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- 1361: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Egeus
- ... Hermia's plan to elope. Demetrius got very upset and he hurries away to stop the elopement, but Helena follows him. Peter Quince a carpenter and a group of common laboring men are preparing a short comic play, to be performed before Theseus and Hippolyta in the evening after their marriage and the star of the play is Nick Bottom. The rehearsal is set to take place the next night in ... sees the sleeping lovers, and Egeus identifies them. This is the moment when Hermia needs to make a decision about her marriage to Demetrius, but Demetrius only declares his love for Helena. After hearing the stories the Duke proclaims that to his wedding will be added those of the four young lovers. Bottom is very confuse , but he returns to Athens, and with his friends, prepares to give their play at ...
- 1362: The Godfather: Gangster Genre
- The Godfather: Gangster Genre Crime stories in this genre often highlight or glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal, gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or ... also include questions such as how the criminal will be apprehended by police, private eyes, special agents or lawful authorities, or mysteries such as who stole the valued object. Gangster films are morality tales, success stories turned upside down in which criminals live in an inverted dream world of success and wealth. Although they are doomed to failure and death, criminals are portrayed as the victims of circumstance, because the stories are told from their point of view - all other "normal" roots to the top are unavailable to them. Film gangsters are usually materialistic, street-smart, immoral, and self-destructive.They rise to power with ...
- 1363: Little League Coaches
- ... My dad was a role model for Carl, because he provided a chance for him to live out some dreams, showed a good example on and off the field, and helped Carl work past his short comings as a ball player by giving him extra practice. Conclusion Little League coaches have the ability to influence the live of young children. A coach is a role model. Giving children a shot at ... Ohio. 1999. Mackintosh, Sandy. " There's More to Being A Role Model Than A Mere Profession." 17 June1998. Online Posting. Role Model Discussion Group. 26 Feb 1999. McComic, Ira Will. Little League Baseball Coaches. Helicopter Stories. 1996. http://www.amirado.net/coaches/baseball.html McFarland, Charles Jr. Personal interview. 18 Feb.1999. Saylor, Carrie. Personal interview. 15 March 1999. "Models For Mentoring" OSAP Community Partnership Institute, Community Training Workshop, participant materials ...
- 1364: Tooty’s
- ... s to old Ford trucks and beat up vans. At the entrance the first door to go inside was painted red and very heavy, while the second door was much lighter and covered with gray short carpet. Inside and to the left there were two dartboards but only one was working. There is an old coin operated pool table in the back in a smoked filled room with a circular “Budweiser ... your favorite brew to names of drinks that defy the laws of gravity. Neon signs of different liqueurs and beer give off a boggy shine throughout the smoke filled bar. The people there can tell stories for hours and others just listen with such intensity, hanging on every word as the story carries on. Meanwhile, across from the bar, couples are talking about the future and making outlandish claims to each ...
- 1365: Communication Analysis: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
- ... most of the time. They feel as if their husbands just don’t care. When in fact they do care, they just do not know how to show it. They say that women drag out stories that do not need to be so long. They also say that women become irrational during more intense conversations and are oversensitive. Men need “alone time” and women need “together time.” When a man works ... such stress in being so different, each member of a relationship can add positive aspects to it by making sacrifices of their own. When an argument comes about, men feel the need to take a short “time out” and women like to keep on arguing. Women need to let the men take that “time out” and understand that it will help him to get some time alone to figure things out ...
- 1366: John Coltrane
- ... redefinition of rock from one album to the next. Yet the distance they traveled from conventional hard rock through sitars and Baroque obligatos to Sergeant Pepper psychedelia and the musical shards of Abbey Road seems short by comparison with Coltrane's journey from hard-bop saxist to daring harmonic and modal improviser to dying prophet speaking in tongues. Asked by a Swedish disc jockey in 1960 if he was trying to ... and, incredibly, two drummers incredibly insofar as Coltrane already had, in Elvin Jones, the most overpowering drummer in jazz. The addition of Rashied Ali to the drum corps, in November of 1965, made for a short-lived collaboration or, rather, competition between Jones and Ali; a disgruntled Jones left the Coltrane band in March of 1966 to join Duke Ellington's. But it was the culmination of Coltrane's search for ... invention and breathtaking right-hand flurries. Drummer Elvin Jones supplies the fuel for the excursion: His fiery and urgent polyrhythms inspire the leader to great heights. Following Tyner, Coltrane returns with angular, jagged statements featuring short bursts, squeals, and moans that bristle with energy. "Pursuance" opens with a Jones solo before Tyner borrows from Coltrane's frenzied attack. Tyner's left pounds out a series of dramatic, seemingly unrelated chords ...
- 1367: Collective Action Frames
- ... roots of, and common solutions to, perceived injustices (Lofland 1996). These junctures constitute a condition wherein “framing efforts strike a responsive chord or resonate within the targets of mobilization” (Snow and Benford 1988, 198). In short, the collective action frame most influences micromobilization at points rendered meaningful by the SMO’s attempt to organize experience. This makes clear Gamson’s (1992) position, which is that, in order to consistute a collective ... answers and solutions to troublesome events and situations which harmonize with the ways in which these conditions have been or are currently experienced" (Snow and Benford 1988, 208). Narrative fidelity checks the frame against the stories, myths, and folklore that constitute one's culture. Gamson (1988, 227) measures the success of frame alignment through looking at “cultural resonances” -- core ideas and symbols that mirror larger cultural themes but are also at ...
- 1368: The Role of Fate and Hubris in Oedipus the King
- ... be performed at religious festivals such as the Festival of Dionysus. The plays were serious events performed for audiences of all classes. Many audience members couldn't read or write, so Sophocles used well known stories as plots. The audience didn't have to focus on understanding the plot. They already knew the story of Oedipus, which Sophocles used to his advantage. With well known plots the people's minds were ... again caused by his hubris. Yet, even his hubris cannot withstand the huge knock from fate that Oedipus encounters when the messenger of Polybus's death, and the shepherd of Laius's death tell their stories. They tell of Laius and Jocasta giving their cursed baby away. They also tell of the giving of the baby to Polybus and Merope by means of the shepherds hands, and then the messengers hands. The baby was Oedipus. He fled Polybus and Merope trying to escape the antagonist, fate. And only after the messenger and the shepherd have told their stories is Oedipus clear on what a cursed life he has lead, and he will always lead. So now, unlike most Disney movies, the bad guys have won. But not entirely. Oedipus could not conquer ...
- 1369: Kangaroos -
- ... female. HABITAT Most kangaroos live on the grasslands and deciduous forests of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. Some kangaroos live in or near the coastal regions. Kangaroos are herbivorous. Their diets include many grasses and short shrublike plants. They also enjoy eating berries, when they can find them. They are hunted because they eat grass that local livestock graze on. An adult kangaroo can survive a time of several months without ... kangaroo can reach a height of six feet and a weight of up to two hundred pounds. Kangaroos have a small deerlike head and snout. It has large sensitive ears and eyes. Its forelimbs are short and are used for only a couple of tasks. The hind legs are very powerful and long. The hind feet are long and narrow, sometimes a foot and a half long. The tail is about ... and is used for balancing while taking leaps. The color of the kangaroo varies by species, but it mostly a brownish-grey. The chest and underside of the towel is mostly white. The fur is short and thick to keep it warm during the cold nights. The joey is born hairless, but grows hair quickly in the mother's pouch. The first hair the joey gets is very light, but ...
- 1370: Ist't It Ironic: An imaginative response to the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette
- ... money. She left James talking to John as she went off to buy the ticket. John told James about the time he used to be a pilot in the RAF James was fascinated by these stories, He wanted to be a pilot too someday. A short while later, John's grand daughter arrived with his lottery ticket. She told him that she had recived a call on her mobile phone and she was needed at work. They told him that they ...
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