It’s Not Over – The Notebook ENG 225 Sarah Carson April 16, 2012 It’s Not Over – The Notebook The Notebook is a love story set in the pre and post-World War II era. It was directed by Nick Cassavetes and the main characters are Noah and Allie. They fall madly in love during one summer but Allie...
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Liechelle Hernandez Mrs. Vasco English 10 H-D 30 November 2012 As an Elizabethan Shrew, What was Katharina to do? The beliefs and morals of a time period can shape that values that people possess. Due to the fact that as a part of society, individuals may have to go against what they may believe...
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Benito Cereno Summary Of Major Themes The major theme of Benito Cereno is good vs. evil. Captain Delano, who offered unsolicited aid to the floundering San Dominick, is the picture of blind kindness. The African slaves, who rebel, seize the ship, and demand to sail back to Africa, are the picture...
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“Terce, in which Severinus speaks to William of a strange book, and William speaks to the envoys of a strange concept of temporal government” William is called out of the meeting by an anxious Severinus, who whispers even as other monks hover around him. He has found a strange book in the...
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? AP American History Book Review The Devil in the White City Introduction The Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson is the riveting account of the first modern serial killer of the 19th century in America. Published in 2003, Larson carefully and accurately creates a connecting plot of...
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The Notebook Book Report This book report was written for Reading and Writing Workshop Class, as an assignment. The book I read is one of the New York Times Best Seller all over a year it originally published in hardcover by Warner Books and it has 213 pages the first publication was in 1997...
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Each producer contrives means to present the relationships between the characters precisely, which is the most important point in a piece of literature. William Ball and Franco Zeffirelli each use different methods to show the relationships between the main character, Katherina, and her sister...
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“But the past is passed; why moralize upon it? Forget it. See, yon bright son has forgotten it all, and the blue sea, and the blue sky; these have turned over new leaves.Because they have no memory . . . because they are not human.” — Page 113 — “This slavery breeds ugly passions in man.” — —...
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“Sext, in which Severinus is found murdered but the book that he had found is to be found no longer” Severinus is found dead, his head bashed in, lying in a pool of blood. A very fine armillary surmounted by a gold cross that previously sat on the infirmary shelf is beside the body. It is clearly...
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The Devil in the White City Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City. First Vintage Books Edition. New York: Random House, Inc. , 2003. Print. The Devil in the White City is a literary nonfictional novel written by Erik Larson set during the construction of the Chicago's World Fair in 1893. The...
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Movie Reflection-The Notebook Leslie Ann King In the movie, "The Notebook," a romantic story of a man and his wife and their love for each other is displayed, even though the wife is affected by Alzheimer’s disease and her memories and mind is gone. Alzheimer's disease is the slow loss of memories...
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Extension English Assignment – Appropriation texts of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ “Appropriation has merit in exposing the influence of context in maintaining or changing cultural values” With the practice of taking older texts and transforming characters, plots...
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Both good and evil lie in human nature. Sometimes evil seems to be good while looking from different perspective, and vice versa. This contrasting relationship between good and evil governs the whole plot of Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno. Even Melville portrays atmosphere...
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“Nones, in which justice is meted out, and there is the embarrassing impression that everyone is wrong” The terrified cellarer is now before the tribunal. Remigio holds his own under questioning until Bernard marches Salvatore in. It is clear the man has been tortured, and he has revealed all...
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?Jordan Tisaranni Humanities Summer Essay Erik Larson states, “The juxtaposition of pride and unfathomed evil struck [him] as offering powerful insights into the nature of men and their ambitions. ” This quote relates to the premise of his book The Devil in the White City, which tells two...
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Lauren Taibi First Paper Assignment The Notebook The movie The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes and released on June 5th 2004, is a captivating love story, which takes place in the 1940’s. Through filmatic elements such as Cassavetes choices of cinematography, editing, narrative, mise en scene...
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The 16th century play, Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and the modern movie 10 Things I hate about you are correspondent to each other in many ways. They have very similar characters names and their behaviors, similar plots, and themes. The characters are very similar to each other...
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Most readers of Benito Cereno will be surprised when the African confederacy is eventually revealed. Although Melville begins the novelette with baleful imagination. the text is designed to take the reader off from the true events of the San Dominick. The point of position of Benito Cereno is the...
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“Vespers, in which Ubertino takes flight, Benno begins to observe the laws, and William makes some reflections on the various types of lust encountered that day” William, Ubertino, and Michael ofCesena confer after the trial of Remigio. William tells Michael not to go to Avignon to meet directly...
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Heather McKay English II Pre-AP The Devil in the White City: Expository Essay In The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, many inexperienced women come to Chicago in hopes of finding new opportunities and a successful job. These women were often single with no previous experience in the city...
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The Plot starts with an old man reading a notebook to an old woman in a nursing home. The story focuses on the two lovers namely Noah and Allie. Allie’s parents did not want to marry him because of the unwealthy status of the family of the man. Allie has to go to New York together with her parents...
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Katherina may be a shrew, but Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew does not truly show a study of how a selfish, spoilt individual is made to conform to society’s expectations, or be tamed into a ‘proper’ woman. At the end of the play, Katherina is not, necessarily, tamed - she just realizes what...
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Billy Budd by Herman Melville is a story about a young, charismatic sailor, Billy Budd, who is called to be transferred to Bellipotent, a British warship, from Rights of Men, a merchant ship. Billy Budd works diligently on the new boat and wins the favors of most of the crew, including Captain Vere...
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“Compline, in which a sermon is heard about the coming of the Antichrist, and Adso discovers the power of proper names” After Vespers, everyone expects a homily from Abo, but instead he asks Jorge to speak. The blind monk exhorts the audience—including the visitors—to reject pride. He thunders...
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Devil in the White City Erik Larson’s non- fiction best seller portrays murder, magic and madness that occurred at the fair that changed America. The construction of The Columbian exposition began in 1891 and if on time was to be finished by 1893. This gave world famous architect Daniel Burnham a...
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The Notebook ‘The Notebook’ by Nicholas Sparks is a contemporary love story set in the pre- and post-World War II era. Noah and Allie spend a wonderful summer together, but her family and the socio-economic realities of the time prevent them from being together. Although Noah attempts to keep in...
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The Taming of the Shrew is a performance that raises a number of issues concerning appearance versus reality. The assumption that many characters in the play are persuaded to be what they are not ignores the evident fact that each character chooses the role that they are to play. The culturally...
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Billy Budd: Was Captain Vere Right? Captain Vere makes the right decision by executing Billy Budd. If CaptainVere lets Billy live the rest of the crew might get the impression that they will not be held accountable for their crimes. If the crew feels that they can get away with what ever they want...
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This section opens with Bernard Gui furtively taking his leave of Malachi. Shortly thereafter, the official meetingbegins between the representatives of Pope John and the Franciscandelegation, which is supported by the Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV. The Franciscans known as “the Spirituals” have...
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Good Versus Evil The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson depicts that wherever there is good, there is evil as well. The note included by Larson, Evils Imminent? depicts this: ? Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to fill...
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The Notebook The Notebook he tells about the love between a man and a woman, from when they met as teenagers until they are in a nursing home, trying to overcome the trials of Alzheimer’s and loss of memory. Throughout the story it is clear that they love each other deeply. I read the book and...
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Justin Palmer Mrs. Harris AP Language and Composition 23 February 2013 Taming of the Shrew Essay: In the critical essay “Role-Playing in the Taming of the Shrew”, author Richard Henze argues that William Shakespeare’s play, “The Taming of the Shrew”, begins as part of that jest and as a play, a...
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"Billy Budd" by Herman Melville: Captain Vere In the novella "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville, Captain Vere is the " tragic hero". he is neither good nor evil, but rather a man whose concept of order, discipline, and legality forces him to obey the codes of an authority higher than himself even...
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“Matins, in which the princes sederunt, and Malachi slumps to the ground” During morning prayer, all notice that Malachi is absent. The abbot is worried and Jorge is “unusually agitated” as he desperately gropes the seat next to him to determine whether the librarian is there (497). After a long...
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Devil? in? the? White? City? “The? wait? was? electric. ”? pg. 12? Electricity? flows? through? bodies. People, humans, are? conductors? of? electricity, and? the? wait? spread? through? the? crowd. The? excitement? was? spreading. “Felt? the? electricity? more? keen? than? most. ”? pg. 14 The? men...
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The Notebook: As if Reading from a Notebook People often refer to the movie The Notebook as a sappy, predictable chick flick that plays with your emotions, making you spill a few tears here and there. Even though I’ve seen this movie a million times, everytime I enjoy watching the story of two...
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Addie Norgaard English 6° Mr. Miller 5/13/13 Fulfilling Expectations Many lives are ruled by a need to fit in and conform to the ideals of society. William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew centers around the two sisters, Bianca and Katherine and their marriages. Kate, an unpleasant and...
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Critical Essay on Billy Budd Charles Reich's assessment of the conflict in Billy Budd focuses on the distinction between the laws of society and the laws of nature. Human law says that men are "the sum total of their actions, and no more. " Reich uses this as a basis for his assertion that Billy...
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“Lauds, in which a new cellarer is chosen, but not a new librarian” The chapter opens with Adso in confusion–he is starting to lose “all temporal sense” as the misfortunes and murders multiply (503). The abbot orders a quick funeral. He appoints Nicholas (the glazier) as the new cellarer and...
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Morals and ethics are becoming more stringent with time all over the world especially by imposing stifling expectations on women in concerning their societal roles. When the novel was written women had just then begun to see the seeds of their struggle in gaining rights to get an education and...
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Book Report The Notebook By Nicolas Sparks Guatemala Sep 28, 2012 Summary The Notebook begins with a man in a nursing home, reading a story to a woman. The story is about two young lovers, Allie Hamilton and Noah, who meet one day at a carnival. Although the two are falling in love, Allie's...
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Petruchio the Sophist and Language as Creation in The Taming of the Shrew In the article, Tita French Baumlin shows how Petruchio uses language and not brutality to “tame” Katarina. Petruchio also changes the way that people view Katarina. This brings up the question if Katarina is really tamed or...
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Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy, classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories...
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Abstract Solzhenitsyn’s Ivan Denisovich and Erofeev’s Venichka represent the image of “little man” in Soviet literature. “Little man” in Russian literature proves the superiority of absurdity over the common sense. To become a true “self”, a “little” man has to become isolated from the rest of the...
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The Fountainhead: Howard Roark and Objectivism In the novel The Fountianhead, Ayn Rand uses the main character, Howard Roark, to express her daringly original philosophy--Objectivism. Like Rousseau's "Natural Man" in The Social Contract, Ayn Rand presents Howard as a man, as man should be--...
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TiHeather Winegardner March 13th, 2013 English 2367. 0 Dr. Sonya Fix Formulation of Constructive Relations The two artifacts I chose to write about are the films The Notebook and Titanic. The Notebook is a romantic film directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on the best-selling novel written by...
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Shelby Oliphant Oliphant 1 Mrs. Bennett English 5 6 April 2013 What’s My Role? Who Am I? How Do I Act In Relationships? 1. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about the power struggle between men and women to be in control. Petruchio exhibits male stereotypical behavior to control Katharina, while...
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In the play Billy Budd, the author, Hermann Melvinne, creates two conflicting character personalities which are portrayed as good and evil. John Claggart (Master-At-Arms) tries to destroy Billy Budd because he is jealous of Billy's reputation and acceptance among the crew. There is also a conflict...
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One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn In Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in The Life Of Ivan Denisovich Ivan Denisovich is portrayed as the hero in the novel. The American Heritage Dictionary Of the English Language High School Edition states that a hero is "The...
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Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" Imagine power as a form of free flowing energy, a source found within every one and for each individual. Assume that to gain power, one has to tap this resevoir of immense proportions and relish upon the rich harvest to their hearts desires. Consequently, when there...
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