"Doctor Zhivago" was directed by British director David Lean in 1965. It was adapted from the novel written by the Russian poet‚ Boris Pasternak. The novel won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The film tells the story about doctor Zhivago’s love for two women. It takes place during World War I‚ the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Doctor Zhivago was an orphan. He was raised by his mother’s friend and grew up with her daughter Tonya. After he graduated from college‚ Zhivago became
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Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003‚ being Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister and one of the longest-serving leaders in the whole Asia. Mahathir was born on the 10th July 1925 in Alor Setar‚ Kedah. He was the youngest among nine children. His dad‚ Mohamad Iskandar‚ was a schoolteacher whereas his mom‚ Wan Tampawan was a housewife. During the World War II‚ where the Japanese armies conquered the Malaya‚ Mahathir
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Many scholars have debated whether the actions of Macbeth and Doctor Faustus in Shakespeare’s and Marlowe’s plays come from the characters themselves or whether they were following a predetermined fate. In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ each character’s destiny‚ or fate‚ seems to be predetermined by the supernatural and unpreventable by any actions meant to stop it from occurring. The concept of fate is a large component in many Aristotelian Tragedies‚ such as Macbeth
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gravitate to a new way of thinking; to be optimistic or pessimistic. They either think the worst is coming and have already accepted their fate‚ or they pray for the best and try to sustain hope and keep others optimistic. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys‚ Lina Vilkas‚ a young woman living in Lithuania as Stalin‚ takes over‚ is set on a harrowing journey. Lina and family are forced to travel thousands of miles to a work camp by no fault of their own. During life‚ people experience varying
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The Conflict between Medieval and Renaissance Values in Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus‚ is a play by Christopher Marlowe‚ based on a folktale of Germantic people‚ in which a man by selling his soul to devil for passionately seeking for power‚ the power of knowledge for twenty-fourth years living in all voluptuousness with the servitude from Mephastophilis. In this play‚ it has revealed about sin‚ redemption or damnation‚ the influence of power on corrupting‚ the divided nature of man‚ and the
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In "Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment"‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Dr. Heidegger invited four of his elderly friends to his eerie study and asked them to help him in an experiment. He explained the experiment with an old‚ withered rose which he took from his magic black folio. He took the rose which he claimed was given to him fity five years ago by his now deceased fiance‚ and dropped it into a vase with water from the fountain of youth. His guests watched the rose turn back into a freshly-bloomed
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I never noticed how ambiguous my understanding of poverty was‚ nor have I put together the poverty-environment interaction before I went through the materials for this week. In the Gray and Moseley reading‚ poverty was defined as the inability to meet basic needs over time. As I was surprised to read about how the sub-Saharan African farmers have responded to population growth through agricultural intensification which led to better environments and less poverty‚ I realized how deeply rooted the
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ACCT201/EXERCISE QUESTION 4/CH.3 Question DMD.‚ opened a dental clinic on August 1‚ 2007. The business transactions for August are shown below: |Aug 1 |Dr. Cravati invested $280‚000 cash in the business in exchange for 1‚000 shares of capital stock. | |Aug 1 |Rented an office and paid 3-month rent in advance‚ $2‚000 | |Aug 4 |Land and building were purchased for $400‚000. Of this amount‚ $60‚000
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Losing someone dear is similar to the trek of a rugged mountain journey.These hills are similar to William Cullen Bryant’s poem thanatopsis where he said “The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun the vales /stretching in pensive quietness between”(20). Initially‚ the journey feels incredible‚ each step of the hike coated with the weight of grief. Yet‚ with time‚ the peaks and valleys of memory become comforting footholds‚ offering help amidst the feeling of loss. Just as mountains stand against
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Dr Zhivago Dr Zhivago has broken hearts for both readers and watchers all over the Eastern and Western world. This is the dramatic story of a young doctor during World War I‚ Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Yuri Zhivago wrote poems about his experiences and struggled during these hard times‚ and eventually they became a best-seller fictional novel. Movies have come out in honor of this tale and have touched people worldwide. However‚ every movie and series that comes out does not show all
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