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    Gigi Tran Mrs. McKeagney English 2 H 6 Oct. 2014 Revolutionary Women In his novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens vividly articulates the chaotic strife between the extravagant aristocrats and oppressed peasants during the French Revolution. He develops the contention by entangling the two countries France and England through the notorious Evremonde family‚ resulting in the corruption of innocence and exponential bloodshed. Yet Dickens emphasizes the often overlooked‚ influential roles of

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    You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce is a theatre that is produced by The Civilians. It talks four real stories about the reasons to divorce what are performers’ parents’ stories. As a documentary theatre‚ during the process of performance‚ actors should restore the situations’ happen as possible. Real is the creation of the production in the documentary theatre. In this report‚ we will talk about the production You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce and discuss the significance

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    A Tale of Two Cities By: Charles Dickens (In the year 1775‚ King George III sat on the throne of England‚ preoccupied with his rebellious colonies in America. Across a narrow neck of water to the east‚ Louis XVI reigned in France‚ not very much bothered by anything except seeing to his own comforts.) On a cold and foggy night in late November‚ Mr. Jarvis Lorry was headed out of London bound for Paris‚ via Dover‚ on a matter of business. In the darkness of the coach‚ as he and the other passengers

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    “It was the best of times; It was the worst of times.” This opening line in Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities accurately describes my money life as well as experience. Money has been a friend to me as well as something that has kept me up at night. Money has resulted in happiness as well as a source of stress. From living with my parents as a child to life in an apartment as a college student‚ my views on money have changed‚ developed‚ and even reverted to views I had in earlier times due to

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    MUTSAKA T‚ A. 209915633 SESSION 2 CASE STUDIES A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs 1. Pros and Cons of Running a Small Business | PROS | CONS | * Independence | * Earning less | * Putting own ideas into action | * Working harder | * Creating work for yourself | * Still being under a big organization | * More freedom | * No negotiation power | * Individuality | * Uncertainty of success | * Challenging | * Risky‚ less security | * Flexibility

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    “Still‚ our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private homes‚ even in the homes of Jews. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant‚ but polite. They never demanded the impossible‚ made no unpleasant comments‚ and even smiled occasionally at the mistress of the house.” (5) | The idea that the Germans weren’t always harsh during that time baffles me. I always thought that the Germans were constantly beating down on Jews‚ and‚ even though they

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    show the contrasts between the peaceful city of London and the city of Paris‚ tearing itself apart in revolution. This is apparent in the very first line of the book‚ "It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times...." This is a contrast of the two cities‚ London‚ the tranquil home of Mr. Lorry and the Darnays’; and Paris‚ the center of a bloody revolution. The author shows gentleness in these violent times in the persons of Dr. and Lucie Mannette‚ both gentle and peaceful. He also characterizes

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    This passage taken from Book 1 Chapter 5‚ describes the scramble after a wine cask breaks outside Defarge’s wine shop. This chapter opens the novel’s view of Paris and acts as a convincing representation of the peasants’ hunger to end their suffering. In this passage‚ Charles Dickens uses irony‚ sarcasm‚ and anaphora to refer to the desperate quality of the people’s hunger for food‚ as well as‚ freedom for suffering. Chapter 5 introduces themes that involve extreme misery and filth‚ in the dark

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    DIVORCE RATES Today’s society had increased the number of divorce‚ it is more than ever before. People choose divorce as an easy way to get rid of their simplest problems that may occur in a marriage. First‚ couples get married too young. Sometimes people get married just because they are expecting a baby. Couples get married thinking that their relationship will be like a fairy tale‚ like movies‚ but they do not realize that marriage leads with normal problems that appear in the journey

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    There are always good people to follow in life and then there are some bad examples. You should not pay attention to the bad examples but look and the good ones and try to follow their paths. However in England there is one man whose life is exquisite and you should follow in his footsteps. That man is I‚ Charles Darnay‚ French Tutor in England and nephew of Marquis Evrémonde. I believe that there is only one important thing to have in your life that your life should revolve around‚ that being

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