Her First Ball Essays

  • Fantasy Worlds in The Garden Party and Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield

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    In the short stories ‘The Garden Party’ and ‘Her First Ball’, both written by the well-known New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield, the importance of detail lies in several fields. As Mansfield herself states, “there is an indefinite value and delight in detail” and this is shown constantly as she uses it much effectively to portray themes, provide us with a contrast between the two different settings and also paint us a clear picture of the protagonists’ fantasy worlds. Mansfield shows and doesn’t

  • Katherine Mansfield’s Her First Ball

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    Katherine Mansfield’s Her First Ball 1 In Katherine Mansfield’s Her First Ball, Leila, the main character is an eighteen-year-old girl from the rural country who has recently moved into the city with extended family members. To Leila, everything was “so new and exciting” (4th paragraph) and she immediately begins her path from innocence to experience. I can empathize with her, but I don’t feel sympathy for her. She didn’t have a tragic experience, she a learning experience. Leila’s metamorphosis

  • Katherine Mansfield's Her First Ball

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    Katherine Mansfield's Her First Ball Writing From A Woman’s World Everything is so magical, exactly the way it is in fairyland. Leila, Katherine Mansfield’s main character in the short story, “Her First Ball”, is absolutely breath-taken at every sight and sound at the ball. Everything around her is so strikingly new and enthralling. It is Leila’s first ball, and her first exposition to society. Mansfield describes the young girl’s emotions and excitement in a way that incarcerates her readers in the

  • Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice': Significance of the Title

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    designing all of the first and some of the second half of the novel after the title and the first sentence. The concepts of pride, prejudice, and "universally acknowledged truth" (51), as well as the interpretation of those concepts, are the central focus of the novel. They dictate the actions of almost all the major characters (not just Darcy and Elizabeth), and foreshadow all of the major events in the novel, especially in the first few chapters, involving the first ball at Netherfield. While

  • How Did Lucille Ball Become An Entrepreneur

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    cille Ball. Many younger people only know her for her tv show “I Love Lucy.” The spunky redhead put a smile on many faces with her silly faces and crazy adventures. Ball was also one of the first women to become an entrepreneur by creating a studio with former husband, Desi Arnaz. Lucille Ball was a wonderful woman of her time. She was a strong-willed woman, not caring what the rest of the world thought about her. She was one of the first women to not hide her pregnancy on television. She wore what

  • I Love Lucille Ball Character Traits

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    (ANDERSON). Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York on August 6, 1911. As a young girl her teachers told her she would never be successful in the entertainment business, so she proved them wrong. Ball ended going into the model business for a while and then she moved to Hollywood to get her career in radio and television started. She moved back to New York in 1932 to work on her radio show with CBS. She married Desi Arnaz in 1940 and made her hit television “I Love Lucy” based off of her radio show “My

  • Lucille Ball Impact On Women

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    for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” (Lucille Ball Quotes) Lucille Ball took an interest in acting at the age of 15. She enrolled in a New York drama school. She was desperate to make it as an actress, but she was too nervous and shy to be noticed. She eventually moved to Hollywood and landed some acting jobs; however, it was not until 1951 when her career took off by landing the role of Lucy, in the hit show I Love Lucy. (Lucille Ball) Lucille Ball was groundbreaking for

  • Descriptive Essay On Softball

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    The arrivals at the field were always the same, warm ups started, and shortly after we hit the field awaiting the first pitch to be thrown. We all had red clay in our veins, like we were born to play softball. Walking out at the beginning of the game I always jogged my way behind the plate geared up in my forty pounds of gear, kneeling down ready to play. Haylie, my sister pranced her way to the circle like she never did anything wrong, always too sure of herself. I caught for my sister every game

  • Physics In Softball

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    Whether it is the angle needed to swing the bat, the force needed to kick the ball, or the speed needed to run, physics is present in every aspect of every sport. Players become aware at a young age that physics will be a part of their lives for as long as they play a sport, even if they are not aware of it. From the moment a child starts a sport, the many different methods used to improve revolve around physics. Softball is a prime example of this. Physics plays a role in softball because every

  • Joseph “The Alligator Man” Ball

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    Joe D. Ball born on January 6, 1896 was not a very nice or social able person. Living as a bootlegger in the early 1900’s had more secrets then just illegally selling alcohol. Joe was secretly a murderer, Killing family, friends, and workers. Joe wasn’t always a terrible person, he was part of one of the richest family in Elmendorf but he didn’t stay that way very long because he became known as the alligator man, blue beard, and the butcher of Elmendorf. Ball joined the army to fight in World War

  • Lucille Ball: The Struggles Of Life

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    Lucille Ball, a beloved Hollywood actress, overcame difficulties in childhood and adulthood, becoming a successful actress and studio head. She portrayed the relatable character “Lucy” in “I Love Lucy,” making her an American Icon. Lucille Ball, also known as Lucy, had a difficult childhood but discovered her gifts despite the hard challenges of life. When Lucille was four years old her dad, Henry Durrell Ball, died of Typhoid fever (Ball 55). Her Mother, or as Lucille called her, DeDe, was very

  • I Love Lucy

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    Love Lucy I Love Lucy aired from October 1951 till April 1957. However, October 15 was not technically the first episode. Directed by Ralph Levy and recorded as a kinescope, the pilot did not air until 1990. A kinescope is a 16mm film taken from an extremely bright cathode ray tube, often times they are fuzzy and distorted, for this reason they did not want to air it. The sitcom stared Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as an all American couple. Co-starring Vivian Vance and William Frawley as their next door

  • Theme Of Faith In Cinderilla

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    lessons which and embedded throughout Fairy Tales. Symbolism a type of literacy technique is used among many Fairy Tales. Symbolism allows the reader to create a deeper meaning as well as emotion. In “Cinderilla,” Perrault uses the glass slippers, the ball and the god mother to symbolize faith. Throughout the fairytale Perrault uses objects, characters and setting to symbolize the idea of faith. Without symbolism, the fairytale would not have as big of an impact on the reader. This is due to the cause

  • Semiotics In Film

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    glass ball first appeared at the first shot when Kane is left alone in his bed at the beginning of the movie. As the scene plays out, the camera captures the moment when the glass ball shatter after Kane let go of it. The focus of the shot is not on Kane who is lying alone in his deathbed, but rather on the glass ball that contains a cabin in a snow-covered landscape rolling down from the stair and eventually shatter on the floor. In this particular scene, the close up shot of the glass ball acts

  • the love between two hates

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    more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (V.III.309-310). Love and hate has a major part in the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, as the Montagues and Capulets hate for each other makes Romeo and Juliet’s love only stronger while causing the families to lose loved ones over nothing. For example, Romeo falling out of love then back into love with Juliet changes the two families’ relationship into one unlike any other. While Tybalt seeing Romeo at the Capulet Ball creates a violent uproar leading

  • Differences Between Cinderella And Grimm Brothers

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    it was first published. The fairytale of Cinderella has adapted and changed with our cultures and times in diverse ways to appeal to all types of audiences in the modern world. When comparing the tale of Cinderella between Charles Perrault’s and the Grimm brother’s versions, there are comparative changes made to the story. Some of the notable changes comparable between the two stories are; the figure that helps Cinderella achieve her wishes, the types of wishes granted, the reason for her departure

  • Personal Narrative Essay: Dodgeball

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    rubber balls. Whoever came up with this so called game should be punished. Severely. The worst part about this is that we are not allowed to use magic of any kind. Not that it would be any use to me for offense but defense I would be unstoppable. A loud shriek escaped my lips as a ball zoomed passed my head and hit the wall behind me with such speed that it when it made contact with the wall it made a loud smack and bounced right off the wall. I looked it the direction of which the ball came, it's

  • Volleyball Passing

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    form. In a volleyball game, the first pass is what sets the pace for the rest of that play. It could either end the play with one terrible pass, or guarantee a point with the perfect pass to the target. Passing is the most important skill in volleyball. To properly pass a volleyball for beginners, there will need to be two participants. One person to pass the volleyball, and one person to serve as the “target” to toss the ball towards the passer, and to catch the ball after it’s been passed. The second

  • Lucille Ball

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    Lucille Ball Lucille Ball was the most loved television comedienne of her time. She was an American icon and is considered the first lady of television. With her strong work ethic and her determination, Lucille not only changed the face of television, she also paved the way for a lot of other female actresses. In 1940, Lucille Balled married her Cuban born husband Desi Arnaz. Together they developed the I Love Lucy show, which became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Although

  • Was Juliet Responsible For The World's Most Famous Tragedy?

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    Capulet Ball, killed Tybalt, and killed himself with poison. Romeo snuck into the Capulet Ball leading to a series of tragic events and the outcome of the play. Romeo first saw Juliet at the Capulet Ball. The Capulet Ball is