Some Notes on “The Custom House” Novel vs. Romance: A novel is concerned with characters and events. It may contain symbols‚ but these are of secondary concern. A romance‚ on the other hand‚ may have events and characters‚ but the real focus is on the ideas and the symbolism that shape the book. These are inextricable from the story itself. The characters and events in a romance are only there to get across these larger ideas and the symbolism—and usually these are intended to lead the reader
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Schroder house Subsequent to the First World War in 1924‚ De Stijl group (known for simplicity of forms) designed a free flowing private residence for Mrs Truus Schroder Schrader. The Schroder house consists of horizontal and vertical planes are coloured in indistinct red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ white‚ and black; an environment where Mondrian’s fine art work comes to life. The co-designer of the Schroder house - Gerrit Rietveld‚ born in 1888 (the maker of the red blue chair)‚ became a member of De Stijl
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and suffered at the hands of church doctrine‚ the Islamic world was conquering lands from Persia to Spain. Building not only great cities and palaces but also libraries and centers of learning. These centers of study from Italy to Spain to the “House of Wisdom” in Bagdad‚ was where Muslim scholars were working doggedly advancing the fields of science‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ mathematics‚ alchemy‚ and medicine. (Lyons 156) Not only preserving the great works of Plato and Aristotle and translating
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THE BOARDING HOUSE The Boarding House is included in Dubliners‚ a collection of fifteen short stories by the Irish poet and novelist James Joyce‚ which was first published in 1914. This story of a boarding house‚ like the other stories in Dubliners‚ describes the lives of ordinary citizens of Dublin and illustrates their various qualities. There are three main characters - Mrs. Mooney‚ her daughter Polly and Mr. Doran. At the very beginning the author describes Mrs. Mooney‚ who relinquished
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First of all I’d like to start with some words about the author. As I’ve learned Richard Gordon is an English writer of the 20th century. He is most famous for his “Doctor” series‚ where he describes different things concerning with the medicine. It is necessary to mention that such things are close to him because he took up the medicine. His literary contribution is great because his “Doctor” series are very popular. They are even screened. As for me I have already heard about this author but haven’t
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Low Cost Green Houses for Vegetable Production Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economic activity and our experience during the last 50 years has demonstrated the strong correlation between agricultural growth and economic prosperity. The present agricultural scenario is a mix of outstanding achievements and missed opportunities. If India has to emerge as an economic power in the world‚ our agricultural productivity should equal those countries‚ which are currently rated as economic power
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Theodonia Marshall November 6‚ 2012 The World House The World House‚ a piece of literature written by Martin Luther King Jr‚ A great civil rights activist/leader‚ writer‚ and philosopher. In the passage‚ he talks about an idea from a famous novelist who died which was “A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.” (J. L. Judith Nadell 597) (J. L. Judith Nadell 597)" \s "A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.\"<>" \c 1
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In the opening scene so many qualities are visible in Captain Kirk and they all lend to the Trait Approach Theory‚ which postulates that a leader is a combination of characteristics and qualities specific to that of leadership. Derived‚ first from the Great Man Theory ‚ the Trait Leadership theorists believed you are born with certain ‘leader-esque’ qualities that makes you able to guide and lead better than someone who is not born with these traits. Notable Trait Theory scholar xxx Ralph Stogdill
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Micro theme 3 In The Birchbark House‚ three characters had died. There was the visitor‚ a white man‚ Ten Snow‚ Omakayas’ friend‚ and Neewo‚ Omakayas’ youngest brother. In Waterlily‚ Gloku‚ Waterlily’s grandmother‚ dies as well as Sacred Horse‚ Waterlily’s husband. It all started in the beginning to middle of winter when the characters in The Birchbark House started dying off. One day‚ after the first snow and the lake had frozen over‚ a group of men dragged their sled of furs from the mainland
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A Doll’s House is a three-take action drama in writing style by Henrik Ibsen. It first went to stage on 21st December 1879‚ at the Royal Theatre in Denmark. It was originally published one month earlier. The play has been charged with the fever during the European revolution in 1848; in this case‚ a new modern perspective was emerging in the literary as well as dramatic world; hence challenging the romantic traditions. Major characters in the play include Nora‚ Torvald Helmer and Krogstad. The characters
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