Take Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker‚” set it in a 1960’s U.S. suburbia‚ remove the Sugar Plum Fairy and add sexual and homosexual overtones‚ and you have Mark Morris’s “The Hard Nut” – an adaptation of the original ballet inspired by the comic book artist‚ Charles Burns‚ whose work is “deeply instilled with archetypal concepts of guilt‚ childhood‚ mystery‚ adolescent sexuality and poignant portrayals of post-war America” (The Hard Nut: A Look Back). Morris’s story can be described as the background
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Painted Door JennExner Q#1 In the story‚ “The Painted Door‚” Sinclair Ross creates a mood of bitter cold‚ extreme isolation and loneliness. For the environmental means‚ the story is set in winter and there is a large snowstorm coming. The isolation of the farmland is made abundantly clear when we learn the closest neighbouring farm is “five miles away.” The physical setting of the environment is important to a good story as it reflects the moods and emotions of the characters
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It was a cold‚ bitter‚ sunny morning mid January. The previous night’s snowstorm had given hell‚ twenty-four new untouched inches were left on the ski mountain waiting for my friends and I. As the doors of the gondola close‚ an abundance of fog disrupted our vision. The doors opened once again after what felt like a lifetime. There we stood‚ looking down to the end of the run as we began to slowly make our way through the remarkably light powder. The snow was heavily up until a single patch of ice
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and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Albatross represents Jesus‚ a holy man who brought good every where he went‚ both Jesus and the bird both died at the hand of a man who obtained no reason to kill them. The Albatross saved the sailors from a snowstorm‚ just as Jesus saved the human population from
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Denis Johnson uses the short story “Emergency” to convey a few varying themes. One of these themes is unconscious fantasy versus actuality ‚ which is caused by the drugs taken at the beginning of the story. We can recognize Johnson develop this theme when Georgie and the narrator are lying in the flatbed of Georgie’s orange pickup truck. “I want to go to church‚” Georgie suggested. “Let’s go to the county fair.” Given their drug-addled state‚ it is difficult to tell their lucid thoughts from their
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Agriculture‚ Climate‚ and Topography The New England colonies had the colder climate because their region is far more in the north than the Middle or the Southern colonies. The New England Colonies used to loose population during the winter due to the snowstorms. The New England colonies had a rocky soil so farming was difficult‚ they had small farms that could sustain their families but it wasn´t enough to export. The New England colonies were able to grow potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ blue berries‚ cranberries
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magical power. Elsa was born with magical powers‚ which as a child‚ she attempts to “conceal and not feel” just as her father would constantly tell her but of course her magical powers are then revealed when Anna removes her glove causing an ice/snowstorm scene. This scene then portrayed Elsa to be an evil queen just because she had something that no one else had‚ magical powers. In no Disney movie has there been a female character that owned her magical existence and remained “good” but as for Elsa
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gine flying down a hill head first in the snow on an inner-tube‚ spinning out of control My dad and I spent the day in Boreal Ski Resort racing down on a snow covered mountain. It was awesome! It was perfect day in Tahoe but that was only part of the adventure. Our adventure began‚ the weekend of Thanksgiving we were off to visit Soda Springs! We were going to visit my great-grandmother’s cabin it was and there was a storm coming in. Just 4 hours to go. We drove to Auburn and had dinner. After
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didn’t even learn half the stuff schools learn today. When I’m stuck on math homework I ask my mom for help and she can’t because she didn’t learn it. So When I need help I go to my older cousins houses for them to help me. But if there is a bad snowstorm and school was canceled for it my mom shouldn’t get out of the house and we possibly wreck just to do my school work. Indeed schools shouldn’t have e days. Therefore‚ schools shouldn’t have e days because some families don’t have the internet‚ some
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and civilians greatly. Weather was the most impactful element of the Civil War. Due to the war occurring not long after the Little Ice Age‚ the weather had strange occurrences. Soldiers could wake up to a nice sunny day‚ just to go to bed in a snowstorm. Something most people do not realize is‚ the soldiers had to basically sleep outside. No matter what the weather was‚ nice or horrible‚ it greatly impacted their day. Even though the soldiers are mainly who are talked about suffering from the weather
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