...metaphorically throughout The Swamp Dwellers. Brianna Lewis Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group, and M-Net (Firm). Wole Soyinka: Child of the Forest. New York, N.Y.: Films Media Group, 2010. Web. 11th November 2012. This is a documentary about Wole Soyinka. It features interviews with several of Soyinka’s peers and family members. This source provides vital details on his upbringing, accomplishments, and activism. “Am I really watching repeated scenes of exploitation, expropriation… Is it true that children have been mowed down by the crazy goons of a power drunk politician?” “Igwezu: You detected from the Kadiye’s voice that he was fat… Keep still, priest of the swamps; this razor is keen and my hand is unsettled…” Soyinka, Wole. “The Swamp Dwellers.” Collected Plays I. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1973. 79-112. Print. The Swamp Dwellers is a play by Wole Soyinka. This is the focus of my research paper. “Igwezu: Why are you so fat Kadiye?” “Igwezu: You lie upon the land, Kadiye, and choke it in the folds of a serpent.” Katrak, Ketu H. Wole Soyinka and Modern Tragedy. Westport: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1986. Print. This book is an in-depth study of Wole Soyinka's methodology for tragic writing. It discusses how Soyinka uses different elements of drama to create his particular form of tragedy. This book provides information about Wole Soyinka’s usage of characters in The Swamp Dwellers to show his disdain...
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...the state, with colder, snowier, and icier weather more likely across northern and central Georgia. Summer daytime temperatures in Georgia often exceed 90 °. The state experiences widespread precipitation. Tornadoes and tropical cyclones are common. Since moving to Georgia in 2007, there were a few issues that concerned me. The swamps that were in our training areas were full of life and yet we continued to build on them moving the wild life out. Then there was the issue that every year during Spring Break, thousands of college students would make their way to Tybee Island so that they may party for two weeks on the beach. Each year for those two weeks, the beaches were littered with trash and crews would have to clean up after them. Trash would be taken out into the ocean by the waves and marine life would suffer because kids wanted to party. Over the past few years, the military has decided that building on the swamp lands would be brought to a halt and any building that was needed would be done in areas that were more suitable. This a lone have allowed for the ecosystems within the swamps to thrive and grow. Then the Mayor of Tybee Island finally...
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...both grow from the same bush. The Scarlet Ibis, by James Hurst, makes a perfect example of this. Old woman swamp symbolizes the safe place that love grows in, but along with love, pride also grows. The swamp is where the narrator's pride grows. At first, this pride is out of selfishness, but later on, it is pride of the abilities of Doodle, like his storytelling. An area in which my point is proven is when the narrator teaches Doodle to walk. "They did not know that I did this for myself . . . that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother." (4) The narrator teaches Doodle to walk in old woman swamp, but only out of the pride in his heart. That people would not look at him with a rude eye for his brother....
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...Wole Soyinka’s Swamp Dwellers, a play built on the rural setting, is a blunt exposition of the religious hypocrisy,typical in a culturally and economically backward society in any parts of the world. Wole Soyinka, the most distinguished playwright of Africa, exposes the irreligious acts of the religious men in a very Chaucerean way.The character through which he dose it is obviously the Kadiye who reminds us about Chaucer’s religious character in his The Canterbury Tales The Summoner. The Kadiye,the religious figure in Wole Soyinka’s Swamp Dwellers,is masterfully portaryed and is very covincing.Kadiye is portrayed in this drama as the main priest of the sawmp dwellers.Though he is a priest by his profession ,he is anything but pious.He is essentially a corrupt and self-centered person.But Kadiye is not the sole example of his type.There are many kadiyes in every part of the world.There are some hypocrites who trade religion and live on it.This typical feature of Kadiye makes him more convincing. The physical feature of Kadiye indicates that he is more like a villain than to be a religious person.He is fat like a blood-swollen insect.He is a monstrous looking person.He is described as ’a big ,voluminous creature of about fifty.’He is smooth-faced and his head is shaved clean.He is bare above the waist and at least half of his fingers are ringed.This physical look suggests something ugly about his moral nature.Kadiye is very rich and has a good control over the swamp like a Godfather...
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...My father said that the alligator was beautiful in a way. As my father’s and the alligator’s eyes were locked, my father noticed the deepness of the alligator’s eyes. Its eyes were gold, with flecks of brown; they looked a bit human. Its skin was lustrous. The sun was hitting it in a way that made its skin seem pearlescent. The alligator opened its mouth a bit and my father saw its teeth, like pocketknives, sharpened, yet small. The sun glinted off them, and my father felt a trickle of sweat run down his face.What my father saw in that alligator made him realize that this would be the greatest challenge of his life My father suddenly made a break for his horse, letting go of his riding crop, and leaving it. The alligator, startled for a second, began to chase hi,. My father had a big head start and was covering ground quite rapidly. Once he reached his horse, it panicked. The horse reared up, with its hooves kicking and with wild eyes, making impossible to mount. My father realized it was acting this way because of the alligator, 20 feet away. The horse stood panting for a moment. My father knew the horse would rear again. He made a wild jump for the saddle. He made it! He kicked his heels into the horse and it sprung forward toward the swamp; into the...
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...I remember waking up that morning as my best buddy Chevy stares right at me from the floor beside the bed. He already knew we were going hunting that day. He stayed up all night anticipating this day since he saw me getting our gear together the night before. Creeping around the house, trying not to wake up the girls, we slipped outside to warm up the truck. Although it wasn’t much past midnight, I could tell by looking at the clear sky and feeling the frigid cold air that we should anticipate having a very good day. Now Chevy was fearless, he could hunt to some extent in all weather conditions. Yet for myself, after leaving the house, I began second guessing if I had on enough clothes and if I had packed up all the right cold weather gear....
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...grandparents where French Protestants known as Huguenots. “Among them were two sisters and their husbands – Judith and Benjamin Marion and Ester and Anthony Cordes.” (Miller 3) Marion was the youngest of six children from St. Johns parish. “Born undersized, with malformed ankles and knees, Francis did not look like a future hero.” (Miller 4) As a child, Francis Marion enjoyed the outdoors. He spent his time hunting, fishing, and farming. Marion also spent a great deal of his time in the swamps around his home. He became very knowledgeable about the local swamps and how to survive in them. “In boyhood he had shown a great desire for the sea, and had been allowed to go as a sailor on a trail trip to the West Indies”. (Ravenel 208)...
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...The Swamp Rabbit of Missouri LaShonda Howard University of Phoenix BIO/101 August 10, 2015 Linda Mottison (2015, February 6). Swamp Rabbit of Missouri Introduction The (Sylvilagus aquaticus) or Swamp Rabbit, a native of Missouri, is by far the largest of the cottontail family. While they are the largest, they have the smallest ears of them all. The term “cottontail” is the defining character trait of the tail of the rabbit when raised that resembles a piece of fluffy cotton. Even though the swamp rabbit looks similar to other eastern cottontails, they are larger and darker in color – dark brown, rust and sometimes black. Once densely populating the southern United States frequently along the mighty Mississippi, Swamp rabbits are found abiding in lowlands, swamps, floodplains, and marshlands. The swamp rabbit is playing impactful roles in both the ecosystem and economic system. However, the extensive hunt of the species along with human development and expansion continues to erode the habitat and creates obstacles for survival (2013). The decline, teetering on extinction in some places, will continue unless we push the habitat needs to the forefront. One such place in Missouri is the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Missouri. Environment Description and Role of Organism Never more than two kilometers away from water, the very moist, humid, and often hot environment of the Swamp Rabbit is the wetlands. They prefer residing in areas such as floodplains...
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...Throughout her poem, Crossing the Swamp, Mary Oliver explains the empowering journey she is taking from being a” poor dry stick” to becoming a “breathing palace of leaves,” in her personal swamp. The author uses devices such as tone to compare her to being a dry stick and the swamp being a safe haven continuously throughout the piece. Immediately starting off, Mary opens her poem by stating the simple word “Here.” this word is powerful in itself saying that she is there. She is in her own swamp, facing her redemption. To add even more emphasis she repeats herself in line eight, “Here is swamp.” She is right there ready to take that first step. Also, the title of the poem describes that she is on that journey, “crossing the swamp.”...
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...morning with a light layer of snow on the ground from last night and I was ready to get the day going. I was out hunting this morning with my brother hoping that we were going to get the deer to fill our tags. We split up like we always do. I Went to the swamp he went to the feild. On my way there I was seeing what I thought were bobcat tracks but I didn't worry about it so I went checked to see if there was any markings in the near by tree line, Except there was nothing but another foot print in the trees behind the left side bank. There was nothing that was looking like there was anything that resembled a deer track to a scuf mark on any of the trees near the bank but when I got back from the scan of the area I heard a scraping so I stood still and i sat in the swamp. Then it was nothing that was heard from the scraping until I got back into the tree stand. When the scraping started again I went and started to work the sounds out andthink to of what it could be. I was about 100 yards away from the stand. I started to see that there was bark from trees that had been ripped off so went down to the bay of the swamp. I started see that there was tracks of deer but there were also prints that never seen before. It had the look of a dog but the tracks end on the far left side of the swamp were I couldn't go. I saw movement in the bush that was near the stand where my brother gutted his deer I had a idea what the animal might be so went to see if there was any way that there was a way...
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...progression in her relationship with the swamp, changing its dynamic—alongside the tone—from negative and struggling to heartening and peaceful. This trek seems to serve as a metaphor for the speaker’s life and her transition from pessimism to contentment in her circumstances. Tone is closely related to the condition of the relationship between the speaker and the swamp and is creatively developed through the use of structure, sound devices, and imagery. The structure has great influence on the poem’s rhythm, which is complementary to the progress of tone. While there seems to be no grammatical coherence in the stanza structure, meaningful patterns of rhythm are still present. The initially negative...
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...-As the young Uchiha looked around, he saw that he was surrounded and gave up, or as it seemed. He then threw his katana in the East direction, and let all of the clones stab him with their blades. After this happening, the clone would smirk as it's face would morph and distort into snakes and slither, falling to the Earth as this happened, the clons probably finally noticing the young Uchiha had a clone fighting this entire time. The real Mikamo was hidden underground, still focusing his energy. As he felt the thunk of the blade of his weapon hit the Earth, he sighed. 'Well, guess my clone wasn't enough...Oh well, time for some real fun, oh and let's not forget my snake..' he said as he performed a few handsigns, signaling the snakes mind to know to move from the gecko, as it slithered away, dirt from above the earth crumpled down onto him and into his hair. 'Oh bother,' he said in a Poo bear style,' looks like that fat gecko landed. And I hope he knows he's not the only one with tricks up his sleeve..' he said as he thrusted his arm upward, his hand pushing through the earth. Knowing that it would be hardly visible, he clawed the earth apart, digging himself out. He was wearing the same attire as the clone from before, except it was smeared with grime from underground, and his katana had been upgraded several times from the clones. As his head was able to reach through the earth, he clawed harder and eventually was able to dig himself out. He stood tall, looking at the three...
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...Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, staring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz. This fantasy, adventure comedy film tells a story of an Ogre whose swamp is suddenly shattered by an invasion of several overbearing fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Determined to save their home and his Shrek makes a deal with the evil king Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a tower protected by a dragon and surrounded by lava so that she can be lorde Farquads bride. After rescuing the princess Shrek discovers she is far different than he imagined and begins to have a connection with her and it is soon revealed that she too...
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...Part 1. Report to Danny Wilco To: Danny Wilco From: Kay Smith Subject: Re: Ordering product for EBBD from the Kentucky Hooch and Beer Company Background: Our efforts to increase sales of Kentucky Swamp Brew, for our college aged customers, Brew received mixed support from area retailers. For example, our advertising campaign was initially productive, we received a 75% increase in retail orders for three continuous weeks (the duration of the advertising campaign). However, retail orders dropped off 20% when the advertising campaign ended. We appeared to have limited insight on customer interest in Kentucky Swamp Brew and we also failed to properly coordinate with the brewery so they can have supplies on hand to meet projected and actual retail orders. Strategy: For product ordering, I employed a three phase strategy. The first phase was to order more products from KHBC Brewery then current retail order level so we would have inventory on hand to support increased orders, when the advertising efforts took effect. The second phase was to order products based on increased retail order level while adjusting the final order to compensate for brewery delivery in efficiencies. The third phase, towards the end of the Kentucky Swamp Brew sales campaign was to adjust ordering so excess inventory would be controlled. Results: From the attached excel product you will see that our ordering strategy was effective as we were able to stay up with customer demands, compensate...
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...experience that I will tell my family about for weeks to come. This art fair reminds me of the Black Swamp festival that is in Bowling Green every year. There was art vendors as far as the eye could see. I enjoyed my time there looking at all different kinds of art, from the more contemporary styles, to classical works of art that looked as if they were taken from museum floors. The show consists of 200 artist displays, and includes free access to decorated gardens and a student art display as well. One of my favorite aspects of the festival was just the amount of art there was there. It was interesting seeing artists make pottery by hand, and showing off their tapestries that some of which took years to complete. It was really amazing to see these things, and to see how close and similar their techniques were, as to what we learned in class. Another thing that amazed me at the fair was the glassblowing demonstrators. Glass blowing has always been something that interests me. It was so cool seeing these people take molten globs of glass, and turning them into amazing bowls, vases and abstract works of art. It was really amazing to see some of the tapestries that these artists had worked on. In some cases their designs looked extremely similar to the sample projects that we had just finished. It was really cool to see what they did, and see the correlation between stitches and weaves, and to understand which ones that had done on their pieces. By far one of my favorite parts of the...
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