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New York Rangers 2015 Draft Preview For the second straight year, the New York Rangers positioned themselves for a run towards the Stanley Cup Finals. This time around, injuries and inconsistent play did them in as the team wasted another chance at the team’s first championship since 1994. The Rangers have the potential to again ice one of the best teams in the NHL next year, and an already aging core is in the process of being moved out. Dan Boyle and Martin St. Louis were abysmal down the…

After 11 years with the Islanders, Garth Snow might finally sent packing. After not making any trades at the deadline and not re-signing one of the three keys players at the deadline, there has been an outcry from Islander fans to fire Snow. Snow had made so good moves in his year’s with the islanders. In his first year as the GM he was named NHL Executive of the Year for 2006–07 by Sports Illustrated. Some good move he made are: Drafting John Tavares, Shane Prince and a 7th round pick for a 3rd…

was ruled by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to help her. The gift I bestow upon Princess Ophelia of Venlighed is a necklace.” The King and Queen both…

Aadinath, often referred to as the Shopkeep, is a demon that runs a hole-in-the-wall black market that sells mystic and unscrupulous items. As the End of Days draws near, he has become a recluse of sorts, and refuses to associate himself more than need be with the rest of the Fallen. Aadinath appears to be slightly taller than Natalie, putting him at 5'5" or 5'6". He has ruffled, tawny hair that fades into an undercut in the back. He has sharp, amber eyes with low lids and thin, pointed…

Thomas Professor Edmon Thomas Theatre 1030 001 31 August 2015 The Oresteia: Play Critiques Agamemnon Critique Plot: Argos has been living without its king for ten years. He doesn't think that Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, and Queen of Argos, is managing things very well (103). Inciting Incident: The Watchman sees a signal fire announces that Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War, after his long period of absence (104). Exposition: To ensure safe travels Agamemnon sacrificed his…

that the story of king Arthur and the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkien are similar to each other but this just doesn’t turn out to be correct. There are slight things that can be compared but it is not enough to claim the stories match up. In the Lord of the Rings there is a main ring that controls all of the evil characters known as the orcs. The ring must be destroyed but can only be destroyed by the lava of a certain volcano that is past the army of orcs. The story of king Arthur is…

Oedipus the King and Memento Meet the Sophists Halfway “You don’t know who you are … maybe it’s time you started investigating yourself,” says Teddy to Leonard in the critically acclaimed neo-noir film Memento (C. Nolan, 2000). As a result of anterograde amnesia, Leonard does not know that he himself is the very culprit he seeks to punish for killing his wife. The multiple and seemingly conflicting roles of Leonard as detective, criminal, and avenger correspond to those of Oedipus in Sophocles’…

English Regular 11B 1/1/2015 Historicity of King Arthur Almost everyone’s childhood is filled with some kind of magical and heroic tales of the legendary King Arthur. These tales come in various versions from different time periods of our history. Some are passed down through folktales and some are specially crafted by poets for purposes such as moral lessons or tourism. Due to the varieties of the tales about King Arthur, scholars have been debating whether King Arthur was a real person or…

The theme of death is shown in many pieces of literature, in various ways, which impact the plot and development of each character. The theme of death affects the storyline of a novel or play in a very individualized way which helps determines the path of the plot and the development of the characters. This is shown in the following three pieces of literature; Hamlet, The Lovely Bones, and Life of Pi. It is aided by literary devices such as imagery where the main character is compared to an…

Kurt Vonnegut regularly gets his main ideas across by using someone who comes out ahead, as the “winner”, and someone who gets left behind, as the “loser”. Money, power, and social standing are among the most common traits utilized in Vonnegut’s work to portray someone’s status. Through essays in Armageddon in Retrospect and Look at the Birdie, Vonnegut proves that these three common traits ultimately reflect whether someone is a “winner” or “loser”. In “The Unicorn Trap”, Ivy claims…