Since James Barbour was an avid horseman, he laid out a racetrack in front of the house, "while stables, located on a hill nearby, had a columned portico similar to that of the Governor's own residence."" ... (Figure 5, 6, and 7) An unusual feature of Barboursville's exterior was the earthen ramp leading up to the northern columned portico, instead of stairs. ... (Figure 8 and 9) The north, main entrance of the house opened up into a two-story hexagonal salon with a domed ceiling and "the interior of the house was said to be among the finest in Virginia."" (Figure 10) Behind ...

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Willie asks Charlie if he can borrow money to make a payment on his house and as the conversation progresses Charley learns about Willies unemployment and offers him a job working for him, Willie declines this offer saying that he will be fine. ... Back at the Loman house Linda is finding out that Biff and Happy had abandoned their father at the bar babbling to himself and completely un-aware of what was going on around him. ... Willie, then gathering his coat and hat to leave with Ben is constantly interrupted by Linda, who is calling down the stairs to try and convince Willie to come to be...

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The audience would then be able to witness the events happening from both sides of the screen: on the left, they watch in anxiety as Arbogast ascends the stairs, on the right, the anticipation of the murderer bursting through the door, reinforced by the medium shot of the opening door before that scene, elevates the sheer impact of terror. ... In fact, the setting of the old, Victorian house against the motel becomes highly significant in the story. As a complement to her character, the foreboding, towering house on the hill seems to embody Mother, while the low lying L-shaped motel seems to r...

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With the luxury of having everything just a click away on the Internet, television, or telephone, people can virtually live in their house without ever needing to leave-or even move from the couch. ... This is where creativity and motivational strategies come into play-how are you going to get on overweight person to the gym, when you can't even get them to take the stairs? ...

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Deren's choice of having the settings be in and out of a house on the side of a beach gives the feeling of enclosure, mirroring the enclosure of psychotic thoughts the main character is experiencing throughout the film. ...

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Two films that espouse such ideals are Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George Romero and The People Under the Stairs (1991) by Wes Craven. ... The settings are all real places, the house in which the characters take refuge was practically unchanged from its natural condition, the characters respond in normal ways to drastic situations; in fact, only two of the actors in the film are professional actors, the rest are mostly local residents of the area in which the film was shot. ...

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(Feinman 1998: 267) The archaeology of the Indus Valley sites revealed that some houses were larger than others, indicating some form of social stratification. Although some houses were larger than others, none were significantly larger or more impressive than the others. ...

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In advanced stages of pulmonary fibrosis simple tasks become much more difficult and require a lot more energy, for example breathing, eating, walking down the stairs or taking a shower can all be devastating for the body and requires supplemental medical equipment (Personal communication, 2015). ...

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Large, well-trimmed houses and gardens symbolise an upper-class suburban setting, and it becomes obvious from the moment the characters begin to speak, that the city is American. ... This angling of camera shots between those of Kat and Bianca becomes even more striking a little further into the scene, as Kat stands at the top of the staircase, glowering down at her sister, who is speaks to her from the foot of the stairs. ...

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