http://ezinearticles.com/?Local-Color-in-Literature&id=3074106 The setting plays major role in prose fiction. The dialect spoken‚ the customs observed‚ the dress code prevalent‚ and the way of living all can be peculiar to a particular region. This sort of setting is called a local color of the area or region. You must have come across such peculiarity of an area while reading a prose or a novel. Such beautiful local color called "Wessex" (present-day Dorset) is painted by Thomas Hardy in his
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political career and suppress his affair with Susan Alexander. Rising action - Kane’s political rival‚ Jim “Boss” Gettys‚ forces a showdown between Kane‚ Kane’s wife‚ and Susan Alexander in an attempt to force Kane from the governor’s race. Climax - Kane chooses to stay with Susan and sends his wife away while daring Gettys to expose him by threatening impotently that he’ll make sure Gettys goes to prison. Falling action - The papers are filled with the news of Kane’s “love nest‚” and he loses the
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originally refined for lubrication‚ heating and lighting products. Automobiles did not exist yet so the by product calledgasoline was dumpedinto lakes‚ rivers‚ ponds and streams. If the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) had existed‚ people like Paul Getty‚ Hess and Rockefeller would be found in prison. The United States geological survey (USGS) website informs the discussion about the potential opportunities and impacts from hydraulic fracturing and related practices like horizontal drilling and deepwell
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N.‚ (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Fifth Edition). London: Penguin Books Ltd. Casey‚ C. (2005) The Buildings of Ireland‚ Dublin. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Chau‚R. and Lin‚R. (2012) 1591 Villa Rotunda Vincenza‚ Italy. Andreas Palladio. Designtheory.fiu.edu/documents/paper_palladio.pdf McParland‚E. (Feburary‚ 1975) ‘Who was P?’ Architectural Review‚ CLVII:936‚ 71-3 4. McParland‚ E. ‘Who was P.?’ (February 1975) 1 Pevsner‚ Fleming and
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The Magus Main * Nicholas Urfe – The main protagonist‚ 25-year-old Englishman who goes to Greece to teach English and one day stumbles upon the waiting room. * Alison Kelly – Nicholas’s girlfriend whom he abandons to go to Greece. * Maurice Conchis – Wealthy intellectual who is a main player in the masques. * Lily de Seitas – Young woman who is involved in the masques and with whom Nicholas falls in love. Other * Joe – young black man‚ involved in the masques. * Maria
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sweetheart” and cousin with whom he fathered Pepe‚ Antonio Samson’s illegitimate child who became the protagonist in José’s Mass. Samson was unable to fulfill the plan of marrying Pepe’s mother because he became engaged with Carmen Villa in the U.S. Antonio married Carmen Villa‚ who was the daughter of Don Manuel‚ an “agro-industrial baron”‚ mestizo and “buyer of people”. The Don was able to purchase even a magazine journalist whom Antonio Samson considered a “man of integrity”. After one unfortunate
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The Mexican revolution (1910-1917) was the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz. Diaz was a dictator who had been in office for over 35 years from 1876-1911. He was extremely persuasive and used those traits to earn him a great amount of time in office. While Diaz was in power‚ Mexico’s economy was divine. He skillfully used threats‚ persuasion‚ and power to keep him in office. However‚ with such an economic boom‚ many of Mexico’s citizens felt the brunt of it all. There was many taxes being issued on the
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in the world. Founded in the late 4th century BC‚ Pafos became the capital of the island‚ replacing Salamis‚ during the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site‚ the site is a vast archaeological area with remains of four Roman villas‚ an odeon‚ an agora‚ an Asclepeion (a healing temple‚ sacred to the god Asclepius‚ the god of medicine ) and royal tombs. The city originally occupied an area of about 950‚000 sq meters and reached its zenith
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machine revolutionize the publishing industry? Last Updated: Wednesday‚ May 13‚ 2009 | 12:07 PM ET Comments12Recommend54 By Mike Doherty‚ CBC News The Espresso book machine prints a book at the Blackwell bookstore in central London. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Ever since William Caxton brought a printing press to Westminster in 1476‚ London has been a paradise for bibliophiles. But today‚ if you walk up Charing Cross Road‚ long famed for its bookshops‚ you’ll see a discouraging picture. A sign plastered
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Analysis of Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily In “A Rose for Emily‚" written by William Faulkner’s. The narrator of this story has chosen to tell us it out of chronological order. As you start this story you get the feeling that you can relate it to a move. They start us off with an action scene first to grab your attention. Then it moves to taking us back to how it all began working its way back to the main point that had grabbed you attention in the first place. “A Rose for Emily” is broken in to five
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