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    Billy the Kid

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    Billy the Kid New Mexico has had many well-known legends throughout its history. Billy the Kid was arguably one of most famous legends that New Mexico has ever had. Also known as William H. Bonney‚ Billy the Kid became a prominent and feared outlaw due to his violent nature. His life is still a heated topic throughout America‚ due to his unnatural cruelness and pain. His disturbing acts of cruelty caused many tragedies captured many lives‚ including his own‚ making his life one to remember

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    Billy Elliot

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    the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the

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    t AMDG Written Analysis of Cases # 2 BILLY BONZAI Joaquin‚ Benedict Ignacio Section B2 It’s very tempting to just leave this Billy issue alone. Anyway‚ Collections has been surviving more than seven years of Billy. We’re still ok. It’s just that these annoying customer complaints I’ve been getting is not sitting well with me. It’s a constant distraction that interrupts the formulation of my other objectives

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    What Is a Sonnet?

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    Sonnet A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in Italy; the Sicilian poet Giacomo da Lentini is credited with its invention. They normatively consist of fourteen lines. The term sonnet derives from the Italian word sonetto‚ meaning "little song." By the thirteenth century‚ it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. Conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history. Writers of sonnets are sometimes called "sonneteers‚" although

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    Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot (part 2: film analysis) 1) The opening scene in Billy Elliot shows us what type of kid Billy is and the same with his family. The scene shows us a glance of how Billy’s life is. He is not one of the wealthy kids‚ and the house is not of good standard. We clearly see that this family is a poor family‚ and lives in a neighbourhood that reflects that‚ a typical working-class community. It is Billy who watches out for his grandmother when his father and brother are protesting‚ which

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    Although sonnets were originally meant to glorify women‚ William Shakespeare satirizes the tradition of comparing one’s beloved to all things beautiful under the sun‚ and to things divine and immortal as well. The Shakespearean sonnet‚ according to Paul Fussel‚ “consists of three quatrains and a couplet” (Fussell‚ p. 123).1 Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a clear parody of the conventional love sonnet. In fact‚ it is often said that the praise of his mistress is so negative that the reader is left with

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    Billy Graham

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    Historical Character Profile - Final Report Billy Graham was born on a farm outside Charlotte‚ North Carolina; William Franklin Graham Jr. became the most famous and successful evangelist of the twentieth century. Graham preached the Christian gospel in person to more than eighty million people and reached countless millions more by radio‚ television‚ films‚ books‚ and newspaper columns. A 1943 graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois‚ Graham gained experience and exposure in Youth for

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    SONNET 146 Poor soul‚ the center of my sinful earth‚ Lord of these rebel powers that thee array‚ Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth‚ Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost‚ having so short a lease‚ Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms‚ inheritors of this excess‚ Eat up thy charge? is this thy body’s end? Then soul‚ live thou upon thy servant’s loss‚ And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;

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    Sonnet 129

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    William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 is a classic Shakespearian Sonnet from his distinguished collection published in 1609. The Shakespearean Sonnet is unquestionably the most intellectual and dramatic of poetic forms and‚ when written well‚ is a masterpiece not only of poetic talent but intellectual talent as well. Like the majority of sonnetsSonnet 129 has fourteen lines and is organized into an octave followed by a sestet; or more in depth‚ three quatrains followed

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    Petrarchan Sonnet

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    to show that he is not a Petrarchist it is enough to compare his sonnets with those of Watson‚ Barnes‚ Fletcher‚ Daniel‚ Drayton and other contemporaries: their superiority is seen at once with the certainty that they do not come from the same source of inspiration. Besides‚ Shakespeare did not follow all the rules which Petrarch constantly applied‚ although perhaps he may have read‚ if not all‚ at least some of Petrarch’s sonnets. We say so because we are of the opinion of those who think that Shakespeare

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