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Ripley takes many of her characters from the original novel--Mammy, Ashley Wilkes and many others reappear. Their appearances are perfunctory, as Ripley devotes the bulk of her energies to the development of many new characters, most notably the scores of O'Haras that Scarlett meets both in Savannah and...
Ripley has stated that she identifies more with Melanie Wilkes, the epitome of southern womanhood who perished at the end of Gone with the Wind, than with Scarlett. As a result, Ripley's Scarlett contains a good deal of Melanie within her. Scarlett buys Ballyhara, the O'Hara family's...
A mix of strains minimizes this damage. But more and more of the world's basic crops now share genetic material. Most high-yielding wheats and rices derive their short, sturdy stature from just a few ancestors. While these genes may be tough, the genes transferred with them may contain...
Assassins is a sketchbook, sparse and almost forgettable in its musical elements, dominated by skits that would have been too extreme for Saturday Night Live in its heyday. The linking idea is that assassins constitute a sort of club, with past and future killers inspiring one another in a grand...
We can also understand why, as his mind begins to clear, he begins to wonder about the quality of his nursing care. Most of us have been there too, realizing we are utterly dependent upon the kindness of strangers. What do we really know about them? What if their kindness...