The Necklace

Elena is a frequent traveler to Singapore and she usually stays at The Success Hotel when she is here. Many signs are being put up in the hotel stating that they will not be responsible for the loss of items if they are not entrusted to the front desk to be taken care of. In the case of Bass Anne Hendricks v Shangri-La Hotel Ltd (2011), Bass, the plaintiff, claimed to have lost her gold and diamond ring during her stay at Shangri-La Hotel and therefore, the defendant is liable for the loss of…

Often blinded by love, people find themselves in peculiar situations with their significant other. In the story, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, one of the main characters, Catherine Earnshaw, is portrayed as a spoiled girl who marries into a wealthy family and abuses her powers as a princess to often get what she wants. Nelly Dean, the woman who grew up alongside Catherine, and Cathy’s husband, Edgar both play a big part of the story as main characters. Nelly and Edgar have similar yet…

PART ONE: POETIC DEVICES & FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Metaphor 1:Her mind is Tiffany-twisted During the second verse, Don Henley sings the line “Her mind is Tiffany-twisted”. This is a metaphor as The Eagles are comparing this girls mind to Tiffany Jewelry Store without using like or as. They compare the girl's mind to the jewellery store because the narrator notes that this girl is pretty, rich and likes to be glamorous. These specified characteristic are also seen in Tiffany & Co’s jewellery and…

In general, humans want to be happy. To not worry about food, shelter, clothes; to make ends meet. But people who already has these things want more. They want to let people know, friends especially, that they have things that ordinary people don't or just others in general. Humans are so driven by societies image, they forget who they truly are. They go as far as changinbg the people around them, what they're comfortable with, how they act. They want or want to be, what's trending around them…

How to Choose the Cut and Colour of a Diamond by its Size Medium-sized princess cut diamond. Large round brilliant cut diamonds. Small-sized fancy cut diamonds. Yellow diamond. Orange diamond. Blue diamond. Red diamond. White diamond. Cognac diamond. Just like people, diamonds are unique. They come in many sizes and colours and can be cut in numerous ways. Also, similar to people in the respect that works well on medium-sized memorial diamonds might not work well on large cremation diamonds,…

Ang Lee challenges the racial stereotyping and heteronormativity present in Hollywood through his film The Wedding Banquet. The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 film about an interracial, homosexual American couple, Wai Tung and Simon. Due to the patriarchal nature of Taiwanese culture, Wai Tung cannot reveal his sexual orientation or his relationship with Simon to his parents and is therefore incessantly pestered by his parents in Taiwan to get married and have children to carry on the family name. In…

How You Destroy Her You destroy her the moment she stops being an adventure. When she's no longer exciting, when rolling over to see her doesn't bring butterflies anymore, when kissing her has become a task. You destroy her when you let the fire die, when the sparks are ceasing. When taking her out to places does not stun you anymore, when you'd rather hang out with other people than her. When seeing her smile is not an advantage anymore. You destroy her when she's no long an inspiration but…

Happiness by Living Life Simply Babette’s Feast (Gabriel Axel 1988), centers around Martine and Philippa, two sisters living in a protestant parish in Jutland. For them, food is used for sustenance rather than pleasure. Unexpectedly, a refugee from Paris shows up at their doorstep. The woman’s name is Babette and she is taken in by the two sisters. Having lost everything at the hands of a vengeful revolution, Babette rebuilds her life around the bland gastronomy of the parsonage. As a famous…

SCENARIO ONE Janice loaned Jolene a designer leather coat to wear to a Taylor Swift concert. The day after the concert, Janice goes to Jolene and requests the return of her coat. Jolene denies that the coat was loaned to her and claims Janice gave it to her as a gift. Janice is upset because the coat was very expensive and now she will have to buy a new one. She wants to sue Jolene for the price of a new, designer, leather coat. 1. Name the cause of action in tort that Janice could bring…

A Long time ago in India, women were criticized and stereotyped for their femininity, in particular how they react in a crisis. In “The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner, women are falsely accused of being weak during a crisis. “The Dinner Party” is set in India, where there is a huge dinner party going on. The colonel makes a false accusation that during a crisis, women usually scream and have less self control than men do. However, the hostess of the party proves him wrong. There is a cobra in…