long‚ it has given the world many outstanding literary names. Washington Irving was the first US writer to gain an international reputation. In 1819 he published his volume of stories with such classic American stories as the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”. Only 2 years after another American writer began to attract attention - James Fenimore Cooper‚ the first major US writer of novels. F Cooper was influenced by the social ideas of the age of Enlightenment. His best
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television series‚ 21 Jump Street‚ becoming a teen idol. Dissatisfied with that status‚ Depp turned to film for more challenging roles; he played the title character ofEdward Scissorhands (1990) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999)‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)‚ Rango (2011) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–present). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in seven films‚ most recently with Dark Shadows (2012). Depp has
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In the ’Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ Washington Irving introduces the fantasy of classical American horror full of ghostly torments by a horseman who had been beheaded during the Revolutionary War (Barron‚ 2000). In this manner‚ Irving concentrates on the transformation of the American
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label your mini-cases. Your response may be in a word document format or in a power point format. Cover all of the issues in each case you and use good writing and presentation techniques and address the issue(s) in detail. 1. You are the CEO of Sleepy Hollow Retirement Community and Nursing Center. A resident’s family has come to you to complain that their loved one‚ who is on pain medication‚ is in intolerable pain. Her medications appear not to be working anymore. One of the family members states
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understanding of alienation and relationships‚ feeling not connected within society‚ family and friends. Alienation is basically a state or experience of being isolated from a group towards a lack of identity‚ however‚ relationships is the way in which two or more concepts or people are being connected in a positive or negative situation. The novel and painting deal with lack of relationship and the feeling of being isolated. The viewer develops a strong connection to the idea of alienation and relationships
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silver‚ he is melancholy‚ he lost his silver‚ but not his wife. Personally‚ I did not see the misogyny in this story because it did not have anything to with prejudice against women‚ it had more to do with greediness. Furthermore‚ in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‚ it has been said that women were seen more as objects than human beings. In comparison to Rip Van Winkle‚ women were thought to be in the kitchen and the caregivers of the children. Then again‚ I do not foresee this as misogynist because that
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despondence in the play in “in this world I fill up a place‚ which may be better supplied when I have made it empty.” The impersonal tone associated with ‘a place’ alludes to Orlando’s own feeling of alienation and isolation as a result of a lack of connection with others. This is reinforced through the hollow connotations of ‘empty’ which accentuate Orlando’s lack of understanding of himself. However‚ this is contrasted with the conclusion of the play‚ as Orlando develops his sense of familial belonging
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Favorite Actor; Johnny Depp My favorite actor is Johnny Depp. Personally‚ I haven’t watched too many of his movies but I’ve watched enough to know what an astonishing actor he is. From playing a man with scissors instead of hands‚ to being a rowdy pirate‚ to owning a chocolate factory‚ I believe he’s one of the greatest actors in filmmaking history. Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky‚ on June 9th‚ 1963 but was raised in Florida. In his early life‚ Depp was considered a “rebel” and into narcotics
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Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle" shows distinct characteristics of romanticism throughout. Irving’s unusual and original subject and the descriptions of nature‚ displays these romantic qualities of originality‚ connection with nature and an emotional sincerity. Rip van winkle is about a man who goes deep into the woods one day to go hunting. Rip some one calling his name and is led to strange men. "What seemed particularly odd to Rip was‚ that though these folks were evidently amusing themselves‚ yet
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As she was born‚ she bore death. The child came in the recesses of a dull and barren winter‚ on a night that had been so cold that it felt hollow‚ like a jagged hole bitten out of the earth. The queen mother had died just hours after the birth—a fever‚ so they claimed‚ no doubt brought on by the miserable chill of the season. The sickness quickly spread to the other wet-nurses and servants—she passed from hand to hand in a succession of fleeting maternity‚ leaving her swaddled in mourning clothes
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