Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist‚ known for her feminist‚ magical realism‚ and picaresque works. In 2008‚ The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012‚ Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Biography Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne‚ in 1940‚ Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her maternal grandmother. As a teenager she battled against
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undergo similar experiences and have similar settings. The authors of both novels succeed in telling a moving story through their different writing styles. The writing in Water for Elephants is replete with colloquial language. The workers at the circus use broken English and common slang. Camel‚ for example‚ pleads with Blackie to let go of Jacob by saying‚ “Blackie‚ I’m tellin’ ya! We don’t need no trouble. Let ‘im go!” This vernacular lends much credence to the setting and the characters. Although
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ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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form of violence. For instance‚ the two boys who did the Columbine School shootings there was evidence found that before the shootings they would torture and shoot dogs and cats. Animal abuse is on the rise. The circus and the film industry both play a big part in animal abuse. In the circus they torture animals physically and mentally to train them. When an animal doesn’t do something right they use whips and punish the animals for not doing a trick correctly. They often will beat the animals until
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In 1952 there were multiple fantastic films that made it a close competition for best picture. I narrowed down my list of movies to The Quiet Man‚ High Noon‚ and The Greatest Show on Earth. I narrowed it down to these three because Moulin Rouge and Ivanhoe did not perform up to the standards it needed to have a chance at best picture. By thoroughly evaluating these films it has been determined that The Greatest Show on Earth clearly deserved to win its best picture award becuase of its emotional
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"A boy is a man in miniature‚ although he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue… he is also schemer‚ self-seeker‚ traitor‚ Judas‚ crook‚ and villain - in short‚ a man." (Davies 9). The theme of being twice born is prevalent through the novel Fifth Business and is strongly demonstrated by the characters‚ Dunny‚ Percy and Paul. All three change their names‚ deny their past and become what their parents could never have imagined. Consequently‚ at the end of the novel‚ the characters come full circle
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1: What is Cirque’s product and its strategy? Cirque is an artistic presentation of a circus without animals. According to Society of Human resource management‚ in 1984 a group of street performers‚ clowns‚ acrobats‚ and gymnasts banded together and formed the forerunner of Cirque du Soleil. The group toured Quebec and Ontario and then the United States‚ starting at the Los Angeles Arts Festival. In1992‚ Cirque performed in Asia for the first time. Since 1984‚ Cirque du Soleil has produced many
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around. Finally the thing that bugs me the most is not even the comments it’s the stupid questions‚I feel like those people who are really tall and get so annoyed that they end up making a sign about how tall they are and that they’re not in the circus. Now onto the question‚ are you really twins? Why would we say it if it wasn’t true‚ the who’s older question then they of course have to guess like it’s a game then right after that it’s the how are you older yet your shorter why would you even
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Annie Oakley: Not a true Feminist Annie Oakley survived the harsh‚ younger years of her life. She grew up isolated from her family‚ stricken with poverty and hunger. With these hardships though‚ she grew into an independent‚ graceful and successful woman known all around the world for her talents; talents of which were believed to be only for men. When Oakley rose to the spotlight‚ women were fighting for equality and more rights within society. Although she was a huge hit during these times
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings By Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Critical Analysis Callora‚ Hanna Krishna S. AB English 2 English 12 TTHS 4:00-5:25 Setting The story is set in a coastal area and it opens with an ongoing rainfall that has turned the world gloomy and gray. Everyone in this town was feeling sad because of the state of the beach and the stench of rotten fish. It was March and the rain had made the light weak during daytime and replaced the glimmer of the sands of the
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