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    surroundings and cultural setting. The essay is based on Scenes 1 and 2. Word limit: 800 Tennessee Williams uses very specific and detailed stage directions to indicate the emotions‚ thoughts and actions of his characters in his famous play “A Streetcar Named Desire”. We communicate with much more than words. Most of the messages we send other people are nonverbal‚ these include our facial expressions‚ gestures‚ eye contact‚ posture‚ and tone of voice. The ability to portrait nonverbal communication in

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    Yao The Rules and Mechanics of Limit Hold’em It is expected that the reader of this book has some experience playing Limit Hold’em and is not a complete novice. For completeness‚ the rules of the game along with some poker terminology is included. Limit Texas Hold’em is a form of poker with community cards. The rankings of the hands are in order: Rank Royal Flush Straight Flush Four-of-a-kind Full House Flush Straight Three-of-a-kind Two pair One Pair High Card Example A♠-K♠-Q♠-J♠-T♠ K♣-Q♣-J♣-T♣-9♣

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    Outcasts Of Poker Flat

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    Total Opposites In the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte‚ the author uses characters in the story that have very similar characteristics‚ except for one‚ "Uncle Billy." John Oakhurst is a big time gambler in Poker Flat. He took large sums of money from many people in town. The residents of Poker Flat were very upset with him always winning bets and all of their money. Out of all the people that are banned from Poker Flat‚ Oakhurst possesses the best qualities out of the group

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    Symbolism of Night‚ and House on Mango st. Night is a story of a boy named Elie and his experience at Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz was the biggest death camp in the world‚ 2‚000-3‚000 people were killed ever hour according to pbs.org. House on Mango Street is a story of a girl growing up in not the best of conditions. She also struggles with fitting in. The book "Night" and "House on Mango Street" differ in their use of figurative language; whereas the symbolism of Night is dark like

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    Steven Touitou I remember the first time having play poker ‚ I was maybe 10 years old and were looking at my older brother playing in the living room with their friends ‚ I already knew the rules that my father thought me few years ago but that was the first time I was introduces to Texas Hold’em a different variance that became the most popular game of poker. As soon as the group left the table ‚ I remember grabbing the deck of card dealt myself two cards‚ draw five cards on the board and

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    Speaking of regionalistic qualities‚ The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and The Outcasts of Poker Flat are very much alike when it comes to their characters. The dialect used in both stories indicates that the setting must be somewhere in the “Wild West”. For example‚ in Twain’s story‚ Simon Wheeler is telling the narrator tall tales about some fellow named Jim Smiley and his tone tells you exactly the type of man he is: somewhat unintelligent compared to the narrator. The sentence structure

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    Both Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" and Tennessee Williams’ "Streetcar Named Desire" extract has two characters in each scene. One of them is usually one of the main characters of the stories: Mr. Proctor in the Crucible extract and Blanche DuBois from the scene of Streetcar Named Desire. Both of them had a serious conversation with their partner. There are lot of stage directions in both therefore far more indirect characterization can be found than real ones. Mr. Proctor was depicted as a dissatisfied

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    Outcasts of Poker Flat

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    Plot Summary  By Michael J. Cummings...© 2006 .  .......When John Oakhurst steps into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of Nov. 23‚ 1850‚ conversations stop and eyes stare. He’s a villain‚ after all‚ one of several who had earned that designation.  .......After losing several thousand dollars‚ two horses‚ and a worthy citizen‚ the townspeople had established a secret committee which saw to the hanging of two persons and the banishment of others‚ including women. A few of the committee

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    journey to further the characters change. Bret Harte is successful in using a physical journey to alter the characters personality in ​ The Outcasts of Poker Flat.​ Oakhurst‚ Uncle Billy‚ Mother Shipton‚ and the Dutchess all had one thing in common‚ they were banished from Poker Flat due to their actions. In Bret Harte’s short story ​ The Outcasts of Poker Flat ​ the party of misfits prove that even if people have corrupt actions‚ the can still be a good person. The characters all reveal their true personalities

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    In order to collect the necessary information for this post‚ I held a small poker night at my place a couple of nights ago. I invited some of my good friends over because we hadn’t caught up in a couple of weeks‚ and poker was the perfect game to bond and relax over. We munched on some good grub and a couple of drinks‚ so it was surely a great night.  In determining the skill level of all of the players‚ I would say that we were all at the same level. Though‚ my friend Max is a card-playing fiend

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