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    Assignment on “Shakespeare as a Tragedy Writer” Prepared for: East West University Date of submission:11-08-14 Shakespearean tragedy is a form of writing that was written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is perhaps most famous for his tragedies. Most of his tragedies were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608. His plays usually involve murders‚ deaths and a terrible ending for the central characters which turns the mode of the play as a tragic one. The

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    Freedom Writers Diversity

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    For this assignment I chose to watch Freedom Writers. This is a heartfelt movie about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who finds a way to unify her disadvantaged‚ racially divided students and to improve their grasp of academics‚ partly by having them keep journals about their violent‚ troubled lives. The main diversity issue in this movie is cultural‚ ethnic‚ and racial tensions. According to Storti (1999)‚ “Culture is the shared assumptions‚ values‚ and beliefs of a group of people which result in

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    liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’[1] In the 19th century‚ Americans‚ numbering perhaps in the thousands‚ were drawn to Europe—especially to Munich and Paris—to study the art of painting. Henry James‚ for instance‚ was a famous expatriate American writer from the 1870s‚ who adopted England as his home. The term ’expatriate’ in some countries also has a legal context used for tax purposes. An expatriate living in a country can receive a favourable tax treatment. In this context a person can only be

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    Becoming Adolf Analysis

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    CRJ 2 “Becoming Adolf” 1) [1/2 of a page] Robert Root is an acclaimed writer and professor of creative nonfiction. In his book The Nonfictionist’s Guide‚ he defines the creative-nonfiction motive as a “need to know or understand a specific‚ limited topic.” Considering that definition‚ locate and analyze one passage that exposes Rich Cohen’s exigence to write. What conflict or question is Cohen trying to sort out or understand? And does he sort it out using a tone that seems to be more argumentative

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    Disabled Writer Challenges

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    Being a severely disabled writer is quite a challenge. For one thing‚ I have very little use of my hands. I type with a typing wand‚ or as I like to call it‚ a headstick. "Typing wand" makes me sound like a nerdy magician. Some handicapped people use chin pointers to type. Others use programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate to the computer. Technology has developed to the point where you can actually move a mouse by simply moving your head. A laser dot is placed on your forehead and

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    In Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ women in the Dominican Republic are objectified by men; they are treated as sex symbols and objects of desire. Similarly‚ a women’s worth is dependent upon her physical attractiveness solely and not her character. Women are also chastised and physically assaulted for failing to subjugate themselves to men. What role and power do women have in the novel and is it merely limited to pleasing men? Arguably Beli more than anyone understands

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    Compare/Contrast Writers

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    There are various things that make up a piece of literature. For example: choice of diction‚ modes of discourse‚ and figurative language. Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano were great examples of authors that used these elements of literature. There are similarities and differences in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and From Africa to America. Though Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano shared similarities in experiences‚ they had different writing personalities

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    Becoming A Neonatal Nurse

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    There are many things I would like to accomplish in the Future. But‚ there’s one thing that is most important that I would like to accomplish first. I would like to accomplish becoming a Neonatal Nurse. Being a neonatal nurse has always been something I’ve been wanting to become since I was little. There are many reasons why I would like to accomplish this‚ but here are just a few. The first reason is I have always loved being around babies since I was little. When I was little I would always pretend

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    Freedom Writers Review

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    The movie “The Freedom Writers” is based on the true story of Erin Gruwell’s English classes at Wilson High‚ an integrated school with students of all racial and cultural backgrounds. As a new teacher she is given the lowest achieving students. For safety and belonging most of these students belong to racial gangs and bring this social concept into the class by sitting in racial arrangements. Their morals and self concept are defined by these gangs‚ as shown by Eva’s statement of “we protect our

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    Becoming An Organ Donor

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    very eager for theirs. The need for organs around the world is constantly growing. Becoming an organ donor is a very simple and timeless process. it can take a suffering person who needs a transplant and save their life‚ and can impact the donor’s family once they will be at peace‚ because the life that was loss is has now saved another person. Becoming an organ donor is a very simple and timeless process. Becoming a donor

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