Winnie-the-Pooh‚ the anthropomorphic bear from the Hundred Acre Wood‚ was a teddy bear owned by his son. In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh‚ A.A Milne offers an explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply “Pooh.” “But his arms were so stiff…they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week‚ and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think – but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh.” For his personality‚ Pooh is naïve
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one of the premier epic poems‚ “The Song of Roland” gives the reader great insight of what life was like‚ specifically the prominent role of religion and social structure‚ during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814). The poem revolves around the battle between Charlemagne’s army against the Muslims in Spain. Purpose of the war was for Charlemagne and his army to “free” the country from the impending Muslim threat. Although we do not know the creator of “The Song of Roland” or the exact date of its
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‚ T.S. Eliot appeared on the scene of 20th century English poetry as a wonderful innovator with these lines of his The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock on the pages of the Poetry magazine in 1915: “Let us go‚ then‚ you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table". These lines immediately revolutionized the intellectual climate of English poetry. Eliot initiated a new brand of poetry of the city‚ poetry essentially cerebral‚ impersonal‚ predominantly
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Samantha Stratton October 31‚ 2013 DAN 382 MARY WIGMAN Born to Herr and Frau Wigman on November 13‚ 1886 (died September 18‚ 1973) in Hannover‚ Germany‚ Mary Wigman was a pioneer of the modern expressive dance developed in central Europe. Expressionist dance is a European dance form that is part of the German Expressionist movement. Mary Wigman did not began to study dance until she was almost twenty-four years old‚ being a pupil or Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and Rudolf Von Laban. She was one
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Mary and max opening scene analysis The Adam Elliot’s claymation Mary and Max opens with credits on a black screen with sad contemplative orchestral music. Then the screen if filled with darkness‚ followed by climbing upbeat hopeful music illuminating a sepia coloured ordinary Australian suburban landscape. Many typical Australian domestic icons portray this: like the Australian rules Sherin branded Football on the roof‚ the thongs protruding from a rubbish bin on Lamington street and a barbeque
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Overview: American director Anne Bogart‚ born 1951‚ was influenced at an early age (early teens) by the power of theatre‚ which inevitably shaped her eventual convictions in the craft and led to her successes as a director and theatre-maker. Throughout her career‚ Bogart staged an eclectic mixture of theatre‚ including yet not limited to contemporary and modern plays‚ musicals‚ opera‚ as well as dance-theatre pieces and many forms of experimental/avant-garde theatre. Bogart was passionate about making
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William Ellison “The Crucible” prompted #3 9-26-14 In the story “The Crucible” there is not many characters. Yet still there is a lot of depth to each character. This play is an allegory and a crucible starring the good farmer John Proctor. This is his story of dealing with the Salem witch trials. This essay will be on prompt number three. The first female character in this story we really get to learn about as well meet is Abigail Williams. Abigail is a young 17 year old girl who used to work
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Morrison presents various different allusions to the Bible in her novel Song of Solomon. The most apparent examples of this are represented within the parallels between Pontius Pilate and Pilate Dead‚ along with the thematic plot of love present in the novel and in the biblical book Song of Solomon. Morrison shows a great deal of correlation between the Bible and Song of Solomon. She uses her creativity to present familiar characters in a new and different light. She is able to present the same characteristics
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The song was released on their 1971 album Carpenters and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Carpenter received massive praise for her work on the popular rendition. Critics claimed that her emotional vocals expertly captured the essence of loneliness and pining conveyed through the lyrics. Carpenter would later reveal that "Superstar" was one the hardest songs for her to sing because of her own intense struggle with
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"Long Black Song" "Long Black Song" narrative highlights several themes by exposure of the characters in different arenas or acts. The characters: Sarah‚ sila who is Sarah’s husband Tom and many other small characters reveal the themes of: racism‚ immorality‚ race superiority‚ and marriage betrayal. However betrayal is best highlighted by the characters. The story employs the use of the color of ones skin to interpret different
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