1999 singles Essays

MENIS story edited and written by Anne Scott Includes a mixture of stories from Sophocles’ Electra and Shakespeare’s Hamlet and a story named Modern. Between all these stories there are many themes presented however only one can attract the attention of the reader. The theme that is very common would be Betrayal, it was portrayed in these stories many times and the theme is what triggered families to divide and decline in all the stories of Hamlet, Electra, and Modern. In the story of Hamlet by Shakespeare

hysterical which would drag along to the real day of shooting." Up to this day, Betty still feels awful about some of the difficulties and stress that Estelle had to go through. "You would be forgiven to think that she would not be able to take a single step on stage. Despite all these challenges that she faced, she went ahead to be one of the reasons why this show is successful especially with the young generation. They find her character quite intriguing." It may be over 25 years since the show

Blog Post 3 Today I read and watched “JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Breaks Silence 20 Years After Her Murder.” By ENJOLI FRANCIS.This article was mainly focused on JonBenet's older brother as the main suspect in the case.The article included an interview with Burke Ramsey, which was his first time speaking publicly about JonBenet’s death. The interview was recorded in 2016, 20 years after the murder of JonBenet. Burke states "For the last 20 years, I wanted to grow up like a normal kid, which does not

The Weeping Willow From the time I was born to the time I was 6, I spent most of my time in my back with a 20 foot willow tree. The willow tree was planted as a seedling when I was born. I hadn’t started school, so I didn’t even have a chance to make friends. I looked at the willow tree as if it were my friend. It was like we had a connection because when I was happy, it seemed to dance in the wind and when I was sad, it seemed to be the perfect hugger. The branches were set perfectly for me to

It is not every day you have an assignment that has you write your own obituary. It is not every day that the time of your death in which the assignment takes place is at the very moment you walk out of class or at the time you chose to write the assignment. I never once really thought of my own death, I have not thought much about my life honestly. I wake up day after day like clockwork; Wake up, check social media, drag myself out of bed, decide if I want to wear makeup, look at myself often with

The realistic fiction novel Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks talks about a fifteen-year old boy named Cadel who is a pure genius and has an enemy called Prosper English, Cadel’s dad. During the story, Cadel learns that when it comes to fighting evil, one genius is not enough. First, Cadel, who lost both his parents and has to live in a foster home with troublesome kids, is a very intelligent kid who solves algorithms in his head to pass the time, however because of this he has no friends except

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential truths of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach me. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived at all. Living is so dear.” Henry David Thoreau can be credited as one of the first western philosophers to point out the real values in life. Just as Plato made the famous Cave Allegory speaking of what it means to go through enlightenment and truly understand what is real in this

This extract is taken from the short story “The hop frog or the Eight chained Orang - Outans” by Edgar Allan Poe. The hop- frog was written in the era of 1849. Poe was from the era of which, in literature we might called it as the romantic era and this might be the reason which is why the Poe writes his stories based upon the concepts of lost love and death. In the story hop frog the author constantly focuses on the humiliation of the weak. The extract is also basically focused on the degradation

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In elementary school, I read the tale “Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes” when my obsession for origami first manifested. In the story, anyone that folds a thousand cranes is granted a wish. Being a gullible child, I was fascinated by this legend and in turn, attempted to fold as many cranes as I could, measuring my hours and days by how many I could create. As I grew older, the moral of the cultural myth has stuck with me. The cranes now are a materialistic representation of the time and effort

Speeding through the snow “Wake up, Jomari! It’s time to go” exclaiming my mom as she was getting our stuff ready for the mountain. I finally got out of the hotel bed, got dressed, and then brushed my teeth. I wasn’t that excited today because I don’t usually spend that much time with my family. I went because we were going to go snowboarding. When we got all our stuff together, we then left the hotel and proceeded to the car. My stomach was growling, so we passed by Tim Hortons, and got

Joe Jackson, the father of the late king of pop, Michael Jackson, has reportedly suffered a stroke, which has left him blind. A report from Daily Mail states that the senior Jackson was in Brazil on Sunday to celebrate his birthday when the stroke hit. Apparently, Jackson woke up Sunday with a dizzy feeling and could not see. He was taken to São Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital. Initial reports are not clear if the former father/manager of The Jackson 5 will regain his sight or not. Jackson suffers

After months of going to my tutoring session, classes, and exercises, I finally made it to winter break! Once I returned home, I took off all the heavy weights that was weighing me down. I dropped my backpack, laptop bag, uniform bag, gym bag, and my boots to the ground. Later, I even dropped my knees to the ground and struggled to lift the air with my arms. Once my mom heard me, she came downstairs and saw me quickly picking up my stuff and putting it away neatly. While my mom scolded me, she saw

If I essay Imagine, you are going on a fun trip with your family, but it is interrupted; with a car colliding with yours. You are brought to the hospital, and are in a coma; all of your family has already died. If you wake up, you would be an orphan, but if you die, you will lose everybody else that loves you. If you go, if you stay, it is all up to you. This is what Mia from If I stay was faced with. If I stay is a book by Gayle Forman, and a movie directed by R. J. Cutler. It is about a teenager

Mitchell Clark April 5, 2015 Senior Seminar Irene J Hillman Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff From the author of the #1 national bestseller Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff Richard Carlson, PH.D comes Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff at Work. This book helps people find simple ways to minimize stress and conflict while bringing out the best in yourself and others. In this book Dr. Carlson provides his readers with 100 ways of working smart and healthy both physically and mentally. Just like all of the other self-help

I must have said “Newton” at least fifty times already. “Are we going to Newton?” “How are we getting to Newton?” “How far away is Newton?” “Why are we in fucking Newton?” I sat squished against four other people in the backseat of a Mitsubishi Outlander, flattened against the window like one of those pressed pennies you pay 50 cents for at the science museum. That said, the driver was excellent at three-point-turns. It was kind of sexy. Six of us crowded five seats; the driver’s and passenger’s

here once was a man known as Marcus Aquila. He had planned for himself a normal life as a Roman soldier, and eventually end up at Egypt. He had hoped of getting his family’s land back also. Marcus’s dad was the leader of the Ninth Legion which was mysteriously lost along with its Eagle. He was assigned in Britain as a Cohort Commander. While there as a commander his leg was severely hurt in battel, and he will never be able to return to battle again because of it. He decided to go and live with his

After the rollercoaster of emotions Hearties experienced last Sunday I think we deserved a much lighter episode this week, which is exactly what we got! This episode, entitled Healing Heart, picks up two weeks after Jack left for the North. We find Elizabeth having mixed emotions. She is happy knowing that she is engaged to the love of her life, but of course is worried for his safety and anxious not knowing when he'll return. We are also introduced to some more new faces, we learn more about Abigail's

his life is something that could not be felt the same way from another character’s point of view. Gabe, One of the main characters in C.J. Tudors’s “The Other People” is shown to be faithful, traumatized, and sympathetic. Gabe’s faithfulness is a single key aspect to finding his lost daughter, Isabella. Gabe sees no reason to stop looking for his daughter, to the point where it becomes an obsession. He tirelessly and aimlessly searches for her, against all pieces of evidence brought for him. On page

Character deception is a common characteristic that has and will be a reflecting characteristic in literature for centuries. In many of William Shakespeare’s tragedies, deception, whether positive or negative, is being used to mislead, to protect characters, or to hide a crime or future crime. Analyzing why the characters are using deception against each other is very important to the reader’s understanding of the work as a whole. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, He uses Hamlet’s deception of character