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they knew that came home on leave was Bill Monroe from Emerald Street and he was followed by a boy from Park Grove Street and one from over on Eldon Terrace, which seemed unfair as Albert had joined up before any of them. There was a big to-do one day because Bill Monroe hadn’t gone back when he should have done and they sent in military policemen to take him back. His mother barred the front door with a broom 5 handle and had to be lifted out of the way by the military policemen, one at each elbow

responsible for spreading diseases such as the plague. In 1572 a law was passed banning strolling players from touring the country. The only actors allowed were those employed by noblemen. During the next two years, Elizabeth gave permission for four noblemen to start their own theatre companies. However, actresses were not allowed to join. Women's parts had to be played by young boys. At first these theatre groups performed in the courtyards of inns. These inns could only provide seats for small audiences

and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian into a rich, melodic language. He was the first to use everyday speech in his poetry. Pushkin's Romantic contemporaries were Byron (d. 1824) and Goethe (d. 1832), but his ironic attitude can be connected to the literature of the 18th century, especially to Voltaire. Pushkin wrote some 800 lyrics with a dozen narrative poems. "Love passed, the muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity newfound;

It’s a short detective story which is composed of eleven characters. The main character is Colin Fenton who is a small businessman, he lives in Bath with his wife who is Julie Fenton. This main character is opposed to a strange character who seems be the twin of Colin and his name is John Bentley. Colin meet John and his wife Linda in a pub in London where Linda and John live and they are both surprised because of the likeness of the two men. During their meeting, they were becoming friends and

money and power and acquiring a high social status are the goals of the time. Gatsby’s dream is to obtain the love of the woman to whom he has been faithful for so many years, Daisy Buchanan. It is for her sake that Gatsby has made it into an upper class society of superficial relationships based on money and status. It is debatable whether or not his ‘dream’ is pathetic and squalid. Pathetic bring to mind pity or sorrow, and squalid stand for dirty and repulsive as a result of neglect. Gatsby’s

at least I think I was. There was nothing but trees. I didn’t understand what was happening. I heard a noise, it was coming closer every time, the sound of boots crashing the branches. I escaped in the opposite direction. My heart kept beating faster every time. I stopped and hide behind some bushes. I saw this “thing” pass. I waited for a few seconds then when it was safe I came out. My arm rubbed a branch. I was bleeding, but none of that mattered, this “thing” that was chasing me had lost my track

Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald lived a colorful life of parties and money-spending, that he uses as subject of his stories. The great gastby, First published on 1925, is set on Long Island and in New York City during the summer of 1922. It is a critique of

isolated, after her father’s death. She lives in a place called Coulibri Estate with her mother, her handicapped brother Pierre, and three servants, Christophine, Godfrey and Sass. The Emancipation Act of 1833, i.e. the abolition of slavery, has left the family, like other slave owners, waiting for financial compensation from England (compensation that apparently will never come). They are therefore in a difficult financial situation: Coulibri Estate is in a poor state of repair, Annette’s clothes become

Bellucci Dimitri T.L Commentary A Lesson Before Dying, chapter 27, p 214-218 In this chapter, Reverend Ambrose goes to Tante Lou's house to speak to Grant. Reverend Ambrose wants Grant to help him to make Jefferson believe in God and heaven. As Grant doesn't believe in an afterlife, he refuses to lie antother time to Jefferson making in believe in something he doesn't believe himself. As Grant doesn't agree to help Ambrose to save Jefferson soul, the two men begin to debate the merits

obsolete iconography’ (Inrockuptibles). Nonetheless, Amélie was a box-office success in many countries. One might wonder how come a film that was rejected for the Cannes Festival and so many critics could have achieved such popularity within the audiences. Amélie’s main theme is simplicity. It tells the story of a little girl that grows into a young lady, who is looking for happiness enjoying life’s simplest treasures, like ducks and drakes