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    The Awakening‚ Chopin uses the motif of water at the Grand Isle beach to represent Edna’s first stages of her awakening. While taking a walk on the beach with the Pontelliers and the Ratignolle‚ she takes her first swim the ocean: “But that night she was like the little tottering‚ stumbling‚ clutching child‚ who of a sudden realizes its powers‚ and walks for the first time alone‚ boldly and with over-confidence” (Chopin 73). The Grand Isle is the first setting that Edna develops her questioning the

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    escapism. This theme is apparent in two of the poems which I have studied‚ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “Sailing to Byzantium”. “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” expresses Yeats’ longing to return home as he was in London at the time when he wrote it. The poet desires to escape from the world of grim reality to a pastoral utopia. In “Sailing to Byzantium”‚ Yeats’ once more is longing to escape but in contrast to “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”‚ he longs to escape the process of ageing as opposed to escaping

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    story and is also going through series of ‘Awakenings.’ The constant boundaries and restrictions placed on Edna Pontellier by society will initiate her struggle for freedom. Her husband Leonce Pontellier‚ the current women of society‚ and Grand Isle make it evident that Edna is trapped in a patriarchal society. Edna is a young Creole wife and mother in a high-class society. The novel unfolds the life of a woman who feels dissatisfied and restrained by the expectations of society. Leonce Pontellier

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    This concept may be viewed and studied both literally and figuratively. Throughout her experience in the new world‚ she manifests her craving for love and must survive with very limited resources when she is stranded and left to her own devices on the Isle of Demons. In this essay‚ the literal meanings of hunger and appetite will be examined. Their alternate figurative meaning‚ that of the sexual‚ romantic‚ and love-related sense‚ will also be discussed. Third‚ the two aspects of the concept‚ hunger

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    insurance. With over 1000 shops‚ Tchibo is one of Germany’s biggest shop chains. The company is based in Hamburg. Tchibo’s coffee is sold in supermarkets in United States‚ Romania‚ Turkey‚ Hungary‚ Ukraine‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ Russia and Poland. On the Isle of Man in the UK Shoprite sells its coffee as well as clothing‚ household items‚ electronics and electrical appliances Dunkin’ Donuts is an international donut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy‚ Massachusetts by William Rosenberg. It

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    \Fareway Since 1938‚ Fareway has been a place to get and receive groceries (Fareway). Fareway has been known to be one of the biggest grocery stores here in Des Moines and continues to expand across this state and many others. Fareway is not a monopoly. There are various substitutes for different products in the store. You can buy the name brand items or you can substitute for the Fareway items that are similar to the name brand items. Fareway brand items are known as Fastco. One item that you can

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    of art throughout generations. Man uses the beauty around him as an inspiration to portray a wonderful environment. Theodore Gericault’s; “Evening: with an Aqueduct”‚ landscapes capturing the vastness of the great out door; Childe Hassam’s; “Surf‚ Isles and Shoals”‚ portrays strong wind blowing from the crashing tide‚ and Giovanni di Paolo’s; “The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise”; portray God as bathing in the glowing celestial light while an angel shows Adam and Eve out of the

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    marriage. She even abandons her family to attempt to find happiness. The first part of the story is located at an island off the coast of Louisiana named Grand Isle. During the summer time‚ Grand Isle is usually taken over by New Orlean families who go there to escape from the heat. During the summer‚ Edna Pontellier and her family went to Grand Isle for a vacation. Edna was not very fond of her marriage and often felt like she was trapped

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    Museum Assignment The two museums that were visited were the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)‚ and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). While the MOCA held artist that were fairly new‚ the LACMA held quite a few of well known artist such as Jackson Pollock‚ Maynard Dixon‚ or Thomas Hart Benton. When visiting MOCA the most interesting artwork that was appealing was "War Never Ends" by Mathew Monahan‚ and when visiting the LACMA the most interested artwork that was appealing to me was

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    16 – Passenger Transport for Travel and Tourism Working together – P3 Passenger transport networks are looked at by integrated transport authorities and local authorities. This means that transport is looked as a system with integrated parts than looking and planning for indivual components for bus‚ air and rail. Integrated Transport Authority or local authority for buses‚ coaches and other ways you can travel across. The national and local systems to make sure the needs of local passengers

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