Antonia Bala Mrs. Humenansky Advanced English 9 11 November 2016 The Most Dangerous Game: Alternate Ending My alternate ending starts the morning after the apprehensive night that Rainsford was in the jungle. In the story‚ that morning Rainsford hears the cry of some startled bird that focused him into that direction. He hears something coming the same way he had come. That which was approaching was a man. At this point in the story is where my version of the ending begins. At first Rainsford
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------------------------------------------------- The Tempest From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses‚ see The Tempest (disambiguation). The shipwreck in Act I‚ Scene 1‚ in a 1797 engraving based on a painting by George Romney The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare‚ believed to have been written in 1610–11‚ and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island‚ where Prospero
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“[O]f a land of desire inflamed by a restlessness of branches of a shipwreck right against the very black sand having been forced fed with a peculiar silence” (Césaire 274). In this quote written by Aimé Césaire‚ a dark tone is displayed within the first few lines. This poem‚ and many others‚ were written in a French possession of the Caribbean islands. Caribbean literature has a combination of literary elements that allow the author’s to thoroughly express themselves and their culture. Most noticeably
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How Does a Submarine Work? by Stephen Whitt‚ September 1‚ 2008 A Bit of History The first submarine was powered by oars. Public Domain Submarines are ships that can operate both under and on top of the water. One of the first submersible vessels was built around 1620 by a Dutchman named Cornelius van Drebbel. We don’t know that much about Drebbel’s vessel‚ but diaries and books written at the time tell us his sub was really just a rowboat covered with a waterproof leather skin. Apparently 12
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Brief overview of "My Last Duchess" A. Descriptive adjectives B. Cause for death C. Description of his wife III. Definition of Dramatic Monologue IV. Comments by Glenn Everett A. Point of View B. Tone C. Audience Imagination V. Comments by Terry Bohannon A. No Christianity B. Evil Characters Robert Browning and the Dramatic Monologue Robert Browning‚ one of the greatest poets of his literary period‚ was born on May 7‚ 1812‚ in Camberwell‚ London. He was the first child of Robert and Sarah Anna
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Transformation of the Idea of History in A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters The usual understanding of history as a phenomenon is mostly abstract. Some people would define history as a consequence of dates when great battles took place and Monarchs finished their reigns with mysterious deaths. The history of the world is usually narrowed to numbers‚ names‚ toponyms and – what is significant – books. Not only textbooks on history‚ but literature itself represents history through words and pages
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rather than an interpretation of an Ancient Greek or Roman tale. The painting was inspired by an article published by two survivors of a tragic event – Alexandre Corréard and Henri Savigny. Entitled “The Shipwreck of the Medusa”‚ Corréard and Savigny’s article aimed to detail the tragedy of a shipwreck and the flaws in the system
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In the story Shakespeare in the Bush‚ author Laura Bohannan has an argument with a friend about the interpretation of Shakespeare ’s literature. Her friend stated that Shakespeare was "a very English poet" and that people of other cultures could certainly misunderstand his literal meanings. The author then argues that the plots and motivations of Shakespeare ’s tragic plays will always be apparent because human nature is more or less universal through out the world. She does however take into account
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an intelligent young man who has a great love of God and all that is spiritual. Piscine Molitor Patel is a deeply religious person who intrigued not just by his Hindu teachings and practices‚ but by Christianity and Islam as well. Also during his shipwreck days he stayed very religious throughout both of the representations and constantly kept his faith in god throughout the ordeal while slowly losing his innocence when desperate times called. Another similarity is that Pi’s mother‚ Gita Patel‚ is
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Life of Pi “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel is an incredibly philosophical novel that tells the story of survival. Pi Patel‚ a young Indian boy‚ is faced against the impossible when his family’s boat is shipwrecked and he is left stranded in a lifeboat with an interesting and potentially harmful group of animals: a zebra‚ an orangutan‚ a vicious hyena‚ and the magnificent Richard Parker‚ a Bengal tiger with a human like name. Throughout the novel‚ due to his situation of being stranded‚ Pi had
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