You've likely heard the saying that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This scientific theory mirrors human behavior where individuals often mask their true feelings and insecurities. Joyce Oates’ story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is about a self-centered girl, named Connie, who only cares about her appearance and how others see her. She spends her time hanging out with friends and boys and hopes to gain their acceptance. One day, an unexpected man from an earlier
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very thoughtless and impulsive. Her financial irresponsibilities is also very prominent throughout the first act. Nora, clearly exhibits her irresponsibility by overpaying the delivery boy, who is aiding her to bring the Christmas tree inside the house, and also by spending the money that her husband is promised to have, within the next three months, with his new job as a bank manager.. Furthermore, Nora visibly shows to have little to no personality of her own and seems a little vapid as she does
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She watched his figure walk further away from her, and his silhouette getting smaller. She bit her lip down hard as she restrains and promises herself from letting tears spill. She wants to be strong, she needs to. Being strong is the only thing she has her hopes on. For now, all she has is the bitter taste left on her tongue from cheap beer and the pain stinging memory of him. The very next day, she found herself lying on the kitchen floor, soaked in the familiar smell of beer she drank from
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It all began after Red Ribbon Week. Our council was brainstorming ideas for our room at the Haunted House. I had suggested the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” theme, which was a very popular horror game. Our council’s number one pick was Slenderman, but I had hope on the theme I suggested. As it turned out, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was the chosen theme, and I was very excited, because I knew all about this topic. Hannah, one of my council leaders at the time, thought of the overall concept: a night guard
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15th, 1769 in Corsica.Napoleon was a military man his entire life. His father, Carlo Buonaparte sent Napoleon to military school when he was just ten years old. By the time he was 17, Napoleon was a second lieutenant in the French Army. Napoleon continued to rise to power while the French Revolution began to rage in 1789. The French Revolution also allowed Napoleon to rapidly gain power and high ranking. One of Napoleon’s biggest moves was the coup d'état led in
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Personalized Cancer Care Becomes a Reality With Tempus, CancerLinQ and Precision HealthAI Deal Eric Lefkofsky's company is about to make personalized cancer treatment a reality. As the CEO of Tempus, Lefkofsky has spearheaded an initiative that uses big data to personalize different types of cancer treatment. Tempus is a technology company that recently started a deal with Precision HealthAI and CancerLinQ to structure data. Currently, the CancerLinQ database includes one million records from
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A Doll's house is a play written in 1879 by Henrik Isben. It is set in a home in Norway during that same year and is the story of a woman, Nora, and her struggle to decide whether she should do as society and her husband wish and be a perfect wife (a doll), or go off alone to get an education and decide who she truly wants to be. On April30, 2017 at 3pm, the Moraine Valley Academic Theatre presented A Doll's House, dirrected by Dan Scott. The play was very consistent with the original script, with
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Kamehameha was the king of Hawaii. He became king after he unified the Hawaiian islands. He had help while ruling the islands from advisers, who were loyal friends and warriors. Once the war was over foreigners came to Hawaii trading and bringing new things. So since this happened Kamehameha had to become a more effective leader. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was strict, intelligent, and truthful. Kamehameha was a very strict leader. This was a good thing because he had to be strict
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The house was supposedly haunted and that was the selling point for Stacie Billings when he closed on the place. At least one spook house inhabited every town and Wagner House was Gatlin’s. Stacie grew up running past the place, being dared to sneak up the front steps and knock on the door, and occasionally throwing rocks at the vacant windows. In elementary school, he watched Matt Jenkins open the door and venture inside. He exploded through the door after five minutes, white faced and screaming
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A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a modern tragedy revolving around the lives of a family from the Victorian Era, focusing on the vicissitudes that face Nora Helmer in this patriarchal society. Not only does this play focus on the status of women at this time, but how they fall victim to the role of a “doll wife”. In a separate work, Aristotle’s Poetics, an image of the ideal tragic hero is outlined and analyzed. This same idea was used by Sophocles’ creation of Oedipus the King. Nora and Oedipus
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