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Anna Pavlovna Pavlova was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on January 31st, 1881. She went on to be the most celebrated ballet dancer of her time. Pavlova came from a poor family, and her father died when she was only 2 years old. Her first exposure to ballet came when she was eight years old when she attended a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Marrinsky theatre. She was able to join the Imperial School of Ballet at the Marrinsky Theatre when she turned ten in 1891. Her teachers were famous ballet

Vogue editor in chief Ana Wintour credits her passion of editing the magazine to the ability of “being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it,” emphasizing Vogue’s cultural influence over the years. Vogue is a world renowned fashion magazine that not only highlights the latest trends and fashions, but it connects to modern day culture. Over the course of history, there

The Importance of Sonya in War and Peace   Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace speculates deeply about history, religious life and human brotherhood. Most readers focus on the characters of Natasha, Prince Andrew, and Pierre. Another character named Sonya, who is an orphaned cousin, is staying with the Rostov family. Sonya is overshadowed by the other characters, however, she is vital to the rounding out of the other characters in the novel.    The people she loves most take her life

Many psychologists have studied and used Mischel’s experiment and examples in their own works. In a recent study, Celeste Kidd conducted one such experiment; in The Marshmallow Challenge Kidd had twenty-eight children take part in an exercise involving art. She gave the children two different choices throughout the project. The first choice she gave them was to use old worn down crayons now or wait for a new box of crayons. The second was one small sticker now or wait for a better set of stickers

Black Beauty is a book written by a British female author named Anna Sewell. It tells a story of a horse called “black beauty” from its own perspective. Once upon a time there was a horse which is black but with a white star on his forehead. He looked so smart and his master nicknamed him “Black Beauty”. Black Beauty was well-built, clever and tender. He experienced many ups and downs in his life, and had many friends, including horses and people. He was ever well reared but he was also treated badly

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The famous opening line of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina sets the philosophical tone of his novel and asks us to theorise on happiness and how we achieve it. The same question is posed in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour. Set in the late 19th Century, the story begins when Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband’s death. Upon hearing this news, she knows she should mourn his death and fear for her own future, but the joy of

Anna Maria Island One evening in April, we headed to Bishop airport in flint,to fly to Tampa, Florida. When we were at the airport I was so anxious. This was going to be my 5th time flying, so it wasn't that new to me. Our plane arrived at the airport at 8:00 pm and we were boarding at 8:30 pm. The plane ride took about 2 hours and 30 minutes. We finally arrived in Tampa, Florida. My grandma and grandpa picked us up and we hit the road for about another hour. My aunt, uncle, and my two cousins were

Biographical Summary of Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy is the full name of the renowned author Leo Tolstoy, who was born on September 9th in 1828. His more common English name is well known all over the world as one of the best authors of all time. Count Lev was born on an estate in the province of Tula in Russia. He grew up in the lap of luxury only available to the dvorianstvo or the Russian nobility. Tolstoy was the youngest of four children of the Princess Volakonsia and Count Nikolay

the novel decidedly contrasts the death of Nicholas Levin. Anna Karenina, after falling from grace and her elevated social stratum, desperately searches for meaning in her life. She fears that she no longer provides Count Vronsky with any sort of pleasure and constantly seeks to improve herself in order to keep his attention and love focused on her. In a constant state of inadequacy, Anna cannot even sleep without a heavy dose of opium. Anna grows dependent upon the drug, and one night, “She poured

with many different themes but the strong major theme that are clearly portrayed in the novel is the bonds of sisterhoods. Sisterhood is a strong theme throughout the novel. It appears in the novel all the time. We can see it through the characters of Anna and Kate, Sara and Zanne and Julia and Izzy. In each case, the sisters share an intense bond. These three sets of sisters all show the importance of sisterhood. They always rely with each other and keep on supporting each other no matter how hard