The sound of breaking glass stopped her. Alice took a step back. Turned around and felt the chill of the winter wind on her neck. Standing behind her was a stranger to her heart with the broken wine bottle at his feet. As the sun was rising over the barn‚ nature stood still. You could hear nothing but the tires traveling down the gravel road. This was good-bye. This was the end. Alice is the type of girl that will light up the room simply with her presence. She is smart‚ kind‚ pretty‚ funny‚
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A country under totalitarian regime shows no respect for peoples individuality and freedom. The Handmaids Tale‚ by Margaret Atwood‚ and Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ by George Orwell‚ are satirical novels that illustrate the danger of a totalitarian government and the dystopia that is being constructed. Censorship‚ defined as The act of hiding‚ removing‚ altering or destroying copies of art or writing so that general public access to it is partially or completely limited ‚ plays a significant role in helping
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The Knight’s Tale‚ the story of two knights that fight for the love of a woman they do not know‚ and The Miller’s Tales‚ the story of three men trying to win the heart of one woman‚ are two tales that share similar story lines and themes that include courtly love and chivalry. The themes in the two tales at times seem to be very satirical throughout the stories‚ especially The Miller’s Tale; however‚ the presentations of the satirical themes in each story have a different approach from one another
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eyes with a brooch/pin* My life has to change from light to darkness. This black world of blindness is a refuge. It is better to be in this life of unending night than to see with strange shamed eyes the old world that had been so bright. (Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton p.273) Audience: I tell you‚ all those whose ears have paid attention to me…The truth WILL set you free.. free from the world you believe brings you life… free from the reality you think is perfect.. and free
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Middle/High School Monologues Teaching Students to Read and Write Monologues Welcome to the World of Monologue A Sample Unit of Lessons for Middle and High School Teachers Jefferson County Public Schools Version 2.0 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MONOLOGUE By all reports from the field‚ this unit can be a lot of fun for you and your students: • there’s performance • there’s walking in others’ shoes and learning empathy 1 Middle/High School Monologues • there’s connecting to Farris Bueller‚ Bill Cosby
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It’s good that you brought up Zak Santiago ’cause that’s another Hallmark tie-in which is great for my readers. Yeah‚ it’s nice to see that. Zak and I--it’s the second project we’ve done together--but we’ve known each other since we were about nineteen or twenty. He’s very well-loved on Signed‚ Sealed‚ Delivered. His character is hilarious on that. And he is the busiest guy in the world! Zak is tough to pin down. There were days he couldn’t be on Dirk ’cause he was doing another show called Shut
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In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ each character tells their tales based on their experiences or beliefs. Although they may all be different‚ some stories do share similarities. As we see in the knight’s tale he shares a story full of chivalry‚ passion and courage. Since those are his beliefs and what he stood for it makes sense why he choose to tell a story with these qualities. As for the Wife of Bath‚ she too tells a story of a soon to be knight who is arrogant‚ superficial and vein but
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They say that the bond between two brothers is stronger and more permanent than Equestira itself. A brother is your best friend‚ your secret keeper‚ your storybook keeper. You go to him when you have harrowing secrets plaguing your mind. I’ve been told that I’m lucky; because on the day Sapphire and I were born‚ I was extremely close to not having a brother. Hehe‚ what a mighty contradictory that would have been. Not only am I a brother‚ but I am also a twin—the first of two fraternal colts to enter
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Basking in the hellfire‚ there I lay guzzling a venomous cask‚ drenched in pangs of sorrow and grief‚ all too aware that an end was coming. But there I stayed‚ immobile and unyielding—cemented in place by an unwavering propensity for sentimentalism. What I was is who I am‚ and as the cycles of time turn in their predictable paths‚ a clog comprised mostly of a yearning for what never was threatened to disrupt this natural order. But still I stayed there‚ slumped in place—a man with purpose‚ a man
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This time she would catch it. It wasn’t the banshee that scared Alice — you didn’t get as old as she was without knowing such things existed. Her father had told her the tales of banshees - murdered women who clung to life‚ haunting the place they had died - wretched‚ desperate spirits they were‚ but more sad than scary. Yes‚ their shrieks predicted a death in the family‚ but Alice was old. She had known she was dying for
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