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    Shakespeare ’s comedies‚ Trevor Nunn ’s Twelfth Night and Kenneth Branagh ’s A Much Ado About Nothing [‘Much Ado ’]. Although both films can to an extent be seen as comedies with serious‚ almost tragic aspects inherent throughout‚ Nunn ’s film deals with these serious facets as central to the depiction‚ whereas Branagh‚ although not entirely ignoring the deeper issues‚ prefers a more light-hearted and visually attractive adaptation. Twelfth Night has been described as ‘like Hamlet in a comic vein

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    fog descends around the Tyrone ’s summer home‚ another fog falls on the family within. This fog is that of substance abuse‚ in which each of the four main characters of Eugene O ’Neill ’s play‚ Long Day ’s Journey into Night face by the end of Act IV. Long Day ’s Journey into Night is a metaphoric representation of the path from normalcy to demise by showing the general effects of substance abuse on human psychology and family dysfunctions through the characters Mary‚ Jamie‚ Edmund and Tyrone. <br> <br>Mary

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Book Review The novel “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” written by Mark Haddon revolves around an autistic boy called Christopher. The protagonist of this murder mystery novel is Christopher; a fifteen year-old single child who had a remarkable talent for math although lacks much social skill and dislikes being touched. Like many autistic sufferers Christopher loves pets and has one of his own‚ a pet rat. His decisions are always

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    and affecting‚’ said The New Yorker. ‘Clever and observant‚’ gushed The Washington Post. ‘Funny‚ sad‚ and totally convincing‚” added Time” (Moss 1). All these statements are pertaining to the riveting novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. First of all‚ this story recounts the tale of Christopher Boone‚ who suffers from autism through his own point of view. Christopher lives with his father‚ because he thought his mother had died‚ however his father lied. Christopher’s

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    “The Thousand and One Nights” (“Alf Layla Wa-Layla” in Arabic and often referred to as “The Arabian Nights” in reference to the first edition published in English)‚ is unique in its adaptability and resilience. Over a period of more than a thousand years‚ this book has continued to enrapture its readers as it has changed and evolved. It is impossible to find any definitive “true” version of the Nights. The tale has many authors from many places and seems to have consistently evolved since its earliest

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    Arabian Nights is a collection of tales from the Islamic Golden Age‚ compiled by Various authors over many hundreds of years. “A truth once seen by a single mind ends up by imposing itself on the totality of human Consciousness.” Though each collection features different stories‚ they are all centered on the frame story of the sultan Shahrayar and his wife‚ Scheherazade. After finding out that his first wife is Unfaithful‚ Shahrayar kills her and swears to marry a different woman each night before

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    Introducing Boobie Miles     Since it’s creation in 1869‚ football has become a crucial piece to American society.  On a typical Friday night in any small town‚ the sounds of the crowd‚ the band‚ and the cheerleaders can be heard from the dimly lit streets: this is the place where a town comes together as a community and becomes one through the hopes and dreams of the players on the field.  During his “mid-life crisis‚” author and reporter H.G. Bissinger abandoned his life in Pennsylvania and moved

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    Symbolism in Long Days Journey Into Night In Eugene O’Neil’s Long Days Journey Into Night symbolism is used on many occasions. The three prominent symbols‚ the fog‚ the foghorn‚ and Mary’s glasses‚ represent the characters isolation from reality. The symbols in Long Days Journey Into Night are used to substitute illusion for reality. Although Mary is the character directly associated with living in illusion‚ all characters in the play try to hide from the truth in their own ways

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    Film Due October 6‚ 2008 Night of the Living Dead Review Can a zombie movie in the late 1960s have shone light on racism? The movie “Night of Living Dead” written by John A. Russo and George A. Romero and directed by George A. Romero may have done just that. This movie released on October 1‚ 1968 may not have intended to do this but appears to have this affect on many viewers all the same. The main character and the only person to live through the zombie infested night was an African American

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    ‘At first Cole is afraid and hesitant to reveal his ‘sixth sense’. Why does Cole eventually feel able to tell others of his secret?’ The movie‚ Sixth Sense‚ is a psychological thriller directed by M.Night Shyamalon. It is a film about a troubled nine-year-old boy‚ Cole Sear‚ who can see ghosts that do not know they’re dead‚ and therefore‚ is called a ‘freak’ at school because of his actions towards them. Eventually‚ he becomes hesitant around other people‚ especially towards his mother‚ who cares

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