2011 HSC exam question on Maestro "In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through the distinctively visual? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your choosing." Visually distinctive language allows authors to create characters and bring them to life in a way which makes them relatable and believable to their audience. In the fiction novel "Maestro" by Peter Goldsworthy and in the poem "The Shearer’s Wife"
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•"What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more."—Seneca I agree with Seneca’s quote because material items really are not as important as things like love and happiness. In Tolstoy’s story‚ Pahom is constantly looking for more land because he feels that he does not have enough. In reality‚ he should be looking for his and has family’s happiness. He took away his son’s wages‚ he moved the family more than once‚ and when he died‚ he put his family
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Action: When Lane’s husband falls in love with his patient Anna‚ Matilde and Virginia try to help each of them deal with their new life situations while also trying to find their own selves in the process. Act 1 Scene 1: Matilde tells a joke in Portuguese to the audience. Scene 2: Lane tells the audience about how her maid doesn’t clean her house‚ and that she took her to the hospital to be medicated. Scene 3: Virginia tells the audience how she loves to clean her house‚ and that she
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Anna Quindlen wrote an essay title “Stuff Is Not Salvation” she began by telling a story about a Wal-Mart employee. What passes for the holiday season began before dawn. The day after Thanksgiving‚ when a worker at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream‚ New York. was trampled to death by a mob of bargain hunters. Afterward‚ there were reports that some people were mesmerized by cheap consumer electronics and discounted toys. The people kept shopping even after announcements to clear the store. (Quindlen)
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There was so much more to life than work‚ so people would tell her. For as long as she could remember‚ Anna Lockwood wanted to be a police officer‚ and not just any officer‚ but a homicide detective. She’d immediately taken the route from school straight into the academy. One of the reasons for her passion was that her father had served as a small town sheriff‚ she’d ridden along with him when she was a teenager. Despite the influence he’d had on her to begin this line of work‚ he was one of the
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Lifespan and Personality Development Lifespan and Personality Development Anna Freud‚ the daughter of Sigmund Freud‚ was a famous psychologist in the 21st century and was well known for her studies in psychoanalysis and child psychology. Anna was born in Vienna‚ Austria on December 3‚ 1895‚ and was the sixth child born in the Freud family. Anna‚ was extremely close with her father‚ and was influenced by him‚ but her work went well beyond her father’s ideas. She was known as the founder
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Was Anna Anderson Anastasia? There have been many claims regarding whether or not Anna Anderson was Anastasia. There are several reports both agreeing and denying that this claim is true. Whether it is true or false no one will ever know. There can only be evidence to back up someone’s argument‚ even if its wrong. Anastasia Romanov was born June 5‚1901. Her father was the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her mother was Alexandra Fyordorvn‚ the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and her husband Albert
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Anna Freud The philosophic contributions to the formal discipline of psychology have primarily been dominated by male visionaries‚ but many notable women pioneered a role in the history of psychology between 1850 and 1950. Sigmund Freud was not the only Freudian to establish credibility in the field of psychology‚ as his youngest daughter Anna Freud pursued a career in psychology and made significant historic contributions. Anna’s background‚ theoretical perspective‚ and contributions to the
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To start‚ after reading part of the book “Get Well Soon”‚ one could predict that Anna will be released from the mental hospital and Justin will become Anna’s boyfriend. First‚ one could predict that Anna will be released from the hospital due to the fact that she is obviously improving her mental state. In the beginning‚ Anna was known to have panic attacks in school that got so severe that she actually began to skip class‚ which was the main reason she was admitted in the first place (Halpern 4)
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The Flying Boy and the Princess “‘Don’t fly too near to the sun…’”(Barrett 43). These are the exact words used by a princess’ tutor to warn her not to get too attached to power. In the historical fiction novel‚ Anna of Byzantium‚ written by Tracy Barrett‚ Anna is the eldest daughter of Alexius I‚ and she is the heir to the throne of the Byzantine empire‚ when her throne is taken away from her due to her actions that result from her hunger for power. On the contrary‚ a boy named Icarus‚ who is the
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