Play Analysis: The King and I Submitted by: Beatrix Clayden C. Deonio II – Teamwork Submitted to: Sr. Louis Rafael Tordecillas CHARACTERS Major Characters: 1. King Mongkut – King Mongkut is an imposing ruler of Siam‚ Thailand. He was the one who requested for his children to be taught in the English language for his country to be modernized. 2. Anna Leonowens – Anna Leonowens is a widowed English schoolteacher who has come to Siam to teach the royal children of King Mongkut. Her
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I was thinking about myself as to who am I ? When I self-introspected a bit‚ I realised that like every individual I am a person who loves independence. But when I actually looked outside‚ I found that this independence is a figment of our imagination. One question that came to my mind was that even after several years of independence‚ are we really Independent ? During the formative years‚ I was under the guidance of my parents and was totally dependent on them. Their influenced has made me
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Whether regarded by viewers as the worse or greatest movie to date‚ the “I Am Legend” movie in my opinion addresses numerous social issues that we as a society face and should be more aware of in today’s era. According to Imdb.com‚ “The ‘I Am Legend’ movie starring renowned actor Will Smith focusses on “a scientist named Robert Neville who is incapable of stopping the horrible virus once created to cure cancer. At first‚ the virus looked promising and was given to cancer patients to treat their disease
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The story of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) File:Clara Wieck 1840.jpg - Wikimedia Commons By: Bella Mikesell Chapter 1 Clara Schumann was born on September 13‚1819 Leipzig Germany. She died on May 20‚1896 in Frankfurt German Empire. She attended Leipzig University for college. When Clara was younger she was taught how to play piano by her father. Her father’s name was Friedrich Wieck and her mother’s name was Marianne Wieck. Clara was married to Robert Schumann and they had eight kids who
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In the text Twenty Questions by G Lee Bowie‚ I chose the chapter “Why Shouldn’t I Be Selfish”? In that chapter the two selections that were chosen were The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. The two discuss and give examples of how selfishness is simply for survival and how being selfish can benefit that individual. The term selfishness stated by Ayn Rand is defined as “concern with one’s own interest” (525). In both selections of the chapter both philosophers
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I‚ Icarus by Alden Nowlan Dreams are the perfect worlds for all of us for dreams give us the chances to possess the goals we are craving for that we might not be able to have in reality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‚ a famous German writer‚ artist‚ and politician‚ expresses his perspective about dreams: “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move hearts of men”. Through “I‚ Icarus”- one of the poems in the collection Bread‚ Wine and Salt by Alden Nowlan‚ we readers will get to know his
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What I heredate I will redeem At first it seems to be just a short story about an Indian guy who is currently living in the streets‚ but when you see thru the lines you realize there is more to know about the symbolism behind the journey of Jackson Jackson and his grandmother’s regalia. The author seems pretty close to Native American history‚ because he’s one Spokane Indian‚ like Jackson in the story. What this means is that the inside of the story is right beneath Alexie personal life. None
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address/ Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” The “Gettysburg Address” was presented by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863. The “I Have a Dream” speech was presented during the March on Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. These speeches‚ even one-hundred years difference in time when given‚ they both address a common theme for freedom and equality. The “Gettysburg Address” purpose was to urge and give hope to his audience to continue to fight for the
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Benjamin McClendon Aaron Bremyer English 1102 4/19/13 Heard but Not Seen In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”‚ one of the most unexpected forms of communication touched upon was the ham radio. The ham radio represents the idea of communication throughout the story. Even though this radio is touched upon only once and even then barely‚ it is more significant than the other forms of communication mentioned in the story. It connects one of the main characters to the rest of the world. One can find
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I Believe in Monsters *Jenna is sitting in a huddle on the floor. Arms are folded‚ and she doesn’t look the audience in the eye. She is singing the happy birthday song. Mr. Slader opens the door and begins to yell at her to be quiet. Scared Jenna crawls away‚ but tries to calm him down. It works.* Every child is afraid of monsters. And that’s why‚ before we go to sleep‚ mommy checks under the bed‚ and daddy checks in the closet to make sure we’re safe‚ because that’s what parents do. They
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