Vietnamese Noodle soup Vietnamese noodle soup‚ which is known as Pho‚ is a traditional dish of Vietnam. It includes noodles made from rice‚ beef or chicken‚ and is often served with fresh mint‚ cilantro‚ basil‚ lime‚ bean sprouts and peppers. Consumer can also order raw beef fillet with their soup. Pho is originated in the twentieth century‚ during the time Vietnam invaded by France. It is first appeared in southwest of Hanoi‚ in Nam Dinh Province. It is usually eaten at lunch or dinner. The
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Narcissus’s doorstep. A comparable character by the name of Basil Hallward can be observed in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Basil is the painter who made Dorian’s portrait. His infatuation with Dorian forces him to see through rose colored glasses as is suggested when he says “But you‚ Dorian‚ with your pure‚ bright‚ innocent face‚ and your marvelous untroubled youth-I can’t believe anything against you” (Wilde‚ 2004‚ p. 120). Dorian after showing Basil the corrupted portrait stabs him. And later blackmails
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being co-emperor with her husband and murdering her son. Unfortunately‚ Empress Irene proved to be a disastrous empress‚ almost bankrupting the empire‚ and was exiled to the island of Lesbos after people rebelled against her. Another great emperor was Basil
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Despite a difference of seventy years and the distance of the Atlantic Ocean‚ Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde present striking similarities in their characters and themes. While I initially could not draw the connections between the two novels‚ I now recognize the many ways in which the authors criticize and analyzed their own environments through their works. I believe that the lessons on the dangers of societal influence and the nature of ethics that Rabbit
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What makes a man a monster? Many say that a monster is someone who looks scary‚ but a monster can acquire good looks or bad looks. A monster is someone who attains malignant characteristics. In Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ characters such as Frankenstein‚ Frankenstein’s creation‚ and Dorian Gray all accommodate the malignant characteristics that make each of them a monster. The malignant characteristics consist of lies‚ murder‚ and selfishness. Recurring lies make a person monstrous
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wealthy young man living in the nineteenth century in London. Even though Dorian is a very intelligent person‚ he often finds himself easily manipulated and this fault will ultimately lead him to failure. Dorian has his picture painted by a friend named Basil‚ and when Dorian meets his friend Lord Henry Wotton‚ his life will soon collapse. Dorian begins to believe that youth and beauty will bring him everything he desires‚ so he makes a wish that the portrait will age‚ and he will stay forever young and
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religion turned out to be a valuable political tool‚ and overall it was a major factor in spreading Byzantine cultural influence. The respective reigns of Emperors Constantine I‚ Theodosius I‚ Justinian/Theodora‚ Heraclius‚ Leo III‚ Irene‚ Basil I and Basil II illustrate this idea. Constantine I was the first Christian emperor of the Byzantine empire‚ and transformed Christianity from a small cult-like religion into a much more mainstream phenomenon. In retrospect‚ the spread of Christianity
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terribly attractive to Dorian. Moreover‚ as being older and scholar‚ Lord Henry has a peculiar way to see life. According to him women are pointless‚ one should not mourn a person’s death (ref : Sybil) ‚ very few people are worthy‚ etc. What is more‚ Basil Hallward is also one of the reasons why Dorian becomes corrupted as he is the one who painted and therefore revealed to Dorian his own beauty through his portrait. The first visible instance of Dorian’s corruption happens after he rejects Sibyl Vane
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perfect example of man in the Victorian society. At the beginning of the novel‚ Dorian is a young‚ beautiful‚ innocent and wealthy man‚ who possesses all the qualities that the Victorian society longed for. His double‚ the picture which his friend Basil Hallward paints him‚ bares all his sins while Dorian himself remains young and beautiful. In Wilde’s time one’s appearance was valued above everything else even before morality. It was the society’s unrealistic expectation that that motivated individuals
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faithless who know love’s tragedies. And how delightful other people’s emotions were! - much more delightful than their ideas‚ it seemed to him. One’s own soul‚ and the passions of one’s friends--those were the fascinating things in life. Basil Hallward. It is better not to be different from one’s
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