transformative effect on those who discover. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest‚ and Gwen Harwood’s poem ‘The Glass Jar’‚ the authors use the characterisation of main characters in their texts to explore the ways in which discovery affects people and how it changes their perspectives‚ leading to deeper and broader understandings of themselves and their worlds. The characters of the boy in ‘The Glass Jar’ and Miranda in The Tempest are important in the exploration of the effects of discovery and how it
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Villena‚ Carolina A. January 23‚ 2006 KC03500055 / BSCS 3 – LITR01F1 Ms. Mary Grace Mendoza A JOURNEY IN MY FULL MOON This is my story where I deeply in love with a person who never loved me and I tried to get out of my mind but‚ having a first love was very complicated to refuse. And falling in love too early without maturity was my biggest mistake. My heart beats when I was a Grade 6 student where our seating arrangement began and I met a guy who became my seatmate… his name
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The lady in the looking glass: A reflection “The Lady in the Looking-Glass‚” by Virginia Woolf‚ tells the story of a woman who examines herself on the exterior and interior. Readers must wonder if the woman in this short story is a mere fictional representation of how Woolf sees her own life. On the outside‚ the woman is seen as rich and was self-made. Yet‚ this view of the character’s life is a superficial representation because on the inside‚ the character sees something entirely different; when
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1. Introduction Attention Getter: How many of you shop online at least once a week? According to the data gathered by Statista.com June 2012‚ about 70 percent of internet users in the United States had made at least one purchase via any device during 2011. Over the last decade‚ E-Commerce has been growing faster and of course‚ such dramatic change on the ways of shopping has brought millions of profits and business opportunities. However‚ the collection of e-commerce sales tax has always been a
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Shattered Glass by Billy Ray Have you ever wondered how it would feel to lose your career? Shattered Glass is a true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles. He was a staff writer at The New Republic for three years who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in Washington‚ D.C. Looking for a short cut to fame‚ Glass combined sources‚ quotes‚ and even entire stories. He did everything in his power to make sure that everyone
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In 1933‚ in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and during a nationwide commercial bank failure and the Great Depression‚ two members of Congress put their names on what is known today as the Glass-Steagall Act (GSA). This act separated investment andcommercial banking activities. At the time‚ "improper banking activity"‚ or what was considered overzealous commercial bank involvement in stock market investment‚ was deemed the main culprit of the financial crash. According to that reasoning‚ commercial
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Giberson’s Glass Studio Giberson is a skilled glassblower facing financial difficulties in his business. His resources are draining out quickly due to the following reasons – Lack of proper bookkeeping following his divorce‚ since his wife used to take care of the activity He has no knowledge which of his 4 items – glasses‚ paper weights‚ tumblers and vases – is profitable He is in dire need of a better pricing strategy to maintain profits after accounting for costs and his wages Looking
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After reading the landlady‚ I found two thing that may have prevented Billy from seeing the real landlady. One is that‚ she kept changing the subject with tea. In the text it states‚ “‘Now wait a minute‚” he said. “Wait just a minute. Mulholland ... Christopher Mulholland ... wasn’t that the name of the Eton schoolboy who was on a walking-tour through the West Country‚ and then all of a sudden ...” “Milk?” she said. “And sugar?”’. This shows us that she change the subject with the word “milk” as
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ANTIGONE by Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.) translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald ANTIGONE by Sophocles Characters Antigone‚ daughter of Oedipus Ismene‚ daughter of Oedipus Eurydice‚ wife of Creon Creon‚ King of Thebes Haimon‚ son of Creon Teiresias‚ A blind seer Sentry Messenger Priest (Choragos) Chorus Scene: Before the palace of Creon‚ King of Thebes. A central double door‚ and two lateral doors. A platform extends the length of the façade‚ and from this platform
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playwrights The Glass Menagerie‚ a memory play about the lives of the Wingfield’s. A family of 3‚ Amanda‚ Laura‚ and Tom Wingfield‚ who lived together in an apartment in St. Louis 1937 during the pre-war depression era. The play comments on the way people would try to distract themselves from the unpleasant events that would surround them every day. Williams wrote the journey and “the hopelessness of the Wingfield family" (Beaurline 4) and how they struggled to manage their lives. The Glass Menagerie
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