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    despised. Dreiser’s first novel‚ SISTER CARRIE‚ was partly based on the experiences of one of his sisters. SISTER CARRIE is the story of Carrie Meeber‚ a poor girl alone in Chicago. She lives with a traveling salesman and then runs off to New York with George Hurstwood‚ a prosperous married man. Hurstwood’s fortunes decline‚ and he becomes a bum and commits suicide. Carrie finds success‚ but not happiness‚ as an actress. Dreiser wrote JENNIE GERHARDT (1911)‚ another novel of desire and fate. However‚

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    4/12/2013 Professor G Written Assignment George Washington In my opinion I believe that Washington handled Americas domestic and foreign problems very well during the time of his presidency. Whenever there was a problem Washington had a good way of finding solution for whatever problem was presented to him. The neutrality proclamation was a very big one‚ as was the

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    UNIVERSITY OF TARTU DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE THE CONTEMPORARY SHREW: AN ANALYSIS OF TWO MODERNISED FILM APPROPRIATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE ’S THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BA thesis LIIS KAASIK SUPERVISOR: LECT. RAILI PÕLDSAAR TARTU 2008 ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the contemporary context and genre conventions have affected the representation of different characters and the plot in two modernized film versions of The Taming of the Shrew‚ ShakespeaRe-Told

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    and raised awareness of contemporary social and moral issues. It also provided and continues to provide a medium through which playwrights can express their views about societal values‚ attitudes and morals. A Doll’s House‚ for example‚ is the tragedy of a Norwegian housewife who is compelled to challenge law‚ society and her husband’s value system. It can be clearly recognized as a realistic problem drama‚ for it is a case where the individual is in opposition to a hostile society. Ibsen’s sympathy

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    Because on that night‚ tragedy struck. On that night‚ Neil Perry committed suicide. That was the story of Neil Perry‚ the high achieving yet ill-fated young man in Dead Poets Society. Some may argue that Dead Poets Society is not a tragedy because although the death of any human being is sad‚ it is not necessarily tragic. Others would say there could be nothing more tragic than the loss of such a promising young man. The question remains: Is Dead Poets Society a tragedy? In Poetics Aristotle writes

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    Prior to the Manila Film Center‚ the Philippines did not have an official national film archive which is why on January 1981‚ then first lady Imelda Marcos spearheaded the building of the first Manila Center. Under the supervision of Mrs. Betty Benitez-the spouse of the then Deputy MHS Minister Jose Conrado Beneitez organized a group to pursue the project. Mr. Ramon M. Ignacio‚ Senior Technology Officer at the Technology Resource Center conceptualized the project and its various components. He likewise

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    1. George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair or better known as George Orwell was an English journalist and novelist‚ whom was born on the 25th of June 1903. George Orwell had spent his school years at St Cyprian’s School‚ Eastbourne. Blair hated it there; he could not wait till the day he was rid of that school. George was a Socialist; The Spanish Civil War played the most important part in defining Orwell’s socialism because it made him fight for what he loved‚ beauty. During most of his career‚ Orwell

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    Tragedy of Dr. Faustus

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    The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus DRAMATIS PERSONAE: THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND‚ king of Hungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. BRUNO. DUKE OF VANHOLT. MARTINO‚ > FREDERICK‚ > gentlemen. BENVOLIO‚ > FAUSTUS. VALDES‚ > friends to FAUSTUS. CORNELIUS‚ > WAGNER‚ servant to FAUSTUS. Clown. ROBIN. DICK. Vintner. Horse-courser. Carter. An Old Man. Scholars‚ Cardinals‚ ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS‚ Bishops‚ Monks‚      Friars‚ Soldiers‚ and Attendants. DUCHESS OF VANHOLT

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    Tragedy is undeniably one of the oldest forms of theatre. Tragedy as a genre invokes images of Ancient Greek dramas depicting moral dilemmas and the downfall of great men‚ or of Shakespearian romances doomed to end in failure and death. When considering tragedy’s place in French theatre‚ we can see a dominance of tragic works in the classical period of the 17th century‚ and works by Corneille and Racine dominated the theatre. However‚ with the progression of the years‚ we can identify a dramatic

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    Something said between love and regret Cast: Charles Ashley Jimenez as Nicholas Gomez Mary Catherine Zoleta as Eddielaine Mae Gomez Alessandra Camilo as Meredith Rivera Denise Dee De Jesus as Veronica De Leon Sigfreed Angeles as Darren Salvador Jay Lemuel Buenviaje as Officer Gordon Ramirez Samantha Bernal as Dra. Fiona Agura Patricia Abiog as Inday Badiday Tasks: Patricia Abiog as the scriptwriter/director/playwright/ Clothing and Wardrobe Alessandra Camilo and Mary Catherine Zoleta as props manager

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