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    In the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚” Sherlock Holmes used his phenomenal detective skills to solve the austere case of Julia’s demise along with Helen’s worries. The foul play mystery was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The main characters in the story include Sherlock Holmes‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott‚ Helen Stoner‚ and Dr. John Watson. Sherlock Holmes‚ the detective‚ was the protagonist in the story. In contrary‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott was an aggressive antagonist. The medical doctor

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    HOW TO TELL A STORY (A) From an instant to eternity‚ from the intracranial to the intergalactic‚ the life story of each and every character offers encyclopedic possibilities. The mark of a master is to select only a few moments but give us a lifetime. —Robert McKee1 Stories are all around us. Stories move us‚ make us feel alive‚ inspire us to be more than we would be otherwise. As famed screenwriting coach and author of the screenwriting bible‚ Story‚ McKee says: “Story is not only our

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    stay up and talk‚ to give into the impulse and immediate satisfaction. The superego says to go to bed‚ that the right choice is to sleep. The ego acts to help make a compromise like only staying up until 2 a.m. then going to bed. In the story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the Cheshire cat displays the ego‚ the rabbit represents the superego‚ and Alice embodies the id. The cheshire cat represents the ego. He thinks about what Alice wants from the id and also

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    readers feeling curious as it is the most intense and exciting point of the short story. ‘Adventure of the Speckled Band’ created suspense when Dahl describes the room. ‘On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open‚ throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe‚ the door of which was ajar’. By doing this‚ Dahl hopes to create a picture in the reader’s mind of the room where the event occurs. As the story continues‚ Holmes whispers ‘The band! The speckled band!’ ‘I took a step forward

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "Though the novel is entitled The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the story is told by Huck‚ the key character in the novel is Jim" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has two key characters‚ one is the slave Jim‚ the other; the protagonist Huck. Jim and Huck could each be considered the key characters for different reasons‚ Jim as he is the main representative of the typical slave (slavery being the most important theme of this novel) and Huck for he is

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    1. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are best friends that have many things in common and many things that are not in common. Tom is better at using his imagination. In the beginning of the Adventures of Huck Finn Tom makes a robber band with the neighborhood boys. Huck soon decides that it is boring because they were not doing anything that Tom promised they would. Huck could not pretend that they were doing what Tom said they were doing. This is again illustrated in the end when Tom and Huck are trying

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    Eddie Abilez Period 3 English 4 Mr. McQueary 8/17/15 Part One- The Adventure of the Hero Prologue Joseph Campbell writes about his theory that through every culture‚ their myths‚ about the trials the hero faces‚ are universal. He states‚ “…it will be always the one‚ shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find…” referring to the myths he is very non-lenient with his theory. He also states‚ "... myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into

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    Ciara Young November 5‚ 2012 B Hour Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Genre: Fiction‚ Adventure Novel Historical Context: First published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Naturalism (c.1865-1900) A literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions‚ heredity‚ and environment had unavoidable force in shaping human character. Protagonist: Huckleberry Finn was young boy in the late nineteenth century coming of age. He

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    Pre-Test Writing Assessment Prompt: Would the world be a better place if everyone always told the complete truth? Yes‚ the world would be a better place if everyone told the complete truth. For example if Arleta in “Adventures Of An Indian Princess” told the truth about how she felt towards the Rapiers remarks and stood up for herself maybe the Rapiers would stop their culture appropriation‚ “When I first arrived at their home they had seemed to be full of curiosity of what it was like to be an

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    Exploring And Finding The Scope Of Digital Marketing for Treks ’n Rapids Pvt Ltd A report submitted towards the partial fulfillment of the requirements of the two years full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management. Submitted by: Dinesh Kumar J Post Graduate Diploma in Management Roll No.: 2K11IB04 (2011-13) ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 3‚Institutional Area‚ Jasola ‚ New Delhi 110025 (I) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge the support of the entire management at Treks

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