Most students typically groan and complain at the task of reading for English class‚ but some pieces of literature are truly beneficial for teens to read. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare are commonly known as novels read in high school. Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennett as she tries to follow her heart during the Regency Period; Romeo and Juliet follows two lovers from two feuding families. Pride and Prejudice is relevant to teens and is
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Sutharsan Raguram Ms. Andreopoulos ENG 3U1 Friday‚ May-04-12 “Power as a Corrupting Force in Frankenstein and Macbeth” Power as a corrupting force has been present from the beginning of time and is often revealed in many works of literature. In the novel Frankenstein by Marry Shelly and Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ corruption of power is well brought forth in the characters in both texts. In both stories‚ characters reveal power as a corrupting force through their thirst of knowledge. Characters
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Growing up more than half of my life in New Orleans‚ Louisiana and then moving to Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana‚ I find that the distance of the two cities is so close. Baton Rouge is far behind New Orleans in many ways. Although there are some features of the two cities that are alike‚ there’s an abundance of differences. For Instance‚ in New Orleans the food is full of soul. It’s compared to country food because of its fatty‚ tasteful‚ and very unhealthy‚ but it taste so good. A better word for it
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“To kill a Mockingbird” was set in the 1930s and “The Help” was set in the 1960s. Both book and movie were bad and the black people were not treated right‚ but I am going to start with the mockingbird. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was in Maycomb Alabama. It this time the white people had servants and maids‚ unfortunately the were not treated well. The maids of that household would cook clean and even take care of the white people’s children. The white people at that time did not
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Some people say that the story being told by the narrator must be true because they have lived it but i say the narrator is so unreliable that the only thing that can been seen as truthful in the film is the fact that a story is being told. In the films “Rashomon” and “Memento” the narrators tone changes throwout out the movie leaving the viewer in a situation where they don’t know what actually happened. This makes the film not to find truth‚ but to have the viewer create a hypothesis even if there
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Katniss Everdeen & Chris Stewart Imagine being only 14‚ having to take care of your family‚ worrying about shelter and food for your whole family. This was the situation Katniss Everdeen and Chris Stewart were put in. Something like this rarely happens and it’s not fair to the kids that is does. Normally you can’t compare fictional characters and nonfiction characters. However; in this situation it is very easy because they both had a similar childhood and upbringings. They both came out on top
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The novel Private Peaceful and the short story "The Best Christmas Present in the World" are both by Michael Morpurgo‚ however the author is not the only thing that connects the two. When looking at these stories you realise just how similar they are‚ mainly the characters‚ plot and many of the themes. However‚ these stories are also very different‚ and the main characters face challenges that are different to each other yet hold just as much importance. Tommo‚ our narrator in Private Peaceful
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Portrayal of Paris: City in Cleo from 5 to 7 and Inception A city‚ the icon of a lifestyle completely different from the others‚ is a creation of modernity‚ social contrast and cultural collisions. The city of Paris is one of the most well known cities in the world and the main setting for both films‚ Cleo from 5 to 7(Dir. Varda‚ 1961) and Inception(Dir. Nolan‚ 2010). Even though both filmmakers chose to set their films in the same geographical location‚ Agnes Varda’s Paris is very different from
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In the ballet there are many different approaches to many different pieces. There is more modern/contemporary approach to ballet in this day and age and more of a classical take on ballet when it first came about. Out of all the ballets in the world that have been dances and performed‚ I will be reviewing Romeo and Juliet (1940) and Radio and Juliet (2005) approaches. Besides the time difference and the ballet itself‚ there are many differences and similarities that these two pieces share and will
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In Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood there are many stories of Goddesses from around the world. Based on the region the symbolism and attributes associated with these Goddesses tend to vary dependent on the culture or religion of the natives. An example of this contrast can be illustrated through Lilith‚ a Goddess derived from Sumerian tablets‚ and White Shell Woman‚ a Navajo deity. The first Goddess‚ Lilith who gave the gift of grain and birth the moon was said to be the first wife of Adam. As his wife
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