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In Venice during the 1590s, Jews were really badly discriminated against; they had to wear a red cap whenever they went outside and they had to live in the ghetto. They were not allowed to own any business nor to interact with Christians. In the play, Shylock didn’t adhere to these and was obviously hated…

Russians and AmericansAmericans often think that they have a better chance of finding a common ground with aliens from outer space than with “resident aliens” from Russia. Frequently Russian immigrants feel exactly the same way about their American co-workers, classmates and even spouses. A key to gaining and sustaining a mutual respect in cross-cultural relationships…

In the movie Kill Bill Vol. 2, Quentin Tarantino the writer and director of the movie incorporates a vast array of genres such as Samurai, Hardbody, Kung fu and the Spaghetti Western to form not just an action film – but a mixed-genre film. Through the use of the movie as well as a small…

n High School, college seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people I was scared to death at the same time. I didnt…

Music is known to be a quality that one possesses to produce harmony or make others feel pleasant through messages. Authors use descriptive writing to set the atmosphere in many stories. In the short story, “The Pearl,” John Steinbeck uses different types of music to introduce and set the atmosphere of the story. In this…

World War One, also known as The Great War took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. It claimed the lives of millions and resulted in millions of casualties. It is all too often forgotten but when remembered, it is remembered with great sadness. It is hard to imagine that anything beautiful could materialize…

Paula Vogel’s The Baltimore Waltz one of the most widely produced new American plays of recent seasons–confronts the scourge of modern times obliquely, never mentioning AIDS in its 30 brief scenes. Instead, the playwright reimagines the absolute through fantasy. Anna, an elementary school teacher stricken with “Acquired Toilet Disease,” tours Europe with her brother while…

Both texts further contain elements of time slip fantasy. In order to make time slip fantasies believable, both authors begin their novels by placing their protagonists in the present. Usually, the characters are contemporary boys or girls, with whom the reader can identify with and the beginning of the novel is spent in drawing the…

Baseball cards have a verybroad history. In the beginning, god made man. Then, manproduced. . . . . . . . the baseball card. From 1887 to thepresent, billions of baseball cards have been produced. Some cards are valued at ten cents, while others, arevalued at over one hundred thousand dollars. Since 1887,Baseball cards have…

Grapes Of Wrath By SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperateconditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930’slive under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California throughthe great economic depression of the 1930’s. The Joad family had to abandontheir home and…