Directions (Qs. 11 to 20) : Here are two brief passages with five questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives given. PASSAGE I For months the old tanker‚ African Queen‚ lay turned over on her side‚ stuck fast in the sands off the coast of COMPETITION SUCCESS REVIEW‚ SEPTEMBER 2008 Maryland. She had run aground so badly that her owners had decided to leave her to her fate. It was considered impossible to refloat
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occurred in my life recently. Two days ago‚ I attended a baroque sinfonia at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music‚ directed by Adam Gilbert‚ director of the early music program. The program consisted of selections from The Fairy Queen‚ originally composed by Henry Purcell. The overall performing environment was quite outstanding. It was great that the performers were on an elevated stage‚ making it much easier to see and hear them. It’s always crucial to be able to make eye contact
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Title Alice and Wonderland 20120 Screen Writer Linda Woolverton Director Tim burton March 5‚ 2010 The Scene Scene Design Throughout the whole movie the scenes keep changing going from a reality to something what seems like a dream. The scenes are over the top and amazing and fit the film 100 percent of the time. Lighting Design Alice is transitioning from the dark forest to the bright but destroyed looking tea party as the two settings are a mix of contrast. At the same time
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Often‚ to embrace others‚ one must uncover their motherly nature. In The Secret Life of Bees this statement is frequently true and displayed through many situations. The Secret Life of Bees is an insightful novel which shows the importance of embracing others in tragic situations. The novel begins with the main character‚ Lily‚ explaining how at night she lies in bed and watches the bees which fly around her room. Following the death of her mother‚ Lily lives with Rosaleen‚ a maid‚ and her father
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Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor‚ the classic story of Alice in Wonderland is flipped on it’s side. In Beddor’s novel‚ Queen Genivieve of Wonderland’s daughter‚ Alyss‚ takes an interesting journey‚ but in the end‚ ends up back in Wonderland. When Alyss is young‚ Redd kills King Nolan‚ which is the first time evil comes to Wonderland. Soon after that‚ Redd attacks Heart Palace and Queen Genevieve sends Alyss into the Pool of Tears but Alyss sees Redd kill Genevieve before she is able to escape. Thirteen
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is also present throughout Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech. Towards the begging of Act I scene IV‚ Mercutio tries to convince Romeo push his lovesickness over Rosaline aside and to come along to the Capulet feast. When Romeo says that he is depressed because of a dream‚ Mercutio begins his speech of Queen Mab and he implies that she is the "mastermind of dreams." Queen Mab is a fairy who brings dreams to sleeping humans and throughout Mercutio’s speech of Queen Mab he rambles on about nonsense‚ he is
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Queen Elizabeth I of England‚ who ruled for 45 years from 1558-1603‚ had an uneasy reign. Since she was a female monarch and not male‚ which was rare in England‚ people believed that she wouldn’t be a competent monarch. The people who were not favorable for female monarchs or even females in general‚ believed very strongly abut the issue. John Knox‚ a Scottish religious reformer‚ declared in First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women‚ that a women ruler is “against all nature”
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Alexis Martinez Mr. Williams English 10 9 May 2014 The Secret Life of Bees Essay “A queen less colony is a pitiful and melancholy community; there may be a mournful wail or lament from within… without intervention the colony will die. But introduce a new queen and the most extravagant change takes place.” - The Queen Must Die: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men. Sue Monk Kidd writes a powerful story about a young girl who finds herself living with African-American
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The Queen Mary is a ship that was used for 1936 through 1967. The ship is reported to be haunted and their have been many different types of paranormal activity on the ship. The Queen Mary was built to be a cruise ship but during the ships timeline she was also a troop ship‚ and “Bride and Baby Voyage”. The ship was built in Scotland from the start in 1930 and finally finished on 1936. The construction on the ship was stopped between the years 1931 through 1934 because of the great depression
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Labour Party Prime Minister in 18 years. The Queen then questions a photographer on who are allowed to vote. The queen is named Queen Elizabeth on which he has somewhat of a doubt on Tony Blair. A few months later‚ Princess Diana was found dead on a car accident. Blair then makes a public statement‚ written by his director of communications‚ Alastair Campbell‚ in which he describes Diana as "the People’s Princess." As soon as the queen got the news‚ the queen told Blair that Diana’s death was a private
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