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"The Calm Before" is the fifteenth and penultimate episode of the ninth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on March 24, 2019. This episode covers events of "Volume 24", "Issue #144" of Robert Kirkman 's original comic book series , and in turn this episode marks the final appearances of ...
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Sonia Saraiya of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "My guess is that The Leftovers ' aim is more about bringing together fantastic ideas than bringing together a fantastic story — because the subtext is way more interesting (and comprehensible) than the basic plot of the text. More than most weeks, 'Cairo' has some ...
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"Death and the Compass" (original Spanish title: "La muerte y la brújula") is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). Published in Sur in May 1942, it was included in the 1944 collection Ficciones. It was translated into English by Anthony Kerrigan and published in New Mexico Quarterly (Autumn 1954).
The story is full of symbols and contrasts - such as the use of dark/light, black/white, sunrise/sunset, water/fire, and movement/stillness. Arsat's clearing is still, nothing moves, yet everything outside the clearing moves. Earlier in the story, his brother tells Arsat that he is only half of a man, for Diamelen has his heart and he is not whole.
Samson Agonistes draws on the story of Samson from the Old Testament, Judges 13–16; in fact it is a dramatisation of the story starting at Judges 16:23. The drama starts in medias res. Samson has been captured by the Philistines, had his hair, the container of his strength, cut off and his eyes cut out.
The Dance of Death (Swedish: Dödsdansen) refers to two plays, The Dance of Death I, and The Dance of Death II, both written by August Strindberg in 1900. Part one was written in September, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and each is a full evening in the ...