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    King David: A Short Story

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    had‚” King Robert shot back‚ cutting off King David. “You see‚ thanks to your men stalling. I was able to get a countless number of my forces through the tunnel. For I knew our meeting would not end in my favor.” King David turns his head‚ giving him a viperous expression. “How many of your men got through?” he screech with such force‚ his raspy voice broke apart. “Enough…that if I wanted to slaughter you today…I could. But I won’t‚ for I came here to end a war before another begins.” King David

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    It started as a friendship on a professional level. Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan met in the late 1940’s. Miller primarily wrote plays‚ while Kazan directed them. They were a very good team. A writer and a director who collaborated together successfully. Together they would produce one of the greatest American plays of all time‚ Death of a Salesman. Miller and Kazan would also go on to produce several other literary works in their lifetime. There is more to this relationship than just producing

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    Raphael Sanzio Inspired

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    It was once said by Josef Albers that‚ "Any color subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences." An artist works upon people‚ places‚ and things that incite them to express themselves. It is these things that lay the foundation for a masterpiece that goes on to influence future artists. This is how the artist Raphael Sanzio came about being one of the best of his time. Raphael took methods and ideas from his surrounding colleagues and then he would combine them

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    legend How did Arthur become king? Arthur was the son of king Urthur and his father had sent him to a secret place and no one knew that he was next to become king. Merlin the wizard feared when King Urthur died he did not know what to do. Merlin had cast the sword into the stone that had gold engraving that said‚" Whoso pulleth out this sword out of this stone is the right wise born King of all England." All the greatest people tried to pull out the sword but it did not come out. Arthur had pulled the

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    Indian Parallel Cinema

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    02/18/2010 Indian Parallel Cinema While Indian Cinema known as Bollywood was thriving in the 1950s‚ the film industry also saw the emergence of a new Parallel Cinema movement. A group of film-makers broke with the past traditions and made exciting‚ experimental and innovating films (Gupta 11). Indian Parallel Cinema is a specific genre of Indian cinema which is known for its serious content‚ realism and naturalism‚ which reflected social and politics during those times (Gupta 14). Indian parallel cinema represents

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    In the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Hank Morgan tries to bring advanced technology to a past time period. Morgan begins his journey by believing that his intelligence is far superior to everyone around him this way of thinking helped him bring futuristic ideas into the past without the thought of consequences. He brought many new advancements but eventually his greed is what lead to his down fall. Throughout the novel the Yankee is trying to prove his superiority

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    A Girl’s Story By David Arnason Basic Content Questions Why does the narrator want to give the heroine blonde hair instead of black hair? 2) What does the narrator make the heroine take off? Consider the effect both for suspense and to foreshadow. 3) Why are biblical names a problem for the narrator? 4) Who is Linda? Who is Greg? 5) To whom does the narrator “speak”? 6) Why does the narrator say that‚ “Dialogue is about the hardest stuff to write”? 7) Linda sits on the riverbank‚ but Michael must

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    This essay will assess the connection between the Great Game and contemporary conflicts. To find an answer for this question‚ firstly‚ it is important to understand key concepts‚ such as ‘the Great Game’ and ‘contemporary conflicts’. Contemporary conflicts can be described as ongoing struggles or issues that are taking place now. The Great Game is the concept used to describe the time of protracted war between Russia and British empire to take supremacy in Central Asia and Afghanistan. The term was

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    of a culture is based upon stories or myths passed down from generation to generation. Every culture has a variety of myths about the way life came to be. These creation myths tell the tales of how human kind came to be and how they looked when they got here and their relationship with nature and the world around them. The two creation myths that are the most opposing are the Judeo-Christian and the Native American myths. The creation myths tell two polar opposite stories about how human kind came

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    Arthur Miller’s Use of His Artistic License Many will always debate on whether or not Arthur Miller had a responsibility to portray the Salem With Trails accurately. It is however seen in his play‚ The Crucible‚ he was responsible enough to recreate the events in a way that portrayed what happened in the Salem Witch Trails. Miller in the beginning of the play states that not a lot is known about the characters and that he took it upon himself to make any creations necessary (Miller 2). It was important

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