An Interview with Andrew Davies William Shakespeare ’s original tragedy Othello is about a Moorish general in the service of Venice who is lured into murderous‚ self-destructive jealousy by a scheming subordinate. Andrew Davies ’s modern retelling is set in New Scotland Yard and has all the Bard ’s wit‚ romance‚ pity‚ and terror -- and then some. Davies is the screenwriting sensation behind a fascinating mix of theatrical and Masterpiece Theatre productions including Bridget Jones ’s Diary
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The youngest of four children born to Percy (an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen‚ Jim Carrey was an incurable extrovert from day one. As a child he performed constantly‚ for anyone who would watch‚ and even mailed his résumé to "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) at age 10. In junior high he was granted a few precious minutes at the end of each school day to do stand-up routines for his classmates (provided‚ of course‚ that he kept a lid on it the rest of the day). Carrey ’s early
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Reverend and cult leader Jim Jones Ishtar N. Muhammad Reid Ross Classical School Abstract The Reverend Jim Jones was a popular figure during his time in the 1970s for his establishment of the Peoples Temple and the wanting of social equality in the states. He is also famous for the mass suicide of over 900 temple members on November 18‚ 1978 in Jonestown‚ Guyana. This paper will focus on the psychopath of the notorious group leader of Jim Jones and understand
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” In his literary masterpiece‚ Lord Jim‚ Joseph Conrad’s theme development is complex but mirrors Fay Weldon’s statement. Dealing with the paradox of whether a human being is capable of both good and evil the moral focus of the novel is the degree of the central characters guilt‚ his related attempts at self-justification‚ and in the end‚ whether or not good works can make up for one bad act. As will be supported in the following paragraphs‚ Lord Jim is a story of guilt‚ punishment‚ obsession
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early life. When Jim started primary school‚ he hated it because of the discipline. "The government believed that the only way to break in Indians to white culture was through a strict regime" (Richards 21). The discipline was used if Indians used Indian language‚ were caught roughhousing‚ came late to meals or had a sloppy appearance (Richards 24). Those years were not fun for him. He only enjoyed the game of baseball. Jim and his twin brother Charlie‚ who died of pneumonia when Jim was nine years
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Jim Forrest is given the chance to run his own treatment facility with some existing staff‚ but would have to hire most of the staff brand new (Lewis‚ Packard‚ & Lewis‚ 2012). Forrest’s approach to running the program is set up as a token economy meaning that the clients would receive concrete and specific reinforcements for behaviors that were consistent with responsible adult conduct (Lewis‚ Packard‚ & Lewis‚ 2012). Forrest’s approach to program administration is a good idea‚ but he does need
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home of Albert and Ida Bolender for the first 7 years of her life. She lived such a busy life she was moving from house to house until she turned 16. At 17 years old she got married to a man by the name of Jim Dougherty .After a year of marriage; Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines and in 1944 Jim was sent overseas. Norma Jeane started working in a parachute factory for some extra money‚ and was photographed by the Army as a promotion to show women on the assembly line contributing to the war effort
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Huck and Jim Huck and Jim’s relationship is unlike any one I have ever read about before. Jim goes from being treated as a slave and being devalued as a human by Huck‚ to being seen nearly equal and a friend of Huck. The fact that Jim stays loyal to Huck through all of that shows the character of Jim as being a trustworthy and loyal friend. Huck views Jim as property and an ignorant slave that is below him. I believe that Huck thinks like this not because he is evil but because of the society
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Jamie 1 Jamie Zenon Professor Baggett History March 17‚ 2011 Corruption within Forces The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of colorblindness is a writing on how the Jim Crow law came into play and how mass incarceration came into affect. After reading story on how we as African Americans was giving the right to vote through the amendment‚ but the Whiteman imported Jim Crow law which became another mechanism to keep African American in slavery which was very successful. How they
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Jim McNeely was born in Chicago‚ and moved to New York City in 1975. In 1978 he joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. He spent six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor‚ Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (now The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). 1981 saw the beginning of Jim’s 4-year tenure as pianist/composer with the Stan Getz Quartet. From 1990 until 1995 he held the piano chair in the Phil Woods Quintet. At the present time‚ he leads his own tentet‚ his own trio
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