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Shakespeare And His Theater
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... were musical accompaniments and sound effects such as gunpowder explosions and the beating of a pan to simulate thunder.
The stage itself was also remarkably versatile. Behind it were doors for exits and entrances and a curtained booth or alcove useful for actors to hide inside. Above the stage was a higher acting area which symbolized a porch or balcony. This was useful in the story of Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo stood below Juliet and told her how he loved her. In the stage floor was a trap door which was said to lead to "hell" or a cellar, this was especially useful for ghosts or devils who ha ...
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Greek Gods And Mythology
Number of Words: 1877 / Number of Pages: 7
... of natural phenomenon. Some gods represented aspects of nature. Mythology was a form of science. "It is an explanation of something in nature; how, for instance, any and everything in the universe came into existence: men, animals, this or that flower, the sun, the moon, the stars, storms, eruptions, earthquakes, all that is and all that happens"(Hamilton 12). If there was a lightning storm, it was because Zeus was hurling lightning bolts down from Mount Olympus, home of the gods. Natural occurrences were explained by saying that the gods were responsible.
Zeus, was the supreme god? His realm w ...
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Ecclesiates
Number of Words: 1411 / Number of Pages: 6
... place a specific identity on the author. However, there are a number of clues in the book (and in others) that give us a pretty strong probability that the author was indeed King Solomon. First, the title “Son of David” (1:1) leads us to believe that Solomon could in fact be the author. Reading further in the same chapter, we find the quote “King of Jerusalem”. Solomon was king of Jerusalem at the time Ecclesiastes was written (971-931 BC). Earlier in the Bible, in 1Kings 3:12, we see that Solomon has bestowed upon him “a wise and understanding heart”. ...
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Number of Words: 851 / Number of Pages: 4
... from the parable of King Solomon. Solomon the paragon of justice and truth oversees the trial of two mothers, one child is dead the other alive, they seek custody of the alive child. The king asks the child to be cut in half, the real mother relinquishes her claim and thus gains custody of her rightful child. In these two whispers the law is shown to be equated with justice, however Brecht seeks to highlight that within Grusinia this is not
the case and it takes a greedy Azdak who despises the upper classes to give a just
verdict.
The class justice presented in the novel has close links to the Mar ...
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The Princess Bride -x
Number of Words: 639 / Number of Pages: 3
... sometimes drool a little when I get excited.””
““The reason people think you’re so stupid,” the Scilian said, “is because you are so stupid. It has nothing to do with your drooling.”” Vizzini manages, with his constant verbal attacks on Fezzik to destroy any shred of confidence that Fezzik may have had before. Vizzini’s ego is getting in the way of Fezzik.
From a very young age Fezzik was taunted by his school mates.
“At first, naturally, they were scared to death (even then Fezzik looked fierce) but once they found out he was ...
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Stephen King
Number of Words: 2002 / Number of Pages: 8
... of cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact on King’s life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low paying jobs.” Stephen’s first outlooks on life were influenced by his older brother and what he figured out on his own. While young Stephen and his family moved around the North Eastern and C ...
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Book Report - Lies My Teacher
Number of Words: 1424 / Number of Pages: 6
... as opposed to what is good for the country they would be ashamed at what the United States has stood for in the past.
Heroification is a degenerative process that makes people into heroes regardless of any type of character flaw they may possess. It appears that Mr. Loewen’s greatest concern about heroification does not revolve around who gets chosen for the history books but what actually happens to them after they do. He cites two examples of people that had led colored lives but in our textbooks show them as people we should strive to become like. These two people are Helen Keller and Preside ...
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Reaction To Of Mice And Men
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... This made me think that if they could work hard for there dream why
can't I. It showed me that it does not matter were you come from or
what you do, it is okay to dream and work as hard as you can to reach
it.
For all it shows for friendship and loyalty it also shows how
sometimes you have to do things you never thought you would do. For
example in the end when George is forced to shoot Lennie in the
head you would never have thought he would do that, but you can see
that under the circumstances he had no other choice. He only had two
choices let the other people get t ...
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Player Piano
Number of Words: 1535 / Number of Pages: 6
... and restoration workers are too numerous to work really; and soldiers are bullied cruelly. The majority of population is bored since they have everything they need, all their homework is done by automatons and machines, and their only job is entertainment.
Dr Paul Proteus lives in the city of Ilium, N.Y. The city is divided into three major parts: the managers and engineers are in the northwest, in the northeast there is a large industrial plant, quite a large city by itself, and in the south across the river there is the town for ordinary people, who are the rough majority. He is employed in the ...
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The Maltese Falcon
Number of Words: 1125 / Number of Pages: 5
... of Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. His hair
is brown, and his, round, soft face is the
farthest a face can come from having a satanic
v-motif. Although Humphrey Bogart’s acting was
very good, it was intruded by my perception of
what Sam Spade was supposed to look like.
Brigid O’Shaunessey is the villianess of this
story, the “femme fatale”
as we sometimes refer to her in class. She is
always lying and scheming to get what she wants.
In the book, her quest is aided very well by her
gorgeous looks. The first image we get of Miss
O’Shaughnessey is that of a tall redhead with long
legs, red hai ...
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