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river styx

October 7, 2020 lexiconaAlexis

River Styx A One Act by Alexis Hope Synopsis: Inspired by a true story. To survive the atrocities of poverty and hunger is one thing. To survive the atrocities of poverty and hunger as a[…]

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the corruption of love.

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 nimjayNimrat

This is a PechaKucha that I did in class on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. PechaKucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds. For our purposes, we had 10[…]

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a curious love affair (a quotation presentation)

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 lizamkvLiza

“I must admit to a lifelong love affair with curiosity.”  -Timothy Findley as Juliet d’Orsey  ( Part 4, pg. 147) Say:  Juliet d’ Orsey is telling her accounts of Robert Ross through reading out her childhood[…]

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Of Colour and Humanity

January 1, 2018March 22, 2018 ZiyanaKZiyana

Colours. They are everywhere, involved in every aspect of our lives. Colours transform the dull and the depressive into the beautiful and the bright. Colours provide our lives with interest and with meaning. Colours allow us[…]

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A Poet’s Homage

October 21, 2017October 28, 2017 jadeb2000Jade

I am not an essayist, nor would I ever care to be one.  That being acknowledged, I do, at the same time, recognize the purpose critical writing plays in terms of its kinship to literature,[…]

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The Colour of Corruption

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 ZiyanaKZiyana

White is a beautiful colour. White is a quiet and peaceful expression of childhood – it is pure, innocent, virtuous. White exists as a perfect combination of every colour in the spectrum – it is[…]

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Simply Intricate

October 8, 2017October 16, 2017 jadeb2000Jade

Oscar Wilde was a man of the simplest intricacies. I say this in specific relation to his epigrams. Now, I’m assuming that everyone here knows what an epigram is. If you don’t–tsk. tsk. tsk Just[…]

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The Consequences of Innocence

October 8, 2017 nilavaAP Class

Note: this is not a critical essay (I’ve used ‘I’s and ‘I think’, and my lack of 2 out of 5 paragraphs), but rather me trying to better understand the psychology of the author through[…]

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Critical: The Effect of Self-Perception on the Conflict Between Illusion and Reality

October 5, 2017October 14, 2017 tarannumrTarannum

Prompt: The role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. Illusions are generally viewed as the quintessence of escapism; through the creation of false ideals, one may find the[…]

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Who Am I?–A Portrait

September 16, 2017January 3, 2018 jadeb2000Jade

~ PART ONE–THE FACADE  ~ ~ When I look in the mirror, I see a girl whose desire is painted green. Green. Like the gem she was named after or the light burning furiously at[…]

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