When I was eight years old‚ I peered through a telescope for the first time in my life. It was a small device‚ no more than two metres long‚ and yet it let me glimpse a brilliant view of Jupiter: it was the size of a marble‚ magnificently striated in hues of brown‚ red and orange. Then‚ when I was 13‚ I went to the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad‚ where I revisited my five-year old fascination with Jupiter as I sat spellbound in the arena as a cosmic dance played out in the canvas stretched above
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3. If love be rough with you‚ be rough with love: Prick love for pricking‚ and you beat love down. Give me a case to put my visage in. A visor for a visor! This quotation is spoken by Mercutio to Romeo. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to persuade Romeo to join them in a masquerade. Romeo is reluctant to to join them. He rather be alone with his love-sick misery about Rosaline not returning his love and Mercutio is trying to cheer up Romeo. This passage is significant because it
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until the cage door was open. The text stated‚ “Hungering‚ food was ever at hand.” In the story‚ “Boy’s Life‚” Cory‚ the main character‚ wanted to leave school for summer break so bad. The text stated‚ “The classroom was empty. I could hear the echoes fading.” He wasn’t like the animal that had to escape by himself‚ he was freed by his teacher. Cory stated that
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"Elena‚ wake up." The voice echoed‚ breaking though what seemed to be a barrier‚ though it still sounded so far away. "Elena" it whispered again and the petite brunette finally stirred in her deep sleep. At first she was unable to assess where it came from; it seemed she was running into a dark and never ending tunnel‚ attempting to find whoever it was that kept calling her name. However it was of no use‚ the closer she got‚ the further away the voice moved. Elena stumbled‚ her worry and tension
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qualities of integrity to be recognized in Japanese history. Behind the perfectly painted face and overly constricted kimonos are the scars of true sacrifice towards this cultural profession‚ but is the true perseverance of the traditional geisha fading into the shadows of modern day stereotypical cinema and media? The stereotypes surrounding the geisha have increasingly caused these women to be portrayed as cheap prostitutes or women of pleasure in Japanese society. These misconceptions became the
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Contribution to Meaning Symbolism Mark: 18/20 The most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel is through the use of literary devices. In Cloudstreet by Tim Winton‚ one of the most prominent of these devices is symbolism‚ which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harboured by the text’s audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. Indeed‚ Cloudstreet itself‚ the river and religious symbolism contribute to meaning and the author’s
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of today‚ is considered a timeless classic. The story is set in postwar New Orleans‚ in an urban working class neighborhood where Stella DuBois lives with her husband‚ Stanley Kowalski. One day Stella’s sister‚ Blanche‚ comes to visit. Blanche is a fading southern belle‚ slightly older than Stella‚ and works as a representative for Stella’s old high-class life at their childhood home‚ a big plantation in Mississippi called Belle Rêve. There is a notable tension in the air between the two sisters‚ and
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Structuralism and “The Wars” Timothy Findley was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He has written many novels such as The Last of the Crazy People and The Butterfly Plague. Findley also writes an extraordinary novel titled The Wars. This novel is about a young man whose name is Robert Ross and is on his way to war because he feels guilty about the death of his sister. Mentally and physically he is not ready for war because he feels much violated of his privacy. As Robert is in the war to end
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How does the Sofia Coppola‚ in The Virgin Suicides‚ use a range of stylistic features (film techniques) to display the movies themes and with what effect on the audience? INTRO: Director Sofia Coppola uses a range of film techniques to display themes of obsession‚ the superficiality of vision and isolation from the real world in her film The Virgin Suicides. Through use of symbolism‚ characterization‚ setting and techniques specific to a film such a soundtrack‚ Coppola is able to construct
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image into another through a seamless transition. Most often it is used to depict one person turning into another through technological means or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence. Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through cross-fading techniques on film. Since the early 1990s‚ this has been replaced by computer software to create more realistic transitions. | Three frames form a morph from George W. Bush to Arnold Schwarzenegger showing the midpoint between the two extremes
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