The Anti-Disney Fairytale Fantasy stories are know to have at least these four things‚ a prince in a far away land‚ a princess that will fall in love with the prince‚ a major conflict‚ and of course a happy ending. Peter S. Beagle changes the face of traditional fantasy stories in his book The Last Unicorn. A unicorn embarks on a journey to save all the other unicorns and along the way she meets Schmendrick‚ a failed magician‚ and an old maiden named Molly. Together they travel to King Haggard’s
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Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps
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An Analysis of the Last Supper The painting of the Last Supper is an important event in Jesus Christ’s life because it was his last meal in Jerusalem with his disciples before his crucifixion. According to Christians‚ Christ foretells that he will suffer soon after his meal and that it will be his last meal. After Christ predicted that he was having his last meal‚ he gives his followers a commemoration for his body and blood by taking a piece of bread and gave it them saying‚ “This is my body given
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"The Last of the Mohicans" The main difference between "The Last of the Mohicans" book version by James Fenimore Cooper and "The Last of the Mohicans" movie version‚ generally speaking‚ is that the book has a more adventurous theme and the movie has a more love and romantic theme. Never the less‚ both stories were extremely interesting. Main details that support this difference are that in the movie‚ Cora is supposed to wed with Heyward and Cora agreed with that. Then she met Hawkeye when he
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The Last Leaf In his wonderful short-story The Last Leaf‚ O.Henry depicts a really admirable person - old Behrman. The story depicts the lives of artists in America at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time arts people were massively settling in Greenwich Village attracted by eighteen century gables‚ Dutch attics and low rents‚ making this district an arts hub of this huge city. Two young artists Sue and Johnsy meet at a café. They become friends and find their tastes and opinions
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Why did Mao rise to power in China? “Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. “Mao Zedong clearly referring to the Kuomintang. After a bitter civil war (1946-1949)‚ which faced the major Chinese parties Kuomintang and CCP‚ Kuomintang’s defeat‚ evidenced with Chiang’s and 200.000 people´s fled to Formosa‚ Mao Zedong (1893-1976)‚ born in Shoshan‚ Hunan‚ proclaimed the new People´s Republic of China with himself as both Chairman of the CCP and President of the republic
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AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND William Sydney Porter An American writer‚ known by his pen name O. Henry‚ born September 11‚ 1862 in Greensboro‚ North Carolina and died June 5‚ 1910 (aged 47) in New York. His most famous short stories are: * "The Duplicity of Hargraves" (1902) * "A Retrieved Reformation" (1903) * "The Cop and the Anthem" (1904) * "The Gift of the Magi" (1905) * "Conscience in Art" (1907) * "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1910) * “Calloway’s Code” SYNOPSIS
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Miller Essay #2: The Last Shot The dream of creating a greater life for oneself and family through the game of basketball is not restricted to any time or place in American history. As long as there is a court‚ there lies the opportunity to experience the hoop dream. For the likes of Tchaka‚ Russell‚ Corey‚ and Bill Russell‚ their paths may have been different‚ but their struggle for greatness in the ever-shrinking window of the hoop dream is all too familiar. The Last Shot by Darcy Frey chronicles
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The Last Juror by John Grisham 1. "From day one she was intimidated by me because I was from Memphis and had gone to school up North for five years. I was careful not to wear my Ivy Leagueness on my shoulder‚ but at the same time I wanted these rural Mississippians to know that I had been superbly educated. (page 10)" There are two literary elements that could be categorized in this excerpt. I think that John Grisham highlights his use of satire very vividly early on in the book. He is placing
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PRATIQUE DE LA LANGUE Assignment #1 Movie: The Last of the Mohicans‚ James Fenimore Cooper‚ 1826. Novel: The Last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann‚ 1992. Main Characters‚ actors portraying the characters and family connections: Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye: The hero of the story‚ he is the adoptive son of Chingachgook‚ a frontiersman‚ falls in love with Cora. Wes Studi as Magua: The villain of the story‚ a Huron‚ he wants to avenge the wrong done to him by the Englishmen. Steven Waddington
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