The Confesion de los Moriscos is a surprisingly remarkable text. It was composed during the first years of the seventeenth century‚ around the time‚ 1609‚ when the Moriscos were expelled from Spain. It is found in one extant Manuscript copy‚ dating from the second decade of the century‚ in a volume of Quevedo’s works that once belonged to Salazar y Castro. Astrana believed that the manuscript is autograph‚ thus positively attributing the Confesion to Quevedo. Crosby‚ on his part‚ questioned the
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Mitch says to Blanche and the end of scene six “You need somebody and I need somebody too. Could it be me and you‚ Blanche?” Explore the ways in which Williams presents and uses the relationship of Blanche and Mitch in the play as a whole. When Blanche meets Mitch‚ she realises that her is someone who can give her a sense of belonging and who is also captivated by her “girlish” charms. She deceives him into thinking her‚ as she would like to be –prim and proper – however‚ as she later tells Mitch:
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Name: Ngọc Trương Class: 10M Hi everyone today I’m going to tell you one of the most famous American actor in America. He is also a film producer and a screenwriter. His name is George Clooney. He was born in May 6‚ 1961. For his work as an actor‚ he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. His latest film was The Ides of March (2011). Clooney’s humanitarian work includes raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake‚ and 2004 Tsunami. Clooney was born in Lexington‚ Kentucky
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A comparison between the three parodies in the poetry anthology ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ and ‘Come live with me and be my love’ are poems that show what the poets are willing to offer to their loves if they are to come to live with them. ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’ is an answer to the shepherd’s request. In all these poems‚ the first and last two lines of the stanzas rhyme. For example in “The Passionate Shepherd” the rhyming words are ‘love’ and ‘prove’; ‘fields’
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Discuss the representations of the various ‘other’ women in the novel: Mrs Reed‚ Miss Temple‚ Céline Varens‚ Blanche Ingram and‚ to a lesser extent‚ Bertha Mason. What does Jane learn from these women? Which are positive role models? Which are negative? Throughout the novel‚ there are female characters who are either positive or negative role models to Jane. Due to the novel being about Jane’s personal development‚ the portrayals of the role models are such as to highlight how they influence Jane’s
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Analyse how one film demonstrates features which can be considered as post-modern. Discuss with reference to concepts such as: pastiche‚ irony‚ fragmentation and parody. Film within the post-modern genre simply illustrates the ideas of postmodernism through expressive art. Postmodern can be defined as a “genre of art and literature… in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism” In this essay I will be outlining the key concepts as well as characteristics that can be found
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antagonism between Blanche and Stanley. Blanche’s dislike and condescending opinion towards Stanley are shown through the overheard conversation she had with Stella in Scene 4. When she unreservedly degrades Stanley by drawing parallels between him and a “survivor of the Stone Age”‚ she further says‚ “there’s even something- sub-human” and “ape-like about him”. Immediate antagonism is created as Blanche dehumanises him and despises him for his “bestial behaviour”. Stanley sees Blanche as a threat to
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Compare and contrast A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Write a brief essay (of approximately 1000 words) to comment on the two female protagonists’ (Nora Helmer and Blanche Duboi’s) relationship with men. A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams are two well-known plays that give rise to discussions over male-female relationships in old society. The female protagonists in the plays are women who are dependent
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Parodies can be found almost anywhere. An individual can search the internet for a piece of literature or movie that mocks another. A parody is made from virtually any piece of literature or event that the author chooses to ridicule. Some individuals may even claim that the parody is better than the original. However‚ the originality of parodies and whether these works can stand as their own are debated. Christopher Durang’s “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” and Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs
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movies is also noteworthy. The kinds of movies Lolita likes (musicals‚ underworlders‚ and westerners) are distinctly American‚ and relate to some of the themes and motifs of Lolita. Popular music is also frequently used in the novel. His humorous parody of the pop song with Carmen " foreshadows his engagement with American culture through Lolita. Humbert’s European ear also revises American idiom when he talk about his "west-door neighbor." (Lolita‚ p.
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