even if it mean killing a person or having sex with someone‚ whether boyfriend or husband. When Velma told Roxie Hart she had a good idea or a plan to move up to the top Roxie would take that idea and use it and move herself up the ladder. Catherine Zeta-Jones portrayed Velma Kelly; Ms. Kelly was good on the stage and she was beautiful as well as having plenty of sex appeal. When men in town knew that Velma Kelly was performing‚ the club would sell out.
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Haley Wiedenman English 101 Brit Ashley 4/8/11 When reading “A Mutable Self”‚ by Mary Catherine Bateson‚ I am forced to analyze why I am myself. For several years I have stubbornly believed that I have become myself by myself alone and have not been influenced by the things and people around me. I didn’t want to admit that I am in fact tightly connected to people of my past and they have influenced who I am greatly. Bateson makes it clear in her writing that “no one –fetus‚ child‚ or adult-
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Miss Brill Miss Brill is a story about Miss Brill‚ a middle-aged English teacher living by the Public Gardens in a French town. As the story begins‚ she decides to wear a fur during her usual walking in the park‚ on a Sunday afternoon. The fur is very special to her and she thinks of it as a living creature. She hasn’t worn it for a long time and now feels happy‚ feeling her “dear little thing” on her body. When she arrives at the park‚ she notices that there’re more people than last Sunday and
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Catherine is the most important person Henry. The story starts in Italy during World War I. The protagonists are Lieutenant Henry Frederick‚ a volunteer ambulance driver for the Italians‚ and Catherine Barkley‚ a British nurse. Henry loves Catherine so much that he deserts the war. Catherine is a safe place for Henry to retreat to when he is hurt. In the same way she is a roof to protect from the rain. Understanding‚ calm‚ and courageous in the face of death are the traits that describe Catherine
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Research Paper Kate Chopin was named Catherine O’Flaherty in St.Louis‚ where she was born on February 8‚ 1850. Chopin was brought up in a home dominated by women. Her father‚ a successful Irish businessman that died when she was five years old. Her mother was Eliza Faris came from a old French family that lived closely to St.Louis. Chopin spent her childhood in a attic constantly reading new books as well as being told stories about her great-great-grandmother who was a very successful person. Chopin
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the character traits and lives of the empresses after whom this name takes. The more significant of these being Queen Elizabeth of Russia as it was not long after her reign that Karamzin wrote Poor Liza. Elizabeth was born to Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia; however due to the fact that her parents’ marriage was not publically acknowledged at the time of her birth‚ this would be a detail used to challenge her legitimacy to the throne by political opponents (Antonov‚ 104).In her outward appearance
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Have we become a world that has forgotten how to listen and debate? Why are people so quick to argue? Everyone wants to prove their point these days. In “The Argument Culture‚” Deborah Tannen discusses how today’s society no longer honors the noble American tradition of debate. She explains how we no longer want to take the time to listen to both sides and definitely not all sides of an issue. We have become a society that would rather fight and argue‚ often to the point of violence.
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Catherine Barkley Catherine Barkley is the chief female character in the novel. She is an English volunteer nurse who serves in Italy. When we first see her‚ she is ‘a little crazy.’ She is hit by the war even before she meets Henry. Her fiancé of eight years was blown to pieces in the Battle of the Somme. It was an experience that has affected her mental health. Perhaps that is the reason why she appears emotional‚ excitable‚ and anxiety-ridden when we first meet her. She does not think much
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The Multiple Choice Section This section can be extremely challenging. Each question has 5 possible responses. The raw score for this section is figured by adding one point for each correct answer and subtracting 1/4 point for each one that is answered incorrectly. The incorrect answers are called distractors‚ and some of them will seem like they could be right. But there is always only one correct answer‚ and if you fill in more than one oval for a particular question on your response sheet‚
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In 1783‚ the Russian Empire under Tsarina Catherine the Great annexed the Crimean Peninsula. With the constant pushing for the Russian annexation of the region by Prince Potemkin‚ Catherine the Great finally agreed to take the Peninsula. She justified the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula “by pointing out that Russia had never received her just gains from the war of 1768-74.” Eventually‚ the Ottomans accepted the annexation‚ as the reaffirming of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca signaled‚ as it was
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