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- 1731: Romeo And Juliet 11 -
- ... eleven (Shakespeare s History). Stories say that Shakespeare began his career by holding horses outside the theaters. More reliable information indicates that he acted in plays, many of his own. From acting Shakespeare progressed to writing plays both for the theater and for court performances (The Tragedies, 17). Shakespeare didn t attend college, so in order to broaden his education, he studied the ways of a gentleman and read widely. He ... thirty-seven plays he wrote more than 400 years ago are the most popular on Earth. They are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He also wrote sonnets, a kind of poem. Writing sonnets was thought to be much more important than writing plays in Shakespeare s day (Debnam). By the time Shakespeare turned thirty years old, he was an established actor and playwright in London. At the age of thirty-three, he had not only written ...
- 1732: 20,000 Leagues
- ... extremely interesting book. In addition, it was science fiction, the one area that I was always interested. My assumption was only partially correct, for I only was to a degree interested in the piece of writing. When Jules Verne was writing this book, he must have been reading some incredibly dull science book the day before, for that was what the book was written as. The style of writing was utterly against my tastes, and though the plot was moderately interesting, the style of writing really ruined it. Often, the author will trail off describing some marine animal for pages at a time. ...
- 1733: Jim Morrison
- ... good and bad times. This mentality became publicly visible some years later. It was a combination of ideas like these plus many other childhood experiences which created the writer as well as the topics of writing covered by Morrison. Morrison's parents used a type of punishment known as dress-them-down which involved no physical violence but instead used verbal abuse until tear followed. It was high school where Morrison's writing began its early course. In his spare time Morrison poured his racing mind into the pages of notebooks, stuffing them one by one. The passion of writing was fueled by the world inside his mind in addition to the ideas from books which congested the walls of his room. The authors of these books included Kerouac, Rimbaud, Blake, Camus, Balzac, Joyce, ...
- 1734: Video Cards
- Video Cards Introduction People are living in a three-dimensional space. They know what is up, down, left, right, close and far. They know when something is getting closer or moving away. However, the traditional personal computers can only make use of two dimensional space due to relatively low technology level of the video card in the past. As the new technology has been introduced to the video card industry in ... which is measured in MHz, are the factors affecting the refresh rates. In fact, a 220 MHz RAM DAC is not necessarily but most likely better than a 135 MHz one. Recent developments Traditionally, the personal computer can only deliver two dimensional pictures. However, as people want to increase their living standards, they want the picture on their personal computer be more realistic and attractive. Thus, the display of three dimensional pictures in the personal computer is being developed. The rendering of the 3D image requires the computer to update the screen of ...
- 1735: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... 1945), Vittorio DE SICA, in The Bicycle Thief (1948) and Umberto D (1952), and Luchino VISCONTI, in La Terra Trema (1948). Federico FELLINI broke with the tradition to make films of a more poetic and personal nature such as I Vitelloni (1953) and La Strada (1954) and then shifted to a more sensational style in the 1960s with La Dolce Vita (1960) and the intellectual 8 1/2 (1963). Visconti in ... social and political ideology with a stunning aestheticism.^With the coming of NEW WAVE films in the late 1950s, the French cinema reasserted the artistic primacy it had enjoyed in the prewar period. Applying a personal style to radically different forms of film narrative, New Wave directors included Claude CHABROL (The Cousins, 1959), Francois TRUFFAUT (The 400 Blows, 1959; Jules and Jim, 1961), Alain RESNAIS (Hiroshima Mon Amour, 1959), and Jean ... is known for his stately period films Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1955). Yoshiro Ozu's poetic studies of modern domestic relations (Tokyo Story, 1953; An Autumn Afternoon, (1962) introduced Western audiences to a personal sensitivity that was both intensely national and universal. Younger directors, whose careers date from the postwar burgeoning of the Japanese film, include Teinosuke Kinugasa (Gate of Hell, 1953), Hiroshi Teshigahara (Woman of the Dunes, ...
- 1736: Domestic Violence
- ... the courthouse, the police station or the hospital because they have security. Security is important incase a dangerous situaton arises. She also cannot be on any type of substance, alcohol or drugs. Terry Julian, Oasis,( personal communication, March 15, 2000). Oasis provides for their clients a 24-hour crisis line for family violence and sexual assault. Shelter for abused women and their children. They provide only short term counseling for their ... service Oasis provides but, they are not able to give cash either. Oasis could only give someone money if they just needed to have alittle to get somewhere close, such as Charlotte. Terry Julian, Oasis (personal communication March 15,2000). Oasis operates on Federal and State grants, private donations and help from United Way. Oasis runs with a board of fifteen people and six are full time employees. There is an ... part in Oasis operations and they receive 20 hours of training from the community educator before becoming active. Volunteers can work the crisis line, work at the shelter or become an advocate. Terry Julian, Oasis (personal communication March 15,2000). During 1999 Oasis had seventeen women and twenty-eight children stay at the shelter. They had ninety-five non-shelter domestic violence cases, eighteen non-shelter sexual assalt cases and ...
- 1737: College Stress
- ... s only another anxiety dream. The very fact that dreams like Jacks are common suggests that college is a stressful situation for young people. The cause of this stress can be academic, financial, and personal. Academic stress is common for college students. For many students, going to college is more than just attending classes and taking notes. They usually have a hard time understanding school guidelines and deciding what major ... students must have some sort of incomes that they can rely on for the expeneses so that they can service in school and accomplish their dreams. Along with academic and financial worries, students also face personal pressures. For those who have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, they have to deal with their partners attitude and differences. For example, I have a friend who had a boyfriend when she was in ... a party with her boyfriend in stead of finishing up her assigments. She had to put up with his immature and jealous attitude who wanted her to tell him wherever she went. It was a personal stress for her that she had to put up with her boyfriend while receiving so much pressure from school. Getting along with their family members is a stressful thing to deal with if they ...
- 1738: Anarchy
- ... a political philosophy shrouded in misconception. This misconception is caused by the diversity of the subject of anarchism itself, which cannot be characterized by simple slogans or television plugs. In theory, anarchy provides the most personal freedom for the individual. Anarchy is more than just politics; it is a way of life encompassing political, pragmatic and personal ways of life. Anarchy, however, remains but a theory to the human race. In fact, human nature undermines the ultimate utopian idea of freedom i.e. there will always be one person wanting power over ... ties with anarchy. These people, however, search for the most freedom offered by world affairs and find it in anarchy. Anarchy can have relevance to all facets of one's existence, including political, pragmatic, and personal values. In emphasizing freedom, self-determination, personal responsibility, direct action, and the creation of the voluntary, cooperative alternatives, anarchism has the vision and the flexibility to provide a viable way to transform one's ...
- 1739: Scarlet Letter And Ministers B
- ... The novel the Scarlet Letter and the short story The Ministers Black Veil are very different, but in every way they re different they can be shown alike also. One example of this is the writing style of the two stories. They are different. The obvious difference is the Scarlet Letter is a novel but the Ministers Black Veil is a short story. The stories take place in two completely different places. Also the people portrayed have different roles in society showing that the writing of both is diverse and yet they are the same. How? that is the question. Both stories are written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In both of the stories he has a style in which he gives ... Also both the stories deal with religion and sin which is from the main character. Also the sin is represented by a piece of cloth and this is very effective and is included in hawthornes writing style. Speaking of Characters that is another difference between the two stories. The most obvious difference is the sex of the characters. The minister being a guy and Hester a female. Also the nature ...
- 1740: Popularity of Television and Magazines On Designing Individual Space
- ... was categorised and so housed within his regime. From visiting Unite d'Habitation during July 1999, the monastic sparseness of decoration was also apparent. The homes did not have that friendly, 'homely' feeling as all personal items were not allowed. This was because Le Corbusier believed that "
a construction must be perfect
ornaments hide imperfections" (REF), and so the individual does not make their own decisions on how they wish to ... programs, since higher levels of expenditure are of particular relevance as they imply ' greater readiness to spend on the home over and above what is absolutely necessary for replacement purposes' ((MINTEL, 24/06/98, p3). Personal disposable income has risen steadily from 1993, particularly since 1995. Personal Disposable Income and consumer expenditure are projected to be almost 30% higher in 2002 than in 1993 (MINTEL, 24/06/98, p3), which encourages even more sales and a future for home interest magazines ...
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