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- 26021: Architecture In 1975 Focused M
- Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home, the quote written by Payne shows how dear a home is to a person. Whereas a house is referred to as a place of dwelling, a home is more than that ... house, a studio, a guest cottage, and a dance studio. Barns were not the only buildings renovated, in addition the same owners who transformed one of the barns into a dance studio renovated a gardeners cottage into an art studio. (July 50) One couple went as far as to totally renovate an old inn into a weekend house by themselves with help from a local contractor for major jobs. However ... the houses of that year were quite ordinary on the outside, but very unique on the inside. The ideal home of that year centered upon vacation homes, a weekend or summer getaway from the owners busy lives. The houses were used as a place to relax and in some cases to work creatively. The ideals were pretty well followed back then, but as the years have gone by, and ...
- 26022: Hamlet 6
- ... of the laws of nature and mathematics. They find answers to some of the worlds most difficult problems that have not even begun to be discovered according to the history books. Such discoveries as Newton's law of gravity, the steam engine, and the theory of probability can all be solved in their own somewhat idiotic ways. They also argue and prove to each other the obvious puzzles in life. When ... image that is associated with the two throughout the film and was shown through the coin toss. The fact that the coin always landed upon the heads side could also serve as foreshadowing the pair's death. For there seems to be an almost one hundred percent probability that the coin will land on heads and an almost one hundred percent probability that they will be beheaded. The players have a ... comic relief in the film. They are first introduced in the film when they bump in to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on the way to the castle. They beg for audiences saying that without one actor's are useless and then begin to sound off a list of possible performances. The last scene in the movie shows the players riding off down the same road that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first traveled. ...
- 26023: Traditions in "A Moment Before the Gun Went Off" and "The Lottery"
- ... Moment before The Gun Went Off" and "The Lottery," there is the situation in which a group of people cling to traditions very blindly. In both stories the traditions are so dug into the people's way of life that questioning them is considered sacrilege within these communities. Furthermore, the members of the community no longer even remember why the traditions were set up in the fist place. They follow the ... character of the story is Mr. Van der Vyver. In the story Mr. Van der Vyver accidentally kills a young farm hand by the name of Lucas. Mr. Van der Vyver is more than Lucas's employer he is his father, so Mr. Van der Vyver feels truly sorry for killing Lucas. Mr. Van der Vyver does not grieve with his wife for the death of their son because he is not married to the Lucas's mother. The tradition in this story is that interracial marriages do not occur. While this tradition is not as brutal as the one from "the Lottery" it is just as sad. I believe that ...
- 26024: 1984
- ... him into believing in the true power and righteousness of the party. Eventually he is half way rehabilitated and double thinks meaning he accepts the brotherhood but still prides himself in the fact he hasn t betrayed Julia. He yells he name one night in his sleep and is then brought to the dreaded Room 101 where the worst tortures take place. Rats are strapped to people s faces and they scream as the rats eat their faces through the eyes. At this point, he finally gives in and loves big brother. He is soon after released from the jail. Once out he ...
- 26025: Against Gun Control
- ... over gun control is not about controlling inanimate objects; it is about controlling people. To extend gun controls would make the nation better for criminals and worse for the rest of us. Works Cited U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Lifetime Likelihood of Victimization," BJS Technical Report, Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, March 1987. Gary Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991), p. 203. Gary Kleck, "Lifesaving Benefits to Use of Weapons for Self-Defense," Houston Chronicle, May 31,1992, p. 1E. David B. Kopel, The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1992); and Kleck, Point Blank, pp. 188-91. Kleck, Point Blank, p. 44; U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Handgun Crime Victims, July 1990.
- 26026: Hamlet Analysis
- In Act 1 Scene 5 of Shakespeare s Hamlet, the ghost of King Hamlet can be portrayed as either, a harsh, mean, and demanding father or a caring, nice, and understanding dad. This depends on how you manipulate the lighting, actions, which includes ... his mother. Not only does lighting show how the ghost of King Hamlet can be portrayed in two different ways, but it can also be displayed by his actions and speech. By manipulating the ghost s actions and speech he can be portrayed as either a demanding and harsh father or a caring and understanding dad. By manipulating his speech into a low, hoarse, and rough sounding voice and often raising ... foul and most unnatural murder. His tone of voice would slowly rise until he was yelling at the end of the quote. Also as he was saying this he would be staring straight into Hamlet s eyes and gripping him extremely hard on both shoulders, often shaking him. To portray the king as caring he could talk in a soft, agreeable, and pleasant tone of voice. Again when the ghost ...
- 26027: Voltaire And Rousseau - Opioni
- ... Although he thought that man is basically good, he recognized that man liked wealth, (money is king of the state), domination, and pleasure. And that people usually went to excesses and often exaggerated situations. Voltaire's criticism of society included the treatment and behaviour of the poor. He observed that the poor masses were often too busy trying to survive to notice their terrible state of living. This was one important ... that the concept of general will was a useless means of government, until the masses understood it. The masses of France were illiterate and therefore general will fell on deaf ears. Rousseau angered by Voltaire's remark, jumped in. First he introduced the idea of general will in his Social Contract. The general will is an agreement amongst the citizens of a nation, but excluding the leader, in which they agree ... common good. Here the phrase "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" came into use. These were supposed to be the main goals of the people. In his theory, the government is only a tool to represent the people's desires. Therefore, if the government is not keeping its word, then it should be replaced immediately. Obviously, then, Rousseau supported the system of democracy. In this state of government, man is basically "forced to ...
- 26028: Are We Alone In This Universe
- ... life like that of the Earth. But we are unfortunate to say that out of the nine neighbor planets, life exists only on Earth. What is magical about Earth that makes life possible here? There's lot of scientific details that concludes the reason of life here. The rate of Oxygen compared to other gases in our atmosphere, the distance between sun and the earth, water, pressure, gravity, etc, everything seems ... bring and bear life here. The scientists of today are actually in search of such planets that matches certain criterion with the earth so as to ensure the possibility of life. So far telescopes haven't been successful in bringing clear and accurate pictures of distant planets. Here, distant planets refer to planets of different solar system. Hence Astronomers have to bring about a different technique to solve this problem. One ...
- 26029: The Pearl: Notes Chapter 3
- The Pearl: Notes Chapter 3 1. Priest-he thought of the repairs the church needed, and wondered if he had baptized Coyotito, in if he had married Kino and Juana. Shopkeepers- They thought about men's clothing that had not sold well. Doctor-he thought of Paris, and the things he would have their Beggars-they were happy, because they knew the best "alms giver" was a person who had sudden ... in the church, get his family knew clothing, get an iron harpoon, get a rifle, and to send Coyotito to school to learn to read. The one if these items that would least affect Kino's lifestyle was the harpoon. He once had one, and other Indians also probably had them. Its material was, for the most part, inconsequential. 4. The priest treats the Indians like children. Kino does not trust ... priest since he is European, and because the priest wanted the money from the pearl. The priest suggested that Kino think first of the church in spending his money. 5. The doctor comes to Kino's home to make it appear as though he saved Coyotito so he could get a piece of what Kino got for the Pearl. Kino despises the doctor. He would rather kill him than speak ...
- 26030: Year 10 Asian History Origami
- ... designs and developed papiroflexia, an art this is still popular in Spain and Argentina. Modern creative paper folding (as opposed to repetitions of traditional designs) owes its existence to Akira Yoshizawa. Beginning in the 1930's, Yoshizawa has created tens of thousands of models of every conceivable subject. He, along with American Sam Randlett, is the originator of the system of lines and arrows that are used in paper folding instructions. Exhibitions of his work in the West in the 1950's inspired many Westerners to fold, and, by the mid 1960's, paper folding was developing as quickly in the West as in Japan. Today, Yoshizawa, aged 83, is a living treasure of Japan. Today, master paper folders can be found in many places around the ...
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