Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. She attended the University of Mohamed-V in Rabat‚ University College in London and University of Southern California--where she earned her Ph.D. in linguistics. She is currently a teacher of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits is about four immigrants: Aziz‚ Halima‚ Murad and Faten who try to cross the Strait of Gibraltar on a life boat. Each following chapter focuses on their
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quickly into Tunisia before the Germans could block there move. The British eighth army opened an offensive at El Alamein after defeating a prior Axis offensive. In November of 1942 the US Navy put the army forces on land near Casablanca. While troops were being released into Casablanca by the US Navy‚ the British Navy was unloading troops near Oran and Algiers. The total invasion consisted of more than 400 ships‚ 1000 planes and roughly 107‚000
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They are masters at make-believe. They like to act out grown-up roles and create imaginary situations. Costumes and equipment that help them in their pretend worlds are important. Why this toy is safe for the age group: When buying costumes for this age group check the following things about it: It should be labeled as flame resistant or flame retardant. There are no parts on the costume that are small enough to choke the child (can test by eyeballing the parts to see if they look small enough
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employs a multitude of production elements that led to the success of the play and made the production even more interesting for the audience. The three production elements that I felt that “Peter and the Starcatcher” employed the best were lighting‚ costumes‚ and the overall set and props used. The first production element that was used successfully within “Peter and the Starcatcher” was lighting. As the barn is such a small place‚ there are not many options for lighting‚ due to the size of the space
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coupled with a perfect setting to clearly convey love at first sight to the viewer The clothing in Lurhmann’s version make love at first sight symbolic and easier to understand. In the party scene‚ Romeo is wearing a knight costume and Juliet is wearing an Angel costume. These costumes show symbolism that Romeo is the Prince trying to rescue Juliet who is the Princess. On the other hand‚ Zeffirelli’s version of the party scene Juliet is in a red dress with a gold headband. Romeo is wearing a silver mask
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seems to be mainly the actors‚ the performance would never be at its full potential without the rest of the team working behind set. These people include: The makeup team The person that designs and puts together the set The lighting team The costume team Each one of these jobs are crucial to the performance and to the rest of the company. The makeup team: The people that are involved with the design making and the appliance of the makeup give the actors more of an obvious character. In my
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(McEwan‚1978)‚ Gender roles are the roles that each gender gets that shows people how they are supposed to act. Gender roles have been planted in the heads of humans since the beginning of time. The article “Boys and Girls‚ Constrained by Toys and Costumes” written by Claire Cain Miller on NY TIMES which came out October 15‚ 2015 talks about the gender roles planted in the heads of little kids. Ever since people where kids‚ parents have told them that it is not okay for girls to have wallets and it
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OLE MAS IN TRINIDAD The festival dates back to the 18th century‚ and the influx of French Catholic planters – both white and free coloured – their slaves‚ and free blacks in the 1780s. The white and free coloured both staged elaborate masquerade balls at Christmas and as a “farewell to the flesh” before the Catholic Lenten season‚ with each group mimicking the other in their masking and entertainment. The West African slaves of these planters as well as free coloureds had their own masking traditions
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no transitions at all.(Vice-versa) | There are no/poor blockings and no/poor transitions. | Costumes and Props(durability‚ relevance) | Costumes and props are relevant to the theme and are durable. | Costumes and props are less relevant to the theme but are durable. | Costumes are relevant to the theme but props are not durable. | Costumes are irrelevant and props are not durable. | There are no costumes and props at all. | Originality | Songs are originally composed by presenters and dance steps
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Cosplay is the short term used for the phrase “costume play”. It is an activity which requires every participant to wear costumesand accessories to represent a specific character or idea from a work of fiction. In cosplaying‚ it is not unusual to see genders switched because some are known for choosing characters to be portrayed based on the attractiveness of their costume and even on how revealing it was. The characters chosen to be cosplayed are often based
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