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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    “The picture of Dorian Gray” I want to tell you about the famous novel “The picture of Dorian Gray” which was written by Oscar Wilde. “The picture of Dorian Gray” is the only published novel of this writer. Some words about Oscar Wilde. He was born on the 16 of October in 1854 in Dublin‚ Ireland and died on the 30 of November in 1900 in Paris. He was the second of 3 children. He was an Irish writer and poet. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered

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    Star Wars

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    Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series‚ consisting of two trilogies‚ has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books‚ television series‚ computer and video games‚ and comic books. These supplements to the franchise resulted in significant development of the series’ fictional universe‚ keeping the franchise active in the 16-year interim between the two film trilogies. The franchise

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    Picture of Dorian Gray

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    Freud’s psychodynamic theory was not published until over 30 years after Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ there are apparent parallels the reader can draw while reading the novel with this in mind. The theory‚ consisting of three parts‚ touches on the impulsivity of human nature and how our reckless desires are compromised with our higher moral code. In The Picture of Dorian Gray we see the main character unravel as a result of immoral and unnatural acts. The Id‚ Ego and Superego can be

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    Dorian Gray Allegory

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    Duggan’s interpretation of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as an allegory for hedonism is accurate when considered in the frame of the characters. While it is true that Dorian spends much of the story talking about how wonderful his life of luxury is‚ all that the reader perceives are the harmful effects of the life of the aesthete‚ due to the fate of his character as well as those with whom he interacted. The only character in the novel who is truly able to live a hedonistic lifestyle with some level

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    The Yellow Star

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    March 2013 The Yellow Star Jews were not much different from other citizens in the 1930s. They were teachers‚ doctors‚ farmers‚ and factory workers. Their social status ranged from wealthy to poor. Their children attended school‚ learned a trade‚ or continued on to college for a degree. The Jews‚ however‚ were different than other citizens due to their Jewish beliefs. During World War II a symbol of their beliefs‚ the Star of David‚ was used to identify and label them. The Star of David was made into

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    Star Girl

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    Template Paragraph #1 Title: Love‚ Star Girl Author: Jerry Spinelli Type of book: Realistic Fiction Book Report Template Paragraph #2 Main Character: Star Girl Describe this character: Star Girl is fascinating in her own way. She is a very caring girl. She makes friends very easily. Star Girl is a mysterious‚ wonderful girl. The main character changes from sad to happy by the end of the story. The main character does the right thing when: Star Girl has definitely done many good things

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    Bright Star

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    image of what eternity might feel like. He imagines the star as a person‚ with eyelids‚ who is always watching. “Watching‚ with eternal lids apart‚" Keats uses the literary device of personification to gives us a clearer image of what eternity might feel like. He imagines the star as a person‚ with eyelids‚ who is always watching. In the opening lines‚ the poet establishes the image of the star that is the central focus of the poem. The star is said to be eternal "patient"‚ unchanging "sleepless"

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    Closest Star

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    released by NASA on 3/11/2013 and talks about the discovery of the closest star system found in a century. NASA’s made this discovery through there Wide-field Infrared Survey known as “WISE”. WISE discover a pair of stars that is set as the third closest star system to the sun. The founding of these two stars is the closest system founded since 1916. Bothe these two stars are called brown dwarfs witch can be define as stars that are too small in mass to ever become hot enough to ignite hydrogen fusion

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    Shooting Stars

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    Hannah Rose Watson Marr College Standard Grade English Folio: Reading A Critical Evaluation of “Shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy “Shooting Stars‚” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that explores the theme of tragedy through the writer’s creation of haunting imagery and tells a story‚ like no other. Using techniques such as imagery‚ enjambment‚ structure and form‚ Duffy invites the reader to contemplate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in World War II and to warn against

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    Star Formation

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    The basic idea of star formation is gravitational collapse – the contraction of a region of gas under the influence of gravity. This is a simple process that would be expected to occur in any region of material dense enough for collisions between atoms to radiate away energy. However‚ the gas must be dense enough for collisions to occur and the temperature must be low enough for the atomic velocities not to be able to escape the system’s gravity‚ so star formation only occurs in a few areas. The

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