silent night SILENT NIGHT: The Song Heard ’Round The World by Bill Egan‚ Christmas Historian 180 years ago the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf‚ Austria. The congregation at that Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor‚ Fr. Joseph Mohr‚ and the choir director‚ Franz Xaver Gruber‚ rang through the church to the accompaniment of Fr. Mohr’s guitar. On each of the six verses‚ the choir repeated
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associated with warmth and happiness‚ because light comes from the sun and the sun makes us happy. Darkness on the other hand‚ is recognized as cold and scary‚ because as Prachett says‚ darkness has always gotten to a situation before the light has. In the story “Night‚” by Elie Wiesel‚ a young boy who portrays the author finds the darkness of the Holocaust has engulfed him whilst in multiple concentration camps in 1944. The title “Night” is a fitting choice for this book because it was such a dark
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The play Twelfth Night explores many different types of love between it’s characters. With so much love and so many different levels and kinds‚ love easily appears to be the central theme of the play from the complex love triangle between Viola‚ Oliva and Orsino to hinted at homosexual love from Antonio to Sebastion‚ it is easily the central theme. The first love in the play is Orsino’s love for Olivia. Although Orsino has never met Oliva before in his life he claims to be madly in love
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moonlit night. Nowadays‚houses and buildings in a city or town are mostly lit by electricity public roads are well lit at night. Therefore‚town people do not seem to notice the moon shinning in the night sky.There is no electricity in villages and resultm country folk have to do things by the light of the moon. They usually get a chance to admire the beauty of the moonlit nights. I still remember a beautiful moonlit night night that
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centuries In the story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman (1892) portrays women’s role in society in the late 18th century. The story thoroughly depicts the life of a married woman who is depressed and battling to be free. Freedom of the woman in the story is so intense‚ and it reminds me that some women are still struggling for certain freedom. In these times‚ as illustrated in Perkins-Gilman’s story‚ a woman who wants to be different from what is perceived as “the norms” of the status
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the author of The Yellow Wallpaper wrote the story having little to no knowing that it was going to be part of feminist literature. Moreover the story playing a part with feminism‚ the story has a light feel of horror to it that attracted others as well. The story is being told in the eyes of the narrator who becomes crazy obsessed with the yellow wallpaper. Throughout The Yellow Wallpaper‚ points of woman suffrage‚ horror‚ and the victorian time set thematic ways of the
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When thinking about this show‚ a feeling of intrigue came over my emotions‚ and the decision was made to view the show at the earliest possible time. Fortunately‚ the first showing also happened to be on PWYC night. That can help one survive with just a little bit more money in their bank account. The show seems to be a very original concept‚ showing the front and backstages of a production‚ providing multiple perspectives. The videos shown during class gave a very small glimpse into the comedic
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Victorian era‚ the Greenman family from Westerly‚ RI relocated to Mystic‚ CT‚ where the three brothers and their families created a shipbuilding community‚ the remnants of which can still be seen today. Located at the Mystic Seaport‚ parts of Greenmanville are on display‚ including the houses of each brother and some of their personal belongings. Thomas Greenman and his wife Charlotte built their large home in 1842‚ which included a double parlor for Charlotte to use as her own space. This parlor
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Nights in Rodanthe‚ a romance fiction novel‚ is written by Nicholas Sparks‚ published by Vision‚ Hachette Book Group of USA‚ in June 2003‚ and copyrighted 2002 by Nickolas Sparks. Nicholas Spark is an American novelist‚ screenwriter and producer who is well-known for his romantic stories. Sparks’ string of New York Times bestsellers includes: A Walk to Remember‚ Message in a Bottle‚ The Rescue‚ A Bend in the Road‚ Nights in Rodanthe‚ The Guardian‚ The Wedding‚ True Believer and its sequel‚ At First
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a runty farm yard pig‚ who is saved from death by Mr Arable’s eight year old daughter‚ Fern. Fern cares for and loves Wilbur as if he is a pet but eventually has to ironically send him to suffer another fate of death on Mr. Zukerman’s farm. Fern remains a main character who is considered to be a little bit crazy as she spends all her spare time sitting in the barn at Zukerman’s and talking to the animals but‚ the main plot follows the exploits of Charlotte A. Cavatica‚ a large grey spider‚ to
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