Career Portfolio Genevieve Allen Devry University 5/31/15 Table of Contents Statement of Authenticity - 4 - Personal Mission Statement - 4 - Elevator Speech - 4 - Education Background - 5 - Resume - 5 - Professional Development and Training - 7 - Awards and Accomplishments - 7 - Volunteer History - 7 - Professional Affiliation - 8 - Career Path - 8 - Work Samples - 8 - References - 8 - Statement of Authenticity This is to confirm that this is the portfolio of Phalisha Stevens. It contains
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Negative Capability: An Analysis of the Ambiguous Motive for Murder and Class Conflict in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe This literary study will define the ambiguous motives for murder in the theoretical framework of “negative capability” in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe’s application of “negative capability” is defined in the ambiguous motives that Montresor possess in the murder of his old friend‚ Fortunato. Negative capability is defined in the way
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Kom: A Maya Village: The Folk-Urban Continuum The "folk-urban continuum" model elaborated by Robert Redfield continues to reappear from time to time in various guises. The concept of the continuum has been attacked as being simplistic‚ and overgeneralized‚ not least because many geographers have detected village-type communities within large cities. Redfield’s speculations about what he saw as the significant changes from the folk to the urban end of the continuum are based on studies conducted in
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everything of this world‚ isn’t so clearly black and white? To some‚ could telling be okay? From a different perspective‚ could theft be acceptable? Or could a murderous act be within the realms of justification? A short story “The Dark Eye” by Edgar Allen Poe is a unique‚ disturbing‚ and dark story. This story describes a young man who commits murder. He murders an old man who he has a close relationship with‚ simply because there was something about this old mans eye. He explains this eye‚ as if the
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Edgar Allen Poe’s short story Ligeia‚ in a style much like that of The Fall of the House of Usher‚ has all the makings of a classic‚ gothic horror tale. It is a story of a love so strong that it overcomes the realms of death. The unnamed narrator is so in love with the Lady Ligeia‚ as she is with him‚ that her untimely death soon after their marriage was unable to separate them. Ligeia rejoins the narrator in life through the body of another‚ Lady Rowena Trevanion of Tremaine. Rowena is the second
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“The Tell-Tale Heart” Summary What would you do if you had a eye that never left you alone‚ day or night? That is what the narrator had to deal with in The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. In The story takes place in the house of the elderly man. In the story‚ the main character the Narrator wants to get rid of the man’s decrepit eye. The Narrator also would like to eradicate the sound of the deceased man’s heart. Nevertheless he is momentarily paused by the anguish he feels for the elderly man
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Anna Sergeyevna and Elisa Allen: Misery Loves Company Anna Sergeyevna and Elisa Allen have many likes and differences. Although their husbands are very different they are both unsatisfied with life as they know it. Anna Sergeyevna is twenty two years old. The narrator described her as a young and beautiful woman who is identified by her dog. Fired by curiosity she rushed into a marriage at the early age of twenty. As a result of getting married so young she quickly became bored
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Michael Montgomery Period 6 11/30/05 Edgar Allen Poe Death Theory The true cause of the death for famous author and poet Edgar Allen Poe remains largely in debate leaving the question of how it really happened to be answered‚ but just how much of a mystery is it really? Simply‚ one of the most popular ideas of his death seems to make the most sense. Poe died of his own destructive behavior involving alcohol‚ the most important factor in the events that built up towards his ultimate death
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By definition‚ the use of allusions permits writers to simplify complex ideas or emotions. Additionally‚ the use of Greek allusions gives a slight extra effect of dreamlike and magical effects. Edgar Allen Poe‚ a poet of the Romantic Movement‚ is one of the greatest American writers to emerge during the nineteenth century. Poe’s poem‚ "To Helen‚" first published in 1831 alludes to the one and only‚ the beautiful Helen of Troy. This poem is about the appreciation of a woman’s beauty; not only concerning
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Response 3 Owen Wilson stars in Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen as Gil Pender‚ a man looking to find happiness through finally writing his novel. Jumping into an adventure full of movement‚ fantasy and love he experiences the night time of Paris in the 1920’s by travelling back in time. Through Gil we see the reflection of the modern man through the conflict with tradition and modernity‚ self-realization and movement. In the opening scene of the movie‚ we see the city of Paris in its honest
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