MERMAID STORY: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL by OSCAR WILDE This classic mermaid story was written as a reaction to Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Little Mermaid". In Andersen’s mermaid story the mermaid longs for a soul‚ here a fisherman longs to rid himself of his soul for the love of a mermaid. Andersen’s mermaid story is strongly Christian in it’s outlook and philosophy‚ Wilde’s is delightfully pagan. Here is a brief synopsis: A young fisherman fell in love with a mermaid and wanted to join her
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development of world civilization through the prism of the beverages that people drank in various time periods. These are (in chronological order): beer‚ wine‚ spirits‚ coffee‚ tea‚ and Coca-Cola. The use of this book as a summer reading assignment in no way represents any endorsement by the teacher of the use or misuse of any of these beverages‚ alcoholic‚ caffeinated or otherwise. The book merely offers an innovative and (hopefully) interesting perspective to initiate our semester long discussion of
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27 February 2014 Response Paper #1 A Boy and His Dog “A Boy and His Dog” is a 1975 Sci-Fi film starring Don Johnson‚ who plays the main character‚ Vic. Blood‚ a dog who he can communicate with telepathically‚ joins him on his search for females and food. The year is 2024‚ and most of the United States has been destroyed by the five day Nuclear War. They are in Arizona‚ where many people are out battling for food and looking for the civilization that is rumored to exist down below the desert wasteland
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“TO HIS COY MISTRESS” by Andrew Marvell THEME: Time‚ Love and Sex In his poem the author tries to convey that if there was enough time‚ he and his beloved could go on courting forever‚ but times goes by quickly. Therefore‚ as he wants her to have sex with him‚ he states that they must squeeze their joys to the present because there is no time to be coy and aloof. LANGUAGE: Figurative The poet uses figurative language to add feeling and mood to what he wants to say to his mistress. Many
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joints together. Ancient sealed Egyptian tombs also reveal depictions of welders and tools. Much later‚ Sir Humphry Davy ’s production of an arc between the two carbon electrodes in early 1800s‚ along with Edmund Davy ’s discovery of acetylene in 1836‚ spearheaded the era of modern welding techniques. Till the 19th century‚ welding was mostly confined to the blacksmith ’s shop‚ where he would unite the metal pieces by a method called forge welding. It involved heating of the two metal pieces
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My Own Words‚ written by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg‚ is an autobiography presented through a series of collected written works and lectures. Co-Authors Hartnett and Williams provide context to Justice Ginsburg’s works‚ ranging from an editorial written by a young middle schooler Ginsburg to several of her Supreme Court arguments and rulings. Ginsburg‚ the daughter of a middle-class Brooklyn Jewish family‚ rose far beyond her humble upbringing to become only the second female Supreme
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Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Assignment One Roles‚ Responsibilities and Boundaries Review own Role‚ Responsibilities and Boundaries of own role as a teacher. My schooldays were of the nineteen fifties and sixties‚ the system of education at that time was Secondary Modern‚ the methods used would have been somewhat different from those used today‚ then the teacher would stand at the front of the class‚ and explain something‚ using their voice‚ a blackboard and a
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Swami and his thoughts….. Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January‚ 1863 in Calcutta. His family name was Narendranath Dutta. His father Vishwanath Dutta was a learned man who was well- versed in English and Persian. By profession‚ he was a successful Attorney-at-law in the High Court of Calcutta. His mother was a pious lady who influenced Naren since his childhood in the formation of his character. She first taught Naren English lesson‚ and then made him acquainted with Bengali alphabets. Naren
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"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell Metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell is famous for his poem‚ "To His Coy Mistress". This is a carpe diem style poem where the writer encourages his love to seize the day. He is basically trying to persuade his love into pre-marital physical intimacy. By today’s standards‚ Marvell seems like a chauvinistic jerk‚ especially in his selfish nature. However‚ I agree with a lot of what he stands for in the poem‚ such as not taking the present time for granted. This
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World Literature 2721 Section 1 The Fisherman’s Return I paced about anxiously as I waited for his return. How am I going to tell him the news? How would he react? What would he have to say? These thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to figure out a way to break the news gently to him. My husband was not known for being the most complacent person in our village. His terrible fits of anger had the tendency to bring a few of our neighbors to our doorstep a few times too many. Yet
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