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    One hot summer night‚ Promise‚ Brown‚ Mumba‚ Gazee‚ Parri’mae‚ Junebug and Willie all came to an agreement that it was time for a change on the plantation. They decided to meet up with an old head slave name Django . Django was given a shed on the plantation years back‚ he has worked on the Bethune plantation since his previous family sold him for a woman slave in the city. Django attempted numerous times to escape the plantation but was unsuccessful due to the fact the he was alone and had nowhere

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    The world is a stage‚ but the play is badly cast (wilde). Oscar wilde was born October 16‚1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ and died November 30‚1900 in Paris‚ France. Oscar WIlde was a popular figure in late victorian England. Oscar wilde was in many plays‚ but one of his most famous was the Importance of being Earnest‚ but his other plays are Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)‚ ‚ The Woman of no Importance (1893)‚An Ideal Husband (1895)‚and his most famous play‚ the Importance of being Earnest(1895) and then

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    |[pic] |School of Creative Industries Art Design |[pic] | | |Media & Performing Arts | | |BTEC Extended |Assignment Title: Script 1 | |Diploma

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    Oscar Pistorius‚ also known as “blade runner” because of his two carbon fiber prosthetic legs‚ is a Paralympic athlete who is a double leg amputee below the knee. He was born without a fibula in both of his legs. Oscar’s parents decided to have both of his legs amputated below the knee after consulting with many doctors around the world. Even after this Oscar became a very athletic individual getting involved with rugby and water polo as his two main sports. He also played cricket‚ tennis and participated

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    Oscar Wilde once said‚ “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist‚ not of the sitter.” This was true in Wilde’s life except he was not painting portraits‚ but rather creating wonderful literary works of art that people still enjoy today. All of his works portrayed Wilde’s talent and creativity. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16‚ 1854‚ to two successful parents‚ Dr. William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde. Wilde’s father was a successful eye and ear doctor. He

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    death was beautiful. Oscar Wilde’s main interest involves double lives. The concept of double lives is shown in real life based on the fact that we never show people who we really are. Wilde himself lived a double life which leads to a series of unfortunate events. His work that exposed his life of duplicity at the greatest factor was his play. The reason his literature was indulged in this theme was simply because he could not escape it‚ he faced it in his day-to-day life. In Oscar Wilde’s literature

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    Oscar Pistorius: The Legend “You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have‚ you are able by the abilities you have.” A quotation said by the famous Oscar Pistorius. This past summer Oscar Pistorius was a runner in the Olympics competing in the able bodied races. Oscar was born in South Africa on November 22‚ 1986 with a serious disease called Fibular Hemimelia‚ which is a congenital absence of the fibula. This disease caused his parents to make the tough decision to amputate both of his legs

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    because I never had a Hansel to my Gretel or a Ron to my Ginny Weasley. I was born six years after my brother‚ Oscar‚ making it difficult for us to develop an inseparable bond like other siblings. When I was still listening to Taylor Swift‚ Oscar was already reciting lyrics to explicit rap music and hanging out with friends after school. Our parents treated us differently as well. Oscar was what my mother deemed as the “mistake child.” She often expressed her regrets of not pushing him harder in

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    Oscar Wilde as Dorian Gray ‘I have put too much of myself in it’ (Wilde 12)‚ commented Basil Hallward‚ a fictional artist‚ about his newly completed masterpiece. Just like Oscar Wilde‚ the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890‚ revised 1891)‚ who put so much of his life into his novel; his experience‚ surroundings‚ and the global happenings of his time‚ strongly influenced the production of the speculative‚ philosophical‚ gothic novel. The author’s homosexuality‚ the ridiculous social standards

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    the Gifts of the Holy Spirit‚ which help us live out the Gospel in our lives. Oscar Romero‚ who was an archbishop in El Salvador‚ exemplifies the Holy Spirit working through humanity. Romero was a constant advocate for all‚ and everything he did was through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The gifts of fortitude‚ understanding‚ and piety were the main gifts of the Holy Spirit that I saw exemplified through the life of Oscar Romero. Fortitude‚ or courage‚ is probably the most obvious gift that Romero

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