Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England with his family and moves into a haunted castle. Lord Canterville‚ the previous owner of the castle‚ warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted the castle ever since he killed his wife‚ Eleanor‚ centuries ago. But Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost story as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. When the Otis’s learn that the castle is indeed haunted‚ they succeed in victimizing the ghost and in disregarding age-old British
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It was a dark and kooky night when it happened. My worst nightmare happened. My friends and I were coming home from the big football game with some girls when {pause} my friend dared me to go into the "so called" old haunted mansion on N. Klent and Broadway Ave.. Why he had to do it in front of my friends and some other kids from school? I was trapped and he knew it. So I walked up the old cracked walkway. Went up the stairs as the wood whined under the weight‚ and turned
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mate ship as another important message being suggested in The Castle. This film shows the cast as always being there for one another. The first thing that Darryl does when he gets his eviction notice is run to Jacks house to check on him. This sort of caring relationship is shown continually throughout the film and I believe it is put forward as the foundation of the Australian relationships. A prime example of mate ship in the castle is the scenario in which Denis represents Darryl despite his
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FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY HANDOUT First‚ come up with an opinion and three reasons the opinion is true. INTRODUCTION: Attention Getter(Do not start with a question): Merriam Webster defines judging as to form an estimate or evaluation of; especially to form a negative opinion about. Start general and get more and more specific to your topic: Judging itself isn’t a bad thing‚ the fact that most people judge with little to no prior evidence is what causes problems Thesis Statement(State
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Topic: The Haunted House It was a house that most people tend not to venture and it gave no indication that anyone should. Its entrance had an old iron gate that creaked from here to heaven. The pavement leading to the house was beginning to crumble from its use over the years. There was a big oak tree at the front that made the house even spookier. We opened the old dirty wooden door and found ourselves in the dark musky living room. It was filled with so much dust and cobwebs that made it almost
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their voice. For instance‚ we find that simple things such as the use of formal language juxtaposed to colloquial language‚ emotive language compared to rigid and objective language‚ all play a part in the representation of the ‘voice’. The film ‘The Castle’ and the song ‘You are the voice’ by John Fernham in particular‚ give us clear insights into not only the notion of voice‚ and how language influences ones voice‚ but rather Australian voices in particular. Throughout these texts‚ the power of language
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A few hours away from Frankfurt‚ in the rocky hillside of Germany lays an eerie old prison on a moat and dam a hundred meters paramount the Keuper Mountain. The worn out prison sits on a rough six acre plateau isolated from its beautiful surroundings. Below it are the steep slopes of the hillside that are terraced with miles of vine yards‚ which in the summer create a poised yet defined tasting wine that balances fruit‚ sweetness‚ acidity and elegance‚ plus first prize when the local wine festivals
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Many people have wondered throughout history what the outcome would be if a knight met a samurai in battle in the Medieval times. However‚ there are many more variables at play here. For example‚ the environment is a huge factor to take into account. For example‚ due to the lighter nature of the samurai’s armour‚ they were likely to have the advantage of speed over the knights‚ so they would not be able to utilise their speed in a bow duel. Firstly‚ one would need to take into account the difference
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Derrick Johnson English 1020 Mrs. Halpin 10 September 2008 Letter to His Father: Franz Kafka’s traumatic experience with his father as a child led to Kafka’s confused development. Say one of your earliest memories as a young child was that of your father answering your most basic pleas with what you thought was the most horrific punishment of your life. Well this is similar to what happened to Franz Kafka when he asked for water early in the morning as a young child‚ partly because he was thirsty
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Ancient siege weapons Onager (siege weapon) 1. A round stone (often clay balls with combustible substance in them‚ which explode on impact and burst into flames) is put in the pouch and the arm is winched down. 2. The onager’s framework is made out of two beams from oak‚ which curve into humps. In the middle they have quite large holes in them‚ in which strong sinew ropes are stretched and twisted. A long arm is then inserted between the bundles of rope; at its end it has a pin and a pouch
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