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    SUPERSTIONS AND DREAM INTERPRETATIONS IN THE DUCHESS OF MALFI Superstition‚ a sort of a feeling that takes umpteen number of forms and at times frightens life out of people‚ takes a special pedestal in the life of a person which might make a person float on cloud nine or perish in dungeons. Superstitions are universal and they do exist even now in the 21st century and the plays before three centuries are no exceptions. The plays during the 16th and 17th centuries were abounding with superstitious

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    Fearing Fear Itself Many students find themselves stressing the night before a big test‚ thinking about how they will fail the test. As a result‚ they spend more time worrying than actually studying for the test‚ causing them to‚ in turn‚ completely fail the test. In Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” Roderick Usher does just this. He not only feels a sense of paranoia as mentioned above‚ but a sense of fear as well. Roderick becomes so overwhelmed by his setting and atmosphere

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    up to the palace steps‚ Clytemnestra

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    heard him mentioning her so often and because his Lord has ordered him to give her glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise made of reeds; and also because the Prophet would slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.” Even though she was in a polygamous marriage‚ no other women affected her as much as Khadija’s figure did. Khadija’s figure has haunted Aisha‚ as she was the Prophet’s (PBUH) most loved wife. He would always recount her merits during the day and night.

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    overly cautious to the needs of singers. Gilda and Rigoletto could sing to each other more‚ sometimes it felt as if they didn’t even know each other. In the opera’s most crucial scene‚ Mayer’s vision fails horribly. Rigoletto is supposed to enter the palace in his jester’s costume‚ wild and singing a tune. In Mayer’s version‚ Lucic walks in wearing a raincoat‚ singing a tune‚ looking weirdly out of place. While this production had some misplaced scenes it also had its redeeming qualities. In Scene

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    The Christmas Dragon and the Night of Tralala Once upon a time‚ there was a Christmas dragon that haunted the magical kingdom of Tralala. Every day‚ he asked for ten gold coins or else he would eat someone. A few years later‚ after all that torturous misery‚ a brave knight named Sir John came and said he was on a quest to defeat the Christmas dragon. He soon realized it would be extremely hard because the Christmas dragon knew how to fly. So‚ he came prepared with a trampoline. One time‚ he jumped

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    The Troll’s Nosegay by Robert Graves A simple nosegay! was that much to ask? (Winter still irked‚ with scarce a bud yet showing). He loved her ill‚ if he resigned the task. “Somewhere‚” she cried‚ “there must be blossom blowing.” It seems my lady wept and the troll swore By Heaven he hated tears: he’d cure her spleen – Where she had begged one flower he’d shower fourscore‚ A bunch fit to amaze a China Queen. Cold fog-drawn Lily‚ pale mist-magic Rose He conjured‚ and in a glassy cauldron

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    An act of revenge or no? “ON THAT GLORIUS NOONDAY when Dulce Rosa Orellano was crowned with jasmines of Carnival Queen‚ the mothers of the other candidates murmured that it was unfair for her to win just because she was the only daughter of the most powerful man in the entire province‚ Senator Anselmo Orellano” (Charters‚ 2011‚ p.42). This first paragraph of the passage as well as the title of the story leads the reader to prepare for some sort of battle. The story goes on to

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    The poet William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) believes that every human being is a sojourner in the mortal world‚ whereas his real home being heaven. In fact‚ the poet starts with the major premise that men descend form God. To Wordsworth‚ God was everywhere manifest in the harmony of nature‚ and he felt deeply the kinship between nature and the soul of humankind. Man has his soul which knows no decay and destruction. But as one is born‚ one begins to be confined within the flesh. The soul‚ bound in

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    activates. Have several educational officers and volunteers who look after the groups before‚ during and after their visits. Elderly couples- Different attractions such as the grounds and gardens‚ palace house‚ Beaulieu abbey‚ home of the Montagu family and one of the ten treasure houses in England. Palace house is kept in the Victorian era and they have staff dressed up in Victorian clothes who talk to visitors about life upstairs and downstairs. Motoring enthusiasts- they have over 250 vehicles

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