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    To begin‚ one notices that all three scenes demonstrate different language elements‚ but only one version is unsurpassed. That version is directed by Mckellen. Macbeth is portrayed as an insane man while delivering this soliloquy. He talks exceptionally fast and at this pace he sounds nervous‚ shaky and out of breath. With Macbeth begins anxious then changes to being confident. The audience may predict that something fatal is bound to happen. Mckellen’s version reflected the original text‚ kept

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    asked to dance and when Johnny is asked to get Gilda from the dance floor. Gilda‚ the femme fatale who is always shown as a dangerous character. These tense settings can be seen in various films ranging from The Big Sleep (1946) to Roman Polanski’s Chinatown

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    Thesis: one’s personal culture and sense of tradition will always be a strong part of the self‚ regardless of external factors which can have a profound influence on one’s life. Subtopic 1: one’s value‚ habits and loyalty to his culture and tradition are not easily changed. Example:“ But we collect for the heart‚ Kiam-Kim‚” Father said. “We help all the people of China.” I was puzzled. “Even those who kill other Chinese?” “Yes‚” Father said. “Of course.” “But

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    Charles Manson

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    Charles Manson was born on November 12‚ 1934 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. His mother was a 16 year old unmarried girl‚ Kathleen Maddox. Three weeks after his birth‚ he was named Charles Miles Maddox. Not too long after his birth‚ his mother married a laborer‚ William Manson‚ whose last name was given to Charles. There’s much speculation about Manson’s birth father‚ but truth is‚ nobody really knows. There are sources that say a "Colonel Scott" was his father‚ but there is no proof. According to Manson‚ his

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    Charles Manson and The Tate-LaBianca Murders Nicole Nichols LEG-110 D 10/30/10 Instructor Devito [pic] [pic] [pic] Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten [pic] [pic] Patricia Krenwinkel Charles “Tex” Watson On August 9‚ 1969 the seven innocent victims of the Tate-LaBianca murders were senselessly slain by a vicious cult and their leader

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    Charles Manson became known worldwide after helping commit numerous gruesome murders near Hollywood‚ California. Although‚ Manson’s legal troubles did not start from that point‚ he had been in and out of institutions and prisons since the age of twelve‚ for many different reasons. “For‚ let out of prison in 1967‚ the year of ‘the summer of love‚’ he became the most hated and vilified figure in America‚ a symbol of everything that had gone wrong in the ‘60s” (Smith). Even though his release from prison

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    Emily Baker English 1101 11:00 A.M. 2 October 2012 Experiencing New York as a Marching Band Member The city lights‚ attractive sights‚ and bustling lifestyles were what I had only seen on television and dreamed of at night. I had only heard stories of this place‚ always imagining what it would be like to live in such a colossal city. This was a gift; my chance to do exactly what my mother did her senior year of high school. The people and places I saw‚ the events and experiences I got to

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    realism‚ a world away from the stylised likes of ‘Shakespeare Retold’. The intensification and brutality highlight the violent realities of war and murder. In the original text‚ Shakespeare confined most of Macbeth’s violence to offstage; however Polanski moved blades‚ blood and all‚ to the centre of his adaptation‚ executing the piece colder than the textual analogue. The major symbol of blood is a powerful visual effect successfully utilised in Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ to further enhance Shakespeare’s

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    By 1990‚ Hispanics comprised 50% of Sunset Park’s population‚ rehabilitating property values and developing a thriving community People from Gujarat‚ India‚ have also been settling in and around Sunset Park since 1974 Since the 1980s‚ Brooklyn Chinatown‚ located along 8th Avenue from 42nd to 68th Street‚ has attracted many Chinese immigrants. By 2009 many Mandarin-speaking people had moved to Sunset Park The 2000 Census [2] for Sunset Park‚ Brooklyn approximates that there were 120‚441 people living

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    Shanghai Girls - Book Review

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    SEE BOOK REVIEW I. INTRODUCTION A. Review Lisa See is an American writer and novelist born in 1955 in Paris‚ and grew up in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. Her great-grandfather left his village in China to immigrate in Los Angeles at the beginning of the last century. Although she is only 1/8 Chinese‚ she spent he childhood in the Chinatown of Los Angeles‚ and her familial background has given her roots in Chinese culture and has had a great impact on her life and work. See is

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