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41Prioress’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1385) One of the more disturbing and controversial of CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES, the tale of the Prioress is a “Miracle of the Virgin” story that, like many such narratives, is full of pathos involving the… …
42Kimi ga Nozomu Eien — ] The game was adapted into a fourteen episode anime television series, first airing between October 5 2003 and January 4 2004. The three DVD volumes of the series were released in the United States in December 2006, February 2007, and March 2007 …
43W Juliet — The drama club s male president, counterpart to Ito as female president. Yoshirô plays both male and female roles, such as the King in Swan Lake and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet . He and Ito have been friends since they met in their second year… …
44performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
45literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
46English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
47Titanic (1997 film) — Titanic …
48painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
49dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …
50theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
