From the movie Street Kings 2: Motor City The outdated detective’s unit is shrouded in darkness but for a single desk light illuminating the seated Det. Sullivan. Just before Kingston entered‚ Sullivan had located hard evidence that Kingston was corrupt. Sullivan was fully aware that Kingston would murder him if he knew of Sullivan’s discovery. Kingston moves slowly from his standing position and puts a hand on the back of Sullivan’s chair‚ saying: “Are you sure you’re okay?” [Attending is “the
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city just off the coast of the Indian ocean. “In the distance‚ beyond the shacks and houses of Ujung Karang‚ moonlight glittered on the sea.” Later on‚ Richard incorporates some of the aftereffects of the tsunami. “Before‚ the jungle floor had been shrouded in shadow. Now sunlight poured through huge gaps in the canopy.” With the setting/environment‚ now all we need characters‚ conflict and how they changed throughout the book. Because the characters were engaged in a time of disaster‚ the characters’
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Many people‚ including close family members and friends‚ have passed away in my lifetime. But the one that undoubtedly had the most profound effect on my life and how I was shaped as a person was the suicide of my uncle when I was 10 years old. As soon as this particular death took place‚ my life was completely turned upside down‚ From a fairly stable childhood to a rocky‚ strange path that‚ in a way‚ forced me to become independent as the adult figures‚ such as my mother‚ used all of their time
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Death of a Salesman Essay Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is a modern tragedy. Willy Loman is a tragic figure. The play and the character are classified as such because they follow the examples of Greek tragedies‚ Roman tragedies and Shakespearean tragedy which have typified the classic tragic genre. Athenian tragedy – the oldest documented form of tragedy – is scholastically defined by Aristotle‚ Greek philosopher and polymath (384 – 322 BC)‚ as “an enactment of a deed that is important
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heavy mists. There are some days when the sunlight seems to dance‚ to weave and frolic with tongues of fire between the blades of grass. Not on that day. That evening‚ the yellow light was sickly. It diffused softly through the gray curtains with a shrouded light that just failed to illuminate. High up in the treetops‚ the leaves swayed‚ but on the ground‚ the grass was silent‚ limp and unmoving. The sun set and the earth waited. On the edge of a small wood‚ an ancient tree sat hunched over‚ the
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wolves symbolize fate because one cannot control it‚ one has to compensate for the unexpected misfortunes it brings‚ and many people spend their lives fearing it although it may never bring them hardships in the future. The wolves‚ in this story‚ are shrouded in mystery. When they first enter the story‚ no one is quite sure what they are. Once the father realizes what they are‚ he immediately goes looking for them but then discovers something far worse than the wolves. They had taken his daughter’s life
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Did Salieri kill Mozart? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at 1 a.m. on 5th December 1791 at the age of 35. For the past two hundred years‚ Mozart’s death has been shrouded in mystery. The cause of Mozart’s death cannot be known with certainty. The official record say that he died of Rheumatic fever‚ he is known to have had three or even four attacks of it since his childhood‚ and this disease has a tendency to recur‚ with increasingly serious consequences each time‚ such as rampant
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of guises—a platonic friend‚ a sensual mistress‚ a loving spouse‚ an idealized deity—an artist’s muse‚ in the traditional sense‚ possesses bewitching inherent characteristics that embolden ordinary men to craft profound masterpieces. Deliberately shrouded in melodrama and mystique‚ a muse’s traits are often idealized with their circumstantial virtues hyperbolized by their artist‚ while conversely‚ their critical character flaws are neglected or even omitted (Craft). Dorian Gray‚ the titular protagonist
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From the very start‚ Edgar Allen Poe’s life was shrouded by a dark mystery. Even his writing seemed to reflect this. However‚ the most mysterious thing about his life seems to be his death. There has been much controversy over the cause of Poe’s death. Many scholars and experts have researched the topic of Poe’s death‚ and it boiled down to two main points. Either he died from alcohol poisoning- or from rabies. But there are more pieces of evidence to prove one of these points. It is evident that
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to consider himself as the unlucky child of the prophecy; after all‚ he did save Thebes. It would not be discovered that he was the child until later years. Before then‚ Thebes was prosperous and lively. He was the savior of Thebes and his title shrouded his fate. Hence he should not be accused of his sins. Oedipus tried to avoid fate countless times‚ but instead he just ended up fulfilling it. He
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