7/8/2023 0 Comments Ghosts by henrik ibsen![]() ![]() On the eve of opening an orphanage dedicated to the memory of her husband, though, she confides in Pastor Manders-a close family friend-that Captain Alving was “debauched.” Manders is beside himself when he hears this, but his initial reaction to the news suggests that he cares more about how people present themselves than how they actually behave. Alving has always wanted to confess that her husband was morally corrupt, but has refrained from doing so because she wants to maintain the family’s image. In particular, the late Captain Alving is deeply revered by his community, despite the fact that he was a philandering alcoholic whose only accomplishments should be attributed to his wife, Mrs. ![]() In Ghosts, a play about how people present themselves, Henrik Ibsen demonstrates that people leading immoral lives often still have untarnished reputations. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Dickens a tale of two cities![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lorry has been called as a witness for the trial of Charles Darnay, a Frenchman accused of being a spy for France and the United States. Lorry and Lucie take him to England.įive years later, the porter for Tellson's Bank, Jerry Cruncher, takes a message to Mr. Lorry, but when Lucie approaches him, he remembers his wife and begins to weep. He barely responds to questions from Defarge and Mr. Thin and pale, Doctor Manette sits at a shoemaker's bench intently making shoes. Lorry and Lucie to the garret room where he is keeping Doctor Manette, warning them that the Doctor's years in prison have greatly changed him. Defarge now runs a wine-shop with his wife in the poverty-stricken quarter of Saint Antoine. Lorry and Lucie arrive in Paris, they find the Doctor's former servant, Ernest Defarge, caring for him. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre Manette, is alive and has recently been released after having been secretly imprisoned in Paris for 18 years. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson's Bank. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Charles Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems to invite interpretation as a parable about the dangers of over-interpretation. The epigraph, which Poe attributes to the Roman writer and philosopher Seneca, translates as: ‘Nothing is as hostile to wisdom as too much subtlety.’ The idea of the purloined letter ‘hiding in plain sight’ makes the story archetypal in its ability to carry symbolic significance. This is probably why so many twentieth-century thinkers, from the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to the founder of deconstruction, Jacques Derrida, were so interested in it. ![]() ![]() ‘The Purloined Letter’ has the force of a fairy tale or parable: there is a purity to its plot, a simplicity, an ability to resonate with deeper philosophical meaning. (Dupin also reveals that he owes the minister some payback after ‘an evil turn’ the minister did to him in Vienna.) The reference is Dupin’s way of saying he has discovered the minister’s plan, and foiled his scheme. ![]() In the substitute letter, Dupin reveals that he left a sheet on which he had written words taken from Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon’s Atrée: ‘A design so deadly, if not worthy of Atreus, is worthy of Thyestes.’ The lines allude to the story from mythology, in which King Atreus of Mycenae, in revenge for his brother Thyestes’ seduction of his wife, kills Thyestes’ sons and serves them to him in a pie. ![]() ![]() Nicole left me completely speechless, so of course I had to tell anyone who was awake at the time about the great injustice that had just been wrought upon my soul. Of course, like all excellent novels, Blackhearts does have quite the ending. ![]() I was enjoying the writing, the setting, and the characters far too much for any type of resolution the author had in store for me. The closer I came to finishing Blackhearts, the more I wished it would never end. Castroman effortlessly engaged me in the world of Blackhearts and had me completely sucked into Anne and Teach’s stories. I don’t typically say things like this, actually, I’ve never said this about any novel: Blackhearts was delicious to read. Two months ago, I was able to get my hands on a copy of the 2016 release and shortly thereafter, devoured the novel. Those reviews will appear at some point, but for now we’re going to talk about Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman. This also happens to include some reading as well. ![]() It has been far too long since last I’ve posted here but, to be honest, I’ve been a bit busy with school, work, and life in general. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Feminist theory by bell hooks![]() ![]() The author of more than three dozen wide-ranging books, hooks published her first title, the poetry collection And There We Wept, in 1978. She taught at Stanford University, Yale University, Oberlin College in Ohio and the City College of New York before returning to Kentucky to teach at Berea College, which now houses the bell hooks center. ![]() She attended segregated schools in her native Christian County, Ky., before earning her undergraduate degree at Stanford University in California, a master's degree in English at the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her pen name was a tribute to her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. Preferring to spell her name with no capital letters as a way of de-emphasizing her individual identity, bell hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins as the fourth of seven children in Hopkinsville, Ky., on Sept. ![]() ![]() No cause of death was reported, but Berea College in Kentucky, where hooks had taught since 2004, said in a news release that she had died after an extended illness. Her death was first announced by her niece, Ebony Motley, who said that she had died at home surrounded by family and friends. The prolific and trailblazing author, poet, feminist, cultural critic and professor bell hooks died Wednesday at age 69. Author and cultural critic bell hooks poses for a portrait on Dec. ![]() ![]() How to read The Camel Club Books in Order?Įvery book in the Camel Club series works as a standalone story, but the lives of the different characters evolve from one novel to the other. ![]() In their mission, they are helped by a Secret Service agent, a homeless activist, and a con artist. This group works to expose corruption at the upper echelons of the US government. The Camel Club follows the man without a past “Oliver Stone” obsessive computer genius Milton Farb blue-collar laborer Reuben Rhodes and Library of Congress reference specialist Caleb Shaw. Why Camel Club? As Stone, one of them said in the book, it’s “Because camels have great stamina. Together, they are known as The Camel Club, a group of truth-seekers. ![]() He is also the writer of The Camel Book Series, a mystery thriller about four unlikely partners. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īmerican writer David Baldacci is best known for writing Memory Man, the first book in the Amos Decker series, or the stand-alone novel Absolute Power. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most ships were making their final trips of the season their captains knew that as autumn turned to winter the weather would only get worse, and then the lakes would freeze. Weather Bureau) issued storm warnings on Friday morning, November 7, the warnings contained no hint of anything more than 50-mile-per-hour winds for Friday and Saturday. Department of Agriculture's weather bureau (forerunner of the U.S. ![]() The storm lasted four days, with sustained winds as high as 75 miles per hour, freezing temperatures, white-out blizzard conditions, and mountainous seas. heartland, and the result was a violent weather bomb and the worst recorded storm in Great Lakes history. : White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster: 9780071435413: Brown, David G., Brown, David: Libros Omitir e ir al contenido principal. Meteorologists now believe that a blast of cold polar air met a warm, moist air mass entrained in a low-pressure cell moving up from the Gulf of Mexico through the U.S. Gales of November - like the one that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald in the 1970s - are a fact of life for Great Lakes mariners, but this one was anything but ordinary. In early November 1913, not quite 19 months after the loss of the Titanic in midatlantic, an autumn gale descended on the Great Lakes. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Until you fall away series![]() ![]() Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (deutsch: Gebt mir Bequemlichkeit oder gebt mir den Tod) erschien nach der 1986 erfolgten Auflösung der Dead Kennedys.Es handelt sich dabei …Hypersonic Missiles is the debut studio album by English musician Sam Fender, released on 13 September 2019 by Polydor Records. Creator Liz Feldman Stars Christina Applegate Linda CardelliniDead to Me (ou Disque Amiga para Matar, como o título foi traduzido para o português), é uma série que explora muitas coisas: amizade, romance, maternidade, …Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death ist ein Musikalbum der amerikanischen Punkband Dead Kennedys aus dem Jahr 1987. ![]() A version also appears on Young's 1972 release "journey through the past" soundtrack.Creator: Liz Feldman Starring: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Max Jenkins, Sam McCarthy TV Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Genre: …Dead to Me TV Series 2019–2022 TV-MA 30m IMDb RATING 8.0 /10 93K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 415 61 Play trailer 2:04 25 Videos 99+ Photos Comedy Crime Drama A series about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret. The song also appears on Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album, which he recorded in 1971 but remained unreleased until 2007. Dead to me wiki The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation albums Decade, released in 1977, and Greatest Hits, released in 2004. ![]() ![]() ![]() When she learns he is having an affair with a younger woman, she begins to examine her life and the role she has played. For Lindsey Chandler, a wife, mother and social worker, she finds herself thrust from the safety of her secure life into a new world of being single again after her husband Ted announces he is leaving the marriage. There are many parallels between both stories in that the heroines are forced to step out of their comfort zones and find new ways of coping. Therefore, I was looking forward to reading her novel, A Fitting Place and, after reading it, found she did not disappoint. ![]() I have been a fan of Mary Gottschalk’s writing since reading her memoir, Sailing Down the Moonbeam a real-life adventure about stepping out of your comfort zone to grow in new ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author has generously written more in this series for you to enjoy. Oh! I can't forget to share this, it also comes with a cliff hanger ending, so your fun does not have to end when the book does. If what I 've said has you excited and raring to read this, don't hesitate you have found your book. Not only does this story offer a chaotic and barely defined plot, you will also get a cast of under developed characters who lack balance. Like mysteries? Please check this out, it will have you on the edge of your seat curiously questioning how a wishy-washy, obvious hater of the female gender, and generally unfortunate writer got published. If you get a kick out of wondering if you should continue reading, while fearing you might be losing brain cells, then you have struck gold. If cringing in displeasure while you read really gets your juices flowing, stop looking, this book is perfect for you. ![]() Plus the monsters from her nightmares have crossed over into. ![]() And when she’s around Alex, the new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Here goes: You should definitely read this if you are a fan of weak, clumsy, immature, and intellectually challenged heroines. Only recently, has she been able to feel emotion. Alternately, I have decided to prepare future readers who are considering this book. I 'll start by telling you, I hate giving bad reviews. I have just finished "The Fallen Star" this is the first book in the series. Fortunately for you, I have been left with this burning need to express my thoughts. I hardly ever write reviews on books, like art, I think of them as subjective. ![]() |