‘A critical reading and contextualisation of West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ lyrics by Stephan Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.’ West Side Story is a 1961 film set in the mid-1950s in the upper west side of New York. West Side Story is based and inspired by Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. In West Side Story the protagonist is the former leader of the Jets‚ Tony‚ who
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David Riches FYS 103: If You Build It Professor Moriconi 15 November 2012 The Unusualness of the Geisel Library Sometimes‚ it’s good to be bad. Rules are meant to be broken. It’s good to be completely different. At least‚ this is the case when considering unusual architecture. Most buildings follow the standards and practices established by architectural movements of the past‚ but unusual buildings break rules and don’t do this. The Geisel Library‚ designed by William Pereira in the 1960’s
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You are what you drive When you see different people driving different cars on the roads‚ will you give yourself a second to think whether there is something relationship between the certain cars and the drivers’ personality? There is a theory that people who drive certain cars share personality traits. Generally speaking‚ our choices may say something about our values and interests. To some extent‚ women tend to buy smaller cars and men are likely to buy larger cars. But there are many other
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worked its way into our language‚ and the traditional words associated with scatology have even evolved to have new or multiple implications. Another important detail about scatology which more people need to understand is that it is not‚ in most cases‚ used for the sake of mere obscenity. Of course‚ there are individuals who will use it in this tasteless way‚ but for the most part‚ there is meaning behind the utilization of scatology. It is important to mention that scatological references do
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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Back in the fall of 2000‚ I learned first-hand that very proverbial lesson that the grass is not always greener on the other side. I had finished my first year at a northern PC(USA) seminary and it hadn’t gone all that well. Academically it was fine‚ but there wasn’t‚ at least for me‚ a sense of community among the single students‚ the housing was pretty rough‚ and having just come from the sunny beaches of Florida‚ the weather left a whole lot to be desired. So‚ I went to visit a seminary back in
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Burg‚ Shayna ********************************************************************************************************** 1. If you were the president of a company‚ what values would you promote? What values would guide you in dealing with people‚ products‚ prices‚ and profits? Student Answer: If I were the president of a company‚ there are several different values that I would promote. When dealing with employees and consumers or clients‚ I would promote respect and service. Respect
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critical opinion is entitled ‘The Funny in the Filipino’ from Rapler.com by Lilio Carreon Jr. I chose this type of issue because it is very apt and timely which is straightforward to the reality of all Filipinos nowadays. In this commentary‚ it gives you an idea about how Filipinos are trying to getaway the callous reality through humor. There are a lot of entertainers here in our country and even if we don’t say it audibly‚ we love watching them crack a joke for example Vice Ganda because it redirects
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2 Nov. 22‚ 2013 The scarlet Ibis Essay Pride is an emotion that often has negative connotations. It is closely associated with conceit or disdain. James Hurst short story “The Scarlet Ibis‚”pride is the perspective of Brother‚ a young man whose pride becomes a destructive force in his life. He uses the tragic relationship of two brothers to demonstrate the themes of pride. The memory of which will keep Brother on the alert for pride for the rest of his life. “When Doodle was five years
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Admittedly‚ the documentary Taxi to the Dark Side‚ directed by Alex Gibney‚ was incredibly hard to watch. The imagery and narrative was completely overwhelming in its portrayal of the explicit human rights violations that were perpetrated by the US military and government in Afghanistan and Guantanamo bay. What directly comes to mind while viewing this documentary‚ is the blatant twisting of the American exceptionalism for political means. The democratic fundamentals of the American constitution
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