Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler is a 2016 retelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. The book was published as part of the “Hogarth Shakespeare” project by Random House. Tyler’s protagonist‚ Kate Battista‚ is just as strong-willed as Shakespeare’s Katherina. Likewise‚ both protagonists are prickly with those around them. Tyler opens Vinegar Girl with Kate in her garden her father‚ Dr. Battista‚ calls her on the phone. He forgot his lunch and would like her to bring it to him. Kate agrees
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The 1993 film‚ Caro Diario (Dear Diary)‚ can be seen as a critique of modern Italian culture and its ills‚ in contrast to a more idyllic past‚ if perhaps as seen only in the mind of the film’s director‚ Nanni Moretti (who also plays the main character‚ Moretti himself). The film takes us on a journey through Italy in three chapters‚ each with its own focus on Italian culture. Though each vignette differs from the other‚ they all reveal Moretti’s deep love for Italy and its cinema as forces that shaped
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Yi Rou Zhang Zhang 1 Instructor: Scott Drake ENGL 101 W April 1‚ 2013 Search for Identity in “Boys and Girls” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”‚ she tells us a story about a young girl’s rebellion to the womanhood prescribed by a society which has stereotyped views toward both sexes’ roles and identity in society. The story takes place in the 1940s when women have not gained so much equal rights as today‚ and they are still
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The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is the first sculpture that displays accurate human features that would later be the foundation of classical sculptures. The Kritios boy was named because it is believed to be the work of Krito‚ the teacher of Myron‚ from around 480 BCE. The statue is made of marble and is considerably smaller than a life-size human‚ standing at 1.17m. The torso of the sculpture was first found buried outside the Acropolis in 1866.The head was later found 23
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masculinity‚ authoritarianism and machismo to blossom as normal conduct‚ even today where gender equality is said to enforced. When Janet Merlo first entered the RCMP in 1991‚ many of these traditional norms and values were noticeably present and controlling the conduct of the entire organization‚ mostly against the odds of minorities like her because they are unable to adapt to the heterogeneous and masculine-ized ideals present in the culture. The main issues in Janet’s life seem to be a result
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The stereotype of boys being lazy and unfocused has affected the academic standing and treatment of boys across American Schools today. Boys today are leading failure rates‚ dropout rates and more. Boys are also “considered” more unfocused‚ lazy and uninterested than girls‚ and some may say this is true as evident by the statistics that say boys have lower grades and higher dropout rates. 40-50 years ago‚ this was considered “strange” as back then‚ girls were “considered” to have lower grades etc
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Title: The Lost Boy (Based on a true story) Author: Dave Pelzer No. of Pages: 340 Major Characters: "¢ Dave Pelzer " A young boy who grows up in a home with a terribly abusive mother. He is incredibly skinny due to malnutrition‚ he wears rags for clothes‚ and his personal hygiene is appalling because he rarely has the privilege to bathe. He desires love from a family who is eager to care for him‚ and he desperately searches for that throughout his adolescent years as he moves from one foster home
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artist formerly know as…”However‚ what the world did not know was that in 1993‚ in Orlando‚ Florida‚ five young men had been chosen to be groomed to become one of the biggest musical sensations to ever roam this earth: The Backstreet Boys. The core of the Backstreet Boys was comprised of cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell‚ who began performing as children in church choirs and singing at festivals in the style of Boyz II Men. The other members‚ A.J. McLean‚ Howie Dorough and Nick Carter‚ had
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Boys and girls are different from each other. They are not only physically different but they have some very different habits. Girls find these differences in habits to be anything from annoying to disgusting. A list of a few habits girls pay attention are when the boys adjust themselves‚ have selective hearing‚ have a lack of focus‚ do not pick up after themselves‚ are not very observant ‚ or have wandering eyes. Boys feel that their actions are a talent and girl views the actions as bad manners
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Phaedra any profit. Dr. Calder does not want the important statue to end up in the wrong hands of Victor Pharmalee. He wants the country of Greece to hold claim to their ancient t culture such as the boy on the dolphin‚ he does not want them to lose that. 2. Victor Pharmalee’s motivation for pursing the boy on the Dolphin is so that he can steal the archaeological find and make a profit. He wanted to get to the Dolphin before Calder so that he could inherit a large fortune. His motivations for the statue
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