the outcome of a story. In Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle‚” Irving incorporates exaggerated characters‚ magical events and their consequences‚ and places the setting in past times to create an American mythology. With these characteristics‚ Irving impacts the entire story and how the ending resolves. In the story‚ Irving uses mainly Rip Van Winkle and Dame Van Winkle to show exaggeration in the characters. The townspeople see Rip Van Winkle as a whole-hearted fellow who loves helping everyone
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when the French government did not agree to go to war in Irak with the American forces in 2003. Rip Van Winkle is a short story wrote by Washington Irving written in 1878 and published in 1819 in the The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Here we are going to discuss the different ways of representing freedom in Rip Van Winkle‚ a story written during the first years of the American society. For Rip Van Winkle‚ the main protagonist‚ freedom means no responsibilities. He constantly runs away from his
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S.A.L.T.S Application September10‚ 2012 Dear Administration and Teaching Staff This letter is my application to be apart of the S.A.L.T.S sailing trip. This trip sounds like a unique learning experience. I recently had the opportunity to go on a fishing charter. After this experience it made me want to spend more time on boats and the ocean just like my grandpa and dad did in the past. On the trip I experienced helping my dad with steering and sounding
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Postdramatic theatre has been described as a step forward in the theatre world‚ providing artists with opportunities to break boundaries‚ bend rules and develop a highly original piece of theatre (Lehmann 2006‚ 17). This essay will investigate the postdramatic theatre conventions of non-linear narrative‚ physicality‚ parataxis and collaboration‚ and will specifically examine the company Forced Entertainment. It will explore one of the company’s performances‚ Club of No Regrets‚ which premiered in
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I chose to write about Van Gogh’s Starry Night‚ because I think that this painting is one of the greater pioneer forms of abstract art. Van Gogh’s rendering of the world the way that he perceived it‚ blended with his own stigmatic emotion‚ is evidenced by his abstract depiction of this small village in the south of France; Starry Night is aesthetically‚ artistically‚ and technically unique. Starry night is a depiction of an actual village that Van Gogh visited during his lifetime. At the risk
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characteristics in his story “Rip Van Winkle”. First‚ this story was set at a time in the past. Second‚ his story was very well written and has many over the top characters. Third‚ his story has many mysterious‚ magical events and the aftereffects of them. Also‚ his story is not real‚ it is fiction‚ and is a myth. (A myth is a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of people or culture and typically involving supernatural beings or events.) “Rip Van Winkle” is set at a isolated
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Willem Van Gogh was born 30th March 1853 in Zudert‚ Netherlands. He is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt ( known for his Baroque style painting )‚ though he had little success during his life time‚ Van Gogh produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings ) during a period of 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness ( possible bipolar disorder) and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death especially following a showing of van Gogh’s
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there is an abundance of artificiality. A vast portion of the population prefers artificial intelligence‚ artificial sweeteners‚ artificial insemination‚ and artificial Christmas trees. However‚ I have yet to see a demand for artificial curriculum. Van Brummelen (2002) presents four common definitions of curriculum; however‚ none of them include an essence of artificiality. Neutral curriculum is a curriculum that is void of flavor. It lacks original thought‚ authentic character‚ and experienced beliefs
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VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR This is a machine that can build up high voltages of the order of a few million volts. The resulting large electric fields are used to accelerate charged particles (electrons‚ protons‚ ions) to high energies needed for experiments to probe the small scale structure of matter. Principle 1. Skin effect 2. Electrostatic induction 3. Action of points Construction A hollow metallic sphere A is mounted on insulating pillars as shown‚ and a pulley B is mounted at the centre
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany‚ and was baptized on Dec. 17‚ 1770. There has never been any type of authentic record or file as to when he was actually born. Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfather and father functioned as court musicians in Bonn. Beethoven’s father‚ who was a singer‚ provided Beethoven with a lot of his early musical teaching. Beethoven didn’t have the best education‚ but he studied violin‚ French horn‚ and piano‚ and before he was even 12 years old‚ Beethoven became
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