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    the founders. Teachers encouraged us to research about these pioneers in women’s history. However, members of the senior class uncovered a lot more than expected, and a few shared their findings during their senior speeches. One girl talked about M. Carey Thomas’ racist remarks during one of her speeches in 1916 where she was praising white supremacy and was clearly opposed having teachers of color. She said, “If the supremacy of the white race is maintained, as I hope it will be…it is the only race

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    archetypes such as a herald, a mentor, and a shadow. This concept shows the common pattern present in stories in the myths of cultures around the world, in the lives of people around the world, and in the literature of all levels of complexity. Mike Mulligan and his

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    DiCaprio, Toby Maguire and Carey Mulligan bring light to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel written in 1925. This star packed crew brings this film to life portraying the life of “The Great Gatsby.” Midwest native Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire, arrives in 1922 New York in search of the American Dream. Nick, a writer in the movie, moves in next-door to millionaire Jay Gatsby, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and across the bay from his cousin Daisy, played by Carey Mulligan, and her philandering husband

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    CASE ANALYSIS: BREACH OF DUTY OF CARE BY AN AUTHORITY AND CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE Summary of Facts Carey v Lake Macquarie City Council is an appeal from the district court of New South Wales, concerning negligence. The appellant, Carey, was riding his bicycle through a public park before sunrise, which he did regularly. One morning the appellant took a path he had never cycled on before. He was injured after cycling into a bollard positioned in the middle of the path. The bollard was slightly visible

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    “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly”. - Scott Fitzgerald Baz Luhrmann’s adaption of The Great Gatsby brings another drama ridden, classic and emotional movie to film buffs everywhere. With Oscar Winning Leonardo Dicaprio playing the main role as Jay Gatsby along with Academy award-winning actor Tobey Maguire playing Nick Carraway. Baz Luhrmann takes the widely known classic novel, The Great Gatsby

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    Both Hancock and Myers praise myriad actors and actresses in the movie, including Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan), Joel Edgerton (Tom Buchanan), Jason Clarke (George Wilson), and Isla Fisher (Myrtle Wilson), meanwhile, Ogle offers a slightly different opinion on the acting and characters. Hancock (2013) comments that the casts are “impressive” and suitable for their assigned roles, especially, the cast of Gatsby and Tom (7). He asserts that DiCaprio’s “aesthetic appeal”

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    Richard Corliss of ‘Time’, states: “The actors emote up a summer storm. Macguire’s otherworldly coolness suits the observer drawn in a story he might prefer only to watch. DiCaprio is persuasive as the little boy lost impersonating a tough guy and Mulligan finds ways to express Daisy’s magnetism and weaknesses” (2013) consequently making the film a

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    Gatsby Movie Comparison

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    We have to admit that Leonardo DiCaprio did a fabulous job on elaborating the paradoxical inner world of Jay Gatsby. However, Daisy Buchanan, acted by Carey Mulligan, was not a complete success for the movie. In the movie version, Daisy was acted like a vulnerable and innocent woman who is always timid and weak when making decision involving love. In the novel, surprisingly, this is a totally different story

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    wide-eyed bonds salesman and failed writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) and Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), his larger-than-life neighbour who’s over the top famed extravagance only exists in order for him to win back a former love, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) (Caldwell,2013). The following textual analysis

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    The Great Luhrmann The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann, takes a slight modern spin on the original story written F. Scott Fitzgerald. Luhrmann captures the essence of the 1920’s phenomenally, while adding current day characteristics. The Great Gatsby shows brilliance and self-indulgence and the movie truly illustrated those concepts. Unlike the original story, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) tells the story of his adventures with Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), from a mental asylum to his

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