In response to essay question 1 involving narrative construction and style‚ The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch‚ 1934) is constructed using both the classic Hollywood film and the American film musical structure. Due to its familiarity‚ the style of such films goes relatively unnoticed‚ although within the veranda scene depicting Count Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) and Madam Sonya’s (Jeanette McDonald) first encounter‚ stylistic features and narrative construction are quite overt. The musical genre of
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Christmas with My Family Traditions enhance our lives and make up the person we are. Even though every family has their own traditions and rituals they all come together to unite as a family during the holidays. Every family has their own traditions that are based on their beliefs. It is my family’s tradition to gather around the Christmas tree and celebrate the birth of Christ. My family’s Christian faith strongly influences our Christmas Eve. We start our rituals off by going to our church’s
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book‚ “A Christmas Carol”‚ Ebenezer Scrooge starts off as a bitter‚ greedy and unthankful old man without a Christmas spirit. He is lone and solitary‚ and his only friend is money. However‚ when he is visited by three Christmas spirits‚ to help him change his ways‚ towards the end of the book he becomes a different man. I think the author‚ Charles Dickens‚ wrote this book (in Victorian London) when he witnessed even poor children with no money‚ who embraced Christmas with a jolly Christmas spirit.
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol” “ I wear the chain I forged in life…I made it link by link‚ and yard by yard; I girded it on my own free will and of my own free will I wore it” (Dickens 10). This statement made by Marley from “A Christmas Carol” not only embodies that of the story it hails from‚ but also another prominent Christmas classic titled “It’s A Wonderful Life”. Additionally both stories share similarities that only a senseless man could miss. But behind the mutual correlation
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CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS Topic: ‘Fear is the only motivator for Scrooge. It is when the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows him his lonely grave that he decides to change.’ The main character‚ Scrooge was scared towards the end. Scrooge is a character from “Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens’. Dicken shows Scrooge supernatural things throughout this novel by creating a scary looking angel of death that points to Scrooge’s future grave. The other character who appears towards the
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Why Not Share some Christmas Leftovers with Your Dog? Everybody is enveloped more or less in the Christmas spirit and it seems natural to want to share some Christmas foods with your dog. Obviously‚ those pleading eyes and little drool won’t help much in ignoring your dog as you place that big turkey on the table. Yet‚ keep in mind that the days after big holidays are also the busiest days at vet clinics and emergency animal hospitals. Why? Because dogs were often offered foods that they shouldn’t
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the ice cream truck on the hottest day of the year. I was excited for Christmas presents‚ the tree‚ food and more‚ because not only was it my first Christmas in America‚ but it would also be my first
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The holidays! They’re supposed to be a time of warmth‚ happiness and excitement. For many people‚ they are. Although for some‚ the season can be just the opposite. Joyous feelings‚ family and religious traditions can be overshadowed by stress‚ fatigue and gloom--"the blues." In addition to all of the gifts‚ goodies‚ decorations and events‚ the holiday season can be filled with many pressures. To reduce a stressful holiday‚ people should look at the simple ways that are all around them. I believe
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A Christmas Carol Can a wealthy greedy man who loathes Christmas ever change his ways? This question is answered in the ever popular play by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol follows Mr. Ebezenar Scrooge on a journey over the course of a few days. Mr. Scrooge is a very greedy and angry gentleman who absolutely despises Christmas. He makes his employee Mr. Cratchit work late on Christmas Eve and even wants him to work on Christmas as Mr. Scrooge does not feel that
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How does Scrooge’s character change in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens? A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol is a tale on the subject of change. It is a quite simple story based on an intervallic narrative composition in which all of the major chapters have a clear‚ fixed symbolic connotation. Dickens’ much-loved short story A Christmas Carol was printed in 1843‚ along with the purpose of getting the attention of the reader to the dilemma of England’s underprivileged
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