There is a paragraph in the prologue (page x), which describes Marie Curie as: “[Her] honesty sometimes hurt people’s feelings. Her fellow scientists sometimes complained that she was too abrupt and abrasive. She dominated arguments and did not compromise her convictions….”

I believe this paragraph can be used to describe Lillian Hellman.

Marie colleagues were male and they weren't use to assertive women, so they labeled her as abrupt and abrasive. This is also true for Lillian Hellman.

A book and a movie. Each way has its advantages and disadvantages. The book is more detailed but not as picturesque as the movie. And vice verse the movie no matter how spectacular it is, it cannot go into details due to shortage of time.

I learned that I should use more correct words and expressions to deliver what I want to write. I also learned that conclusion is not necessary when the body can summarize the whole story.

After watching more documentary film about Lillian Hellman, I like the film better because the film gives audience more details about Lillian Hellman and third dimension. Audience can know more about Lillian Hellman from hearing and vision.

Why is the real reason Rembrandt painted himself?

The movie is more attrative than the books, because the movie gives you whole sense of what's going on the story, but book doesn't do that.

The Lillian Hellman documentary enhanced my imagination about her life. I wasn't completely satisfied with just reading the book. The movie gave us some very important and detailed information on the events of her time. I believe that electronic media helps us make use of our sense organs other than our eyes. This helps us understand the subject in greater detail. I hope we get to see more documentaries on other people discussed in our textbooks.

It seems to me that I have a great disadvantage in writing book reviews or biographical essays compared to Professor Rollyson. It is not only because he is a professor and a professional biographer but my main point is that I lack the knowledge of the genre as a whole, of the subject, and also of other biographers and their works. Thus, I am limited on commenting and comparing other works.

After reading deeply into your Marie Curie book I saw that there were many points of relevance that you failed to mention. An example of this was you not imputing into your book about Marie and her first love and the reason she had a hard time accepting Pierre's proposal. (She vowed never to fall in love again, becasue she got hurt the first time when his parents didn't approve of him marrying her because she was poor).

In the Lillian Hellman's biographical essay we see an elaborate discription of her life, writing career in particular. In my opinion, the essay is devoted to her plays. We learn what are they inspired with, how successful they were. However, Mr. Rollyson doesn't show us that much of Lillian as a person. Conversary, the Lillian Hellman's documentary gives us a vivid impression about her personality.

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i want to know how many times we can rewrite our book review?

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After reading the essay on Lilian Helman it straight away led me to think of Plutarch. The reason for this is-- it was recovered that Lilian lost her reputation when she was accused of telling lies in her writing. I immediately remembered Plutarch because he too was accused of getting his facts wrong. But infact he did not loose his reputation. I was wondering why that was so? Was it because of the difference in their occupation? Was it because Plutarch had far outweighed Lilian in value?

i'm glad were able to read the essay on Lilian Helman and watch the movie because even though its based on the same info the movie (with interviews, etc.) gives a little more insight on her life.

How to write a good conclusion that would not be like the repetition of the introduction?

I'm seeking for help. Can anyone explain to me the difference between a book review and an analytical research paper? What if one attempts to write with their own opinion without using phrases like : I believe, I suggest, I think. Would the composition turn out to sound like an analytical paper?

I need to find out how to title the book review. I have a dillema. I could either title it based on the content of the book I read or I could title it based on the content of the review I wrote. I am leaning towards the latter.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn is one of the top artists of the world painting. His art is filled with unusual liveliness and deep human images. Rembrandt's works precisely are portraitures, biblical and mythological scenes which resemble psychological tales about human feelings and relationships. I strongly recommend you to take a look at one of his most famed creations " Return of the Prodigal Son ". It shows regret, sorrow, and contrition.

"The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp" was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn during the Baroque epoch in 1632. The picture still impresses us today by the dramatic concentration of the figures on Tulp's demonstration of the dissection of a forearm. The corpse is the focus of the composition, by its intense brightness. From here, the eye of the spectator is led to the illuminated heads of the listeners, whose expressions and attitudes reflect different degrees of attention.

I'm having trouble putting together a first draft for my biographical essay. Is there any particular format ?

Personnally i think if Lilian Helman had kept her child she might not have had some of the problems she had in her later life with drinking. I think that if a child was present she might have better been able to contain herself . . . or who know she might have jus taken the child down with her.

I think that a composition is almost the same as a structure, which is absolutely necessary in writing essays or any other papers. It reveals how well you can organize your ideas.

Can you clearly tell the class when our final book review due date is ?
More than that, you told us that we have one more chance for editting our book review. When will you give that back to us? All these situation make me get confused. Please clarify this.

I found two definitions of the composition:
1...an arrangement of artistic parts so as to form a unified whole.
2...combining the distinct parts or elements to form a whole.
I think that the art to put thoughts (or images) together is very important. It allows the reader to get the clearer understanding of the work.