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    1 100 Days- A Screenplay Written by Eric Goren and Inspired by Patricia Goren INT: APARTMENT-MORNING A messy one bedroom apartment located in Manhattan. The room is sparse except for a large television‚ stereo system with speakers‚ a beat up couch and table‚ and clothing‚ bottles‚ and empty cartons of Chinese food and pizza boxes are strung around the apartment. RICHIE DEUSCH is a late 20 something single guy who is of average height and build. He is sleeping in his messy bed in

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    Scorpion Chinua Achebe: Vultures Denise Levertov: What Were They Like? Sujata Bhatt: from Search For My Tongue Tom Leonard: from Unrelated Incidents John Agard: Half-Caste Derek Walcott: Love After Love Imtiaz Dharker: This Room Niyi Osundare: Not My Business Moniza Alvi: Presents from my Aunts... Grace Nichols: Hurricane Hits England Introduction to the Anthology Poems by Seamus Heaney Poems by Gillian Clarke Poems by Carol Ann Duffy Poems by Simon Armitage Pre-1914 Poetry Bank Printing

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    What do you think is the importance of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present her? In J. B. Priestley’s polemic play‚ An Inspector Calls‚ the character of Eva Smith is presented through‚ at first‚ the Inspector‚ and then‚ through each individual member of the Birling household. Although the audience does not once encounter Smith’s character‚ her character is developed through the information elicited from the family‚ and it is certainly arguable that overall‚ she is put

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    language and culture. 2)Pied Beauty- - Explore what you find most striking about the imagery in ’Pied Beauty’ or ’The Woodspurge’ - What is God being praised for? What do you find so striking or original or beautiful in this poem which celebrates the breath-taking variety of nature in its many forms. 3)Continuum- - Explore the wasy Allen Curnow builds up the image of his depression‚ originated from a poetic block‚ in this poem. - Some poems tell a story. Show how you think Allen Curnow makes

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    First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people who are incapable and live in a mental home. And about all the bad things that had

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    cousins. If the brothers and sister are not talking neither are the children of these individuals. I grew up wishing I had a close relationship with my extended family. This caused me to create very close bonds with friends. I have three friends that are like my sisters‚ and I cherish these relationships. In the last year however‚ social media has facilitated a better relationship with my cousins. We text more often and we are planning a family gathering this summer. In other relationships I find that I’m

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    From a feminist point of view‚ Ernest Hemingway’s "Hills Like White Elephants" uses a plethora of symbols to convey the idea that a young girl named Jig is a typical woman dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. The story begins with Jig and her American boyfriend waiting for a train in the valley of Ebro‚ a symbolic use of the word "Embryo". In addition‚ the valley of Ebro has a river

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    of horror‚ the final girl‚ Clover argues‚ must be accessible as a point of identification to male viewers. For this reason the final girls gender is ambiguous. The final girl is boyish says Clover and she adds‚ what filmmakers seem to know better than film critics is that gender is less a wall than a permeable membrane. Using appropriate references to films covered in the course debate whether there is evidence to support this position. You will first need to define what is meant by spectatorial

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    The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing

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    Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee in April 15‚ 1894. She was the most popular female blues singer known as “The Empress of the Blues”. She started her career by singing in tent shows in 1912‚ alongside another blues specialist Ma Rainey. Bessie influenced other singers including Aretha Franklin‚ Nina Simone‚ Frank Sinatra‚ Billie Holiday‚ Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin. Bessie Smith was married to Jack Gee on June 7‚ 1923. She made her first record with Columbia records “Downhearted

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