Swan Dive

Swan Lake has been an inspiration for choreographers and artists around the world. It is important to recall that: “The first full-scale multicultural collaboration between an American and a Soviet ballet company took place in Boston on May 3, 1990, when the Boston Ballet staged Swan Lake. Within the production, Soviet danseurs partnered American Ballerinas, and American danseurs partnered Soviet ballerinas. Even the sets, designed by an American artist, were constructed in the Soviet Union” (Crawford

Rachel Rosaline Montague started her first day of high school. What no one knew, was that it was actually her fiftieth first day of high school. Rachel was immortal. She was a vampire along with three of her closest friends: Nicolle Rose Margaret, Emily Evergreen Primrose, and Jade Marina Wilson. Rachel and them have been inseparable since they became friends back in 1966. They were all turned into vampires in the same month. A vampire, who was passing through the town where they lived, turned Rachel

Is it possible for one monster to have an advantage over another monster? In her essay “Civilized Vampires Versus Savage Werewolves: Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight Series” author Natalie Wilson points out the difference between how white monsters and ethnic monsters are portrayed. Twilight is a book series about a human girl named Bella who must romantically choose between a white vampire named Edward Cullen or a Native American werewolf named Jacob Black. Wilson states that the white vampires

The book Twilight is a very interesting book showing that extraordinary polarities don’t matter between two people. No one in their right mind would think that a lion and a lamb could fall in love. Lots of people would say that this is impossible. However, others say nothing is impossible. In Twilight, Stephenie Meyer uses conflict to teach us that extreme differences don’t always matter between two people that are in love. For example, Edward knows that it’s dangerous for Bella and himself to be

The swan of course is a symbol, but more about this later. The lag of movement and the fact that the swan doesn’t really notice the woman, could suggest that it is dead already. However, warm blood blends into the water, which indicates that the swan is alive. She thinks – and the narrator describes it as if - the swan where caught up in some of the fishermen’s net, as it flew down onto the water. The swan has probably been caught up in the net for some

There had been a rumor going around Bella Ford's school that some kids had died in an abandoned mine shaft a couple of days ago. Greenville, South Carolina was known for their abandoned mine shafts and underground train tracks. Jordan, Bella's friend, decided that she wanted to explore the mine shaft after school that day. Bella was very uncomfortable when they told her what they were planning to do but being the good friends they are, Bella and her other friend, Alexis, decided to tag along on to

In the small and dismal town of Forks, Washington a story begins to take form. “Twilight”, written by Stephenie Meyer, is a fantasy fiction novel that shows that there may be more than what meets the eye in the small town of Forks. It tells of a seventeen year old girl named Bella who falls for a boy named Edward who has been seventeen years old for far too long. Edward is a vampire and throughout the novel his strong personality traits become more and more prominent. He is an oddity, both a man

phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover”; in Twilight’s case, however, the accurate phrase is “don’t judge a book by its movie”. Twilight, written by Stephenie Meyer, is an exciting and romantic story about the unorthodox love between a human, Bella Swan, and a vampire, Edward Cullen. Unfortunately, many people know Twilight only by its 2008 film interpretation, and because of the quality of its movie, they figure the novel is low quality as well. Those who have read the novel know this is not true;

Born on May 10, 1900, in Westchester England, Cecilia Helena Payne went on stargazing escapades as a child with her mother, Elena Pertz. Once, she saw a meteor stream across the sky and decided at age five to become an astronomer. At a young age, she already knew that being a female would be an obstacle, especially when her younger brother Humfry was born. She discovered that he “was the one who really mattered”. Women during her time were seldom able to advance past teaching jobs, and those

In “The Last Rung of the Latter” by Stephen King, Larry, the narrator receives a letter from his younger sister, Kitty, that she wrote before she committed suicide. Larry retells a story from their childhood in which he saved Kitty’s life after she climbed a broken latter while they were playing a game. In this short story Larry is forced to come to terms with his sister’s death and deal with the guilt of not being able to save her this time. The change of setting, the theme of guilt, and the use