Final word count _______________ / 400 words minimum This writing sample fulfills the first writing assignment in the course. Instructions: According to The Little Seagull Handbook‚ “A descriptive writing provides specific details to show what something looks like—and perhaps how it sounds‚ feels‚ smells‚ and tastes” (Bullock‚ Brody‚ and Weinberg 23). Descriptive arguments should make a “clear dominant impression” (Bullock‚ Brody‚ and Weinberg 367) and should prove a point. To the
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Its What’s on the Outside that Counts “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race‚” addressed Chief Justice John Roberts. Affirmative action does exactly the opposite. Affirmative action is “A government policy for federal contractors and subcontractors‚ which must be taken by covered employers to recruit and advance qualified minorities” (dol.gov). This course of action may have been constructive in the sixties‚ but the United States of
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Kayla Bruene Gen Bio II Lab 11am Bean Count Lab In the Schnabel method of estimating number of animals‚ the number of recaptures has been assumed to follow a Poisson distribution. This approximation is useful in testing differences in population levels when the Schnabel method is used for estimation‚ since the distribution of recaptures from one population‚ conditional on the total number of recaptures from both populations‚ is approximately binomial with parameters n and p‚ where
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The play that was shown at Utica College‚ Dracula‚ had a theme that portrayed tragedy or good vs. evil. Tragedy can be described as the theme for this play because the play consisted of a fight between love and life‚ where in the process there were a lot of deaths. The director’s vision of this play resembled that a common story of tragedy. This play is considered to be a core concept because there was no suprising or unexpected elements throughout the play‚ such that the concept was‚ indeed succesfully
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The film “Nosferatu” is a horror story about a vampire and its relationship with a young couple. The film is a product of German expressionism and uses misshapen views of reality‚ symbolism‚ eroticism and shadows to enhance the dark mood of the film. German expressionists‚ through certain patterns and styles‚ sought to show that reality could be seen through emotion. Their intent was to arouse feelings in their audience‚ for example through the use of vibrant colors and shapes or distortion. Many
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Societies are always changing with the ideas and experiences lived by people. Dracula was written in a period where cultures were mixing‚ bringing new ideas into London. New ideas can bring the best or worst of people‚ which is why changes is either embraced or fought against. In this Victorian time‚ the roles of women and men are well defined by the expectations society has for them. Woman were expected to stay within certain boundaries; stepping out of this constriction would be consider improper
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written just before the turn of the 19th century; the beginning of this new era threatened a conservative‚ unchanging culture‚ and had people of all classes and religions in England on edge. Social fears such as the fall of the British Empire‚ the beginning of a new movement that would become what we now know as feminism‚ and changes in gender roles‚ gripped the nation. It is interesting the note that this not too dissimilar to the fear that gripped the world of the ‘millennium
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Dracula and The Metamorphosis give us two characters that constitute the head of household. Each character serves as a fatherly figure that takes charge when the situation arises. However‚ the difference between the two is striking. Dracula’s Van Helsing is a man that takes his place among strangers and brings them together. In The Metamorphosis‚ Gregor’s father holds a title of honor‚ yet his contentment with the work being done by his son makes the reader lose respect for him. When faced with unimaginable
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often being articulated upon that very struggle‚ [they] cannot be understood in isolation from it.” (‘Fantasy: the Literature of Subversion’) Discuss this view in relation to ALL the following texts: Arthur Conan Doyle’s story‚ Frankenstein‚ and Dracula. Gothic‚ science fiction and detective fictions are characterised as being subversive. Rowland (Margery Allingham’s Gothic: Genre as Cultural Criticism‚ 2004) labels the gothic as a “literature of transgression‚” its purpose to challenge boundaries
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alternate ending at 527‚ right before Maximilien stops The Count from taking the poison. This seems very close to the end‚ but it will work out. This is going to be a very unique ending‚ in the way that it changes the whole way you look at the book. The Count of Monte Cristo looked at Max and smiled‚ “You are practically my son‚ and I could not see myself living in this world without you.” He tipped the spoonful of poison down his throat. The Count felt the dazzling poison burn down his throat. “Peace
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