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    Shadow Reflection

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    The student I chose to follow for a shadow study is a junior girl who has been very open in class about expressing her opinion. The student is in my cooperating teacher’s Basic Geometry class during second block. I picked this particular student because my cooperating teacher told me a story about how last year this student yelled at a substitute teacher while he was absent and walked out of class. Also, I have seen how this student interacts with her peers in my cooperating teacher’s classroom.

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    In the 1943 film Shadow of a Doubt, Charlie Newton soon has her world altered as she discovers the dark secrets of her Uncle Charlie’s past. Feeling a special connection with her Uncle, Charlie eagerly wishes to discover more about him at first and innocently becomes involved in hiding his identity as a serial killer. As the film builds up the mystery behind Uncle Charlie and his true intentions, the Mise En Scene creates an environment which explores the Uncle’s darker motivations while also supporting

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    It's there in the blackness, deep within the gloom of the shadows, poised just beyond the charcoal line that separates the night from the dark. If you listen you can hear the growl that rumbles deep down within its throat, and imagine the bared razor teeth, the drooling saliva, and those blood red eyes that can penetrate and discern the very fears of men. It lurks, cloaked in the murkiness of the night just beyond the perception of the human eye. It lays in wait; loathsome, poised, hungry. You know

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    to a shadow and a poor player in a play reveal how Macbeth’s mindset has changed from perservering to indifferent and hopeless because he has made extreme attempts to gain power and build a legacy, but his fate has been sealed all the same. Macbeth, upon hearing that his wife is dead, begins to contemplate. He views his existence as nothing more than a “walking shadow” (5.5 26). A shadow is a reflection of an object or person. The distinguishing difference between a person and their shadow is that

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    He tried to remain calm, but a panic was taking hold of Jim at his very core. Susan and her safety played on his mind, regardless of the danger he was currently facing. Jim shook his head back and forth as a means of clearing away the mental fog. He refused to remain trapped in an “inescapable” room of mirrors. Looking up to the mirror he happened to be facing, Jim took a moment to steel himself. A few deep breaths prepared him for his next move, which was sure to be a smashing one. He jumped up

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    Shadow of the Night

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    Shadow of the Night On a freezing, dark blue night of Li, in the Village of Li-Marta. This was an old little village, the houses were nothing but ash and rubble except an old abandoned barn. The barn had creaking floor boards and a rotten wooden roof. In this abandoned barn there lived a young and confident farm boy; his clothes were ragged and full of holes. The young boy was called Rye named after the agricultural god Ren-Rye. As Rye was sitting on the creaking floor boards a thought hit him

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    symbolism to help convey the theme of Nihilism, the philosophy that there is nothing heavenly to believe in.  It discusses that there is no supernatural reason or explanation of how the world is today.  Three symbols: the soldier, the café, and the shadows of the leaves, found in Hemingway's short story clearly displays this Nihilistic theme.        The first clear display of Nihilism by the use of symbols is the brief passage description of the soldier passing the café with the prostitute

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    Justin Pearcy/Student ID: 1000988509 Professor Kathleen Janvier ART 1301-002 19 April 2016 The Face of May Sartoris Currently on display at the Kimbell Art Museum there resides a painting by the title, Portrait of May Sartoris that was painted by artist Frederic Leighton. Leighton created the artwork by using oil on canvas and did so on a canvas that would mimic her in true to life size. By doing this he made a clear and present focal point in the painting that can clearly and quickly be distinguished

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    went on strange thing continued to occur. In math the shadows seemed to be constantly moving as if they were watching her. Sylvia tried moving to different seats and walking around ,but it seemed that everywhere she went to shadows made an effort to follow. When she was alone in the restroom the shadows started inching their way towards her in what seemed like an effort to consumer her. Then some random girl walk in and they went back to shadows. You must really be losing it Sylvia thought to herself

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    The Book ' The Thief '

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    "Good job, John! You managed to find my silver flask. Did you get the thieves?" Colette asked as he saw John walk out of the cellars, her silver flask in his hand. "Yea, though...." John hesitated as he handed the silver flask and frying pan back to Colette. "What is it?" "The thief was a rat-like monster walking on two feet and even wearing clothes. It was very strange. Do you know what it was?" "Rat-like creatures?! Oh no...." "So you do know. Tell me." "John...that creature you saw must

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