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    Although they are chasing different goals‚ they both can’t see the reality and are caught up in a fantasy. Willy is after success in the business world by being well-liked and has already attained personal success with his wife and sons. On the other hand‚ Gatsby is after

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    The piece of Art‚ Smiling Girl‚ a Courtesan Holding an Obscene Image‚ painted by Gerrit van Honthorst in 1625 can be seen at the Saint Louis Art Museum. I was initially drawn to this image from across the gallery mostly due to the subject’s bright red dress with gold sleeves‚ it was one of the brightest colored images in the gallery. It is about three feet tall and two feet wide‚ it is an oil on canvas painting. As I approached the image‚ I was still intrigued as the image she is holding is of a

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    The Baroque Era The Seventeenth Century Nikita Reid   “A General Overview of the Chapter” During the end of the sixteenth century to the mid eighteenth century‚ the Baroque Era prospered in Europe and its provinces. This section studies the Baroque expressions and the political setting against which they created. The writing of this period incorporated various subjects and structures‚ some recognizable yet numerous new and inventive. As the government developed progressively absolutist the

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    POV shot is used a couple times through out this film like when Scotty was looking down from the roof at his first accident. It’s also used when Scotty is following madeleine. It’s used also when he’s looking down the steps at the church when he’s chasing madeleine before she dies. I this a model is probably used when madeleine jumps off of the roof of the church when she kills herself. In this paragraph we will talk about Hitchcock’s trademarks. Hitchcock has a liking for James Stewart as we have

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    reader does not believe that Huck would bring himself to shoot his own father‚ the action of Huck shows that he will have no mercy for his father. His father‚ likewise‚ has no mercy for Huck. This is seen when Pap is chasing Huck with a knife‚ granted he is drunk‚ but none-the-less chasing Huck with a knife. We as readers believe that even if Pap was not drunk‚ he would still kill his son‚ and this is shown in the same incident by hearing Huck declare that he is indeed Huck‚ not someone else that Pap

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    the human race in choosing a life style choice: “The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way‚ to locate the most tender and live spot and plug into that pulse” (66). This portrays the weasel’s skill of focus; the focus of chasing your passion in a way that keeps you alive. By thinking single-mindedly as the weasel does‚ we as people will strive for what most fulfills our need for greatness and reaching our prominent goal. I would use the ability of focus to my advantage when

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    compounded by having students from different programmes mixed together and uncertainty at the beginning of the year about who was supposed to be in which class‚ especially in the first year when information comes relatively late in the day. A system of ‘chasing’ students was in place but depended on getting information from tutors. Even when this was forthcoming‚ it was often partial‚ resulting in several letters being sent to students about different units. Furthermore‚ if a student missed three classes

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    Dido In The Aeneid

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    was hurled‚ which unaware acting from afar‚ the shepherd with a dart pierces between the grove of the Cretians‚ and not knowing leaves the swift iron. (lines 68-72‚ Virgil). In the sentence above‚ the wandering deer is clearly symbolism of Dido chasing after her love for Aeneas and the arrow in its side shows how their love will only serve to destroy the both of them. Virgil strongly believes that love should not be the utmost priority in one’s life. Dido had a city to take care of‚ and Aeneas had

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    author has incorporated a racial aspect in the poem by showing referring to the white land. This is not his land‚ this is the “white land”. He is doing back breaking labor for “whites”‚ probably not what he expected as the young man full of hope chasing the American dream. The author also includes social class aspects in this poem. The poem ends with the man‚ now here in the United States for fifty years‚ still smelling the onions on his fingertips. (Miranda-Maloney‚ n.d.) This leads me to believe

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    The characters are Walter‚ Ruth (Walter’s wife)‚ Beneatha (Walter’s sister)‚ Travis (Walter’s son)‚ and Lena Young the mother of Walter and Beneatha. Throughout the play is she known as mama. While others in life are chasing stars or love the characters in this book were chasing their dreams. They were trying to seek a better future that almost seemed as impossible like reaching for a raisin in the sun. Mama’s dream of getting a house in a safe neighborhood and keeping her family happy is most

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