The new film "Black Swan‚" directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman‚ is a mesmerizing tale of a young woman’s descent into fear and paranoia. Portman plays Nina‚ a ballet dancer with a major company in New York City. As a sheltered good girl‚ Nina is naturally suited to the pure and intricate "White Swan" role in "Swan Lake." But that same leading part also requires her to portray the seductive and malicious "Black Swan." To nab the all-important spot‚ Nina must draw from the
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first quatrain opens with a recounting of the occurrence in mid-scene. It begins abruptly‚ as the swan assaults Leda with “a sudden blow‚” which is most likely a reference to an act of sexual penetration. The use of that simple‚ powerful phrase (not a complete sentence) and a break before the line continues emphasizes the explosive violence of the act. Line 1 continues with a description of the great swan hanging in the air above the girl with its wings beating. There is a pun on the word still; the
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This is a good question because prevention of terrorist attacks is determined almost entirely by knowing when and where they will happen. In his book “The Black Swan”‚ Nassim Nicholas Taleb uses the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ to illustrate the importance of what he has termed a “Black Swan” event. A Black Swan is an event with three attributes‚ quoting Taleb: “First‚ it is an outlier‚ as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations‚ because nothing in the past can convincingly
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Wild swans Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a memoir of three generations of Chinese women from Imperial China through and beyond the Cultural Revolution. Chang’s grandmother was a warlord’s concubine. Her gently raised mother struggled with hardships in the early days of Mao’s revolution and rose‚ like her husband‚ to a prominent position in the Communist Party before being denounced during the Cultural Revolution. Chang herself marched‚ worked‚ and breathed for Mao until doubt crept in
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Wild Swans by Alice Munro In the story “Wild Swans‚” Rose is learning about the destructive potential of relationships at home. The story mainly takes place on a train journey. Rose is traveling to Toronto by herself with ten dollars ¨in a little cloth bag which she sewed to the strap of Rose´s slip´. Before she leaves‚ Flo‚ Roseś step-mom‚ tells Rose to be careful‚ everyone wants to hurt you. Rose does not believe anything Flo warns her about in the community of Toronto. The reason she is going
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Lawrence had aquired a teaching degree‚ and published his first story. He married in 1914‚ travelled and lived in various states and countries‚ then settled in the south of France. Just before his death from tuberculosis in 1930‚ he penned the poem "Shadows". This poem gives readers a look into the undying faith he had in God‚ how he used that faith to accept his impending death‚ and his belief in the new life that awaited him. Lawrence tells us he is ready to die at this exact moment‚ knowing there will
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tried to pass as black and during that experience gain some satisfaction from their own lost and confused existence. Claude McKay was unique in style and tone‚ yet still followed the other artists by topic. The exotic in Claude McKay’s "Harlem Shadows" is apparent. McKay is developing the exotic throughout the text and saying that black exoticism is the only way that Africans can survive in America. McKay wants the African American to embrace their bodies‚ but there is an element of pity to the
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Shadow Theatre • Shadow play or shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque‚ often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images. It is popular in various cultures. ... • (noun)a show in which shadows of puppets‚ flat figures‚ or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen. • Also called as shadowgraphy‚ shadow show‚ shadow play. History of Shadow Theatre CHINA Most experts believe that the
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BOOK REVIEW Novel : The Shadow Lines AUTHOR : Amitav Ghosh Awards : winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1989). Bibliography : The Shadow Lines(novel)‚ Wikipedia(Internet). Main Characters : Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this
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The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh Such moments are rare indeed these days when one takes a book in the hand and is completely captivated by it after reading the first few pages. That happened to me recently when I started reading "The Shadow Lines" by Amitav Ghosh. "The Shadow Lines‚" Ghosh’s second novel‚ was published in 1988‚ four years after the sectarian violence that shook New Delhi in the aftermath of the Prime minister‚ Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Written when the homes of the Sikhs were
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