FLYIN’ WEST by Pearl Cleage A Guide for Study Montclair State University Theatre Department Feb 24– 27‚ 2005 Flyin’ West Study Guide Prepared by Catherine Rust‚ Dramaturg TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction …………………………………………………………………1 Play Synopsis ………………………………………………………………..1 Historical Context A Country Divided ………………………………………………….2 Slave Life ……………………………………………….…...3 Seminole Culture ……………………………………………4 Emancipation Proclamation …………………………………………4 Reconstruction ………………………………………………………5
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Kanye West did it again. He placed Ellen DeGeneres in an awkward spot after he went on a rant about clothes‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Picasso and Barack Obama. Though it’s not a strange thing to see Kanye go on a full monologue whenever he gets the chance. However‚ when he guested on Ellen‚ he occupied a whole six minutes. Ellen DeGeneres is one of the world’s most loved television daytime talk show hosts and she’s known to invite guests into some funny and cheery discussions. But when Kanye West came
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Doha west power Generation and Water Distillation Station is one of the main base load plants of the country governed by the ministry of electricity and water‚ government of Kuwait. This power station is situated in Doha‚ located approx. 15 km to the west of Kuwait city. This power station is composed of eight power generating units of 300 M.W. capacity each and 16 water distillation units of 6/6.2 million imperial gallons per day capacity each. In all‚ power station is capable of generating 2400
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woman’s daughter‚ exchanging glances with an older man‚ Komarovsky. The second time‚ Lara tried to shoot Komarovsky at a party and instead wounded a prosecutor from the courts. Lara is married to Pasha‚ a young soldier who is missing‚ and she has come west to find him. She has a daughter‚ Katya‚ whom she has left in Yuryatin‚ her birthplace in the Urals.
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long report on Mondays. The West Gates have been a popular conversational topic around the water cooler. Its lines have been undoubtedly long. Sadly‚ though‚ when I timed the lines I did not get to experience the infamously 20minute long line. I only got up to 14minutes max‚ around 12:45 pm and 1:15 pm. My original theory was that it could be due to Occidentals attractive goods like food trucks and shops. That made sense to me‚ but I had never really saw the West Gates in actions‚ so yesterday
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In this video‚ Dr. Tackett talks about history. He does this by stating the differences in the past‚ the present‚ and the future. He goes on to say that historical revisionism is the same as a lie (Tackett et al‚ 2011). Individuals rewrite history to benefit themselves‚ which is the same reason that someone lies. Tackett compares the number of manuscripts that various famous books have. Although there are over 24‚000 manuscripts for the Bible‚ it is still the book that gets attacked the most
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. These additional plants add to the business of the piece because of the bright colors they are distinguished by. Because of the landscape‚ the artist was able to capture the setting he was familiar in his lifetime. It seems as if the artist created proportions for each focus of the piece. The mountains‚ sky and people and animals each take up 1/3rd of the painting. By proportioning the piece‚ the artist was able to help spectators focus on certain aspect of the painting. Since there is so many
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Stephen Aron’s book How the West Was Lost gives a complex and yet insightful view of the transformation of the Western Frontier and the role Kentucky placated on Americas expansion. Aron agrees with in Frederick Jackson Turner’s view of Kentucky’s significance in the westward expansion of America. Aron starts off with “the world of Daniel Boone gave way to that of Henry Clay.”1; this sets the stage with Aron showing a link from one way of life to the transformation to the next stage of the transformation
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development of the their political structure. The government systems in ancient Africa varied or completely changed based on the region. In west Africa two of the most significant African empires were born the Ghana empire and the Mali empire each with similar political structures. The Ghana empire ruled over a noticeable area portion of the sub-Saharan located in west Africa and would also impose authority on neighboring civilizations. The empire was divided into a number of provinces ruled partially
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Affairs "Ten Miles West of Venus" by Judy Troy is about a minister who visits a friend who stops attending Sunday service after her husband commits suicide. They have a conversation about the one time they kissed passionately. When the minister attempts to sway his friend into coming back to church‚ she admits to worrying about the people of their congregation being ashamed to have her part of their church because of the suicide. The minister admits that there might be a few people‚ but the majority
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