Written in 1926‚ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is Agatha Christie’s top selling novel due to its surprising and controversial ending. Like most of Christie’s novels‚ it was quite difficult for the majority of readers to detect who the murderer was‚ and most readers were perplexed to discover that it was the narrator‚ Dr. Sheppard. While some readers were pleasantly surprised by this plot twist‚ many disagreed with Christie’s choice to frame Dr. Sheppard as Roger Ackroyd’s murderer. Pierre Bayard‚ a
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The Script:- Format & Layout. The script is a blueprint‚ a design used in the manufacture of a film / TV programme. It is not in itself a work of literature‚ though a well-written script will engage the reader every bit as effectively as a good novel or short story. Various kinds of scripts may be produced for different reasons‚ but screenwriters usually use the “MASTERSCENE” format. This is a form of script that contains descriptions of visuals‚ sound‚ action and dialogue‚ but RARELY INCLUDES
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A Live Radio Show Script What follows are the first pages of the script. This sample will familiarize you with the style of the piece and how a radio play differs from a traditional play script. Holiday music plays. We’re in a radio studio. On the stage are two microphones and a sound effects table ‚hanging above all are Applause‚ On the Air and WBFR illuminated signs (at the moment‚ only the later is lit). Maybe there’s a window in the background overlooking a skyline‚ maybe it snows outside
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The C-130 The C-130 Hercules was born from a request by the United States Air Force for a replacement transport aircraft for the C-119 Flying Boxcar‚ C-47 Skytrain‚ and C-46 Commando‚ which were inadequate for modern warfare after the Korean War. The USAF wanted a plane that could have a capacity of 92 passengers‚ 72 combat troops or 64 paratroopers fly a range of around 1‚100 nautical miles‚ have the ability to fly with one engine shut down‚ and be able to take-off from unprepared runways (MotoArt
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh is credited with the building of the legendary walls of Uruk. An alternative version has Gilgamesh telling Urshanabi‚ the ferryman‚ that the city’s walls were built by the Seven Sages. In historical times‚ Sargon of Akkad claimed to have destroyed these walls to prove his military power. Fragments of an epic text found in Me-Turan (modern Tell Haddad) relate that at the end of his life Gilgamesh was buried under the river bed. The people of Uruk diverted the flow
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THE WORLD’S OLDEST CUISINE? Who invented the world’s oldest cuisine? If you said your grandmother‚ you are incorrect. Many believed it was the Roman’s who created the world’s oldest cuisine but experts say evidence of ancient cuneiform tablets were discovered‚ leading to believe culinary traditions from early civilizations in Ancient Mesopotamia. Such cuneiform tablets feature more than two dozen recipes for meat‚ fowl‚ broths‚ and vegetables‚ pies‚ flavored with various herbs and spices. And
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Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics Early Babylonia existed from about 3100 B.C. to 2100 B.C. When discussing the Babylonian history‚ we refer to the land area between Tigris and Euphrates rivers northward to Assyria. We must also consider a non-Semitic tribe called the Sumerians. They dwelt in the land of Sumer at the head of the Persian Gulf coming from the mountainous region to the east. They developed a numeral system in the 28th century B.C. and because of the deprivation of stones in their
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Agatha Christie was born in the 1890’s in England. Her father showed her to read and write. She loved it ever since and she’s written books and those books got turned into movies. Her first book was published in 1920 with a character that she used in 33 other novels and 54 short stories. She is the world’s best mystery authors. The book was very different from the movie. The book everyone died‚ and in the movie Vera and Lombard lived. There were a lot of things changed like there was not a cat
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Quiet Kill Sherlock said‚ “Are you daft. Listen you ape‚ I’m confident after I do some checking‚ I’ll find there are so many solid files of your crimes . . . . that it’ll get you hanged at least 7 times along with 113 years of jail. The sad part is you are at such a young age and so many crimes. Furthermore‚ the rate you’re going‚ you’re a dead ringer to becoming the uncrowned king in the world of crime! Sadly‚ it’s a crime to break the heart of the one who loves you. So to‚ by changing the
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Caroline’s Humbug In Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd‚ contrary to the false killer named at the end of the novel‚ Caroline Sheppard was the actual murderer. Through careful reading‚ one can link together snippets of evidence to realize Caroline’s motive of protecting her brother and her means of executing the murder and escaping Poirot’s suspicion throughout the investigation. Since the beginning of the novel‚ Caroline knew the whole truth‚ including the fact that Dr. Sheppard was
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