had lost their lives; even more millions had to live on without their loved ones; many were to suffer uncertainty about the fate of their nearest and dearest for a long time. Others were ill, starved and haunted by their own experiences in camps and in hiding, during combat and bombardments. The material damage was immense. The joy of liberation was accompanied by sadness, fear and anger. It is estimated that more than 150 million people died; more than half were civilians. People returned from deportations
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Shane Frechette ENG 102 October 18, 2015 Holt Unconquerable, Invincible, Undefeated Strong, powerful and enticingly cryptic, are qualities many poets may strive for, but to truly express such qualities, a poet must live by them. The poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley embodies the splendor and influence that one’s own personal experiences bring to a piece of writing. Even without any knowledge of the authors own pain and struggles in life, this poem holds the rare potential to relate to
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“Marisol” is about a young, naïve woman who relatively has her life figured out. She goes to work, keeps her head down, and goes home. Her current reality is a place where apples and coffee are extinct while cows produce salty milk. She tries to hide her religion and culture from the people in her life so that she can fit in. Then suddenly, she was attacked by some supposedly crazy man with a golf club on a subway train who is going on and on about angels and the end of the world. She manages to
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are related to ancient Greece. A Greek tragedy is a sad story, which represents a character with a tragic flaw leading to his downfall. In addition, in traditional tragedy, the main character falls from high authority and often it is predetermined by fate, while the audience experiences catharsis (Bloom 2). Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman is considered to be a tragedy because this literary work has some of the main characteristics of the tragedy genre. In this play, the main character Willy
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future. Jocasta's blindness was different because she knew about the propphecy, but thought Oedipus was dead. Oedipus was blind in more tha one way. He was blind to the truth about his own life, and he was also phyisically blind. It is not fate that takes the sight of
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electricity to the elders. This discovery is considered a crime for they fear a peasant, a street sweeper, has outdone his brothers, for it is a crime to be anything but a brother to all. Prometheus, given the task to mould mankind out of clay, with his attempts to better mankind created conflict with the God of all Gods, Zeus. (Aaron J.) The Golden One, a young girl based on love denies the warnings of others and chooses love as her fate. Gaea, the Greek Goddess who supports the seas and the mountains and
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King Lear. Obvious from the title, Lear is a king. He has ruling power over England. Not only does he have command over a country, he also has power over the people around him. At the start of the play he is able to inspire fear into his daughters and those serving him. Beyond fear, he also has subjects that are loyal. Both Gloucester and Kent sacrifice themselves for King Lear. Kent is banished from the country and instead of being angry, he returns to continue serving King Lear. Gloucester also sacrifices
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Drama 100 Medea’s Revenge Based on the play “Medea” by Euripides, pages 45-47 Time: 431 b.c Place: Corinth, Greece (The action of the play takes place in the Greek city-state of Corinth, inside the house of Medea.) (Nurse enters from US-C) Nurse Look there (Points towards DS-R) (Enter Medea enters into room from outside. Medea enter from DS-R) My mistress is depressed. see how she talks to herself, wallowing in her misery and pain having demented thoughts of twisted
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star-crossed lovers who end up killing themselves for love’s sake. During the entire play there are several genres flowing throughout the story. The obvious ones like love, conflict and drama are there, but there are also some not so well known ones like fate, tragedy, loyalty and authority. Tragedy’s definition is a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. This is Romeo and Juliet summarised in one line. Shakespeare has
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the battle going inside my heart I miss your character, I miss your lies, I miss your act I miss that moment, where next to you I sat And gently you placed your arms around my waist Happily believing that laying in your arms, is going to be my fate You are an actor, a professional I must say Your act was so believable that made me want to forever stay Stay next to you, and gladly walk towards you all dressed in white But this dream vanished as soon as you went out of sight You disappeared
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