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    Language A: literature - Part 1 Written Assignment May 2014 Word Count: Good or Evil: Lack of Dichotomy in Harry Mulisch ’s _The Assault_ _The Assault_ by Harry Mulisch begins when the entire Steenwijk family‚ except for the youngest son‚ Anton‚ is murdered in retribution for the assassination of a Nazi collaborator‚ though‚ in reality‚ they have no hand in his death. Eventually‚ characters are introduced throughout the novel who could arguably be blamed for the Steenwijks ’ deaths. These include

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    haunt Anton. I believe that there are three key points that support my position. These points are; how Anton matured over time‚ how his surrounding places changed after the war‚ and how Anton held onto the events that took place in Haarlem‚ even though he as well as the places around him changed. Over the course of the book‚ Anton showed a significant amount of growth‚ from his childhood in Haarlem‚ all the way until he had reached an age that surpassed his own father in years. Anton was married

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    human love‚ loss‚ and salvation. Natasha drives many of the subplots‚ and it is her exploitation of the sisters’ situation as well as their bad luck that allow for their complete loss of power and her position of dominance within the household. Chekhov intended his play for his standard gentile audience‚ and wrote his work to convey his social critique. Turgenev also directed his novel towards the Russian intelligentsia‚ but his work was much more misunderstood and misrepresented than Chekhov’s

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    other than the mad scientist‚ Anton Von Woldenberg. Anton Von Woldenberg was the person who used the machine‚ but he was not the person who had constructed it. In the ship‚ Anton was planning out his new invention that he would start building when the ship finished its voyage‚ but as we all know‚ that did not happen. Moments later‚ his heart skipped a beat when all the passengers were told of the sinking. “Run! Get to the boats!” People had yelled. Unfortunately‚ Anton was not a very fit man‚ therefore

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    Name: _________________________________ Place commas wherever they are needed in the following sentences. 1. The girl with the bright friendly smile wore a bright green scarf to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. 2. As he read the Chekhov story he became aware of the Russian’s genius. 3. Dauphin Island located off the coast of Alabama is a favorite spot for fishing. 4. She was as a matter of fact mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary. 5. I often go to the seashore and collect rocks there

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    Promise” The film called The Promise was released in 2007 by GMA Films and Regal Entertainment. The main characters are played by popular actors in Philippines: Richard Gutierrez as Daniel‚ Angel Locsin as Andrea‚ Rhian Ramos as Monique‚ TJ Trinidad as Anton‚ Ryan Eigenmann as Jason‚ and many more. The director is Mike Tuviera and the screenwriter is Racquel Villavicencio. Accordingly‚ this film is more faithful to the original novel than Hihintayin kita sa Langit by Carlos-Siguion-Reyna (another Filipino

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    Contrast between Ancient Greek Theatre “Antigone” and Modern Russian Theatre in “The Cherry Orchard”. Theatre which is a main source of entertainment has made various stories in her womb regarding theatres in all over the world like African‚ Yoruba theatre‚ Asian Theatre‚ Middle-East Theatre and Western Theatre like Greek Theatres and Modern Russian Theatre. First of all‚ Greek theatre seems to have its roots in religious celebration that incorporated song and dance. Like this Greek theater shadowed

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    candidate to perform the job. To select the employee they conducted interviews hurriedly without paying much attention to the standard way of performing the interviews. After that they directly appoint newly recruited employee‚ Mr. Anton to perform the job. Mr. Anton missed the opportunity to get proper induction program from the company. Gradually he couldn’t perform the job up to the expected level and it cause to de-motivate the other employee. Due to the improper HR planning‚ absence of proper

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    Patty meets Anton for the first time when the POWs come into Patty’s father shop to buy hats. Her feelings for him develop from this moment. In chapter 7‚ the build-up to the climax begins when Anton escapes from his prison camp and Patty decides to shelter him in her hide-out. In the following chapters we learn more about Anton’s life with his English mother and German father. He comes from Gottingen in German and he used to study history at university. A few chapters later‚ Anton has to leave

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    begins to remember the smaller things he has experienced. Throughout the whole novel memories begin to slowly flow back to Anton. Every person he meets allows his memories to develop. First‚ he sees his former neighbours‚ the Beumers’‚ who not only jog his memory but allow him to learn new things about that night. Although the memories should have been vivid in his mind‚ Anton had forgotten some of the events of that night. Simply seeing the Beumers’‚ and being in their presence helped jog his memories

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