Essays Tagged: "Rachel"

Between Friends

s what I have looked for in friends eversince. Now as an adult, I see Belle in friends like Tiffany,Rachelle and it seems my favorite characters in my books have alwaysreminded me a bit of Belle. Bell ... her. She was happy,giving and warm. Upon reflection, these are the attributes I lookfor in friends.Rachelle holds a special place in my heart. I work with her andhave found her to be a superb listene ...

(3 pages) 149 0 4.1 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The film Witness with Harrison Ford.

on the screen through those deliberate camera perspectives.One of the more notable scenes, in which Rachel bathes Book's wounds, epitomizes the idea of the camera as the narrator in the film Witness. ... sus figure pierced in the side" (The Eyes of a Child, p.117) then moving the "halo" of light around Rachel, who is almost like a "guardian angel" (p.117) to Book, caring for him as he attempts to reco ...

(2 pages) 67 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

He died, of a broken heart.

12th February, ThursdayAdam, inspired by his anger to Rachel, tells Sam that Rachel fancies Zachary, the new guy from Michael High. Adam doesn't realize t ... e girlfriend, Angela, has run away with another guy, makes up her mind to give it a try. Who knows? Rachel might be the ideal girl.18th February, WednesdayAdam points Rachel out to Zachary during P.E. ... chel out to Zachary during P.E. class.20th February, FridayZachary makes the first moves, by giving Rachel a call. But she denies all the news that Adam said to Zachary. That should settle everything. ...

(2 pages) 28 1 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

It is based on the book Rachel Calof,and her life out in the American West.

e of wealth, adventure, opportunity, and untrammeled individualism (The Unfinished Nation, 429). To Rachel Calof the west was a place of horror, and rugged-individualism, but also growth, and new begi ... red many fears, and went through many harsh times, while managing to raise and provide for a family.Rachel Calof is a woman of many virtues; born in Russia in 1876, she has two brothers and one sister ...

(3 pages) 27 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Essay : Witness (film by Peter Weir)

the city for that of the sheltered life of the Amish and suffers turmoil when he falls in love with Rachel, who comes from a world in which he cannot belong. Similarly, the corrupt policemen, McFee, S ... nger witness an innocent child, but a boy using all his wit in his fight to survive.The scene where Rachel returns the hidden gun to Book, presents the clash of these two cultures, through the use of ...

(4 pages) 85 1 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Blade Runner: Machine will take over

at a much faster pace creates a sense of alienation. The scene in which Deckard first meets Rachel is also filled with elements of Film Noir. Rachel visually fits the description of the femme ... r. The room in which the scene takes place is also covered in shadows broken up by shafts of light. Rachel moves through the shadow and thelight towards Deckard; suggesting that she may have something ...

(4 pages) 90 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Film review for witness

ish community and particularly a young boy and his recently widowed mother; Samuel (Lukas Haas) and Rachel (Kelly McGillis) Lapp.After Rachel's husband's death, she and Samuel leave their secluded com ... Gillis) Lapp.After Rachel's husband's death, she and Samuel leave their secluded community to visit Rachel's sister in Baltimore. On their way to Baltimore, at a train station in Philadelphia, Samuel ...

(5 pages) 61 1 3.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Clinton

s of America, Alexander Hamilton was not born into a family of wealth and title. Hamilton's mother, Rachel Fawcett, married sugar planter John Lavien on the island of St. Croix in the 1740s. Their rel ... x in the 1740s. Their relationship was tumultuous, and Lavien frequently beat her. After Lavien had Rachel imprisoned for a short term after one fight, she left her husband and son and fled to the isl ...

(3 pages) 21 1 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Admiration

arriage my father's greatest accomplishment is the success of his brother and sister. Well now Aunt Rachel is a dentist and Uncle Abas is and airplane engineer, now both have great lives and wonderful ... was showered upon them unconditionally. They helped and pushed my father into getting his GED. Both Rachel and Abas bought their eldest brother/father his first garage. That is where my father met my ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Analysis of opening scene in "Witness"

Opening SceneThis opening scene is a crucial one that shows the audience how Rachel and Samuel came to be in a train station being a witness to a murder.The first shot we see is ...

(2 pages) 19 1 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Every Woman Is A Novel :A Jest Of God

Rachel often addresses her thoughts to God. How does she imagine Him (Her or It)? Does Rachel's conc ... magine Him (Her or It)? Does Rachel's concept of God change during the course of the Novel? Explain.Rachel Cameron, the heroine of "A Jest of God", is not simply as an individual literary character bu ... od", is not simply as an individual literary character but as a psychological portrayal of women of Rachel's time and inclination. Even we can easily find someone who has the same problem Rachel has i ...

(6 pages) 1478 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Blade Runner

g follow through out the entirety of the movie. The only character that has a bright glow to her is Rachel. She is shown in light that is brighter and warmer looking then any of the other light used. ... in the entire movie are once in the beginning when Deckerd comes to the Tyrell Corporations to test Rachel and then again at the end of the movie when Rachel and Deckerd drive off together. The lighti ...

(7 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Convention, Innovation And Variation In Melodrama

situations. This happens for instance in the play The Rent Day by Jerrold (1832), when the heroine, Rachel, meets Mr. Grantley to warn him of the robbery planned by two travellers. Martin Heywood, Rac ... he discovers his wife together with the landlord, Mr. Grantley: he accuses her of infidelity while Rachel is in the difficult situation to explain the misunderstanding. Such misunderstandings are ver ...

(9 pages) 6 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Handmaids Tale

cts of her novel through allusion. Allusion legitimises the worst aspects of this society using the Rachel and Bilhah story from Genesis 30 that ultimately perverts the true intent of Rachel's actions ... story from Genesis 30 that ultimately perverts the true intent of Rachel's actions. In this story, Rachel uses Bilhah, her maid, as a surrogate mother because she is unable to produce children for he ...

(4 pages) 1974 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Evil Teacher

Idiot here the correct answer?"� Everyone, who hadn't been asleep, raised their hands. "Yes Rachel-Elisabeth? Do you know the answer?"� Rachel groaned at the thought of her own name, bu ... ng."Yes, Ms Crookedmind I do know the answer, I think it is Philadelphia."� "That is correct Rachel-Elisabeth. Thank you."� Rachel smirked at me evilly; as if she was at all better than ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Eleven

n,"� Sandra Cisneros uses the literary techniques of perspective and diction to characterize Rachel as a bewildered little girl who is trying to act anything but her own age. Because of Cisnero ... of varied literary techniques, "Eleven"� achieves much more then is present at first glance.Rachel's point of view as an eleven year old girl is crucial to understanding the idea that the auth ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparative essay - A bird in

sa states, "Of all the deaths in the family, hers remained unhealed the longest." In A Jest of God, Rachel Cameron is a young schoolteacher who also experienced the death of a loved one, namely, her f ... hoolteacher who also experienced the death of a loved one, namely, her father. However, this is not Rachel's only exposure to death. Every day she sees the 'Grim Reaper' hovering over her ailing mothe ...

(3 pages) 1875 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Eleven

y "Eleven," Sandra Cisneros uses the literary techniques of perspective and diction to characterize Rachel as a bewildered little girl who is trying to act anything but her own age. Because of Cisnero ... of varied literary techniques, "Eleven" achieves much more then is present at first glance. Rachel's point of view as an eleven year old girl is crucial to understanding the idea that the auth ...

(2 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Eleven

y "Eleven," Sandra Cisneros uses the literary techniques of perspective and diction to characterize Rachel as a bewildered little girl who is trying to act anything but her own age. Because of Cisnero ... of varied literary techniques, "Eleven" achieves much more then is present at first glance. Rachel's point of view as an eleven year old girl is crucial to understanding the idea that the auth ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Ghost Ship, short story

ig old rusty naval ship and for all we knew, alone on it as well. I wondered what was going through Rachel’s mind, who was in front of me, maybe she was thinking what I was thinking except about ... down. Then we all went down and rolled under the doors and out into the fresh air.“C’mon Rachel the fun don’t stop yet” I shouted, then she looked around and got up quicker than I ...

(13 pages) 16 1 3.7 Sep/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing