(надежность) that’s why we say "East or West‚ home is best" (в гостях хорошо‚ а дома лучше) and the English say "My home is my castle" (мой дом – моя крепость). But what an ideal home is everybody decides for himself. My dream is to live in a detached house. The relaxed environment is really important for me and because of that I would like to live in a quiet place near a woods or a river‚ far from a city’s noise on the countryside‚ maybe in England. I would like a huge garden with stone walkway [’wɔːkweɪ]
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Reflective Statement on a Doll’s House How was your understanding of cultural and contextual (literary) considerations of the novel developed through the oral exercise? When I first started reading the play I was prepared for it to be a little backward since I had the knowledge of it been written in the 19th century and set in Norway;in which time day to day life and the culture was very closed and what it’s called now is backwards. In the beginning of the play‚ I felt really bad for Nora when
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Nora has not always been a feminist; it is throughout the play A Doll’s House that she changes the way she reacts when interacting with others. She is introduced as a subordinate‚ submissive woman who tends to allow others to walk all over her. These "doormat" characteristics are especially prevalent beginning in Act I‚ where Nora keeps to herself and is used as a puppet by Torvald. For example‚ Nora states‚ "Yes‚ yes‚ as you wish‚ Torvald‚" in response to her husband’s orders (Ibsen‚ 111). As a
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Andrew Carnegie: The Charitable Captain of Industry During the time period after the Civil War and nearing the twentieth century‚ America’s economy was in prime position to be molded – all America needed was someone to come along to mold it. Businesspersons like Cornelius Vanderbilt and entrepreneurs like John D. Rockefeller were prime examples of exactly whom America needed to take charge of the economy at this time; however‚ there was one man who was not only a self-made steel tycoon and one of
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Of The Nation’ And ‘The Man Of The House’ Frank O ‘ Connors treatment of characters varies in both ‘The Man Of The House’ and in ‘Guests Of The Nation’. We can see how O’Connor treats different characters differently and we can see how through the use of imagery and language O’Connor’s Characters are treated very differently in both short stories. Sullivan the little boy of the house develops into the man of the house in Frank O’Connor’s ‘The Man Of The House’. In the opening lines of the story
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Who would ever imagine that just a regular house nearby the city Kuldīga could contain such a surprise? I wouldn’t. So you can picture my astonishment when I first entered my classmates house and literally found myself in a zoo. The house was full with all kind of animals - I noticed two dogs‚ a lazy cat‚ a slowly moving turtle‚ a cage with several noisy birds in there‚ a cage with cutest little hamsters and other with rabbit inside. And I haven’t mentioned all pets. Oh‚ there are many families with
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Some Notes on “The Custom House” Novel vs. Romance: A novel is concerned with characters and events. It may contain symbols‚ but these are of secondary concern. A romance‚ on the other hand‚ may have events and characters‚ but the real focus is on the ideas and the symbolism that shape the book. These are inextricable from the story itself. The characters and events in a romance are only there to get across these larger ideas and the symbolism—and usually these are intended to lead the reader
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Schroder house Subsequent to the First World War in 1924‚ De Stijl group (known for simplicity of forms) designed a free flowing private residence for Mrs Truus Schroder Schrader. The Schroder house consists of horizontal and vertical planes are coloured in indistinct red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ white‚ and black; an environment where Mondrian’s fine art work comes to life. The co-designer of the Schroder house - Gerrit Rietveld‚ born in 1888 (the maker of the red blue chair)‚ became a member of De Stijl
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between being a child and being a grown up. He is a picture torn between either to act responsibly or irresponsibly. His lack for a father figure‚ influence how his character acts and thinks. In this story‚ he is the one who stands as “the man of the house”. This is reflected in the line‚ “It’s a funny thing about women‚ the way they’ll take orders from anything in trousers‚ even if it’s only ten”. His character is taking the burden due to a father. Yet in some parts of the story‚ his childhood characteristics
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and suffered at the hands of church doctrine‚ the Islamic world was conquering lands from Persia to Spain. Building not only great cities and palaces but also libraries and centers of learning. These centers of study from Italy to Spain to the “House of Wisdom” in Bagdad‚ was where Muslim scholars were working doggedly advancing the fields of science‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ mathematics‚ alchemy‚ and medicine. (Lyons 156) Not only preserving the great works of Plato and Aristotle and translating
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