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    The Castle of Otranto

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    Title: The Castle of Otranto Author: Horace Walpole Year: 1764 First Gothic novel: horror‚ romance‚ fiction‚ fear. Motto of the book: Fathers’ sins are hereditary. Gothic novel - an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries‚ characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting. (shocking people‚ gloomy‚ dark‚ depressing‚ also mental fog‚ different symbols‚ voices

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    In Book III of The Republic‚ Plato addresses the basic principles of education and the role of censorship in a just nation. He begins by compiling that education should consist of music‚ and poetry for the rational part of the soul‚ and physical education for the spirited part of the soul. Both together generate a harmony in the soul which is‚ the ultimate goal of education. Plato then states that education in music and poetry begins before the physical training. He then describes that beginning

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    the most and wasn’t able to trust her mother Dolores because she stole the book the white man was teaching the class about. Feeling isolated and unloved she asks her teacher “Is it weird I can hear pip’s voice‚ like really hear him” (jones 181). Matilda`s able to remove herself from isolation by opening herself up to Dickens book and the protagonist in that book. This form of literature must have been a strong influence to her because she was able to visualize herself with the protagonist of the

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    Compare Happiness and Life Between D. H. Lawrence ’s "You Touched Me" and Friedrich Nietzche ’s "The Use and Abuse of History Taken From The Twilight Of the Idols." INTRODUCTION In this paper‚ I won ’t stick to only one topic. I will compare different topics‚ such as happiness and life between two romantic writers‚ D. H. Lawrence and Friedrich Nietzsche from D. H. Lawrence ’s You touched me and Friedrich Nietzche ’s The use and abuse of history taken from The twilight of the Idols. I will start

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    identity is their desires. In The Necklace‚ Matilda pursues praise from others. In order to fulfill that desire‚ Matilda gets expensive jewelry and clothes. The author expresses how Matilda’s desires did not keep her happy. She ended up selling all of her family’s savings to prevent guilt. That act shows how little care she has of others and how selfish she is for losing the necklace and running to her family again for help. Maupassant states “Matilda runs her fingers over a pearl necklace and a

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    discussed‚ by analysing both characters relationship to each other before detailing the effects this relationship had‚ on the others actions and how it led to their eventual downfall. In Matthew Lewis’ The Monk the relationship between Ambrosio and Matilda will be analysed and then compared to the aforementioned relationship in Frankenstein in order to highlight any similarities or differences in Ambrosios’ fall from grace as opposed to Victors. In order to compare the relationship between Victor

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    modified to produce cellulose. At 1880s‚ sir Joseph Swan an English chemist experimented by forcing the cellulose liquid through fine holes into a coagulating bath. First commercial production of artificial fibre was achieved by French chemist Count Hilaire de chardonnet at 1889 in France. At that time he produced artificial silk. Two years later he built a rayon plant and secured hi name as "father of the rayon industry". In the mean time several attempts were made by the Americans‚ but they failed

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    Art George Washington

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    are other portraits by Gilbert Stuart’s‚ such as “Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes” and “Jaudenes y Nebot.” From a curator’s point of view‚ I felt like the artwork around the “George Washington” portrait was ideal because they all represented people in politics. The painting “Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes” was of a sixteen year old girl whose father had served in Spain’s consul in Boston for thirty years. The "Jaudenes y Nebot" was a painting of Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes’ husband‚ who had his sight

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    The Castle of Otranto – A Gothic Novel Picture of the Title Page of the Second Edition A Dossier by Luisa Hiller‚ Johannes Klein‚ Benjamin Priebst‚ and Claudia Haack Table of Contents: 1. Introduction – The Gothic Novel 2. Horace Walpole 2.1. The Life of Horace Walpole 2.2. The Works of Horace Walpole 3. “The Castle of Otranto - A Gothic Novel“ 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Index of Characters 3.3. Summary of the Plot 3.4. The Characters ’ Appearance 3.5. The Character Constellation

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    Ligers

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    very interesting. a. First known litter born in 1924 i. In England ii. By accident iii. 1 girl 2 boys b. Many reports of ligers since 1800’s c. Paintings of ligers date back to 1783 i. Painting of 2 liger cubs ii. by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire II. Here is some basic information and fun facts on Ligers a. Ligers is the crossbreed of a male lion and a female tiger b. Like the lion they are very social and like to stay in packs c. It enjoys swimming which is a tiger characteristic considering

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