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    Contrast between Ancient Greek Theatre “Antigone” and Modern Russian Theatre in “The Cherry Orchard”. Theatre which is a main source of entertainment has made various stories in her womb regarding theatres in all over the world like African, Yoruba theatre, Asian Theatre, Middle-East Theatre and Western Theatre like Greek Theatres and Modern Russian Theatre. First of all, Greek theatre seems to have its roots in religious celebration that incorporated song and dance. Like this Greek theater shadowed

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    Title: 11 Reasons to Eat Cherries Category: Health & Wellness Tags: antioxidants, tart cherries, sweet cherries Snippet: Today research shows us why eating cherries not only supports immunity, but also helps prevent certain diseases. Here’s 11 reasons why cherries should be a whole food staple in everyone’s kitchen. Article: In the 1600s settlers brought cherry trees to America, and for good reason. Cherries, bright red, juicy and delicious are so much more than just a sweet treat. It turns out

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    What is sustainability? The definition is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to their needs”, and “the “needs” referred to are broad, and are addressed by the three “E’s” of sustainability --environment, economy, and equity.” (Lallier 11). In this paper, I will use my hometown as background to crate a sustainable community. I will separate my whole village recycling system into 4 parts, these are the food, the energy, the tree and the water.

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    Janie and the Pear Tree in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston         In Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, the image of a pear tree reverberates throughout the novel. The pear tree is not only a representation of Janie's life - blossoming, death, metamorphosis, and rebirth - but also the spark of curiosity that sets Janie on her quest for self-discovery. Janie is essentially "rootless" at the beginning of her life, never having known her mother or father and

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    Hurston’s description of Janie’s vision under the pear tree conveys the ideals of love and intimacy. As shown by the follow description: “She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp

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    The book frames Janie’s awareness of her growth from a young girl to a mature, adult woman: "She thought about herself. Years ago, she had told her girl self to wait for her in the looking glass. It had been a long time since she remembered. Perhaps she'd better look" (83). Her taking that “look”[ing], the act of reflection upon, guides her to take a “careful stock of herself” (83), with her “girl-self” by her side. Janie’s spiritual journey serves as a mental stocktaking in which she realizes the

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    Across the novel love was an issue Janie struggled to find. When Tea Cake came into the picture, Janie had stronger feelings for him then her past husbands presented in the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The pear tree, overalls, as well as the horizon display the strong bond between Janie and Tea Cake. Throughout the book the pear tree symbolizes Janies ideal relationship. Tea Cake was Janies first love. When she meet Tea Cake she felt that her dream came true. It was as

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    Ultimately, Janie found herself contempt with the experience from her adventure. Janie at a young age knew nothing of love, but as she grew up love took hold of her. Janie searched for love to the point of looking for it blindfolded. After the first two attempts of love, she was able to find some of her ideals of love in Tea Cake, but after losing him, she was able to see her capability. She developed to the point of taking action for herself as “She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled

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    As the winter went on the grasshopper got hungrier and hungrier. He tried to find the ant to ask for some food. He dug to try to find something to eat. He didn’t have much energy left, so he went and laid down in the snow. Hungry as a horse, he was getting very weak. As he was falling asleep he heard something coming. It was the ant. The ant had seen him digging for food and decided to come and help him. Ant helped him back to his den and gave Grasshopper some of his food. After they had eaten they

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    In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie uses imagery to describe herself through the book. Nature is her main way of expressing her feelings, her states of being, or just a way of describing her situation. Janie compares herself and people around her with nature. Through the first four chapters, Janie mentions trees and leaves. Janie occasionally compares her life as a tree. She generalizes her life situation and gives it a meaning according to nature. "Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf

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