“Death by Scrabble” written by Charlie Fish tells a story of a husband who‚ without a clear explanation‚ has an extreme hatred for his wife. While playing Scrabble on a hot summer day‚ he comes to believe that the words he is playing are coming true. After coming to this conclusion‚ he tries to think of words to play that will cause his wife’s death. But in the end‚ she ultimately “wins” the game. The husband‚ whose point of view the story is written‚ makes it obvious from the beginning that
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Australian contemporary artist Gordon Bennett’s acrylic painting Camouflage #7‚ references the war in Iraq and issues of secrecy‚ depicting the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Evident in Bennet’s incorporation of appropriation art in his creative method‚ ‘remix culture’ enables artists to open up and re-define the way language and images construct identity and history. An interdisciplinary art practice consisting of painting‚ print‚ photography‚ installation and performance reflects how Bennett
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Death of the Virgin Caravaggio 1605-1606. 12’ 1 ½” x 8’. Oil on canvas For Sanata Maria della Scala‚ Trastevere‚ Rome. Now in Louvre‚ Paris In 1605‚ Laerzio Cherubini commissioned Caravaggio to paint an altarpiece for his family’s chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere‚ Rome. The chapel was dedicated to the Transit of the Virgin. There was a particular decorum for the depiction of such a scene: the Virgin giving a pious gesture‚ some sort of ascension of Her soul‚ and
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A biographical sketch on Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey‚ born Orpah Gail Winfrey (Harpo productions 2013)‚ a top American talk show host‚ actress‚ producer‚ entrepreneur and philanthropist‚ was born on January 29 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi (A +E television networks‚ 1996). She lived in this small rural community with her mother‚ and underwent a troubled adolescent life experiencing sexual harassment from close male relatives and family friends. It is after her adolescent troubles that she moved
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Charlie and the Chocolate factory is one of two film adaptations of Roald Dahls 1943 children’s book. This 2005 rendition‚ directed by the eccentric Tim Burton‚ infamous for his dark fantastical works in film‚ is said to be most loyal to the book versus the 1971 version entitled Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory . Like the book‚ the film conveys a heavy theme of morality and family. The motif throughout the movie is bad children are punished while good children earn the coveted rewards.
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TASK #4- PERSONAL ESSAY Why Should all ENG4U students read Born to Rock by Gordon Korman "You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really‚ really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music‚ nobody plays the mandolin‚ and you’re too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle-earth. So what’s your style? Three chords‚ cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instruments are crap and you can’t play them worth a damn. And you scream your lungs out to cover up the fact
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Flowers for Algernon‚ the main character Charlie has an intellectual disability. He struggles with making friends and having good relationships with his family. There are services out there that could be helpful to Charlie. Easterseals‚ The MENTOR Network‚ and Fountain House would be helpful to Charlie and his family. However‚ Fountain House would be most helpful because it has teaching programs. They will get an education and learn how to interact with others. Charlie wasn’t able to do this at home
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November 2016 Argument Essay Ethics are a person’s standards and their morals. In the story "Flowers for Algernon‚" Charlie Gordon is a 32-year-old man who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will make him smarter. This procedure had already been performed on a laboratory mouse‚ Algernon‚ and made him smarter; Charlie will be the first human they try it on. Charlie Gordon’s doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. Charlie’s doctors did
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and styles are borrowed to create a new artwork. Gordon Bennett is an indigenous Australian who appropriates art styles and imagery to create his art. He used oil and acrylic paint on canvas to create The Outsider (1988)‚ which was a reflection on his own identity and indigenous issues. Bennett incorporates Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Starry Night (1889) and Bedroom At Arles (1888)‚ Romanesque sculptures and traditional indigenous painting styles. Gordon Bennett appropriated Vincent van Gogh’s post-impressionist
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Spencer – later known as Charlie Chaplin – followed in his parent ’s footsteps‚ taking up singing and acting from an early age. After a rocky film debut‚ Chaplin soon became a success in 1913 while touring in the US. With his role “The Tramp‚” Chaplin reached world fame. According to Chaplin himself‚ the force that propelled him and drove him onto the world stage that he came to inhabit was not primarily artistic inspiration‚ but a desire for money. Ingeborg Kohn‚ in Charlie Chaplin‚ Brightest star
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