The title "Arms and the Man" derives from the opening lines of the popular epic of Virgil‚ "Aeneid" : "I sing of Arms and the Man" However‚ as Virgil highly praises war as described by its heroes‚ Shaw’s aim in writing "Arms and the Man" is to provide a more realistic picture of war and to remove all pretensions of the nobility from war. As General Philip Henry Sheridan put it "Many of you here believe that war is all glory; but let me tell you‚ boys‚ it is all Hell". Even though Shaw is
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Welcome Address-Farewell Day Festivity Respected Principal‚ Vice- Principal‚ Director‚ teaching faculty‚ non-teaching faculty‚ management faculty‚ teachers and the taught‚ a warm welcome to everyone here. Today‚ we host the valediction day. A day in which we host a farewell to the outgoing students ofour school . The existing students bid farewell to the outgoing students. A full academic year has passed by. A full year of tuition and learning. And now it is farewell. It is with nostalgic memories
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Historical Analysis of the film “Farewell My Concubine” (1992) (ASIA 355‚ Section 921‚ Dr. Wang‚ Rui) Yohan Kim #37635125 23 July‚ 2013 Most compelling film “Farewell My Concubine” by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige depicts clamorous historical events broken out in China in twentieth century as well as human desire of love and ambition. Chen’s brilliant direct and cast of the love triangle within the film stimulate the viewers and smoothen the connections between rapid developments of the story
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Directed by Chen Kaige‚ a highly acclaimed fifth-generation Chinese film director‚ Farewell My Concubine has received many international film awards and nominations; among them are the Best Foreign Film and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. In the film‚ Cheng Dieyi‚ a Peking Opera actor playing the leading female characters‚ becomes obsessed with his role as the concubine of the King of Chu and blurs his stage role with the real life he leads. The circumstances in which one grows
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Comparison of the “1914 V: The Soldier” and “Soldier’s Farewell” We’ve come so far in terms of civilisation‚ yet war is still a concept that is prominent and even thriving in our world. The poems “1914 V: The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke‚ and “Soldier’s Farewell” by Mike Subritzky both counter the prospect of war but uses different viewpoints. Putting into mind that Brooke came from WW1 while Subritzky wrote the poem during WW2‚ their mindsets might differ. “1914 V: The Soldier” had a very patriotic
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The Big Green Armchair a) i. The mood of the setting ii. “Staring into the grim winter/ Only slate – grey skies” iii. The author uses adjectives like “grim” and “slate – grey” to describe the winter’s day‚ which conveys a very dull and dreary mood. The author compares the grim winter’s day and the dull mood to the old woman. This helps the reader understand how the woman is feeling. b) The author creates a dull mood by describing in detail what the old woman sees outside the window. “Staring
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Icing My Arm Failure was not an option. If I wanted to play quarter back‚ I knew what I needed to do. Playing quarter back for Heritage High School’s (HHS) Junior Varsity team required an immense amount of perseverance‚ versatility and dedication. It all began at the HHS football field. My parents arranged for coaching lessons with Coach Fogelstrom‚ who is a Los Medanos College quarter back coach and teacher at HHS. My mother dropped me off on a Tuesday morning. I met with him for the first time
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restricted because of criminals and murders‚ people have the right to protect their families and themselves. The right to bear arms is the the Second Amendment in the United States constitution. What says a well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed. The right to bear arms has been around this country long then it’s been a country. Putting more restrictions on guns just goes against what our founding
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Michael Zomber: Claimed Antique Arms Historian and Renowned Novelist Renowned author and historian Michael Zomber shares his love of antique arms with the world via The History Channel Arts & Entertainment channel. Michael Zomber has produced the television documentaries “Dueling Pistols” and “Soul of the Samurai.” His literary ventures include; “Shogun Iemitsu: War and Romance in 17th Century Tokugawa Japan”‚ “Jesus and the Samurai: The Shining Religion and the Samurai‚” “Park Avenue‚” “Sweet Betsy
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WIRE CONTROLLED ROBOTIC ARM Abstract- The paper deals with the design and implementation of Wired Controlled Robotic Arm‚ which is used to perform the basic activities like‚ pik and place the objects with out human effort. In this paper‚ a Robotic Arm is designed and modeled‚ Wired controlled Working arm‚ the work done by the robotic arm would be precise‚ as the servo motor of 6v and 12v motors were used in the project. But the motors are used according to the work of the size of the project. By
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