Vancouver Island University English 125 (02): University Writing and Research Time: Tue and Thu 11:30 am-1:00 pm Location: 345-209 Professor: Jeannie Martin Office: Bldg 345 Rm 206 Phone: 753-3245 Local 2775 Email: jeannie.martin@viu.ca (preferred) Office Hours: Tue‚ Wed‚ Thur 10:00-11:00 am and by appointment Books are the plane‚ and the train‚ and the road. They are the destination‚ and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen‚ How Reading Changed My Life It has been said that travelling
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Elster‚ to follow his wife Madeline. Elster asks Scottie to do this because he believes that Madeleine is possessed by the spirit of her great-grandmother‚ Carlotta Valdes‚ who committed suicide at age twenty-six; Madeleine’s current age. After some deliberation‚ Scottie accepts the task and begins to follow Madeleine around San Francisco. He first follows her to the McKittrick Hotel‚ where he discovers Madeleine spends her free time under her great-grandmother’s name‚ Carlotta Valdes. Scottie and Midge
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displays the mysterious allure the dead may exert on the living. The twist here‚ however‚ is in Vertigo the deathly object of desire is fully incarnated in the figure of a character‚ Madeleine‚ who is supposedly possessed by Carlotta Valdes; a woman whose picture hangs in the San Francisco art museum. The ghostlike Madeleine brings to life the youthful image of Carlotta giving the character a sense of timelessness‚ a mask-like immortality. In comes Scottie Ferguson (also known as John by close friends)
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that Scottie followed Madeleine. The sense of Scottie tailing Madeleine by car through the streets of San Francisco‚ the car seems to be floating above the pavement. Gradually‚ with the growth of Scottie’s obsession with Madeleine‚ Scottie began to suspect that Gavin might have been right. At the same time‚ he fell in love with Madeleine deeply. Scottie is no longer a logical‚ detached observer‚ because he has fallen into a plot and lost himself. The story goes on‚ Madeleine unexpectedly commits suicide
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9 April 1912 Papa‚ Madeleine‚ and I are going onto the Titanic tomorrow‚ and I am eager for this quite exciting journey to be. It is her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to New York. We have filled our bags full to the top‚ and are going down to Cherbourg‚ Normandy‚ France to board the breathtaking ship. I miss Mama and Alice dearly and I am anticipating seeing them again. I am hoping that I can find a chance to play my violin and maybe have someone take me into business with them‚ and we could
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“The Dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. When a woman smiles the dress must smile with her.” Madeleine Vionnet- (1876-1975). French Designer Madeleine Vionnet was known for introducing the bias cut in the 1920’s. This cut follows the natural form of the female shape. When she says “ The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines” I think she meant that the dress should adopt the female body shape and imitate the natural movement of the body. She also liberated
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Vertigo – Hitchcock Defying Genre “…alternatively‚ a film can revise or reject the conventions associated with its genre” - Bordwell Based on the French novel D’Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac‚ Vertigo is arguably one of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpieces and the “strangest‚ yet most hauntingly beautiful film he had ever made” (Adair‚ 2002). At the time‚ its far-fetched plot drew a mixed response from critics – Time magazine called the movie a “Hitchcock and bull story” – but
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close-knit community called Centralia. Jack’s choices in Centralia eventually place him in a compromising position. His daughter‚ Madeleine‚ falls victim to her fourth grade teacher’s horrible abuse after school. These two main plots are then intertwined with the death of a little girl‚ and an innocent boy named Ricky Froelich is placed on trial for her murder. Now‚ both Madeleine and her father Jack find themselves doomed to choose secrecy or exposure and find that every choice they make has great consequences
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generally the same. Love‚ guilt‚ obsession‚ are among the most common. In Vertigo obsession and fear are blended together in the main character Det. John ’Scottie’ Ferguson’s fear of heights as well as romantic attachment Judy Barton (Madeleine). As Scottie follows Madeleine‚ watching her day after day‚ he falls for her. Eventually‚ the two meet and discover that they like each other‚ but even love is not enough to overcome Scotties vertigo‚ and he is unable to save her from a fall from the top of a church
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“Arguments and Counterargument‚” the first point Michael McCann focuses on is about parents of homeschoolers who seek fairness through their taxes. He then considers how public sports benefit homeschoolers‚ and lastly addresses the academic inequality amongst homeschoolers and public school kids. Overall‚ McCann is somewhat effective in explaining the issue of homeschoolers and their opportunity to participate in local school sports. McCann begins to lose credibility by mentioning how parents of
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