...settings include the house, school, talent show and leisure towers. At morning the settings was at the house and on the school campus. During the evening the setting was also home and when it became night the talent show was held. Lastly the leisure tower was also a setting. 2. Summary of Plot – in the book, diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick Rules, by Jeff Kinney, the main character Greg Heffley has a secret. During summer break, an embarrassing thing happened to him and only Rodrick knows, hence Rodrick held it against and threatened to tell everyone. We learnt that Greg is eager to go back to school; however moments after he arrived everyone avoided him. Later on down, Susan Heffley started something called “mom bucks”. Rodrick threw a party when their parents went away. At the end of the book, Rodrick and his band performed and although they did not win, the most terrible, most horrifying secret got out. 3. A) Gregory Heffley “Greg” is the main character and owners of the diary. He is the “wimpy kid”. Greg is sometimes selfish and vain. He is also easy going and good natured trying to survive in middle school after realizing and understanding that middle school is not avoidable. At the beginning of the book Greg was afraid that his secret would be discovered, so he played close attention to Rodrick and finally discovered Rodrick secret. Eventually they worked together and Greg helped Rodrick with his science project. Other Characters: • Gregory ‘Greg’ Heffley ...
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...In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare explores the topic of femininity. The tragedy takes place during the fourteenth century in Verona, Italy. Society in Verona has clear beliefs and expectations for both males and females. Women are often regarded as inferior and weak whilst the men focus on violence and sexual domination, always expected to be prodigious and valiant. These stereotypical gender roles relate to main characters Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers who are pressured into acting the way their gender is depicted throughout the play. In this text, Shakespeare asserts that acting feminine is seen as weak. Feminine characteristics are depicted in such a way because the Capulet servants talk about their...
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...Gregory 1 AP English 7/29/15 A. The author states in the first sentence that he hopes the passage will be useful and instructive. C. The first two sentences appeal to the reader in order to get an emotional response, pathos. 3. A. The author does not use this term in the section where he talks about his illness. 4. A. Decent drapery is a metaphor for hiding his scars and ulcers. 5. E. The author was explaining the English characteristics and how the worst thing to do to an English person is to identify their scars from life. 6. B. The author wondered if it was decent of him to publish his writing. 7. B. Instinct is used to describe why guilt and misery shrink. Instinct is the cause of the effect of guilt and misery. 8. A. The previous line stated infirmity and misery which implied guilt. 9. B. The author struggled with opium, explains what made him enjoy the drug. This shows his mixed feelings about opium. 10. B. The author seems to be telling the entire story without withholding information. He also noted he was not sure if he should release this to the public. Gregory 2 11. E. Enumeration was used in the sentence with a list of all the tasks done by the slaves. In the sentence that describes a representative that is proud about his election to a slave’s election to do errands at the Great House Farm which is an analogy. Parallelism is used in the phrase “the highest joy and the deepest sadness.” “Into all of their songs they would...
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...Romeo and Juliet We might want to say Tybalt is an aggressive and angry character. We can support this view by looking at his language. He asks Benvolio to look upon his death, he says he hates the word 'peace', and when he sees Romeo at the party he asks for his 'rapier' or sword and says he will 'strike him dead'. At the start of the play in scene 1, in the town where the market takes place. Sampson and Gregory, two servants of the house of Capulet, stroll through the streets of Verona. With bawdy banter, Sampson vents his hatred of the house of Montague. The two exchange punning remarks about physically conquering Montague men and sexually conquering Montague women. Gregory sees two Montague servants approaching, and discusses with Sampson the best way to provoke them into a fight without breaking the law. Sampson bites his thumb at the Montagues—a highly insulting gesture. A verbal confrontation quickly escalates into a fight. Benvolio, a kinsman to Montague, enters and draws his sword in an attempt to stop the confrontation. Tybalt, a kinsman to Capulet, sees Benvolio’s drawn sword and draws his own. Benvolio explains that he is merely trying to keep the peace, but Tybalt professes a hatred for peace as strong as his hatred for Montagues, and attacks. The brawl spreads. A group of citizens bearing clubs attempts to restore the peace by beating down the combatants. Montague and Capulet enter, and only their wives prevent them from attacking one another. Prince Escalus...
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...There is also evidence that Boo Radley was based on an actual neighbour of Truman Capote, one of Lee's closest childhood friends. The character of Atticus Finch is also largely based off of her father. The novel did extremely well, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1961, and with more than one million copies of the novel sold worldwide annually. The film version of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was also nominated for eight academy awards that year and won three awards, including best actor for Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch. To Kill a Mockingbird, was not Lee's only novel, Go Set a Watchman, which was released in 2015, was actually the first novel written by Harper Lee. The novel is about the later lives of the characters, and when she submitted the manuscript, she was asked to rewrite it and make the main character Scout a child. Go Set a Watchman is about Scout as a 26-year-old woman returning home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City. The novel was controversial, portraying Atticus Finch, a beloved character from To Kill a Mockingbird, as a bigoted...
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...of the classic fairy tale “The Frog Prince” (Clements and Musker). After 75 years of Disney fairy tales, producers finally present to their viewers a “realistic” princess. Disney’s multimedia conglomerate has always been criticized for its sexist and racist past that has degraded Arabs, Native Americans and “red” Indians. ( (Breaux) /12) Since the early 1990s, media has contributed in the annihilation of sexist iconography. They have rather gradually promoted the individual triumphs and achievements of young women. In fact, they attempt to combat their previous narratives that eradicate and dehumanize the women of earlier black societies (Maharajh). Following this trend, the famous directors Ron Clements and John Musker portray Tiana’s character as a hardworking, independent, poor and strong headed African-American female. Even though, she seems like the perfect illusion of a contemporary woman of our post-feminist era; Tiana does not truly differ from the classic Disney princesses. Regardless of her dreams and hard work, she ends up sacrificing them for the man she fell for. Her happy ending, like all of them, was defined by prince charming (Laski). In effect, Disney did not eradicate the sexist and stereotypical image of females completely. The directors just shifted it to minor details, lyrics, and iconographies. Primarily, Tiana’s childhood “best friend” Charlotte represents the cliché white, blonde, spoiled and rich girl that calls her father “big daddy”. She certainly believes...
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...were instructed to select a character from a movie, TV show, literature or a play that would qualify for a personality disorder diagnosis. For this assignment, I have chosen Dr. Gregory House from the TV series “ House”. In this particular show, Dr. House provides diagnostic medical treatments for patients. He takes pride in making the appropriate diagnosis and treatments to the point that it effects his relationships with others and his personality. Dr. House has an extensive history of hardships in relationships with family and personal relationships. He has an extensive prescription drug habit that started earlier in his life and helped lead to the demise and failure of his marriage. In his profession as a doctor he is disliked by many for his mannerisms, demeanor and to some his lack of ethical practice. During the series Dr. House takes pride in his work to the fact that he can not let a patient go undiagnosed. House often becomes preoccupied with attempting to find the perfect diagnosis or demanding of his staff members. In some cases, his desire to find he diagnosis leads to a loss in his productivity. House also sets high standards for himself as well as his staff members. For example, House prides himself with knowing that only one patient has died while in his care that was undiagnosed and her diagnosis remained unknown for quite sometime. In fact House used another patient and her symptoms to diagnose that patient and save his life. House exhibits symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive...
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...THE COMPONENTS OF OPEN THEISM INTRODUCTION Perhaps one of the most dangerous doctrines that has influenced the church over the last few centuries is the doctrine of open theism (OT). Early Christianity until today has been strengthened and built on the confidence that God knows everything about the future. In fact, great hymns have been written claiming that God knows the future. Excellent theologians have written and supported this doctrine that elevates God as the supreme being over all. Over the last couple of centuries, a doctrine has invaded the evangelical world and has put the traditional view of God’s foreknowledge at risk. This doctrine has been called open theism. This doctrine has gained much attention in the evangelical world as it seeks to answer the questions pertaining to God’s foreknowledge. The question of God’s omniscience is at stake with the doctrine of open theism considering they claim that God is incapable of knowing what happens in the future. Therefore, it results in a lack of trust for Him and His involvement in the lives of people. The purpose of this research is to look at the components of open theism and comparing it to the historical theology of deism. DEFINING OPEN THEISM What is open theism? Open theism has been emerging for the past couple of decades. Bruce Ware, the vocal theologian who does not believe in open theism defines it as “the belief that the future is open and hence not foreknown or foreordained.” At first, it seems absurd for...
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... Achilles and many other. In such societies , women were considered to be frail and were expected to be submissive to men, a prize of war for victors, and their main role was to support their husbands. However, in many tragedies, women were often depicted as major characters, inkling that women may not have been the weak the submissive characters as they were thought to be. Many well-known Greek plays contained several well-written, complex, and heroic female characters. Each female character took upon herself, the role of villain, the role of victim, and the role of heroine. The tragedies also revealed the problems women encountered in this era within marriage, inheritance and social life when they attempted to break out of their traditional gender roles. Clytemnestra, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus, was probably one of the most recognizable female villains in history due to her partaking in the murder of her husband Agamemnon and his female consort, Cassandra. . in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, she was depicted as brutal, treacherous, and cunning woman. Her speeches made the citizens and the audiences to be well-aware of how she would welcome her husband home. “Let there spring up into the house he never hoped To see, where justice leads him in, a crimson path. In all things else, my heart’s unsleeping care shall act With the gods’ aid to set aright what fate ordained.” (Agamemnon 910-913) This reminds us that Clytemnestra had planned to take Agammennon’s...
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...4 3 2 24 Freedom From Economics THE ECONOMIC TIMES | MUMBAI | THURSDAY | 4 AUGUST 2011 Must See Movies For Hollywood, the world of business can be a vehicle for many kinds of stories, from morality tales to conspiracy theories to David-and-Goliath fables. With that in mind, Bloomberg Businessweek asked deans at the top 30 US business schools to name their favourite movies with a business theme or lesson and to explain their choices. For anyone contemplating business school, or currently enrolled in one, these picks serve as a kind of silver-screen curriculum on leadership, ethics, and the exercise of power. By Kiah Haslett Inside Job | 2010 Starring: Matt Damon, William Ackman, Daniel Alpert Recommended by: Judy Olian, dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management This movie was made when Japan was showing the world how to make better products. The movie is about the clash and eventual reconciliation of cultures. Both cultures are overdrawn a bit, but the movie is thoughtful Joseph Thomas Norma Rae | 1979 Starring: Sally Field, Beau Bridges Recommended by: James W. Dean Jr., dean of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flager Business School. Leadership doesn't just come from the top. Norman Rae is a single mother who—despite great personal risk—fights to unionize her textile mill to improve terrible working conditions. —James W. Dean Jr. Patton | 1970 Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young. Recommended by: Robert F. Bruner...
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...socioeconomic relations and the underlying values of this . . . society. (204) Ecofeminism extends itself to sensitivity towards exploitation of nations by other dominant nations whereby, basic socioeconomic relations are made to suffer. It is here, that one can bring in the diverse ecofeminist discourse in thinking of Ireland’s subjugation by the British and W.B.Yeats’s sensitive reaction that he expresses in his Autobiography, Memoirs and Poetry. In this paper I propose first to theorize ecofeminism as it is relevant in the present context, and then to explore the intersection between the genre and Yeats’s nationalistic consciousness which is covert and symbolic. His many women friends like Maud Gonne, Madame Blavatsky, Olivia Shakespear, Lady Gregory influenced and restructured his mindset and attitude towards Ireland. As noted by Deirdre Toomey in the Introduction to Yeats and Women, by 1890s Yeats had freed himself from the power of strong paternal influences and transferred his allegiance from men to women. He saw women not merely as “icons, sexual objects, muses, but as companions, mentors, fellow-workers” (xvi). He was vastly influenced by Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical society. Dorothea Butler’s “purity of Irish vision” greatly influenced his thought and poetry. He looked at the British domination of Ireland as ‘raping of the land’ and sought to participate in the Irish National movement evoking an ecofeminist discourse by invoking the various Irish cultural paradigms. ...
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...Today we see conflicts in soaps such as Coronation Street or Emmerdale but in Shakespeare's time they had plays and saw the conflicts in plays such as Macbeth. It is good to have conflicts in dramas as it keeps the audience captivated and makes the audience want to know what is going to happen next. In the play Romeo and Juliet, conflict is the foundation of the play as there is conflict between the two families the whole way through and there is fighting because of it. There is verbal and physical conflict. In the prologue it mentions that there will be conflict in the play to come so it pricks our interest. A prologue is an introduction to the play explaining the basis of what is going to happen. It occurs at the beginning of the play and it is like the blurb on the back of a book. The mention of conflict in the lay is about a family feud between the Montague and Capulet families. The idea of conflicts in a play adds a sense of excitement. We are supposed to learn that you shouldn't make people hate each other and that a lot of pain and suffering could have been resolved if they had made up or just let Romeo and Juliet get on with their lives without interfering and trying to separate them and control them. The prologue is supposed to captivate the audience in a trance so they don't lose track of the play. The way the sonnet was written as well is good for the rhythm of the prologue. Also the prologue is good to make them want to know what is going to happen throughout...
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...Mockingbird takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama. The narrator, six-year-old named Scout Finch, lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout become friends with a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. The three children are afraid of their neighbor "Boo" Radley. The adults of Maycomb don’t like to talk about Boo and for many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imaginations with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they fantasize about how to get him out of his house. After two summers of being friends with Dill, Scout and Jem find out someone is leaving them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley house. Boo makes gestures to the children but is never seen in person. Atticus is assigned to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom. Atticus discovers that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—are lying. It also becomes clear that the friendless Mayella was making sexual advances towards Tom and her father caught her in the act. Even with convincing evidence of Tom's innocence, the jury convicts him. Tom is soon shot and killed while trying to escape from prison. Harper Lee wrote To Kill a MockingBird during...
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...Cathedral-Basilica (Filipino: Metropolitanong Katedral Basílika ng Maynilà; Spanish: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Manila), informally known as Manila Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic basilica located in Manila, Philippines, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines. The cathedral serves as the see of the Archbishop of Manila, the de facto Primate of the Philippines. Located at Plaza de Roma in the Intramuros district of the City of Manila, the cathedral was originally a parish church owned and governed by the Archdiocese of Mexico in 1571, until it became a separate diocese on 6 February 1579 upon the issuance of the papal bull, Illius Fulti Praesido by Pope Gregory XIII.[1] The cathedral was damaged and destroyed several...
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...Comparing Signals and Marriage “Signals” by Raymond Carver and “Marriage” by Gregory Corso are both very interesting topics to be compared. “Marriage” is about a man overthinking everything before getting married and on the other hand “Signals” is about a couple who are married and on the verge of separation. This comparison seems interesting as there are two phases one before marriage and one after marriage. Marriage is a beautiful bond of friendship between two people which you share forever in sadness, in happiness and in every situation of life but this bond is fading away between Wayne and Caroline in the story Signals. It is an important decision which is made by everyone once in their life, and its scary to think that one day you will wake up and you can’t be careless anymore as you have a responsibility of a person and the whole family on you as the man in the poem Marriage expresses his confusion towards that. In Marriage Corso states about a guy sitting and wondering should he get married or not. And if he does what are the consequences he is going to face after getting married. Firstly, he thinks of going to the girl’s house and talking to her parents and he is afraid what if her parents rejected him knowing where does he work. And then the man picturing everything after that which turns out to be both positive and negative consequences and still confusing that he should get married or not. On the other hand, in Signals Wayne and Caroline are a married couple who...
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