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    hit him. During the chapter‚ Janie does not even think that Tea Cake is any different of a man as he appears. The effect he has on her is personified towards the end of the chapter. After Tea Cake leaves her at her porch without making any moves towards her‚ she “sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon it’s amber fluid was drenching the earth‚ and quenching the thirst of the day.” (Hurston 99) The affect Tea Cake had on Janie is personified as the moon on the earth. Community is a motif

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    Gulley represents small-town based American lifestyle. He is a well-known writer and has written more than 21 books‚ comprising the Harmony series and his best-selling essay series ‘Porch Talk’. His other famous books include Hometown Tales‚ Front Porch Tales and For Everything a Season. He also hosts a TV show‚ "Porch Talk with Phil Gulley". ‘I Love You‚ Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood’ is based on Gulley’s diary and was American Humor’s finalist for the

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    keep in mind when evaluating the architecture of a house. Located at 205 South 16th Street stands a house different from most. Its brick is layed in an orthodox pattern and its windows are long and narrow. The slender columns around the front porch suggest a Queen Ann style of house‚ but its curved roofing and widows walk make it more of a vernacular type of home. The house has multiple embellishments which also suggest that it could be a Queen Ann type of building because Queen Ann style homes

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    them. “EVERYBODY UP!” Josie shouted. The sword maidens were on their feet‚ swords in hand‚ in a second and a half. They formed a protective circle around Brock as Neph snarled and growled at the intruders‚ trying to keep himself between them and the sword maidens. A voice in the dark said‚ “Hello ladies‚ no need for any violence‚ you’re out numbered six to one anyway. Lower your swords and let’s talk like civilized intelligents.” The sword maidens kept their swords raised and Gertrude spoke‚ “What

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    speakers. Both of these poems demonstrate how someone may be going through lost love is feeling. To begin with‚ in the poem “Annabel Lee” the speaker talks only about his life with “Annabel Lee” and how it tragically ended. For example‚ “And this maiden she lived with no other thought‚ than to love and be loved by me (Poe‚ 5-6). In these lines the speaker is expressing how he and “Annabel Lee” only lived to love each other and nothing more. This greatly impacted the speaker when eventually “Annabel

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    Rumpelstiltskin another technique was used xenophobia‚ the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. Rumpelstiltskin is about a maiden who is forced to spin straw into gold by a king‚ but she doesn’t have the capabilities to do so. Rumpelstiltskin shows up and offers to help but he needed something in return‚ the maiden offers him some jewelry to

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    Even though Edward Albee’s play‚ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? takes place in one living-room setting‚ the highly acclaimed film adaptation‚ directed by Mike Nichols‚ has accommodated for different settings including the lawn‚ porch‚ various parts of the house‚ and even a roadhouse. Though it is common for such stage direction to “open up” the screenplay‚ the inclusion of different settings by screenwriter Ernest Lehman seems to preserve the feeling of seclusion as the play does‚ while still allowing

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    This house and porch swing was found on the internet but would go perfectly with the scene of Cameron and Neely meeting for the first time in 15 years. Cameron’s Parents house is your classic Main St. upper-middleclass family home with a paved driveway and green grass all year round. In the driveway sits three cars‚ Acura RSX (2003) Infiniti QX (2003) and a Chevrolet Silverado (1990). Its close to sunset when the scene takes place so the porch lights are on. I’m choosing to film the big locker

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    Hercules’ 13th Labor was the hardest one of all: Stopping his father from fooling around with pretty maidens. At first Hercules refused‚ claiming that Hera was joking and giving him an impossible task. Hera then threatened to take away his strength and Hercules soon realized she was serious. At first Hercules went up to his father and asked if he could stop fooling around with other pretty maidens. Unsurprisingly Zeus refused. He called Hercules a fool. He told Hercules to leave his home immediately

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    pantry‚ severy‚ 2 bathrooms‚ 2 toilets‚ laundry‚ and a screen porch While an average style bungalow would be bungalow number 259 which has 2 bedrooms‚ 1 bathroom‚ kitchen‚ laundry‚ dining room‚ living room‚ and screen porch. Bungalows range from houses with only 4 rooms to houses with 14 rooms‚ all priced from around $500 to $2000.The bungalow is a one‚ or one-and-a-half‚ story house with a gently sloping roof and a small front porch. Windows are single or double-hung casements with multiple panes

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