1. Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921), an English surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere has written numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is best known for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme beginning with Doctor in the House, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. 2. The
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continue to expand in the eyewear and eye care sector by growing its various businesses, whether through acquisitions or organically Being a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of sun and prescription eyewear of high technicaland stylistic quality, Luxottica’s mission is multifold: to improve the well-being and satisfaction of its customers while simultaneously creating value for its employees and the communities in which the Group operates. Every collection and every pair of eyewear
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Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time explores different perspectives through language and stylistic features by presenting us with a 15-year-old protagonist dealing with Asperger’s syndrome, Christopher Boone, and his logical profound personality. We learn about the world Christopher knows and understands via the narration style with detailed diagrams and unsentimental writing. Language is explored through the narrators perspective, (Christopher), which allows recognition
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Describe the Stylistic Features of Haydn's Joke Quartet Which Show That It Was Composed In The Classical Period There are a lot of features within this piece that show that it was composed in the Classical period, however the biggest features is that it is a string quartet. The structure of the piece is in Rondo form with each section being in a rounded binary form. Rondo form is a very typical type of structure for a classical piece. Within each section there is a lot of periodic phrasing which
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In cinematography and literature, dystopia is definitely not a new genre. In different novels, dystopian worlds have been elaborated, such novels include; ‘1984’ by George Orwell, ‘We’ by Zamyatin Yevgeny whose known for his stylistic and ideological contemporary dystopias, and ‘The Time Machine’ by Herbert Wells – the novel demonstrates the weird symbiosis of Eloi and Morlocks. In the side of cinematography, films/movies such as 12 monkeys, V for Vendetta, The Matrix and Brasilia have demonstrated
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that this story reveals the women’s essence and not every man can understand this story. The woman is afraid of losing her man. And there are no any circumstances to force her to leave the rival next to her husband. The author uses some special stylistic devices: There are imperatives: (“Come and sit down.” “Don’t cry.” “Do stop crying.” “Kiss me.”) In the dialogues between Rosemary and Mrs. Smith there are a lot of questions (“Would you let me have the price of a
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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through some connective word, usually being "like", "as", "than", or a verb such as "resembles".[1] A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing.[2] Contents 1 Uses o 1.1 In literature o 1.2 Using 'like' o 1.3 Using 'as' o 1.4 Without 'like' or 'as' • 2 Compared to metaphor • 3 See also • 4 References • 5 External
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author to characterize the main character (Stephens) and comment on them. Three metaphors : trifle embarrassed apologetic laugh forcible ring Three epithets: thick-set and stout a round red face bullet-shaped head All these stylistic devices describe the main hero as a person who is very tired of life, he is passive, but he wants to change something in it, that is why to show us the antagonistic character of the visitor, the author uses an oxymoron “bright dark eyes”. Also we
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Norms and deviation in linguistics English language has been constantly developing since its birth in the 5th century. It has been greatly changed and influenced by many others cultures and languages. In time stylistic layers as well as standardized version appeared. Standardized version implies that language has certain patterns of grammar which are recognized by a linguistic society. These patterns or norms are linguistic abstraction, an idea thought up by linguists and existing only in their
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Lee Krasner was the 6 of 7 children born to Russian Jewish immigrants on October 27, 1908, she emigrated from Bessarabia. Lee Krasner changed her name many times in the early portion of her life. She settled on Lee Krasner in the late 1940s. When Krasner was 13 she had already set her sights on becoming an artist. Krasner was pleased to be accepted by Washington Irving High School. When she was an adult Krasner remained in New York City which was developing into an international art center.Will a
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