Stella the Spinster’s Afternoon Dreams is a short story written by Panos Karnezis and is contained in his book‚ Little Infamies. All the short stories compiled in this first book of his were apparently set in the same nameless Greek village‚ perhaps an ode to his origins. In the beginning of the story‚ a dark suited man with a shapeless hat is introduced. His origins are unknown and so are his intensions for visiting the village. The lack of information about this mysterious man may be likened
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The Influences behind A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte The story of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte begins in the 1880s as the world was experiencing an era of change. France had begun to experience the damage of the Long Recession‚ monumental inventions were created‚ and new forms of art were on the rise. These events included the invention of the bicycle‚ the start of Coca Cola‚ Jewish refugees flooding in from Russia‚ operas such as Manon gained popularity
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Why is the painting unique? George Seurat’s painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte" is a widely known painting in the era of impressionism with the technique known as pointilism. This painting is so unique because it is a painting that has taken so much time and careful thought to make. It was a long process for George Seurat to make this painting‚ two years. A painting make by moving your brush around is an easy painting‚ but George Seurat had to use dots to create his masterpiece
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boinked Veena :) It was during the rainy season in 2008‚ My work then required me to travel between Bangalore‚ Chennai and Hyderabad for trainings that I used to conduct and because I moved so much‚ I did not buy a vehicle in Bangalore. It was a fine afternoon but as I was getting ready to leave it started raining heavy but I went downstairs anyways and stood in the parking lot of my apartment waiting for the rain to go down so that I could get to work. A lady drove in her kinetic honda all wet‚ obviously
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted by a French Impressionist painter called George-Pierre Seurat. He is known for his innovative painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. The painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo impressionism‚ and is one of the icons in the 19th century. George-Pierre Seurat painted Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte through the summer of 1884-1886
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Essay: The Osage Orange Tree The Osage Orange Tree by William Stafford is about the relationship between a boy and a girl named Evangeline. In this story‚ the two main elements such as plot and theme dominate this story. This story had an interesting plot and ended in an unexpected but fascinating way. William Stafford described the scenery in such a way that we felt like we are in the story. The two met during the boy’s paper route and had a conversation. The boy was in need of another customer
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Ismael Gonzalez Professor Edwards February 24‚ 2013 William Stafford “Traveling Through the Dark” & Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” In Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” we can see how many different aspects of life decision making comes in the form of symbolisms. “Two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And sorry I couldn’t not travel both” This showing use how unwilling the character is of not making a right decision‚ this is centered on how life can come with certain choices one must make
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Evaluating Financial Health ACC 230 April 15‚ 2012 Evaluating Financial Health MISD ’s first school opened in fall 1901‚ after holding a vote that totaled 103 out of 108 votes. The first school consisted of 200 students and 5 teachers‚ now 110 years later their enrollment is over 37‚000 in its 46 different campuses. MISD has relied on their budget to maximize the student knowledge and retaining staff to fulfill the job. Mesquite school district suffered along with many other school districts
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marry someone before Elizabeth. People believed what they heard which meant they believed that Edward V was also illegitimate to have the throne‚ and so shortly after Richard was made king. During his reign the Buckingham Rebellion took place. Henry Stafford‚ The Duke of Buckingham‚ was once a loyal supporter of Richard but switched sides to bring Richard down. This caused Richard to build a huge army‚ but it wasn’t particularly strong. The rebellion failed leaving Richard still on the throne; however
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There are only a few similarities between ’Afternoons’‚ by Philip Larkin‚ and ’Churning Day’‚ by Seamus Heaney. These feature mainly in the structure of the two poems. They both use enjambment for the whole length of the poem‚ with just one end-stopped line present in each. Enjambment gives both poems a sense of continuous movement. This is appropriate in ’Churning Day’ as it represents the motion of the person churning the butter. It also makes the voice of ’Churning Day’ sound out of breath‚ as
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