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Nightmare Abbey Author Thomas Love Peacock Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Gothic  novella, Romance novella, Satire Published November 1818,  T. Hookham Jr. and  Baldwin, Craddock & Joy Nightmare Abbey. Dilapidated mansion in England’s Lincolnshire County; a former monastery whose state of sad disrepair reflects the plight of its residents, the deeply dysfunctional Glowry family. The house is not far from the sea, being separated therefrom by a tract of low-lying fenland dotted with windmills. There is nothing unrealistic about an early nineteenth century English family living in what once had been an abbey; many English religious houses became secular residences following King Henry VIII’s dissolution of England’s Roman Catholic monasteries in the sixteenth century. The abbey’s address reveals something about the Glowry family’s problematic social status—they are products of social upheavals that were still considered ...
Regret by  Kate Chopin This story was first published in 1897 when it appeared in Chopin's short story collection  A Night in Acadia .   Taken from her A Night in Acadie collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Chopin may be exploring the theme of loss or at least the sense of loss that Mamzelle Aurélie feels in her life having never had children to love and cherish. It is also interesting that Chopin never mentions to the reader whether Mamzelle Aurélie has any friends.    The theme of commitment is self-evident in the story, most noticeably by the fact that all of Mamzelle Aurélie’s attention is on her farm. If anything at the beginning she considers the children’s arrival to be a hindrance to her daily duties and tasks. Though the more she grows fond of the children, the more she is able to show them the same commitment that she had previously shown to her land. I...
I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You Poem by Pablo Neruda I do not love you except because I love you;  I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you My heart moves from cold to fire. I love you only because it's you the one I love;  I hate you deeply, and hating you Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you Is that I do not see you but love you blindly. Maybe January light will consume My heart with its cruel Ray, stealing my key to true calm. In this part of the story I am the one who Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you, Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood. The poet expresses the true love the narrator has for his beloved. But the sad part is that this love is one sided. The narrator is deeply in love with his beloved but sadly his beloved does not love him back. The first stanza of the poem starts with the description of the love the narrator has for his beloved. He loves her from the...

Succeed Your Resolution

  arablit.org 2018 have came! Everyone make their wishes and most of the renew their resolution in the new year. They hope that everything will be better than yesteryears in this year. Resolution is a firm decision to do or not to do something or the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter. Maybe some of you have not renewed your goals, or maybe last year you have not reached your goals successfully. Now, I want to give you solution to succeed your resolution and may will inspire you to renew you. To make a big change is not as easy as flip your hand. But something will be easy to do if we do it little by little. In example if you have the habit of eating junk food and you want to stop it, don't stop it immediately. Try to write the last date when you ate the junk food, don't eat junk food again after a week. After that try to extend the range, so on and on. If last year you have a workout program, but you don't finish it perfectly. Now, try to d...

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. The purpose of this poem is to inform the reader of an opinion about the end or the destruction of the world. That the world will end in the embers of fire or the world will end in the ice. The rhythm is unchanged. The regular beat that is created suggests a simple tone, similar to that of a nursery rhyme. The rhythm is only interrupted by the change of meter. The change in meter is used to place importance on certain parts of the poem. Because of the brief dimeter lines, an additional use may be to force the reader to look back and interpret the preceding lines. The concept of fire and ice has a deep connotation that encourages memory of the sensitivity they embody. for example fire gives rise to heat and lightne...

The Indigo Spell

The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines) The Novel starts with Sydney beginning by her history/magic teacher and asked a personal question. Ms. Terwiliger then drags her out to the middle of the desert so she can perform a spell, which she can't do herself because it has to be done by a virgin. Sydney is still resistant to learning magic, but does the spell anyway. Changing the subject, Sydney ends up telling him about Ms. Terwiliger and the desert spell, and the fact that she is supposed to find one neighborhood in L.A. At the wedding, Sydney is shocked by the strength of Ian's revulsion to the Moroi, who doesn't even want to shake hands with any Moroi. Sydney is the put on the spot when Adrian asks her to dance in a show of fostering good relations. She accepts, and Sonya and Rose comment on how good they look together, troubling Sydney. That leads to romantic interludes, including one that leaves her with a hickey. Sydney keeps telling herself to forget about them, and is in c...

Story of An hour

Story of An hour In The Story of an hour written by Kate Chopin, tells the story of the life of a woman named Mrs. Mallard, she received the bad news that her husband had died from a train accident reported by her sister Josephine with her husband's friend Richard, Josephine was hesitant to say the sad news because Mrs. Mallard was suffering from heart disease, most likely the situation would get worse when hearing this news. At first he reacts with an emotional response, then he asks for permission on both and immediately heads upstairs. After hearing the news of the sadness, she opened the window, then looked at the blue sky as if to touch his soul. She just stared blankly at the sky without expression. It was as if she felt she could touch the sky so that it could pass through the sounds that filled the sky. Mrs. Mallard felt that her husband's death was a happy thing, as if she felt reborn into a world without pressure and suffering. This is contrary to the circumstances...

How The Volcano Erupted

How The Volcano Erupted During its life time, volcanoes have conditions or conditions that are constantly changing over time, sometimes entering sleeping conditions where a volcano does not show any activity at all for tens to hundreds of years. However, in one condition the mountain will reactivate and erupt with terrible as happened to Sinabung mountain, North Sumatera which last erupted in year 1600an and in year 2010 active again and finally erupted in year 2013 until now its eruption activity still going on. Meanwhile, for volcanic eruption is a volcanic activity that is often called the term erupsi. Can be said almost all volcanic eruption activity is always associated with the zone of active kegempaan, this occurs due to the relationship between plate boundaries that have a very high pressure and temperature of more than 1000 degrees Celsius so that it can melt the surrounding rock material and become Magma. Magma collects in magma located under the volcano, when the magma ch...

Kaliurang Light Festival “The Frozen”

Kaliurang Light Festival “The Frozen” Jogjakarta always holds an interesting and extraordinary event during Christmas and New Year's holiday which coincides with the holidays. After the success of the previous Festival of Light Kaliurang event, this time a similar festival is coming back but with a different concept. If the previous event coincides with Ramadan and Eid holiday with the theme "The Sparkles of Ramadhan". But this time to enliven the end of the year, organizers of Kaliurang Light Festival chose the theme "The Frozen". Are you curious about this exciting event? Here you will feel the sensation of snow in tropical countries like in indonesia this. In addition here also in providing Ice Skate rink and a few rides like Snow Ghost, Bunny Park, lanterns, and various types of cuisine. The location is located in Pusan Kaliurang and opened to the public on December 1, 2017 until January 7, 2018. Kaliurang Light Festival is open every day with the operati...

Jadah Tempe Bacem Mbah Jarik Kaliurang

Jadah Tempe Bacem Mbah Jarik Kaliurang Food has its own nostalgia that is able to remind us of certain moments behind the taste and aroma, such as 2 foods that are not separated when eaten Jadah tempe bacem from kaliurang. With the atmosphere covered with fog enveloped jadah tempe mbah carik stalls. But the bustle of the kitchen has begun. Some people look to grate the coconut and fry the tofu and tempeh that has been bacem overnight. The delights of jadah tempe mbah carik still survive until now. With a distinctive taste as it cooks in the traditional way of using firewood. First of all grated coconut mixed with glutinous rice and spices. Then steamed by using a dandang above the stove. After steaming for an hour and a half, jadah is still half-finished lifted then crushed. With smoke still billowing from a mixture of sticky rice, grated coconut and other ingredients freshly baked, the next batter that has been pounded began to be formed so that the strips be illegitimate leader. ...

Life on the slopes of Merapi

Life on the slopes of Merapi The eruption of Mount Merapi in October 2010 was a big eruption. Many victims were killed by the eruption of Merapi. At the time of the eruption, people around the slopes of Merapi were asked to evacuate. This is to avoid the glowing clouds and they get shelter in the form of refuge provided by the government. In addition, the donation of food, clothing, and the need for refugees. after the eruption of Mount Merapi is causing many impacts, both positive impacts and negative impacts that trigger social change. As for the negative impacts that trigger changes such as making people who live around the Merapi must lose their jobs, their house and their  property damaged by glowing clouds hit. Not only do they suffer losses  the material but they feel sad and even feel depressed and many children missed the lessons because school was closed. This incident also caused some people to lose livestock. The positive impact is the area of ​​Lava Tour which...

THE HAUNTED SOCCER FIELD (Short story version)

The author of this original story was T.J. Edwards. The original story was published by Scholastic and was published in 1995. The genre of this short story is Mystery Series. Actually, the haunted soccer field is a novel. But, there is a short story version. I already read the short story version that I got from my high school teacher; Mrs. Argo. This short story is told about the children but will be suited for children and adults too. This story is quite long because it has 11 pages (the book has 117 pages). The story took place in field, restroom, in garage, and the backyard             The story tells about a team soccer that called Sonics. The team was composed by Bryan, Sam, Jack, Corey, and Lara. Bryan is a genius boy, and he is championing in soccer especially he is a goalie. Corey and Sam also smart one. Lara is a smart girl, that diligent person that likes to read. Jack is a friendly person, although his nature is...

Most Unique Vending Machines

Have you ever heard of the vending machine? I'm sure you have used or even heard about the vending machine. A vending machine is a tool for selling goods of instant drink. The vending machine is very relevant to the era of globalization. The Era of globalization makes us want everything quickly. Everything made as short as possible to save time. The use of the vending machine is also very quick and easy! You just need to enter coins worth the price of the things that you want to buy in the vending machine, and then voila the item you want will be out through the box that is under the vending machine. In Indonesia, the existence of vending machine is practically very little, but how about another country? The vending machine developed in the state of technology, Japan. If you're on holiday in Japan you will find many vending machines along the way. This is very different with Indonesia who still uses the stall vendors. Not only in Japan, the vending machine is also avai...

Novel Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Title                             : Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix Author                         : J.K. Rowling Publisher                     : Bloomsbury (UK) Arthur.A.Levine /Scholastic (US) Rain coast (Canada 1998-2010) Year of publication     : 21 juni2003 Genre                          : Fantasy Pages                          : 766 (UK) 870 (US) ...

Kylie VS Rihanna

Who doesn’t know Kylie Jenner and Rihanna? Yes, they both are Hollywood artists whose style was always cool. They both became a fashion setter for the young people especially women without a doubt. For those of you who like them both, there is exciting news for you girls! Now, they both pulled out his latest makeup product in the range of about the same time in last year. It’s not a new thing if people are starting to compare both products. In fact, if you got to see the comments field in the account of social media (Twitter, Instagram) Kylie Jenner and Rihanna, surely you will find the debate about which is better in branding, quality, and price. What about you...

Do You Speak English?

Do You Speak English? by Simon Collings Manuel had passed the fish on his way up the road. It was eighteen to twenty inches long and its silvery scales were covered with dirt. The gill flaps opened like two gash wounds on the sides of its head as it thrashed helplessly in the gutter. Next to it a boy leaned against the railings, his rod and line dangling out over the floating garbage and the stream of brown, stinking waste which trickled from a pipe in the wall below. The boy wore a faded pair of football shorts. He was perhaps nine or ten years old, barefoot and grubby, and his skin was marked with insect bites. The fish gasped, then made one last convulsive leap, throwing itself in the direction of the river, and landed on the pavement with a thud. There it lay motionless for a moment, exhausted no doubt by the effort. The boy looked down at it, turned and kicked it back into the gutter. Manuel had not paid much attention to the fish as he was preoccupied. He had just been to l...

Cafe Break

Illustration: qerja.com Want to enjoy a weekend? Don’t know where to go this week? Like to hang out to the cafe but got bored with the usual cafe? Want to go overseas but you have no money? Don’t worry guys, now you can enjoy an extraordinary café with London views! I know where you should go The café Brick! This café is quite near, located in Jalan Damai 2, ngaglik sleman. The café is indeed a striking look compared to the surrounding buildings. Interior and exterior are made similar to the building in Europe, complete with a plot of the way and box the phone is typical English. The building is thick with the feel of European interest the visitors to take pictures. Don't just stop at a coffee shop / café, many who come to just to get the background a coffee shop / café. The theme or concept of the cafe brick is a vintage British style (source: the waiters). All that is evidenced by the view the first time I came (23/12), building a cafe like buildings in London...