Old Acquaintance Old Acquaintance is a melodrama film that was released in 1943 by Warner Brothers‚ directed by Vincent Sherman. Melodrama films are dramatic and focus on exaggerating the plot and characters. This film was an adaptation of a John Van Druten play in 1940. Old Acquaintance kept to the melodrama genre well by dragging out seemingly useless stories that often had nothing to do with the issue at hand‚ such as Millie Drake’s daughter having frivolous sexual relations with brought
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I have done my research project on Norma Jeane Baker‚ better known as Marilyn Monroe. She was born June 1st 1926‚ in Los Angeles‚ California. She died at age 36 in Brentwood‚ California‚ August 5‚ 1962. I wanted to do Marilyn Monroe because she was going through so much with all the rumors‚ losing jobs‚ and having no family‚ but‚ she still did what she wanted to and when she wanted to do it. She didn’t care what people thought about her‚ she was still going to be herself. Norma had a tragic childhood
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In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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Ariel Sharon was the former 11th prime minister of Israel between 2001-2006. He had led invasions towards Palestine and other neighboring countries before and during his political time‚ in efforts to keep an Jewish state they already have. Ariel Sharon has devoted towards the Arab-Israeli conflict by his actions‚ which set the feelings that Israelis and Palestinians have for each other during this conflict. Ariel Sharon was born on February 26‚ 1928‚ in what once was Palestine‚ under his Zionist
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Poem Analysis--Model The poem I love best‚ the poem that I want to memorize and memorialize is: To be of use by Marge Piercy. I discovered this poem to share with Kendra‚ a young friend who graduated from college. She wants a career that allows her to give back to society so the title caught my attention. Kendra‚ like me‚ seeks meaningful work; this poem not only speaks to Kendra‚ it speaks to me as well; it has since become my favorite poem. The title‚ To be of use‚ is appropriate for this piece—Piercy
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In the poem “Sestina‚” the author‚ Elizabeth Bishop‚ depicts a painful story of a grandmother and a child living with loss. Most readers who have some knowledge of Bishop’s biography would assume that the poem reflects the time in her childhood when she lived in Nova Scotia‚ after her mother had been committed to an asylum (Sanger 47). The story begins in a kitchen on a rainy afternoon in September‚ with both the grandmother and the child having tea and reading the almanac. While the grandmother
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‘Minority’ – Unseen poem analysis Minority is a poem about feeling displaced and rejected from society. It conveys to the reader how helpful literature can be in voicing important opinions to society. The poem communicates the idea of exclusion and the feeling of being unwanted to the reader through meaningful lexical choices and imagery. Dharker begins with the line “I was born a foreigner.” It is impossible to be born a foreigner‚ as everybody is born somewhere. However‚ this line helps
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life full of hardship‚ immense misfortune‚ and ultimately death Onomatopoeia “BOOM” This is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of a gunshot. This helps the poem become more lively and interesting by this use of onomatopoeia as you can hear the gunshot which correlates with death. Furthermore‚ this bluntly states the theme which is that drugs kill people and helps the theme become more impactful. This also helps set the mood of the poem which would be frightful as when you hear the “BOOM” you
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In Edgar Alan Poe’s poem titled‚ “Alone”‚ he conveys a sense of loneliness at a young age. Poe contains a pessimistic outlook on life stemming from the fact he never had an actual childhood‚ he was always alone and this made him categorize himself as “different from the others”. He uses several different examples of figurative language to exhibit his tone and implicitly portray his inner thoughts. Poe initiates the poem with a lonely‚ somber tone and as the story escalates he shifts to a more dark
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would describe the architectural design of The New Sacristy. Located in the right transept of the San Lorenzo church‚ Michelangelo began the New Sacristy in 1519. The New Sacristy recalls Brunelleschi’s Old Sacristy‚ the two chapels are similar regarding materials and purpose. The New Sacristy and the Old Sacristy both contain the tombs of members of the Medici family. The statues and tombs form a unique relationship with the Architecture of the New Sacristy. Although the New Sacristy was being modeled
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