4 INT. DATSUN 4 Chris is holding a book from which he reads aloud the LAST LINE OF THE POEM... CHRIS I say...Do what you are going to do, and I will tell about it. CARINE Who wrote that? CHRIS Well, it could’ve been either one of us, couldn’t it? He hands a book of...
“What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”
But wood is flammable, and the doomsday image of a world-ending fire takes us to the brink of ancient fears of annihilation. But Herbert deftly steers us instead into a place of hope and promise. Wood tested by fire can become a glowing ember, an image of liveliness. Likewise can the t...
In this satirical poem, published in 1847, the thriving poppies refer to the negligence of lazy Hungarian landlords of the era. Another famous epic of Petőfi, titled “John the Valiant” (“János vitéz”, 1844), was transformed into an opera by the composer Pongrác Kacsóh in 1904. ...
The Evil Queen (also known as the Wicked Queen, or simply, the Queen) is the main antagonist of Disney's 1937 animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the first Disney villain in the Disney animated features canon. Determined to remain the fairest one of all, the Queen...
Waiting, waiting – how did she keep the promise alive, the hope, the word which was spoken to her, through all the days and nights while she walked the rocky paths? What good could come out of Nazareth? How can this be? I have no husband. I have no money. I have no hope. I ...
The day had promise, and my hand had a faint tremble that a glass of water would set right. I faced the months of getting up at the crack of dawn and braiding Nan’s hair while she pivoted one heel, biting too deeply into her toast so that it lent a jammy extension to her smile...
Dorian writhed on the ground, screaming, holding his knee with both hands. Lorena was so upset she stomped her feet, making her tan lines jiggle as she wailed in simian grief. I stood behind the door for a moment, looking down at Dorian. In the passenger seat, Ally lit a cigarette. ...
In this dreamy scene, I seem to see the daughter of the sea he jumped into the sea, become foam like; and see Aphrodite (also known as Venus) was born from the sea, the sea to pray for her appearance; and heard Cao Cao "view of the sea" in the poem "Cang the sun and moon,...
They would give me all the Legos I needed if I would promise to hold an open house twice a year. I made the promise. Two trailer trucks showed up the next day. Each one delivered ten pallets of Legos. The driver of one the trucks handed me blueprints and wished me “A lot of fuc...