselves on occasion, make grimacing faces or have hysterical fears of snakes, the dark, or tight places. King also stated that he believed that a horror movie appealed to all that is worst in us, allowing us to experience morbidity, basic instincts and fantasies in the darkness of the theater...
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Mai Li Ken Gorman Charley
853 wordsNeil Simons farce, Rumors, gives readers an in-depth look at the lives of ten wealthy individuals attending a dinner party. In an attempt to stay within the social crown, the characters start unsubstantiated rumors about their friends in an attempt to make themselves look better. The hosts of the party, Ken Gorman, and his wife Chris must cover up the fact that a friend of theirs, Charley Brock, has been shot in the ear lobe. They do not know how he got shot, but they decide that he must have tr...
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Picture Of Dorian Gray Basil Hallward
1,316 wordsThe influence of evil can take over a whole community. Not only can it take over a whole community, it can also take over the soul. In the short novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, a young, attractive man named Dorian Gray is influenced to seek pleasure in beautiful things. His main influence is Lord Henry, a friend of Dorian, who teaches him hedonistic beliefs, the belief that only pleasure is the sole good in life. However, these beliefs make Dorian more intrigued by evil and th...
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Streetcar Named Desire Stanley Kowalski
914 wordsDO NOT TURN THIS PAPER IN! ! ESPECIALLY IF YOU ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE, AND HAVE MARILYN HARDWIG FOR A PROFESSOR. THANKS ASHLEY In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, author Tennessee Williams does a wonderful job developing the character of Stanley Kowalski. To me, his character seemed most like that of a true person. On the other hand, Stella, Stanley? s wife, is mainly displayed as being the loving type, and because that is basically the only character trait she displays,...
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Resonant Objects Saint Denis Sound
558 wordsThe first show I read about was SOUND SCULPTURE WITH RESONATORS, preserving in New York and training o city such as, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne, from 1972 to 1978 This was an ongoing series of small installations made in alternative spaces and small galleries. It came out of a fascination with the idea that the world is musical at any given moment, if one has a musical point of view. Large resonant objects, such as bell jars and large wine-making bottles were particularly interesting in their...
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Delta Force Movie Theater
592 wordsSuicide in Chinatown There was a normal afternoon in Chinatown. Everybody was really interested in Silvester Stalone s new action movie that was being played for the first time this weekend. Delta Force was the movie. Stalone was acting as a very famous cop. He became popular because one year before he killed all a group of terrorists that was planning to put a bomb in the Empire State Building. Now he is fighting against some bank robbers. The critics and also the public were complaining about ...
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