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    For this assignment, I watched a play called “The Insanity of Mary Girard” that was performed by a UT Theatre group, Round About Players, and was shown at the SAC black box. The play revolved around a young woman named Mary Girard who is thrown into an insane asylum by her wealthy husband, Stephen Girard. In the insane asylum, she is tormented by figments of her imagination and is told that she is not to leave the insane asylum for as long as she may live. In this particular adaptation, the…

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    (Wilde, 52). Lord Henry's eloquence and romanticization of new hedonism seduced Dorian's mind and he began to stop using his logic and reason to dictate his decisions, allowing his impulses and desires guide his life. This caused him to go to the theatre every night for months just to watch the "absolutely and entirely divine" Sibyl Vane (Wilde, 49), it also drove him to cultivate many beautiful fabrics, scents, and furniture as to surround himself with beauty, as "nothing can cure the soul but…

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    History can 't change in the blink of an eye. It takes years of meticulous planning and carefully worded propaganda to convince an entire country to follow someone. The Nazi Party was certainly well-planned, but what set it apart from similar fascist governments at the time was the control of the media and perfectly timed propaganda. Propaganda dates back to Persia, in 500 BC. Few propagandic campaigns have been as successful as the one run by the Nazis. By targeting a wide range of demographics…

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    Violet Play Analysis

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    play called Violet. This play was about a young girl who had suffered from a horrible accident, getting cut in the face by an ax. In the play Violet sets off to Tulsa in hopes that a preacher can heal her of her “ugliness”. The main purpose of theatre is to try and personalize whatever emotions the characters are going through. Emotions such as love, rejection, disappointment, betrayal, joy and suffering (Sporre, n.d.). Throughout the play the characters bring these emotions to life. On the…

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    would have to be Pompeii Google Project. The reason being During the first century AD, Pompeii was developing into a flourishing city port. It was a prosperous resort for numerous wealthy visitors. It contained many Roman villas, an amphitheater, two theatres, several temples and an aqueduct system. In 62 AD a severe earthquake did a significant amount of damage to Pompeii’s buildings. It took several years to rebuild the city after the damage and many of the residents relocated to other Roman…

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    Fun Home Analysis

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    blowing me away with the different styles shown throughout the show. The show was perfectly cast. You didn't see actors on stage you saw a dysfunctional family. The technical aspects of the show really pull together to make this small theater in the round believable. There are many instances of the show where I found the lighting to play key parts in making the story realistic. The moment I was taken back was when to simple headlights in a frozen actor re-created the scene of Bruce jumping in…

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    Prep For Prep

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    Discuss the subjects in which you excel or have excelled. To what factors do you attribute your success? My favorite subjects are mathematics and English. Both of these subjects, I feel, give me a chance to explore. From English, I learn more about the human psyche and society at large. The world is so complicated that simply dwelling in it is not enough. Stepping away – and into a book– allows me to focus on a single aspect of the world. I think I do well in English because I ask many…

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    Radiation passes through healthy cells so it can damage few healthy cells. 3. External beam radiations can correspondingly base short-term difficulties comprising prostates. Intensity modulated radiation therapy Advantages: 1. Conformal dose dispersal round tumor. 2. Simulated optimization. 3. Evading of serious structures and a smaller amount indigenous toxicity. Intensity modulated radiation therapy Disadvantages: 1. Higher equipment cost. 2. Compulsory special immobilization. 3. Longer…

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    (for the most part), Senior year was more exciting, confusing and apprehensive than freshman year ever was. We were once again filled with many unanswered questions… What will the future hold for me? Is college really worth it? Are you sure you can’t round up my 49 to a 90? …and filled with dreadful realizations. Do I really have to be a fully functioning adult by next year?! What!? But despite these hardships, we must admit that Senior year was and will forever be one of the most memorable…

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    Miranda Research Paper

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    She states that her happiest moment is when she made some friends who ended up being her closest friends. She started working at the waverly palace theatre and also got the opportunity to start coaching at Dolphin gymnastics. But with little down time that she has she gets to enjoy a lot of her summer by going to okoboji every year with great friends. In the future Miranda wants to find a job that she…

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