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    Anil's Ghost

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    Anil’s Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje‚ first published in 2000. Anil’s Ghost follows the life of Anil Tissera‚ a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship‚ during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil‚ along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena‚ discovers the skeleton of a recently burned

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    Ghost In Macbeth

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    of himself‚ and he also sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in his dinner chair at a party. In some plays in real life‚ Banquo’s ghost is present and on stage‚ and some plays‚ the audience has to imagine what Macbeth is seeing. There be a difference in the effects that will be made from having the ghost on the stage and having him off. In the tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the most effective way to have the ghost appear in the play is to present the ghost on stage. It will allow the audience to

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    The Canterville Ghost

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    Canterville that the house is haunted. Mr. Otis says he will take furniture as well as ghost at valuation. The Otis family includes Mr. and Mrs. Otis‚ their daughter Virginia‚ twin boys (often referred to as "Stars and Stripes") and their eldest son Washington. At first‚ none of the members of the Otis family believes in ghosts‚ but shortly after they move in‚ none of them can deny the presence of Sir Simon (The Ghost). The family hears clanking chains‚ they witness re-appearing bloodstains "on the floor

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    Ghost Story

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    Characteristics Of Effective Ghost Stories The ghost story genre is one that is very complex. Each ghost story can be told in a different way and still be effective. A ghost is a supernatural force. Supernatural themes are often associated with paranormal and occult ideas. Supernatural comes from the Latin word “supra” and means the above nature‚ anything above or beyond what holds to be natural and exists outside natural law and the observable neighborhood. Jamesian and Freud both developed

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    Hamlet the Ghost

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    Role Of The Ghost Of The Hamlet The ghost in the play Hamlet has great dramatic significance . The play opens and Hamlet ‚ the prince of Denmark is shown in mourning. He is wearing black clothes and the sad look on his face bears an evidence of grief he is feeling at the death of his father. His uncle Cladius succeeded his father. Soon after‚ Hamlet’s mother (Queen Gertrude) married Claudius. Hamlet hated Claudius because he (Claudius)

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    Ghosts of Mississippi

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    Myrlie Evers worked for the conviction of the white supremacist who murdered her husband‚ heroic civil rights leader Medgar Evers‚ through two hung juries and over thirty years. "Ghosts of Mississippi teems with the carefully recreated details of a relentless quest for justice and features special appearances by three children of Medgar Evers and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Yolanda."(Rob Reiner) The three main characters in this movie were Myrlie Evers‚ Bobby Delaughter‚ and Bryon de la

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    are ghost real

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    If you believe in ghosts‚ you’re not alone: A 2005 Gallup poll found that 37 percent of Americans believe in haunted houses‚ and about one-third believe in ghosts. Tens of thousands of people around the world actively search for ghosts as a hobby. Researcher Sharon Hill of the Doubtful Newsblog counted about 2‚000 active amateur ghost-hunting groups in America. Ghosts have been a popular subject for millennia‚ appearing in countless stories‚ from "Macbeth" to the Bible‚ and even spawning their own

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    Ghost Dance

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    religion. The whites were taking over and the one time Indians could feel safe and at home was when they did the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance was a religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. This practice is said to reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace‚ prosperity‚ and unity to native peoples throughout the region. The Ghost Dance‚ they claimed‚ brought about renewal of native society

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    The Island

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    The Island In the film ‘The Island’‚ directed by Michael Bay there are many scenes which include various techniques to show a theme. In this scene Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan two-Delta decide to go back to Dr Merricks Biotech facility and attempt to save their clone friends and destroy the biotech facility. Their moral and compassionate actions allow them to do this and in doing so risk their freedom and lives. In the end it’s their actions that make us understand the system was not right. Bay

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    Ghost-Hamlet

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    The Role of the Ghost in Hamlet 1 The ghost of Hamlet’s late-father is a character from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark. In the stage directions he is referred to as "Ghost." King Hamlet appears as a Ghost four times in the play: in Act I Scenes i‚ iv‚ and v‚ and Act III Scene iv. The ghost arrives at 1.00 a.m. in at least two of the scenes‚ and in the other scene all that is known is that it is night. The Ghost appears first to a duo

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