General Purpose: The general purpose of this speech is to inform. Specific Purpose: The specific purpose of this speech is to inform my audience about the origins‚ development‚ and modern practices regarding Valentine’s Day. I. Introduction A. Valentine’s Day: the busiest day of the year for chocolate stores and flower shops. B. After preparing for two weeks at work‚ I started thinking about why we celebrate this day in the first place. C. The origins‚ development
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“Archetypes” Paragraph The myths share four main archetypes‚ while “Woman Who Fell..” has a fifth‚ different archetype. Archetypes are universal understood symbols that appears repeatedly in stories from different cultures and across time. The first archetype that they share is a world covered in water‚ the earth is flooded and has no land. This part relates to the Bible story “Noah’s Ark” when the whole earth flooded and was covered in water. The second archetype that the share is a Life-Giving
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The cold winter’s wind snaps at my face as I walk briskly down the street. The fog makes it impossible to see more than 5 metres in front of me. I look up just in time to see two figures appear out of the fog coming towards me. Running towards me. My feet are frozen to the ground. I can’t move. The figures get closer and I can make out their faces. “Piggy?” “Simon?” What are they doing here? Before I have time to react Piggy charges into me‚ forcing me to the ground and jumps on top of me. Simon
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and suffer from stress because of hard working and studying. Therefore‚ I spent one day with my family to have a trip to Bana Hill and it has left many deep impression for me. After this trip‚ I Ba Na - Chua Mount Tourist Area is located in Hoa Vang District‚ 30km from the centre of Danang City so it took me about 1 hour to arrive at Dream Creek Station of Ba Na hills by car. Then‚ we bought tickets to ride by cable car which is the longest cable car in the world. A modern system of cable cars
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state. After the reorganisation‚ the erstwhile Mahasu district and its major portion was merged with Shimla. Its name has been derived from the goddess Shyamala Devi‚ an incarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali. As of 2011 Shimla comprises 19 erstwhile hill states mainly Balson‚ Bushahr‚ Bhaji and Koti‚ Darkoti‚ Tharoch & Dhadi‚ Kumharsain‚ Khaneti & Delath‚ Dhami‚ Jubbal‚ Keothal‚ Madhan‚ Rawingarh‚ Ratesh‚ and Sangri. As a large and growing city‚ Shimla is home to many well-recognized colleges and
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The Hero’s Journey The Hero’s Journey model helps to understand myths much better because it summarizes in a more detailed way the most important things that happen in the history and makes the understanding easier because we can have a general and previous view of the main factors that appear in the myths to be able to choose what happens and to create an outline faster. According to narrative scholars the Hero’s Journey is a forms of basic template for all great stories. Described at length
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An Ideal Husband Analysis of characters Sir Robert Chiltern The play’s "tragic" hero‚ Sir Robert Chiltern is an accomplished government official‚ considered by all as an ideal husband and model politician. As described in the stage notes‚ Sir Robert has effected a violent separation of thought and emotion in his personality; moreover‚ he suffers from divided loyalties. Though a portrait of distinction and good breeding‚ Sir Robert conceals a blemished past. Extremely ambitious‚ he succumbed to
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An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde Themes The Rococo Tapestry Act I takes place against the backdrop of a Rococo tapestry‚ a representation of François Boucher’s "Triumph of Love" (1754). The "Triumph" allegorizes the victory of love over power: Venus points to Vulcan’s conquered heart‚ and the god gazes up at her like a love-sick boy. Though the most obvious reading might consider the tapestry as prefiguring the defeat of Mrs. Cheveley and reconciliation of the play’s
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There was no visible light out. It was calm out tonight; mid night dew still fresh on my boots. The smell of fresh pine covered the bare spot of the forest I was now camped in. It was time to break camp; camping too long in one spot could give away my posion. I quickly put away the rest of the salted pork in my left leg pocket and mounted my gun on my right shoulder. I started to stand up‚ but very slowly as to not alert a fly. I finally reach mid standing (not quite standing‚ but not quite crouching
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The nineties was a very significant decade because it had many crucial moments in Canadian history. Some defining moments would include the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the on to Ottawa track‚ and the persons case. Without the nineties Canada wouldn’t really be what it is today. One of the biggest events that occurred in that decade was the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Some say it was the time Canada surfaced from under Britain’s supremacy; others feel that it was a time of Canada’s independence. It was a tough
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