Oleksandra Sydorenko “The Black Madonna” by M.Spark The extract under analysis is taken from the short story “The Black Madonna” by famous award-winning Scottish novelist Muriel Spark. The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" The extract is about a Catholic childless couple Raymond and Lou Parker. They live in their three-roomed apartment and try to cultivate their tastes in an aristocratic manner. But in the end of the story they are presented
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are different from those of competitors and that are widely valued by buyers. Madonna follows differentiation strategy by identifying and understanding the strategic customers. Madonna identifies and understands the target group well‚ such as target at young ‘wannabe’ girl by poppy style. Also‚ she was using Marilyn image to obtain a new group of fans‚ also allow the growing up fans to take more critical message. Madonna keep changing her persona and style in order to target different group of target
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The article “Park in Limbo” elaborates a scandal of the engulfing South Korean President Park Hye and her relationship with an associate‚ a private citizen‚ meddling in the state affairs and influencing the decisions in the government. This is a story of a sitting President with the lowest approval rating 17% nationwide‚ erupting protests throughout the nation. Nation in Turmoil The author begins with the bad news for Korea. Samsung Electronics a renowned global innovator and the nation’s biggest
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did not know about it * Dan arrives with buried trunk containing Kenneth’s suicide note; note is left unread The play takes place in a middle class white neighborhood in Chicago called Clybourne Park. The First Act takes place in 1959‚ the Second‚ in 2009. My favorite character in Clybourne Park is Kathy. I find it interesting that Kathy is connected to the family from A Raisin in the Sun. This fact brings the two stories together to mention the character of Mr. Lindner who was in A Raisin in
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The subject of the work I observed was a Madonna enthroned painting‚ a pictorial representations of Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ with her child. The event depicted shows baby Jesus sitting on his mother’s lap. As for symbolism and representation‚ “The significantly larger size of the Madonna and child group indicates that they are more important. Her traditionally red gown signifies the passion of Christ and her blue mantle that she is queen of Heaven. Her ornate throne‚ which repeats aspects of Gothic
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“Sunday in the Park” by Bel Kaufman brings into focus a wife’s resentment against the seeming impotence of her husband against a bully. The husband‚ Morton‚ backs off from the other man whose child has been bullying their own little boy. Back home‚ the wife appears to submit to the logic of non-violence adopted by her husband‚ but when their child‚ sickly and fragile‚ is having tantrums‚ the exasperated Morton threatens it with punishment. The wife snaps and taunts her husband as the bully did.
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The Black Madonna The Black Madonna by Muriel spark is a short story about Racism and religion. It aims to explore the real meanings behind what people say and the actions they do. It deals with happenings that closely reveal people’s reactions to it. Muriel Spark does this through subtle humor by the ironic happenings that take place during the short story. The characters in the short story play a huge role in adding to the dramatic storyline. At first impression the married couple Lou and
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In the myth of Echo and Narcissus as told by Thomas Bullfinch‚ Echo is a nymph‚ she is an enchanted creature who dwells in the natural world. Narcissus‚ excessive admiration of oneself‚ is a handsome and smug son of a nymph. Echo develops an attraction towards narcissus‚ but she is not corresponded. And both‚ Narcissus and Echo‚ get punished by a curse. First‚ Echo tries to help her friends into talking to Hera’s husband without her finding out. Which eventually Hera found out and because of her
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To summarize the story of Echo and Narcissus‚ the myth is explaining how echo’s came to be. Also‚ a story about Narcissus fading away over his own reflection thinking it was a spirit being very addicted to it. The first story‚ about Echo was about her getting cursed by Juno. The reason Echo was cursed was because echo cheated Juno. Juno stated‚” You shall forfeit the use of that tongue with which you have cheated me‚ except for that one purpose you are so fond of - reply. You shall still have to
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Barry Goldwater of Arizona‚ an extremist outsider‚ rather than moderate candidates that readily swayed their opinions to reflect consensus‚ which had generally been the party’s practice for decades. More than fifty thousand copies of A Choice Not an Echo were handed out at key sites in California polling stations during Goldwater’s campaign and later reports showed that Goldwater led over Rockefeller in many of those areas. A private donor also made sure that every Republican delegate at the national
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