Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House is a play ripe for a director’s dissection‚ with deep reflections of love and loss. I consider the central character‚ Mathilde‚ a Brazilian maid‚ who has a job cleaning the house of an uptight American doctor (Lane)‚ to be the axis from which the action of the play orbits around. Ruhl’s writing riffs on the roles and status ascribed by social class: “It’s a telenovela!‚” Mathilde declares wryly. This piece is a myriad of fantasy‚ social commentary and dry humor. And
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Once upon a time I lived a semi normal life. The last day I lived that life was Thanksgiving of 2002. The people that made up my semi normal life was Papa‚ Nannie‚ Mom‚ Aunt Jodi‚ and me. As you may of concluded it was Thanksgiving‚ but this one wasn’t like the rest. We were going to Chicago to my Aunt Jackie and Uncle John’s house to have Thanksgiving dinner. The thing is we would of had dinner at Nannie and Papa’s‚ but a little less than a year before Papa was diagnosed with lung cancer. Lung
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My uncle Alvin never listened to any of those commercials. The commercials that tell you that you can quit. He said that they were stupid‚ almost ludicrous‚ and utmost irrelevant. When I was younger‚ I told him that one day‚ I was going to get him a great immense boat. One that he can catch fish by day‚ and look at the stars when night arrives. I said it would be a promise. Through the years‚ he says that I still promise him that boat‚ he chuckles whenever he says it. A boat‚ he says‚ wouldn’t
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Sarah Watt’s “Look Both Ways” shows us that death is a normal part of our lives‚ and if we are unable to accept it‚ then it can hold us back from living our lives to its fullest. Using a variety of filming techniques‚ Watts effectively displays and accentuates the pain and grief of her characters‚ especially Nick and Meryl who “have been seeing death everywhere”‚ in order to demonstrate how fears of death can restrict our ability to live‚ in terms of anything from relationships and being social‚
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Two Thanksgiving Gentleman by O. Henry O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. O. Henry’s short stories are famous for their surprise endings and humor. O. Henry’s wrote such classic short stories as The Ransom of Red Chief‚ “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Furnished Room”. His stories often have characters from opposite society levels: the wealthy and
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Are college institutions practicing affirmative action for boys‚ if so why? Sarah Karnasiewicz is a writer and editor for Salon.com’s Life section. She has written most of her articles on education and youth culture. In her article‚ “The Campus Crusade for Guys‚” she explores the gender gap between males and females applications for college admission. The question of whether affirmative action for boys has begun. Karnasiewicz begins her article by presenting the opinion of child psychologist
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of Sarah Palin Jessica Cardoso Colorado Technical University Online Phase III Individual Project June 6‚ 2011 Biographical Case study of Sarah Palin Part A: Development The person that I have chosen to be the subject of my analysis is Sarah Palin. The following paragraphs will include her background‚ education‚ her key experiences‚ career story‚ and her personal and family life and what made her famous. Sarah Palin was born as Sarah Louise Heath in February 11‚ 1964. She spent the first three
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the United States‚ I didn’t learn American history; therefore‚ my knowledge about pilgrims is very limited. I know the basics about how Thanksgiving came to be. There was a Native American who helped teach the pilgrims to plant corn by using dead fish as fertilizer. His name was Squanto. The pilgrims and the natives came together and feasted on turkey. Thanksgiving became a holiday and turkey became the main dish. I didn’t know that there was another Native American who approached the pilgrims before
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like something that it is not. “Happiness” can be another sign of sadness. That can be a person’s way of hiding how they really feel. This can be because there spouse won’t let them be or feel like they actually want. In the book “This Lullaby” by Sarah Dessen‚ the romance does have some reality to it. The main character Remy has a decent outlook on how relationships can be. This outlook
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book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes‚ in the beginning of chapter thirteen‚ we learn that Sarah Byrnes has been living above Mrs. Lemry’s garage for the past three days‚ and that Eric went to tell Laurel‚ her counselor‚ that Sarah’s okay‚ but Laurel is suspicious of Sarah’s dad. In a flashback‚ Eric and Ellerby pick Sarah up from the hospital‚ then Virgil Byrnes drives by but doesn’t see it’s Sarah or Eric‚ even when Ellerby honks at him‚ Eric thinks that once Virgil finds out Sarah left‚ “the stakes to
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