The Magician's Guild Trudi Canavan The Black Magician Trilogy Book One This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 10 East 53rd Street New York, New York 10022-5299 Copyright © 2001 by Trudi Canavan ISBN: 0-06-057528-X www
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The Forbidden Fruit Actor - Ralph Fiennes Actress – Rosario Dawson Many of us know Ralph Fiennes better as the alter ego of Tom Riddle, the evil Lord Voldemort. That is one of the many reasons why I have chosen him as Hades, considering his role in Harry Potter. In Harry Potter Ralph Fiennes played a character who took many lives of innocent people. This is why I have chosen him as Hades because Hades was the god of the underworld who controlled the dead and was feared by many. The second
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J.R.R Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit follows the journey of one central hero, Bilbo Baggins, and his company of dwarves as they embark to Erebor to retake the dwarves’ homeland. This epic tale can be analyzed using a mythological, biographical, or historical critic’s point of view. There are also a few themes seen throughout the novel, including greed and the journey. From a mythological standpoint, one could mention the works of literature that Tolkien himself said has influenced his fantasies about
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In Lord of the Flies, the general boys, at first, are afraid of the unknown and deaths. After Jack becomes the chief and forms his tribe, Jack and Roger’s violence becomes the general fear. The main characters also have their own fears. Ralph and Piggy are afraid of the loss of civilisation, the collapse of law and order. Piggy is also afraid of the loss of democracy and not being able to see clear. Jack is afraid of being overpowered by the power of civilisation. Simon is afraid of savagery. For
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Dylan Hay Lady Windemere Essay In the play Lady Windemere’s Fan, Lord Darlington and Lady Windemere are both central characters, so the casting of these two roles are key. I would cast a young, pretty girl as Lady Windemere, she must be likeable and easy to empathise with, this is key to the structure and plot of the play. My Lord Darlington would be stereotypically tall and handsome, older than Lady Windemere but young enough to be considered attractive, to add further empathy and feeling
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Exploring the Elements of a Hero’s Journey in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit In most stories there are a sequence of events that take place from start to finish that help as unspoken guidelines. These guidelines help give shape to many fairy tales and heros adventures that are found in stories from all time lines and geographical walks of life. Once the reader becomes aware of what these events are and how to look for them it becomes easy to spot these patterns and examples in films, literature
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Narrator 4 – This scene from Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief is taken from Chapter 19, “We Find Out the Truth, Sort of.” Percy Jackson and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood travel to the Underworld to confront Hades. Narrator 2 – Imagine, a football field packed with a million fans. Now, imagine a field a million times that big, packed to the brim, the electricity has gone out, and there is no noise or light. Something has happened behind the scenes, there is a sad whisper going
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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, is about Percy and his friends, Annabeth and Grover, goi What is your definition of a champion (a.k.a. a hero and not the food hero ok.)? Who do you think is the real hero of The Lightning Thief? According to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hero, “a hero is a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability; a person of extreme admiration and devotion”. ng on a quest to return Zeus’s lightning bolt which
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for the movies. Because of the Empire State Building's unique aspects, lots of movies are filmed there, such as: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and "An Affair to Remember". All of the directors used this building to create different effects on the audience. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" is a film which is based on the famous book of Rick Riordan. Logan Lerman, Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and Catherine Keener enliven the wonderful
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RICK RIORDAN THE CROWN of PTOLEMY A Percy Jackson/Kane Chronicles Adventure PUFFIN Contents The Crown of Ptolemy ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Riordan is the creator of the award-winning, bestselling Percy Jackson series and the thrilling Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus series. Don’t miss his new series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. According to Rick, the idea for the Percy Jackson stories was inspired by his son Haley. But rumour has it that Camp Half-Blood actually
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