The crowd settled as a podium was wheeled out and on the flat just before the grand stairs. Hushed tones and awed murmurs spread as the queen strutted into view‚ taking her place behind the microphone. “Queens‚ kings‚ Individualities‚ and Citizens.” She spoke with authority‚ a modest smile growing on her face. “Welcome.” The Queen of The Lumen Cities‚ a rather short‚ curvy woman who would gladly and proudly tell of her country. She had the complete trust and adoration of her people. Rightfully so
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(Kristeva‚ 1980). Uniting these two axes are shared codes: every text is dependent on prior codes. The continuous interplay between these texts and codes defines the cultural context in which meaning is communicated. Looking at an image of a drag queen‚ one will often understand the concept of drag‚ for numerous reasons. Connotatively‚ drag may be performed in an LGBT-friendly location‚ alluding to the concept of men performing as women for entertainment within a cultural context. Denotatively‚ a
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by the way they look‚ where they are from‚ or the way they act. In the novel‚ Red Queen‚ written by Victoria Aveyard‚ a young girl lives in a society where the social classes are divided up by blood‚ red and silver‚ and reds are always discriminated. The protagonist‚ Mare‚ is red blooded but soon discovers that she has powers as if she were silver blooded‚ forcing her to join the royal family. Throughout Red Queen‚ the story’s conflict increases due to the fact that she is secretly going against
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Virgin Queen “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman‚ but I have the heart and stomach of a king‚ and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any Prince of Europe should dare invade the border of my realm.” These famous words were spoken by Queen Elizabeth I while addressing English troops before defeating the Spanish Armada. Queen Elizabeth I is one of the most iconic British rulers and has become a modern feminist hero. The fascination with Queen Elizabeth
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outing with a new co-worker to a dinner party hosted by Prince Abdullah’s sister in January 1993 changed Rania’s life forever. It was there that the future queen first laid eyes on her prince. When their eyes met across the room‚ it was love at first sight and they were married just five months later. Rania never expected to be queen‚ however. Although Abdullah II was the late King Hussein’s eldest son‚ his father changed the line of succession in favour of Abdullah’s uncle when the boy was
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Lessons From a Queen Lesson One: Learn to Love the Old and the New It wasn’t long before Rania was invited to meet her future father-in-law. "In a situation like this‚ you have to wait for him to make the first move because he was who he was and I just didn’t want to make any assumptions‚" said Rania. When King Hussein first invited her for lunch‚ Rania expected something very formal like a banquet. But when the two did meet it was much more casual -- falafel sandwiches from a takeout joint
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the heart and stomach of a king..." - Fierce words from Queen Elizabeth as she addresses her troops with an encouraging speech. As she and her soldiers await the upcoming battles‚ she gives a confident speech to motivate their fire. Daringly‚ the Queen stands in a position that delivers assurance to her troops‚ convincing them of a future victory against their foes. Her intonation: fierce. Her purpose: motivation. Her inspiration: England. Queen Elizabeth first approaches her soldiers in a passionate
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Drag queens are one of the highest forms of entertainment nowadays. Once looked upon as freaks‚ as some might still look down on them today‚ there’s no denying that these queens have become mainstream with popular shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race”. These queens are still humans and they all convey a message. A message of love and acceptance. With changing times‚ recently at the New York Public Library‚ an event was hosted called “drag queen story time”. One would ask themselves “drag queen story time
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The book the Red Queen is about a girl who lives in an area where the silvers have the power over the reds but Mare finds out she doesn’t fit in with these labels. The silvers are described God and goddess like. They have silver blood and powers like some can control metal‚ fire‚ and can read others thoughts. The Reds are the lower class. They are human like with red blood. They have no powers and they work. When reds are the age of eighteen and out of work they are conscripted to go to war.
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Ana Nzinga: Queen of Ndongo Through the European power struggle for control of the African slave trade‚ the Portuguese colonized parts of Africa including the area of modern day Angola. The Dutch established an axis to operate their slave trade to Brazil for almost 300 years in Luanda ("Luanda"‚ par. 4). In the 17th century‚ the Portuguese foothold was steadily increasing pushing more and more African rulers to their limits. Ann Nzinga Mbande‚ Queen of Ndongo and Matamba‚ was among these royals
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