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    What Makes Geishas Unique

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    The geishas of Japan have a very distinctive yet unique feature that draws forth the attention of many people from all over the world‚ especially in the world of art. Even though they are humans‚ they are considered as a very prized form of art. The definition of geisha is an artistic person (Rowthorn 2011). They are considered as a masterpiece due to their gorgeous features that includes a variety of hairstyles‚ each with their own meaning and use and the feature that jumps out most is their makeup

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    Elements of Drama

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    ELEMENTS OF DRAMA A. PLOT: This is the arrangement of events in a play‚ the selection and order of scenes based on a story. A story is different from a plot in a way that a story has full account of events while a plot has a selection of scenes from the story in chronological order for stage presentation. The plot has elements like exposition; this is everything the audience needs to know about a play. Conflict; this is the clash of opposing forces. Climax; this is the point at which one of the

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    Edmund John Millington Synge (1871-1909)‚ an Irish playwright‚ wrote ‘Riders to the Sea’‚ one of his first two one-act plays (the other one is ‘The Shadow of the Glen’). ‘Riders to the Sea’ (1904) is Synge’s dramatic response to the experience of his frequent sojourns in the Aran Islands. ‘Riders to the Sea’ dramatizes the archetypal struggle of man against the hostile natural forces and rends man’s inevitable defeat in the conflict against predestination which brings out a tragic effect at the end

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    What Makes Me Unique

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    What Make Me Unique Honduras a country filled with beauty. Friendly people who stretch out their hands and welcome with hugs and smiles. Enormous mountains and rivers that seems to embrace Honduras. Laughter‚ music‚ and confidence is the sensation that Honduras produce every time that I remember it. But it is not just a simple country is the country that marked my childhood with beautiful memories. However‚ it is not only Honduras‚ but also the language‚ music and my family have made me the person

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    What makes Australia unique? Australia is a very unique and diverse continent that is an island and consists of one nation. Its physical features and cultural environment make it different to other places. Australia is a multicultural country meaning that it respects all cultures‚ religions‚ ethnicities and races. Such features give Australia a special‚ recognised identity. Because of Australia’s long geographic isolation it has resulted in an exceptional variety of plant and animal life. Most of

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    Synge as a Plsywright

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    Synge as a playwright John M. Synge started his career with poetry imitating Wordsworth which didn’t give him fame or fortune. World least expected to get a great dramatist out of him at that point of time. Only by middle age‚ he started exploring the dramatist in him. Synge was a true patriot who preferred kingdom of Ireland to kingdom of God. He was slowly developing atheist spirit which the contemporaries especially Maud Gonne. The deeply religious Gonne rejected so many of Synge’s manuscripts

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    What Makes Me Unique

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    Alex Brown Dr. Sobatka POP 1 Section 3 31 August 2013 What Makes Me‚ Me A little over twenty years ago‚ my grandparents decided to move out to a little town called Huntsburg. They bought twenty-eight acres of field that had a farm house on the far end off of a dirt street called Stillwell Road and thus the “Martin Complex” was born. They have four boys‚ my dad and his three brothers‚ who all currently have houses on the property. My house consists of my parents‚ Bill and Lisa‚ my sisters‚ Katie

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    Play: Riders to the Sea

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    Riders to the Sea John Millington Synge SCENE. An Island off the West of Ireland. (Cottage kitchen‚ with nets‚ oil-skins‚ spinning wheel‚ some new boards standing by the wall‚ etc. Cathleen‚ a girl of about twenty‚ finishes kneading cake‚ and puts it down in the pot-oven by the fire; then wipes her hands‚ and begins to spin at the wheel. Nora‚ a young girl‚ puts her head in at the door.) NORA (in a low voice). Where is she? CATHLEEN. She’s lying down‚ God help her‚ and may be sleeping

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    Riders to the Sea 1. By the speech‚ it is evident that Maurya knows something bad is going to happen to her son. The argument stating that she has need for the rope is the strongest she can propose for Bartley to stay because he cannot go without it. If she says that she need the rope for herself‚ that would mean that he would not have a rope for himself. Without the rope‚ he could not go on his voyage. 2. The young priest plays an important role in the play because he is the one that helps

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    What Is Drama

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    Drama is written for live visual performance; it is more intense and reflects everyday life tensions more than poetry. Drama is observed right in front of you; there is color‚ lights for the setting‚ clothing and the scenes change. Drama allows you to see the characters personality developed as the drama unfolds on stage. Drama has two forms tragedy and comedy. “Riders of the Sea” is a drama of tragedy. The plot of the drama is central and foreshadowing and flashbacks are techniques used to show

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