On December third‚ the wind changed overnight and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow‚ soft. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it. Nat Hocken‚ because of a wartime disability‚ had a pension and did not work full time at the farm. He worked three days a week‚ and they gave him the lighter jobs. Although he was married‚ with children‚ his was a solitary disposition; he liked best to work alone. It pleased him when he was given a bank to build
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Oedipus the King Sophocles Translated by David Grene CHARACTERS OEDIPUS‚ King of Thebes JOCASTA‚ His Wife CREON‚ His Brother-in-Law TEIRESIAS‚ an Old Blind Prophet PRIEST PART I: Scene: In front of the palace of Oedipus at Thebes. To the Right of the stage near the altar stands the PRIEST with a crowd of children. OEDIPUS emerges from the central door. OEDIPUS: Children‚ young sons and daughters of old Cadmus‚1 why do you sit here with your suppliant crowns?2 the town is heavy with a mingled burden
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Marmaduke Pickthall a brief biography ‘Action is the Life of all and if thou dost not Act‚ thou dost Nothing.’ (Gerrard Winstanley) Before we consider the life-story of the British Muslim and Koranic translator‚ Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall‚ it is as well to recall that aspect of the practice of every believer without which there are only ashes: holiness of life. In the case of Pickthall‚ this was a luminous‚ steadily progressing reality which impressed all who came into contact with him. Even
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Level D Unit 1 Completing the Sentence 1. opinionated 2. admonish 3. spurious 4. diffused 5. circumspect 6. breach 7. debris 8. salvage 9. deadlock 10. brigand 11. muddle 12. commandeered 13. spasmodic 14. efface 15. predispose 16. MISSING 17. unbridled 18. relinquished 19. perennials 20. dilemma Synonyms & Antonyms 1. commandeer 2. diffuse 3. predispose 4. effaced 5. unbridled 6. cumbersome 7. brigands 8. deadlock 9. salvage 10. spasmodic 11. dilemma 12. MISSING 13. muddle 14. breach 15. debris
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GAME DESIGN AS NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE By Henry Jenkins The relationship between games and story remains a divisive question among game fans‚ designers‚ and scholars alike. At a recent academic Games Studies conference‚ for example‚ a blood feud threatened to erupt between the self-proclaimed Ludologists‚ who wanted to see the focus shift onto the mechanics of game play‚ and the Narratologists‚ who were interested in studying games alongside other storytelling media.(1) Consider some recent statements
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The Merchant of Venice: Plot Summary Act I The first act opens in a street in Venice‚ where Antonio‚ a wealthy middle-aged merchant‚ talking to two acquaintances‚ wonders why he feels vaguely sad and apprehensive. When his friends suggest that‚ having many vessels at sea exposed to all the winds that blow‚ he necessarily is anxious‚ he denies it‚ as he does also being in love. Before the cause of this strange melancholy is discovered‚ Bassanio joins this group with two companions‚ who talk and
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E-Journal Rizky Ramadhan | 105070627 Contents Notes 3 Design For Need & Sustainable Design Conventions of Social Representation Meaning! Semiotics in Visual Communication Functionalism in Typography for Printed Matter or Digital Format Culture‚ Space & Place New Media and its Impact on Design Media‚ Truth & Perceptions: Propaganda and
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(Delivered before the Working Men’s Institute‚ at Camberwell.) MY FRIENDS‚ — I have not come among you to-night to endeavour to give you an entertaining lecture; but to tell you a few plain facts‚ and ask you some plain‚ but necessary‚ questions. I have seen and known too much of the struggle for life among our labouring population‚ to feel at ease‚ even under any circumstances‚ in inviting them to dwell on the trivialities of my own studies; but‚ much more‚ as I meet to-night‚ for the first time
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by “William Shakespeare” A Contemporary English Version‚ Emended and Rectified with Notes and Commentary by Jonathan Star DRAMATIS PERSONÆ DUKE OF VENICE PRINCE OF MOROCCO (MOROCHO -Q1‚ MOROCHUS-Q1) PRINCE OF ARRAGON (ARAGON ) A suitors to Portia ANTONIO (ANTHONIO -Q1 )‚ a merchant of Venice‚ friend of Bassanio BASSANIO ‚ winner of Portia LEONARDO ‚ a servant to Bassanio GRATZIANO (GRATIANO -Q1‚ GRAZIANO )‚ friend of Bassanio‚ with Nerissa LORENZO (LORENSO
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare Study Guide THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ENGLISH THEATRE PROGRAMMES FOR STUDENT AUDIENCES 2003-2004 SEASON Marti Maraden Artistic Director‚ English Theatre This Study Guide was researched and written by Deborah James for the National Arts Centre English Theatre‚ December 2003. This document may be used for educational purposes only. Main Stage Media Partner About This Guide Portions of this study guide are formatted in easy-to-copy single pages. They
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