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Ancient Rome Public Eye
1,195 wordsAs most of the emperors of ancient Rome were given different names then the names they had at birth Caligula was no different. Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and he was born at Anti, 25 miles from Rome, in 12 AD Gaius was a turning point in the history of the Principate, but he also was the one emperor from the Julio-Claudia dynasty who was very poorly documented. (Bibliography # 2). Gaius was born on August 31, 12 AD to Germanicus; Augustus' adopted grandson, and Agri...
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Blue Hill Ave Curry Chicken Event
428 wordsCarnival was the largest, most colorful and vibrant ethnic cultural festival I had ever experienced in my life. Carnival is what the West Indians call this outrageous event. Carnival is only one aspect of the Caribbean Culture. Every year this event takes place on Blue Hill Ave in Dorchester, Boston. All the streets surrounding Blue Hill Ave. are closed for this annual special event. It was a hot summer day on August 28 th, 1999. My best friend Jessica and I had been anxiously waiting for this e...
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Comic Strip Super Powers
1,583 wordsSuperman: The History of the Man of Steel Sixty six years ago in Cleveland, Ohio two teenagers named Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster came up with this idea of a hero. This hero is now world renowned as a staple in the world of comic books. He was the first of his kind and has a long list of followers. This hero was Superman. Ever since that summer night in 1934 when Superman crept into the mind of Jerry Siegel, he has been changing ever so slightly into the masterpiece of a hero he is today. The hi...
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Edgar Allan Poe Allan Poe Was Born
1,504 wordsEDGAR ALLAN POE Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his early life, his literary life, and a summary of two o...
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Friends And Family Horror Films
1,753 wordsHow on earth do horror film directors sleep at night? Don't they ever wake up and say, "Is this what my life is about: making people fear dark rooms, old houses, and things that go bump in the night?" How do they stand it all? What inspires them to create these vividly outrageous spins on reality? These may be the questions often asked by people who don't quite understand the method behind the madness that is the horror film. These questions will be answered in this paper as it explains the deve...
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Young Girl 3 Years
980 wordsPhotos bring memories back to life. Each photo tells a different story, sometimes things you dont always like to remember. The photo that I have chosen is of a young girl in a pretty formal dress. She is holding a packet of Minutes, her favourite lollies. Her grandma gave them to her right after she performed in a concert for her dancing school. Athol Williby School of dance, a place shed been going to for 3 years, since she was 7 years old. Every Monday her mother would drop her off out the fro...
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Theatre Of The Absurd Monty Python
1,057 wordsThe very essence of Contemporary Theatre is that is such a diverse realm of performance art. Many different playwrights have contributed to this post World War Two theatre that instead of keeping to just one narrow genre it was able to branch out to cover all aspects and views of an ever transitional modern society. Theatrical pieces from this time period have ranged from Existentialism, pioneered by Jean Paul Sartre, to the Theatre of the Absurd, which was precedent by Samuel Beckett, and all a...
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Meaning Of Life Monty Python
1,110 words... Ingenuity ran rampant with the transition from screen to stage. The cast involved the audience in many of their skits while bring the acting right into the very rows besides the few fervently dedicated members that chose to dress in costume as their favorite character from a skit. Since the television program was interluded with snippets of animation that also was brought to the stage by the aid of giant screens set up stage left, stage right, and center stage. The screens would project the ...
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C S Lewis Four Children
1,520 wordsNarnia... a land of fantasy and adventure where magic and a Great Lion prevail. A land where so many people wish to be, a land from start to finish in The Chronicles of Narnia. Seven books written by Clive Staples Lewis have proven to be the most enchanting and mesmerizing books of all time. Pure beauty and amazing imagery allows the reader to become an explorer of Narnia and take part in the fascinating adventures bound to happen. Readers become one with the pages, not wanting to put the book d...
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The Cask Of Amontillado Irony And Symbolism
1,208 wordsIt is Edgar Allan Poe's intense use of symbolism and irony throughout the Cask of Amontillado that establishes the short story as an indeed interesting candidate worthy of thorough analysis. The skillful use of these devices are utilized by the author to create this horrific and suspenseful masterpiece. The Cask of Amontillado is a horror short story, which revolves around the themes of revenge and pride. The plot involves two men: Montresor, the narrator, who is an Italian aristocrat seeking re...
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Richard Iii How Are Mckellen Aims Achieved
457 wordsTo make Shakespeare accessible." Ian McKellen aimed for this when making the film Richard III and to many degrees, the aim was achieved. Shakespeare at the time and even now still seems like a foreign language to many minds. From its deep and complicated plot development, and the archaic English that was its makeup, to the strange and old-fashioned medieval settings and costumes, a Shakespeare film of that time was not something very appealing to the public. Mckellen's approach to making the fil...
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Christmas Eve Santa Clause
1,691 wordsMommy, Im hungry, I yelped from the depths of my frost infested throat. Mommy, I want some food, I demanded as I vigorously pointed at my throat. My mother pulled the crumbling, mold-stained half-slice of bread from her mouth, her teeth imprints remaining where she had begun to gnaw at the flaking, green crust. She took my hands from my mouth and cupped them so I would not drop any of the olive drab dough. The rotting smell of the bread was masked by the fumes pouring from the towers of the fact...
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19 Th Century Pride And Prejudice
1,065 wordsA great text not only reflects society, but also challenges its way of thinking. How true is this statement? A great text can be defined as one that our civilization deems valuable- a text that not only portrays the workings of society, but also defies existing constructs of the times and encourages progression in society's attitudes towards relevant issues. Such a text is Simon Langton's 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice. Through the characterisation of the main character Lizzie, Langton c...
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Made Me Feel One Day
1,448 wordsThe Rest of Your Life Starts Now Every day I wake up and think the rest of my life starts now. I try not to think about anything that happened the day before. I wake up every morning with a clean slate. So when I found out that we were going to live a test for one week I thought it was going to be easy. Well, it wasnt the easiest thing in the world, Im used to gossiping and telling little white lies, but this week I couldnt do that. I stuck through with it all week. I tried to do everything by t...
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Young Children Young Man
1,171 wordsThe fairytale is often an entertaining story of miraculous and supernatural happenings. Its purpose is to galvanize the depths of our minds in such a way as to make us a part of the landscape, bound only by the limits of our own imaginations. However, it is this very 'free-for-all' fantasy land that poses a very real threat to its intended audience - children. Both traditional and contemporary fairytales experienced by children can have harmful effects on a child's psyche. This is especially tru...
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Year She Was Born Fashions Of Today Twenties
477 wordsThe Casual Fashions of Men and Women in the Twenties The twenties was a time of fun and craziness among the young generation. The fashion fads of the time created a path for the fashions of today. Before the twenties women wore ankle-length skirts, corsets, and other restricting garments, men wore overcoats that fastened in the front, double breasted coats, and long pants. Then the twenties came and that all changed. Hemlines went up, makeup was worn in abundance, hair was chopped off, and for t...
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Edgar Allan Poe Allan Poe Was Born
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Fairy Tales Child
2,316 words? In children you should never let such angry passions rise; their little hands were never made to tear each other? s eyes. ? ~ Isaac Watts The fairytale is often an entertaining story of miraculous and supernatural happenings. Its purpose is to galvanize the depths of our minds in such a way as to make us a part of the landscape, bound only by the limits of our own imaginations. However, it is this very? free-for-all? fantasy land that poses a very real threat to its intended audience? children...
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Mise En Scene Present Day
660 wordsAlthough the average viewer is rarely conscious of it, mise-en-scene is both a powerful and important cinematic technique in film. Mise-en-scene allows the director to guide the viewer s attention to what they should be looking at so that important details are not missed and trivial details are not focused on. Many effective elements of mise-en-scene are illustrated in the white room scene in The Matrix, in which directors Andy and Larry Wachowski use only minimal setting, costume, and staging i...
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Maxim De Winter Fell In Love
1,370 wordsThe Main Characters: Maxim Rebecca Rebecca The Main Characters: Maxim De Winter- The owner of Manderley, a famous home known all over the world, his true pride and joy. A widower of his late wife Rebecca. He is a well-known man, with lots of pride, dignity and intelligence. Rebecca- Also known as the antagonist throughout the story. She caused all the problems for just about everyone. Her personality was so strong willed that everyone fell in love with her. To all of the people she was known as ...
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