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    Dead Sea

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    audience will know that the Dead Sea is devoid of all plant and aquatic life‚ why the sea is so salty and the health benefits. Thesis or central idea: The Dead Sea has a unique environment Main Points: a. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water anywhere b. The Dead Sea is devoid of all plant and aquatic life c. The Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and treatment Introduction: You know why they call it the dead sea? Because absolutely nothing live

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    Renaissance Drama in England

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    Renaissance Drama in England From Medieval to Renaissance Drama  Mystery plays ->  Historical (chronicle)  Miracle plays -> plays  Tragedies  Comedies  Morality plays ->  Interludes -> Other public “spectacles”… The Elizabethan Drama  The Elizabethan era saw a great flourishing of literature‚ especially in the field of drama.  The Italian Renaissance had rediscovered the ancient Greek and Roman theatre‚ and this was instrumental in the development

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    February 16‚ 2010 Gender Androgyny Through the Eyes of Pai What does it mean to be androgynous? According to Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own‚ it is “[…] the theory that the union of man and woman makes for the greatest satisfaction‚ the most complete happiness”(Woolf 37). An androgynous mind is when the male and female work in harmony and co-operate spiritually. She states that “[…] a great mind is androgynous. It is when this fusion takes place

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    ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA The dramatic activity in England took its rise‚ as did the drama of the Greeks‚ from religion; it was in origin distinctly a creation of the church. The church was everything for the Middle Ages:- rest for the weary‚ solace for the afflicted‚ bread for the hungry and succour for the helpless.The church was indeed the schoolz the meeting .place‚ the centre of art and above all of amusement and entertainment. It was ready and eager to provide for the people delight

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    The Aral Sea

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    Aral Sea The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world. About‚ a million years ago from now the northwestern part of Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan were covered by a massive inland sea. This sea was formed when all the waters retreated from a big land; they left a broad plain that contained highly saline soil. Due to the retreating of water many ancient remains were disappeared. The only remnant that remained was a big inland sea which was the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea was an

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    Sexism In Whale Rider

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    The main character of the film Whale Rider is Paikea Apirana. She is an 11 year old girl‚ who was born in the New Zealand Maori tribe. As soon as she was born‚ she was unwanted by the members of her tribe. This is because both her mother and twin brother died during the birth‚ leaving Paikea alone. Paikea states in a voice over of this scene‚ “there was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died and took my mother with him. Everybody was waiting for the first born boy to lead us but he died

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    Whale Rider The “Whale Rider”‚ filmed in New Zealand and directed by Niki Caro‚ is a film based on the novel of the same name‚ by Witi Ihimaera. Many of the extras in the film were actual residents of the town Whangara. The film is about a girl‚ Paikea Apirana‚ played by Keisha Castle-Hughes in her debut role‚ who battles to gain her grandfather’s respect‚ and to become the chief of the tribe. By tradition‚ the leader of the tribe should be the first son‚ however Pai’s twin brother had died at

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    Dance Elements

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    DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally

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    Customer Satisfaction Survey Report Assessment of PART Express Riders August 10‚ 2011 Prepared by: Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation Page |2 Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3 Objectives............................................................................................................... 3 Methodology ..................................................

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    essence of this paper is to list and discuss characteristics of modern period drama. These characteristics are realism‚ naturalism and interaction between characters and the readers. They will be discussed along with Henrik Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’ and Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Sales man’. Realism and naturalism are considered to be the cornerstones of modern drama as we know it today. They are the major influencers of the modern drama. Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the founding father of these two movements

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