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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The Widow of Ephesus Written by Gaius Petronius Arbiter‚ “The Widow of Ephesus‚” is a story of love‚ devotion‚ and betrayal. This story takes place on the coast of Asia‚ in the city of Ephesus. One of the main characters in this story‚ the widow‚ is grieving over her husband ’s dead body when a soldier abandons his post to aid her. There are later versions of this story‚ in which all begin the same way. However‚ their details and conclusions are different and unique. When comparing the
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Griselda Blanco also known as “The God-Mother and The Black Widow” was a female drug trafficker that committed numerous murders while she was trafficking cocaine from Colombia to the USA. Griselda was born on February 15‚ 1943 in Cartagena‚ Colombia and since a young age used to traffic drugs to Southern California‚ Miami and New York from Columbia. Griselda was raised in an abusive household that leader her into a life of crime and prostitution at a very young age. She was eventually associated
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The Widow and the Parrot Virginia Woolf Author’s Background (1882-1941) British writer. Virginia Woolf became one of the most prominent literary figures of the early 20th century‚ with novels like Mrs. Dalloway (1925)‚ Jacob’s Room (1922)‚ To the Lighthouse (1927)‚ and The Waves (1931). Woolf learned early on that it was her fate to be "the daughter of educated men." In a journal entry shortly after her father’s death in 1904‚ she wrote: "His life would have ended mine... No writing‚ no books:
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Grice advanced the notions of cooperative principle and implicature together with Gricean maxims of conversation to illustrate how people are able to communicate with each other given that their utterances could be comprehended in many possible ways. The underlying assumption of Grice’s cooperative principle is that people tend to be cooperative in most conversational exchanges in order to construct meaningful conversation. The cooperative principle‚ as stated in Grice’s “Logic and Conversation”
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Fearing the Unknown “Various friends have told [Grice] that the widow’s bite is always fatal to humans-in fact‚ it almost never is.” Grice discusses several misconceptions of black widows that initiate fear‚ causing them to hold a power over society. He uses the following tones: awe (of the widow)‚ fear‚ and ignorance (of many who fear but do not understand the black widow) to show there is no need to fear the unknown aspects presented throughout life. In parallel to this realization‚ there are
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rights". Unlike men‚ women are typically capable of giving birth. A widow is a woman whose spouse or significant other has died‚ while a widower is a man whose spouse or significant other has died. The state of having lost one’s spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed. The treatment of widows around the world varies‚ but unequal benefits and treatment generally received by widows versus widowers globally has spurred an interest in the issue by human
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GORDON PARKS Gordon Parks was one of the seminal figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice‚ he left behind a body of work that documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006‚ with a focus on race relations‚ poverty‚ Civil Rights‚ and urban life. In addition‚ Parks was also a celebrated composer‚ author‚ musician and filmmaker who interacted with many of the most
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sculptor to be an artist; they look beyond this simplicity and embrace the creature inside by becoming inventive‚ searching‚ daring and self-expressing in the way they use media. Viewers are lured towards their works and their attention is captured. Gordon Bennett‚ an Australian Aboriginal artist‚ demonstrates this theory through his work. Possession Island (Appendix 1)‚ 1991 and Notes to Basquiat (Jackson Pollock and his Other) (Appendix 2)‚ 2001‚ will be discussed in relation to Henri’s statement
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Gordon Ramsey Gordon Ramsay was born on November 8‚ 1966 in Stratford‚ England. His dream was to become a soccer star. At the age of 15‚ the talented Ramsay joined the Glasgow Rangers‚ a pro club. His time with the team spanned three years until 1985‚ when a knee injury prematurely ended his career.he went back to school to study Hotel Management. When he was 16 he moved out‚ his father was abusive and an alcoholic. Gordon Ramsay has had a few run ins with the law once was for driving under the
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