...married to the younger brother of George Knightley, the gentleman landlord and owner of Donwell Abbey Estate, a mile away from Hartfield. Isabella's husband is a lawyer; she lives with him and their five children in London. Emma lost her mother when she was five years old. Since then she has had the companionship of her governess, Miss Anne Taylor. After Isabella's marriage seven years earlier, Miss Taylor has been Emma's only companion and confidante. Emma is now twenty-one years old, beautiful and intelligent, but conceited and willful. Miss Taylor has just recently married Mr. Weston, a middle-aged widower. Even though she is very attached to her father, Emma feels depressed since she now has no companion except her this old, sickly man, who is against the thought of Emma marrying because he does not want to undergo any change. On the day following Miss Taylor's wedding, Mr. Woodhouse expresses his regrets over her marriage. Although he thinks Mr. Weston is a thorough gentleman, he disapproves of Miss Taylor desiring to marry in order to have a home of her own; Hartfield, where she has lived with the Woodhouses, is three times larger than Mr. Weston's Randalls. Emma tries to convince her father that their governess is happily married and tells him that they will frequently visit Randalls. As Emma is about to arrange the card table to play a game with her father, Mr. George Knightley comes for a visit; he is the elder brother of John Knightley and lives at Donwell Abbey, not...
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...love with Frank, but it does not last to his second visit. The Eltons treat Harriet badly, culminating with Mr Elton publicly snubbing Harriet at the ball given by the Westons in May. Mr Knightley, who had long refrained from dancing, gallantly steps in to dance with Harriet. The day after the ball, Frank brings Harriet to Hartfield, she having fainted after a rough encounter with local gypsies. Harriet is grateful, and Emma thinks this is love, not gratitude. Meanwhile, Mrs Weston wonders if Mr Knightley has taken a fancy to Jane. Emma dismisses that idea and as she does not want Mr Knightley to marry, because her nephew Henry must inherit Donwell, the Knightley property. When Mr Knightley mentions the links he sees between Jane and Frank, Emma denies them, relying on Frank's words. Frank appears to be courting Emma. They flirt and banter together openly. He arrives late to the gathering at Donwell in June, while Jane leaves early. The next day at Box Hill, a local beauty spot, Frank and Emma continue the banter. Emma insults Miss Bates at that outing. 1898 illustration of Mr Knightley and Emma Woodhouse, Volume III chapter XIII Mr Knightley scolds her for the insult to Miss Bates. Emma is ashamed and tries to atone with a morning visit to Miss Bates, which impresses Mr Knightley. He leaves to visit his brother in London. On the visit, Emma learns that Jane accepted the governess position from one of Mrs Elton's friends after the outing. Jane becomes ill, and refuses...
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...who applies it. Amongst many brands of perfume out in the market, Chanel has been loved by many. In particular, Chanel Coco Mademoiselle is a women’s perfume in the Chanel collection that was introduced for the younger Chanel fans. Their advertising film with Keira Knightley gives clearer brand image to the customers by its unique way of presenting their product through the commercial film. It deserves a close insightful analysis for its ability to mesmerize the viewers without any words said. With a balance of ethos, pathos, and logos, the Chanel Coco Mademoiselle advertising film effectively appeals to women’s desire and emotion very well. Especially the film majorly appeals to pathos, to women’s longing for feel sexy, feminine, young and exciting only by its visual imagery. The Chanel Coco Mademoiselle commercial is presented in a way to appeals to ethos by the choice of the model, setting, and the soundtrack. I find it interesting that the director Joe Wright, who is a winner of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), and the representative model for the film, Keira Knightley have worked together before in his award-winning films Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). Keira Knightley no doubt is a beautiful actress, but there is more to her than mere beauty; she is the kind of beauty that fashion industry desires. Her excellent skill in expressing the subtle, yet strong emotions through her eyes, and her ability to let the style stand out as it...
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...Title: | Pride and Prejudice | Release Date: | November 11, 2005 (Limited) November 23, 2005 | Genre: | Romance, Drama | Director: | Joe Wright | Writer: | Deborah Moggach (from the novel by Jane Austen) | Cast: | Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Talulah Riley, Penelope Wilton, Simon Woods | Studio: | Focus Features | Film REVIEW Pride & Prejudice Film „Pride and Prejudice” was directed by Joe Wright in 2005 based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. (It was originally titled „First Impression”. However, Austen found the title „Pride and Prejudice” more appropriate). This film is very well known also as the Jane Austen’s novel. During her lifetime, Austen's books brought her only a few positive reviews, they were published anonymously, and her work was admired only by a literary elite. Almost 200 years after it was written, Pride And Prejudice is now probably the most popular novel in English literature. The film is set in 18th century England, where marriage is extremely important for girls from less-than-wealthy families. Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters (Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, Lydia) live in comparative financial independence as gentry on a working farm in rural England. When a wealthy young gentleman, Charles Bingley, occupies the nearby estate, Mrs. Bennet sees an opportunity for her daughters...
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...Response Paper: Never Let Me Go The screening of the book Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo was directed by Mark Romanek, not a very famous director but definitely a hard-working one. The movie includes such actors as Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, and Andrew Garfield who act as the main protagonists of the performance. The movie starts with the final scene of Tommy’s “completion”. Then the viewer is presented with the retrospection of events that leads to this final scene. It is quite different than in the book. The writer tells the story from the very beginning and does not show the ending to the readers. While the movie is created in such a way that in the first scene the viewer knows how it ends, it does not mean that it is not interesting. In contrary it is a very well composed and striking film. From the beginning of the movie the audience is presented with the everyday life of a group of young people: Tommy, Kathy, and Ruth. They seem to be the average persons while in fact they are a part of a big project. They are simply genetically modified clones. They cannot have children, they have to be healthy, and from the very beginning of their lives they are prepared for donations. They give their organs and after one, two or sometimes three surgeries they just complete. Some of these people believe that they can get a deferral. In fact, there is no such thing as deferral and they are meant to die from the very beginning of their lives. Their struggle to postpone the...
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...News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in newspapers. There are two factors that influence their decisions. The first is the kind of customers they tend on. Because each kind of readers and watchers has its own features. For example, if your customers are almost teenagers, you have to concentrate on something attracting them such as stories, photographs about singer stars, film stars, funny tales, and young fashion. It will be very silly if you try to provide teenagers with economic, politic news. On the contrary, besiness men and politicians may never read news about James Blunt or Keira Knightley. Therefore, what influence news editors’ decisions the most is the taste of their customers. The second is the hot, the attraction of news. Who will reads or watchs your news if it was one year, one month ago even last week? The answer is nobody absolutely. In the energetic and competitive world nowadays, people always ask for really new news. So that to satisfy customers, there is a pressure on all editors to find continually what has already happened not only yesterday but even an hour ago. Or else, they will lose their customers. None of editors wants that bad future. On television or in newspaper, we seem to become used to bad news. It is a little of difficult for us to meet a piece of good news. We can’t deny that bad things occur on the earth day by day. However, news editors try to gain more and more customer, which means more and more money,...
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...6 Things Women Should be Prepared for when They Join the Military As of 2011, only 14% of service members in the armed forces were female.[i] Other females are usually few and far between so get used to the idea of figuring out gender specific details on your own. If you count Private Benjamin or Demi Moore in whatever movie she shaved her head for; women generally have a skewed perception of what they are in for when they join. #6 Boobs You will need to figure out what to do with your boobs. Chances are as a civilian, you don’t think too much about your sweater puppies (some occupations are certainly an exception) but due to the physical nature of what you do they will need to be handled. Got big ones? Short of strapping them down with a ratchet strap, you have got to either (A) invest in some serious sports bras or (B) wear two more at one time and hope you don’t suffocate a la Keira Knightly in Pirates of the Caribbean. The female dress uniform requires all the medals and awards to be placed on a straight line but also to follow the curves of the soldier. Which basically means, “Hey take these and pin them somewhere on your chest, just make sure they are straight on those curves of yours.” The guys get to take off their jacket, measure it and put it on. All the ladies, are left standing in a mirror poking sharp pins into our chest and hoping they’re straight. #5 People Will Automatically Assume You Suck You’ve watched all the recruiter’s videos of everyone working...
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...guillotine on January 17, 1793 in Place du Reunion, the National Convention established a war dictatorship instead of a democracy. The war dictatorship government was lead by few men to govern the country and wage war during a time of crisis. The Convention created watch committees, which imposed strict regulations on foreigners and citizens. The new government imposed the Levee en Masse. It said that the government can conscript anyone in France and that everyone has a part in the war effort. By April 1793, the Committee of Public Safety came under control of Maximilien Robespierre, who led The Reign of Terror. The Committee of Public Safety was led by Terror 2 Robespierre, who executed ordered people executed to protect the democracy. George Danton, who led the 1792 uprising against the King, was another influential member in the Committee. Robespierre removed...
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...Napoleons Ambitious Reign In George Orwell’s allegorical novel, Animal Farm, Napoleon takes his dominate reign to a level of despair with his inhumane morals and the segregation he forces upon the animals. He builds himself up to an eminence beyond any other leader. He becomes a cynical and crazed pig with power after he banishes Snowball, who was the so called better leader. Although after all his hype was over, he becomes “untouchable” in a sense, with only having a few willing supporters. In the end it seems that Napoleon destroys what was once a harmless dream of Old Majors. Throughout the fable Napoleon was no democrat, with his twisted techniques of propaganda and forceful persuasion. He was not one for freedom of speech, and had no care for anybody but himself, although with Snowball still around he seemed unable to display his full leadership skills. Even with Snowball seeming to be the stronger leader, Napoleon had still managed to round up a clique of followers for himself. This group eventually grew as Napoleon became more bitter and demanding of the animals. He established this initial power by disagreeing so strongly with Snowball, which lead to arguments, thus leading to animals having to pick sides. With the commandments written on the wall and the second being “Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” just shows how evil and cunning Napoleon becomes as he decimates Snowballs power. For example, with the starting idea of a windmill getting built...
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...Assignment 1: Kodak and Fujifilm Gyongyi Molnar Professor David Penkrot Strayer University- BUS 302 November 3, 2013 Describe the history and core business of each company. Kodak, formerly known as Eastman Kodak Company, was founded by George Eastman in 1888. The company’s early success was based on the launch of its revolutionary camera which simplified the photo taking process (Kodak, n.d.). Kodak’s main focus was photography and imaging, and its products ranged from photography equipment to film, paper and color chemicals. By the 1980’s, Kodak’s market share reached an amazing 90%. Although they developed the basic technology for digital cameras in 1975, the idea was dropped due to fear that it would threaten the company’s film business (Williams, 2013). Because Kodak executives could not imagine the world without traditional film, they failed to realize how fast digital cameras would become common; the technology started to spread and film sales dropped considerably at the late 1990’s. The slow transition to digital technology, denial of the declining film usage, and competition from other companies eventually lead to Kodak’s loss of market share both in the United States and worldwide, placing Kodak at a 7th position. In January 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and a year later the Court approved financing for them. Kodak sold many of its patents to a group of companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others. Fujifilm, a Japanese...
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...In American discourse separation of powers is more a name than a description. None of the three branches (legislative, executive, or judicial) of the national government are clearly separate from one another. Congress, for example, has an impeachment club to check the others; the president's veto power is plainly legislative in nature. No wonder James Madison in The Federalist, no. 47, undertook to answer the Anti‐Federalist charge that “The several departments of power are [not separated but] blended in such a manner as at once to destroy all symmetry and beauty of form, and to expose some of the essential parts of the edifice to the danger of being crushed by the disproportionate weight of other parts.” Madison's answer was that Montesquieu—the “oracle” of separation—did not mean that “departments ought to have no partial agency in, or control over, the acts of each other.” He meant rather that “the whole power of one department [should not be] exercised by the same hands which possess the whole power of another department.” The merit of “blending,” according to Madison, was that, along with bicameralism and federalism, it produced a safety net of “checks and balances.” A crucial problem is that split power inevitably entails split accountability. No wonder then that so many difficulties in American government spring ultimately from its divided power system. In contrast, the parliamentary system seeks safety in clear, direct lines of electoral accountability—and less in a...
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...I recently read the book authored by renowned historian Stephen Ambrose titled The Wild Blue: The men and boys who flew the B-24’s over Germany, which encompassed the journey of these young men. From start to finish Ambrose gave a great overall view of the trials and tribulations one would go through being a pilot or a crew member on a B-24 during WWII. The book focused primarily on the 741st squadron 455th bomb group. But in particular it focused on one of its pilots, Lt. George McGovern. While at times this book almost felt like a war biography of McGovern, it did touch on various other crew members and gave a great overall view of these boys journey from their early life to time spent overseas fighting. The book starts off by taking you through the background of these young men showing their upbringing. The majority of them came from humble beginnings and spent their adolescent life in small rural towns in America. Most were still teens when they enlisted and began their training. Ambrose commented on their age by saying that while someone that age today may be lucky enough to be handed the keys to the family car they were being sent off to defend the country. These boys generally were from blue color households in small towns and had previously never even been aboard a plane much less flown or navigated one. Once enlisted as potential pilots they were sent to flight training school. I found this portion as well as the first half of the book to be very slow. This was mainly...
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...they deliver outstanding value, innovation, and an exceptional guest experience. They offer an assortment of general merchandise and food assortment. They offer an expanded food assortment which includes some perishables and some additional dry, dairy, and frozen items. Target should be able to find many neighborhoods or locations close to city centers that have a higher customer popularity to generate sufficient revenue to justify their costs of the land. As they continue to grow in size, it will be able to continue to make an economic scale in advertising and out sourcing to make their products more competitive (Our Stores, 2011). History Target Corporation was founded in 1902, though it wasn’t always named Target Corp. at the time. George Dayton opened a store by the name of Good Fellows in downtown Minneapolis, which remains at the same location today. Over the next few years they continue to change the name. In 1962 the Dayton Company decided they wanted to venture out into the discount merchandising world when they opened the first target store. They continue to make improvements to the stores...
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...Imperialism Affects the Oppressed as Well as the Oppressor Hidden within a great book come many different messages, but one important example in George Orwell's Shooting the Elephant shows imperialism affects the oppressed as well as the oppressor. Because it is an immoral relationship of power, it compels the oppressor to act immorally to keep up appearances that he is right. George Orwell realizes that the British Raj which he serves is "an unbreakable tyranny" (Orwell, paragraph 2) yet despises the people he oppresses for allowing him to do so. On the one hand he is regarded as a wise ruler, but on the other he knows he is wrong in what he does but must behave in such a way to disguise this. There have been many situations like this throughout history, where a person or group of people have to go against what they feel is moral, or right, in order to gain respect and/or power. I feel like it happens all too often in the world today and even throughout the past. People’s ideas about right and wrong generally reflect their own selfish interests or the interests of the group they belong to. Groups with conflicting interests often have different ideas about right and wrong, and these differences can escalate into power struggles. When the struggle for power is not restrained by laws or morals, then whichever group gains power will usually try to further its own interests at the expense of everyone else. The powerless and oppressed can try to resist, but unless they can...
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...28 August 2013 America in 1963 The year of 1963 was not only a gruesome, dark year for the U.S. but it was a pivotal point in Civil Rights Movement. I know it’s hard to believe that America was in a horrible state then it is now but it’s true. For example can you believe that segregation was a common thing back then? Matter of fact in January Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, delivered a speech that segregation was something that was needed for the nation. Shortly a couple of months after civil rights activist took to the streets to protest but that turned into one of the most horrific scenes in our nation history. They were viciously attacked by dogs and sustain by fire hoses. A few weeks after this there was a small incident at University of Alabama were two black students were not accepted in by Gov. Wallace but he was overruled by President John F. Kennedy. He also gave a speech that same night saying he was going to present a civil rights bill to the Congress. Just as things were looking for Civil Rights Movement one of their infamous and one of their major leaders, Medgar Evers, was murdered outside his Mississippi home by the KKK that same night. But on August 28, 1963 the whole world would change as we know it because on this day Martin Luther King Dr. delivered the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at the March on Washington. This is probably one of most influential speeches ever given in American History. Just as things were looking like they were about to change...
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