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    The Castle of Otranto

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    Gothic texts are distinguished by the conventions they explore. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole‚ The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe and Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridgem all create an atmosphere of mystery and suspense and highlight to cruel terrors and passions prevalent in Gothic texts. In atmosphere of gloom and terror can be conveyed through medieval setting and inexplicable occurances. In the Castle of Otranto‚ various events occur‚ which are completely arbitrary

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    GEOGRAPHY - SAND DAMS

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    Sand Dams in Kenya WHAT IS A SAND DAM? A Sand Dam is a steel reinforced concrete wall built across a sandy riverbed. During rainy seasons‚ a seasonal river forms and carries soil (consisting of sand and silt) which moves downstream. The heavy sand builds up behind the dam‚ whereas lighter sand and silt washes over the wall of the dam. Within the space of one to four rainy seasons‚ these dam types get completely filled with sand. However‚ approximately 40% of the volume held behind the dam

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    Acting is a vital tool utilised to establish character used in ’Picnic at Hanging Rock’ to bring alive the divine‚ the norm and the traditional. In Sara’s case the combination of her timid and quiet tone‚ slow pace and her lack of hand gestures/ general movement‚ small presence and stiff posture aid to create a character that is quite average - a reserved yet eerie character. In comparison Miranda is described as a very different sort of person - she has a calming quiet voice that still demands attention

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    The Castle of Otranto

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    people of the town attributed the marriage of Conrad at such a young age to Manfred’s fear of an ancient prophecy. The prophecy stated that the Castle and Lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it. On the day of the wedding‚ a large helmet appeared in the courtyard of the castle. When the family and all the guests saw the helmet‚ they noticed Conrad‚ crushed‚ underneath it. Theodore noticed that the helmet looked like

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    Castle Doctrine

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    Jamarco Edwards ENGL 1304 March 22‚ 2012 Castle Doctrine A castle doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal doctrine that designates a person’s abode (or‚ in some states‚ any place legally occupied‚ such as a car or place of work) as a place in which the person has certain protections and immunities

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    Castle Neuschwanenstein

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    Castle Neuschwanstein is a global symbol for the era of Romanticism and one of the most popular destinations in Europe. It is located in the German state Bavaria and with 1.6 million visitors per year one of the mostly visited castles in the world. In the following report I’m going to tell about the history and the meaning of the castle nowadays. Castle Neuschwanstein is one of the three castles that were built by Ludwig ll‚ who

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    The Glass Castle

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    A person’s childhood or past should not define who they are or become. In the narrative text‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls expresses the life of homelessness‚ neglect‚ and poverty in her childhood. The author uses characterization‚ imagery‚ and epiphany to convey the truth that the difficulties in your past should not have to alter who you become in the future. Walls uses characterization in her text to describe her parents’ personality and who they were to her during her childhood. Jeannette’s

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    This essay shows my interpretation on Juan Luna’s painting‚ “Picnic in Normandy”. I made this essay for my ArtStudies2 class. Ermmm… the painting is at the Vargas Museum‚ University of the Philippines – Diliman‚ Quezon City‚ Philippines. If you have time to visit our university‚ drop by at the Vargas Museum coz there are lots of things to appreciate there. :) The painting entitled‚ Picnic in Normandy‚ is the painting that caught my attention when I visited the Vargas Museum. It is an oil painting

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    Glass Castle

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    ESL 400 Koffi Dibi 02/26/2013 Learning how to value life. The glass castle is a memoir of Jeannette Walls (author and narrator). In this memoir‚ she is relating the neglectful way that her and siblings (Maureen‚ Brian and Lori) have been raised by their parents Rex and Rose Mary Walls. For this reason‚ the CPS (Child Protective Service) decided to make an investigation to know rather or not they should remove the custody of the Walls children to their parent. For me good

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    The Castle of Otranto

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    Title: The Castle of Otranto Author: Horace Walpole Year: 1764 First Gothic novel: horror‚ romance‚ fiction‚ fear. Motto of the book: Fathers’ sins are hereditary. Gothic novel - an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries‚ characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting. (shocking people‚ gloomy‚ dark‚ depressing‚ also mental fog‚ different symbols‚ voices

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