The Snow Queen

the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” and the movie “Snow White and the Huntsman”. In Washington Irving’s story “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom Walker had shown signs of interest to one very convincing deal that the devil suggested, but Tom didn’t go through with it because that means that he would have to share his luxuries with his wife, which in this case was a miserable woman. After Tom’s wife found out that he did not agree…

by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to help her. The gift I bestow upon Princess Ophelia of Venlighed is a necklace.” The King and Queen both looked…

In this scene many metaphors show how D’Angelo understands the rigged, underlying and exposed nature of “the game” and is not your typical drug dealer. There is a hierarchal social class aspect that steps out in this scene as well. D’Angelo is well dressed with designer clothing, lives in a nice apartment, not in the pit and is elevated from the other dealers. Bodie and Wallace both live in a grungy apartment with many siblings and both wear old, tattered clothing. As D’Angelo approaches the…

Once upon a time in a place far, far away called Ireland. Three witches were walking through the forest. Thier paths were about to cross with Macbeth and Banquo. This crossing of paths would not only change their lives but everyone in that far, far away place called Ireland. Macbeth notices the witches first. They meet up then little red riding hood come right through their path she saw the two strange characters figured out she was in the wrong story. Turned around and went back to the…

Throughout the study of king Lear and the queen, an increased knowledge and understanding of universal ideas about humanity have been gained. The three main ideas that Shakespeare and Frears present include, civil unrest, challenge to authority and the divine right of kings. Despite these texts being set in different times, universal ideas are extrapolated from the two texts. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Great Britain experienced a period of civil unrest in which the British people…

Pressure by Queen and David Bowie. Vanilla Ice took samples of the song without having permission and changed up the baseline beat a little thinking he would not have to give credit to the song Under Pressure the original song writers Queen and David Bowie. . . . . . . . . The way Vanilla Ice made his songs were by taking old records of rock music that were his brothers and put a twist of hip hop and thought it was a good beat for his songs. It was first acknowledge by a band member of Queen…

In the novel Slam, Slam lived in the hood. Slam had been very talented at basketball but not so much at school. In the book the kids called the main character Slam. Slams real name is Greg Harris. In the movie Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace was a good kid. Jamal did great in school and both on the court. There are many differences and similarities in both the novel Slam and the movie Finding forrester. In the book Slam, Greg harris went to Carver school. Then, Slam had to move schools not…

Jace Wayland finds himself caught in the lies his father, Valentine, created. The young Shadowhunter, a being created from humans and angels, is under suspicion for being in league with his father to destroy the Clave — the governing body of the Shadowhunters. Even Jace's adopted mother suspects his motives for remaining in the human world. She questions why Jace didn't return to the Shadowhunters' home when his father escaped with the Mortal Cup, a powerful Shadowhunter relic. Clary Fray,…

Many South Brooklyn residents are very familiar with Avenues H to Z. But, how about Avenues A, B, or C? Or, what about Avenue G? Most of the streets in Brooklyn are named after numbers, people, places, or things. However, travelling south of Ditmas Park, through Midwood , and into Sheepshead Bay one will encounter several east-west streets named after letters of the alphabet. Now, why is that? In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the hilly areas of Northern and Western Brooklyn (Brooklyn…

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1 A1: Queen Elizabeth 1 stands proud on the globe like she has conquered the world. On the background there is sunshine on her right hand, but darkness and lightning on her left. Each side has what appears to be descriptive words for each side, however, I am unable to make out or understand the meaning. I see this as an indication that there are two sides to her personality, a bright side and a dark side. Her dress is fully adorned with what appears to be pearl,…