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Jean Helion's "Grande Citrouillerie": sexuality and surrealism in a pumpkin painting

Painting analysis of Jean Helion's 1948 painting "Grande Citrouillerie" (Big Pumpkin Event) Rather than a traditional harvest painting, as its title might suggest, "Grande Citrouillerie," or, in English translation the "Big Pumpkin Event," has the appearance of a poster or advertisement painted in…

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Ghosts as catalysts in Wharton and James's short stories

Oh there is one, of course, but you'll never know it," Alida Stair enigmatically warns the Boynes before they purchase their English country home in Edith Wharton's short story "Afterward." Referring to ghosts, Stair's statement echoes the strange occurrences of sceptres throughout the short…

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Creation and design of the federal judiciary at the Constitutional Convention

How was the federal judiciary created? The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia were aware that the new nation needed to be quite different from the English structure of government they had broken away from in a bloody war, so they worked out a plan whereby the federal…

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Romance and incompatibility in Notting Hill's flawed ending

Notting Hill directed by Roger Mitchell [...] whether Anna and William will have a successful future together. This film, about a romance between a timid English bookseller and a world-famous Hollywood star, is a romantic comedy with a happily ever after ending.

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The spiritual and domestic roles of Puritan women in colonial America

Puritan women in the New World of the United States were torn between belief that their "hope and treasure lies above" and their very real need to survive and create a loving community on earth. The Puritans were English Protestants, and they had very strong views on a variety of issues.

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Habeas corpus in the U.S. Constitution: history and suspension

Constitution relationship protection civil liberties. 2-The historical evolution habeas corpus, including English American traditions.

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Susan Ludvigson's "The Lilies of Landsford Canal": poetic imagery and technique

SUSAN LUDVIGSON[footnoteRef:1] [1: Susan Ludvigson was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin on February 13, 1942 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls in 1965 with majors in English and psychology.

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Client profile and intake assessment of Alyssa Capolitto

The client's name is Alyssa Capolitto. She's 25 years old and never married, raised in a Caucasian, Irish- Catholic/Italian-Catholic family. Her family is a primarily English-speaking household, though her grandparents live at home and they speak both English and Italian.

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Satire and social criticism in Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

First performed in 1895, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest satirized manners and social customs of late Victorian England. Focusing on a pair of young men who live "double lives," the comedy brings to light an element of English society that was ripe for exposure.

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ESL instruction in a combined first and second grade classroom

Befitting the United States of America's unique status as a cultural melting pot, the nation's educational system has learned to adapt its traditional method of English language instruction to suit students who primarily speak another language at home.

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