The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady‚” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady‚ but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something’s not right‚ and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with
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Character Essay- Ms. Strangeworth Ms Adela Strangeworth is the protagonist and is as well as the antagonist from “The Possibility of Evil‚” a short story written by Shirley Jackson. She is the kind of person that is secretly all within us. She has all the motives to be good intention but hurts others without meaning to‚ which is very common now a days. Ms. Strangeworth is a dainty 70 year old women who is often seen wearing a nice neat skirt so who would ever suspect her as “evil?” Strangeworth
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JUDY ANN T. PACAANAS Consultant jtp University of Caloocan City Tulip St.‚ Camarin Caloocan City September 10‚2013 Miss Adela C.Entino 12 Scout de Guia Street Diliman‚ Quezon City Dear Miss Entino: This letter illustrates the hanging-indented style which‚ at a glance‚ looks like the paragraph Is inverted. The first line of each paragraph is flushed with
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In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez‚ Captain Torres is the villain. Captain Torres is the Captain of an army that kills and tortures the rebels in the town. Captain Torres has the composure of a villain. In the story‚ Captain Torres walks into the barber shop with the assumption that the barber will kill him. On the other hand‚ Torres keeps his composure by not showing the barber any fear and by keeping calm the entire time. In order to be a successful villain‚ you must
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In Shirley Jackson’s "The Possibility of Evil"‚ the title is not appropriate because of the pleasant setting of the story. This can be proved by the respect that Miss Adela Strangeworth gave to the town and her nice as well as caring behavior towards the people in the town. Primarily‚ the setting of the story is calm and peaceful like a decent society. This can be proved by the quotation‚ " Miss Strangeworth’s little town looked washed and bright". This analyzes that in a little town everything
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There are a number of ways teachers have been incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures to their specific learning areas. Some have been slightly easier than others‚ but nonetheless there are opportunities for teachers to do so in every aspect of the key learning areas. This will all depend on the teacher’s knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures. The more confident a teacher is on the topic‚ the more opportunities that teacher will
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In the story Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Téllez‚ the barber should not have killed commander Torres. When the barber asked how many prisoners they took‚ Commander Torres answered‚ “Fourteen‚ we had to go pretty far into the forest to get them.” Which implies that he has many men so if he ever died they would just get a new leader. This leader could be good or bad‚ but we don’t know and not knowing gives the possibility that it could be worse. At the end of the story‚ he says‚ “that it’s hard
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hero‚ but in order to become a hero‚ you had to murder somebody. Not just anybody either‚ but Captain Torres. A murderer‚ who has killed many of your people. Given the option‚ would you kill them? This is the same scenario a Barber faces. In the story “Later and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez‚ the protagonist faces a moral dilemma in which he must decide to either kill‚ or not kill‚ Captain Torres. He must weigh the pros and cons of his reputation as a barber‚ or whether he is willing to commit murder
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The health of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared to the non-Indigenous population is significantly poorer (Wieland 2014‚ p. 12). The “Closing the Gap” campaign aims to create generational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality (Wieland 2014‚ p. 12). This essay will discuss the Aboriginal And Torres Strait health reforms‚ factors that impact on their health and wellbeing and strategies that allow protection against adversity. This essay will also discuss
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because it is missing important elements that represent both Aboriginals and Australian people. The flag should represent more accurate representation of Australia’s people‚ culture and land. The proposed design for the new flag includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags‚ Southern Cross‚ Union Jack and a kangaroo which have been incorporated because I believe it represents the modern day Australian Identity and the traditional custodians of our land. Firstly‚ the Aboriginal flag has been included
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