...The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; sketch of Dumas in 1869, French artist Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] AUTHOR’S PREFACE IN WHICH IT IS PROVED that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them. A short time ago...
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...THE THREE SISTERS A synopsis of the play by Anton Chekhov A year after the death of their father, an army officer, the Moscow-bred sisters Prosorov--Olga, Masha and Irina--are finding life drab and increasingly hopeless in a Russian provincial town. Only the proximity of a nearby artillery post and the company of its officers make their existence bearable. Olga, the eldest, twenty-eight, is a teacher at the high school; she finds her work hateful, and herself already aging and tired, her dream of a happy marriage fading; she is sustained solely by the hope of selling the house and returning to Moscow. Masha, little more than twenty, is married to Kuligan, a teacher of far more years who has not lived up to the stature her school-girl mind had given him. For her there is no hope of Moscow; she only whistles softly to herself as her sisters make their plans. Irina, at twenty, dreams of finding happiness and love in Moscow. A brother, Andrey, a scholar, is in love with Natasha, twenty-eight, an overdressed villager who affects shyness and humility; his sisters find it hard to believe that he will marry her. On Irina's birthday, the callers include Chebutikin, sixty, an army doctor who once loved the sisters' mother; Baron Tuzenbach, thirty, a lieutenant in love with Irina; brooding Captain Soleni, and a newcomer, Vershinin, forty-two, commander of the post. Vershinin has two daughters and a second wife who frequently threatens suicide to annoy him. A birthday cake is sent by...
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...You are here: Home / Transmedia Storytelling / Case Study Example: The Three Little Pigs Case Study Example: The Three Little Pigs If the Three Little Pigs were told as a transmedia story it might be designed like this: The basic story would be told in an anchoring medium, such as a novel, TV show, or film. The wolf has a companion website would give us opportunities to learn more him, the path that led the wolf to his current antisocial tendencies, and give us a glimpse of his inner genius, such as showing his mathematical schematics of the impact of wind velocity on the materials of straw, sticks and bricks. We would also be able to find maps of the turnip field, apple tree, local market and County Fair and strategic attack positions. We would follow the wolf as he plots and adjusts his plans at each volley by the pigs. On a Ning network, Wolf supporters form Team Wolf and contribute strategy, information, additional maps, and alternate endings and plot developments. On a blog, the first little pig details the family history, his paranoid suspicions of a dark figure lurking about his house that led to the pigs decision to live apart rather than together. An Anime comic takes fans on the first little pig’s visions of a pig super hero saving the world and avenging evil as personified by wolves. The second little pig Tweets his chronicle, seeking advice on sustainable building materials and the relative merits of straw and sticks from other Twitterers, and relaying breaking...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations - An Exercise in Paraphrasing By The Walden University Writing Center Staff This exercise is designed to help you improve your paraphrasing skills. You will also get practice at writing a compare-and-contrast interpretive paper, which will help you with the process used in your doctoral study and other course papers. Three interpretations of the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs appear here, along with a mini-research study about wolves and pigs. To help you improve your writing skills, you can approach these pages in two ways: First, read the assigned questions below. Then read the four short interpretive texts. Next, take some time to write a brief paper in which you answer the questions posed at the beginning. Were you able to summarize easily using your own words? Were you able to write without having the original source open in front of you? Did you include proper in-text citations? Assigned Questions 1. In no more than four paragraphs, summarize the story of the three pigs. (Refer to any of the four interpretations for direct quotes.) 2. Compare and contrast these four interpretations of the story, using direct quotes and paraphrases as appropriate. Try not to be judgmental; use the author's evidence for support. 3. Offer a brief critical analysis of the interpretations. What were the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of each? Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations Gomez (1999) ...
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...2. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth meets three witches who inform him with three apparitions: Beware of Macduff, Fear no man born of a woman, and you(Macbeth) will never be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to fight you at Dunsinane Hill. The apparitions sounded unreal and impossible to take place. Therefore, the witches tricked Macbeth into feeling a false sense of confidence and security. Later on, at the beginning of Act5,scene5, Macbeth speaks in a warlike tone and seems to be defiant; “Hang out our banners on the outward walls”, “Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn”. He is fully armed, and he confidentially turns his scorn on the advancing army of Macduff. Macbeth’s overconfident scene is interrupted by the news of...
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...Chinese Culture September 13, 2012 The construction of the Three Gorges Dam is a phenomenal construction masterpiece all in its own. Building the dam took years of preparation and was a construction feat to put even the best physicists and architects to the test. Even though the construction would put many natives out of homes, the end results would provide power to the city and boost the success level of the economy. The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River, which was nicknamed the “Dragon” because of its sheer power and strength. The construction of this dam employed more than 40,000 people and was said to be the largest construction feat since the Great Wall of China. The construction started back in 1994 near the town of Sandouping and would cost 28 billion dollars. Four years after the beginning of the construction, China experienced their worst flood in history. The flood of 1998 affected nearly 300 million people and covered an area almost the size of New Zealand. There was an estimated loss of nearly 4000 lives after the flood. This flood temporarily threatened China’s economy and had the potential to affect everyone in the industrial world. The total economic loss for China reached 24 billion dollars. It’s because China is the center of industry that everyone in the world could’ve potentially been affected. The Three Gorges Dam sat with a staggering 610 ft. high wall and ran 1.3 miles from bank to bank. When the dam was completed in 2012...
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...The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regard to the generation of electricity annually. Except for a ship lift, the dam project was completed and fully functional as of July 4, 2012, when the last of the main turbines in the underground plant began production. Each main turbine has a capacity of 700 MW. The dam body was completed in 2006. Coupling the dam's 32 main turbines with two smaller generators (50 MW each) to power the plant itself, the total electric generating capacity of the dam is 22,500 MW. As well as producing electricity, the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space. The Chinese government regards the project as a historic engineering, social and economic success, with the design of state-of-the-art large turbines, and a move toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions. However, the dam flooded archaeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people, and is causing significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides. The dam has been a controversial topic both domestically and abroad. A large dam across the Yangtze River was originally envisioned by Sun Yat-sen in The International...
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...Article Rebuttal Unraveling the “Three Strikes law and making it unconstitutional is the primary focus of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. Its founder Michael Romano States in his article “Striking Back: Using Death Penalty Cases to Fight Disproportionate Sentences Imposed Under California’s Three Strike Law” (2010), his clinic believes the “Three Strikes Law” is unconstitutional and unfair punishment. Our argument we will make the case stating he is using fallacies to strengthen his argument. In California there are no class systems for felonies. Whether or not the felony is violent or not violent, California imposes a harsh sentence. We will give an overview of what “The Three Strikes” law are, the “Death Penalty” and our rebuttal. California's Three Strikes Law "is a sentencing scheme that adds significant time to the prison sentences of certain repeat offenders convicted of serious or violent felonies." California Criminal Defense Lawyers,(2013). This law "three strikes law" also known as the Three Strike Law, was enacted in California in the 1990s to allow harsher punishments for those that committed felonies more than once and to provide for relief of the crimes themselves. A felony is defined "as a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor" The Felony Law & Legal Definition (2013). Although a violent felony is defined as "a crime consisting of conduct that presents a serious risk of potential...
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...SOMERSET PA (AP) -- A. Wolf took the stand today in his own defense. This shocked and stunned the media who predicted that he would not testify in the brutal double murder trial. A. Wolf is accused of killing (and eating) The First Little Pig, and The Second Little Pig. This criminal trial is expected to be followed by a civil trial to be brought by the surviving Third Little Pig. The case has been characterized as a media circus. His testimony is transcribed below: "Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do. But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nobody knows the real story, because nobody has ever heard my side of the story. I'm Alexander T. Wolf. You can call me Al. I don't know how this whole Big Bad Wolf thing got started, but it's all wrong. Maybe it's because of our diet. Hey, it's not my fault wolves eat cute little animals like bunnies and sheep and pigs. That's just the way we are. If cheeseburgers were cute, folks would probably think you were Big and Bad too. But like I was saying, the whole big bad wolf thing is all wrong. The real story is about a sneeze and a cup of sugar. THIS IS THE REAL STORY. Way back in Once Upon a Time time, I was making a birthday cake for my dear old granny. I had a terrible sneezing cold. I ran out of sugar. So I walked down the street to ask my neighbor for a cup of sugar. Now this neighbor was a pig. And he wasn't too bright either. He had built his whole house out of straw. Can you...
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...The Three Gorges Dam This Case-in-Point focuses on Hydropower energy produced by daming the Yangze River.The author talks about how it would benefit the people who live in the river basin because in they have faced droughts and floods so the reservior will help the agriculture productivity without having to worry about flooding issues that have happened in the past. The author states that the dam's can produce over 18 GW of electrical power which is equivalent to 18 nuclear power plants or large coal power plants which can help improve the problems that china has been facing with air pollution and its reliance on imported energy.The reservior according to the author can open another option for transporation as well. Although this seems like an amazing idea and has a lot of positive attributs. There are a significant amount of negative effects that can result from the reservoir. The author explains the different negative effects that it can have such as danger to some of the wildlife and the increased risk of waterborne diseases spreading throughout the community. This author does a great job at explaining the different aspects including positive and negative effects that can come from the resevior. I believe that the reservior could be a very good thing for this area. Although it may seem as if the negative effects outway the positive effects, If the community makes sure that they put a HIGH emphasis on making sure that the reservior is maintained well and that the communitys...
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...Ewing vs. California, 538 U.S 11(2013), is one of two cases upholding a sentence imposed under California’s three strike law against a challenge that it constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighteen amendment. In the state of California the three strikes sentencing law was originally enacted in 1994. The essence of the three strikes law was to require a defendant convicted of any new felony, having suffered one prior conviction of a serious felony to be sentenced to state prison for twice the term otherwise provided for the crime. If the defendant was convicted of any felony with two or more prior strikes, the law mandated a state prison term of at least twenty five years to life. The eighth amendment to the constitution...
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...Scott Conklin Allied American University This paper was prepared for BIO 330: Principles of Ecology, Module 1 Homework Assignment taught by Shannon Unger. PART 1: ECOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY After reading through the website dedicated to the Three Gorges Dam, reading through a few additional websites and articles, and watching a few videos, I have made a personal determination that I am not on one side of the debate or the other. Unfortunately for me, I can see both sides of the debate and can understand why the dam is good, and why it was thought to be a negative and its current impacts on the nation. So rather than argue one side or the other, I am going to lay out both the positives and the negatives of the dam, and maybe and some point down the road, I will have a better take on the overall positive or negative impact the Three Gorges Dam has really done. So let us start off with the positive aspects of what the dam brought to the Yangtze River Valley. The work on the dam began in 1993 and final construction was completed in 2009. The three main purposes of the dam are hydroelectric power production, flood control, and navigation improvement for the shipping lanes. The power production of the Three Gorges Dam sits as the world largest power station at 22,500 MW (Mega Watts). With 32 water driven turbines inside the dam, the 98.8 TWh (Terawatthours) was enough to provide energy for 10% of Chinas population at a staggering 136 million people. This energy...
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...Three Kingdoms Period of Korea The Three Kingdoms period of Korea is an important part of world history. This research paper will describe the three kingdoms of Korea, from 57 Before Common Era until 688 Common Era into the Unified Silla Kingdom period. The history and art from these periods will be discussed in order to show the impact it has had on the Korean culture. This paper will show the Influence China had when the Koreans created their empire and works of art. The Three Kingdoms period of Korea began in 57 BCE due, in part, to the Chinese occupation of the western peninsula. There were many tribes in Korea, prior to 100 BCE, when the Chinese fought and gained control of the western peninsula. The strongest of all the Korean tribes were migratory hunters known as the Koguryo tribe. (Korean Enigma, 2004). The Koguryo tribe was a difficult adversary for the Chinese and made it difficult to for them to keep their stronghold. The Chinese were forced to leave their three outposts in Korea, giving the territory back to the Koguryo tribe. The Koguryo tribe overtook the Chinese, Okcho and Ye tribes, and incorporated them into their own. The powerful Koguryo tribe continued battling the Chinese and eventually conquered half of Manchuria. (Korean Enigma, 2004). The Han Tribes also occupied Korea during this period. With the defeat of the Chinese, the Hans branched out and formed two separate kingdoms, Paekche and Silla. The Three Kingdoms of Korea included Koguryo, Paekche...
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...Three Little Pigs: Four Interpretations In these interpretations of the Three Little Pigs, there seems to be some serious thinking outside of the box. My childhood self has been terrorized. The interpretations yield a different outcome for the first two pigs than I remember from years long gone by. I, as a youngster, remember the first two pigs run to their brother’s brick home. The wolf is not killed but runs away with his tail on fire. The three interpretations of the story have the wolf devouring the first two pigs and the third pig kills the wolf. The interpretations have that similarity. The interpretations include the “rife” (DDBA-8005) of the story of the Three Little Pigs. The interpretations also have their views on “tyrants” (DDBA-8005) which the wolf symbolizes. Amdur speaks of the wolf is being the bully that seems to be satisfied by with the kill of the pigs (DDBA-8005). It seems the first two pigs are deemed weak enough to fit the lack of challenge the wolf is accustomed to. Fazio and Ek views the third pig as a “God-fearing” conqueror of the evil wolf (DDBA-8005). The difference is the symbolism of the wolf and the pigs. Gomez symbolizes the story to represent the working class and society. He also deems the third pig could be “the next despot” (DDBA-8005). Amdur’s symbolism seems to be viewed from a criminal drama television show perspective. Fazio and Ek relates to the story from a religious perspective. The research study justifies the action...
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...• The Three Little Pigs • Once upon a time there was a mother pig who had three little pigs. The three little pigs grew so big that their mother said to them, "You are too big to live here any longer. You must go and build houses for yourselves. But take care that the wolf does not catch you." • The three little pigs set off. "We will take care that the wolf does not catch us," they said. Soon they met a man who was carrying some straw. "Please will you give me some straw?" asked the first little pig. "I want to build a house for myself." "Yes," said the man and he gave the first little pig some straw. • Then the first little pig built himself a house of straw. He was very pleased with his house. He said, "Now the wolf won't catch me and eat me." "I shall build a stronger house than yours," said the second little pig. "I shall build a stronger house than yours, too," said the third little pig. • The second little pig and the third little pig went on along the road. Soon they met a man who was carrying some sticks. "Please will you give me some sticks?" asked the second little pig. "I want to build a house for myself." "Yes," said the man and he gave the second little pig some sticks. • Then the second little pig built himself a house of sticks. It was stronger than the house of straw. The second little pig was very pleased with his house. He said, "Now the wolf won't catch me and eat me." "I shall build a stronger house than yours," said the third little...
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