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The Epic Of GilgameshGender itself, and more specifically the female form, serve to play an important, though sometimes contradictory, role in ancient literature. While women are not particularly well-known for being portrayed as lead characters within a plot of such ancient works, it is worth noting that many ...
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Nick Lake's In DarknessIn Darkness
Nick Lake’s In Darkness tells the story of a young gangster named Shorty who is recovering from a gunshot would at a hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti. When a devastating earthquake hits, Shorty finds himself buried alive under the ruins of the hospital. While he struggles to keep ...
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Vietnam WarI started the research about the choice of USA entering the Vietnam War during the Cold War Period with great interest, Vietnam is geologically a remote and underdeveloped Asian country by then, with neither abundant mines nor rich natural recourses, and the government was corrupted and poor. On ...
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Why does O.Henry call his story “The gift of the Magi”O.Henry, whose short stories had built up his great reputation. And the story “The gift of the Magi” was one of those short stories. Anyone who reads this story for the first time may mistake it for a fairy tale because of its title. However there are underlying meanings behind this name, which ...
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Love of Country (Amor Patria)An enlightening work of Jose Rizal entitled "Love of Country (AmorPatrio) " focuses on his aims to deliver nationalism and patriotism for his beloved land (Philippines) . Despite of the Spanish colonization, he didn't hesitate to work for his objectives on Philippines. His hope never gone down ...
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Toni Morrison"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows:/--/ one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.." this is an excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel, the man who proposed ...
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Australia: Lady Sarah Ashley speaking of Drover's deathUNIT 2: EULOGY/AUSTRALIA
By Milika Wong 11R3
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
TEACHER: MRS SMITH
Lady Sarah Ashley speaking of Drover's death
I stand before you today as a wife mourning her husband. Hugh Jackman also known as Drover was ...
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Gregory HinesGregory Hines - Tap Dance Pioneer: Understand the Influence of a Significant Tap Practitioner
Tap, as a dance form, has been around for many generations and centuries and through different points in history, has undergone changes due to the many practitioners that have made their metaphorical ...
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Ancient EgyptEnska 503
Student:Helgi Týr
Ancient Egypt
Teacher: Margaret Anne Johnson
Menntaskólinn á Egilsstöðum
Ancient Egypt is well know for its rich history and culture. Not many people know how the daily live there was, the structure of the government and of coursethe fact that Egypt was ...
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The Silence Versus The Weeping AngelsDevin Curry
Professor Brian Sweats
English 101
October 23, 2013
The Silence Versus The Weeping Angels
Doctor Who has brought forth extremely powerful creature, such as The Silence and the Weeping Angels. The Silence and the Weeping Angels are the most powerful in Matt Smith era as the ...
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An Adventure BeginsAn Adventure Begins.
- The book “An Adventure Begins” (Mackenzie, 1999) is about a person called Hudson Taylor who lived with his sisters, Amelia and Louisa and his patents. Hudson was a child who had poor vision and often got sick. He lived in the United Kingdom. He was a child who suffered a ...
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Keeping Old FriendsESSAY 2: It is more important to keep old friends than it is to make new friends
There are many controversies over whether building new relationships with strangers is more considerable than maintaining friendships with familiar people. Some people think old friends are more helpful and ...
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Macbeth's DownfallHanna Lee
Ms. Vogel
Language and Literature IIIA
January 5[th], 2015
Factors that influenced Macbeth
Many factors can influence one, from people's advices to some predictions that one might tell others using tarot cards. Those influences sometimes guide one to road to ...
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Role Women Played In SocietyTacitus, in his seminal, anthropological work, "Germania" provided a comprehensive, ethnographic treatise on the people of pre-medieval Germany. This work, created a little less than two millennia ago, explores the geography, ethnicity, occupations, culture, lifestyle and the role of women in ...
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The Twelfth Night: Element Of 'Excess'The Twelfth Night: Element Of 'Excess'
'The Twelfth Night' is one of those comedies of William Shakespeare that revolves around the theme of 'excess'. Excess thus refers to a certain imbalance in the plot which is highlighted though various means including actions, words and emotions. In Twelfth ...
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Homer’s The Iliad and the Funeral GamesHomer's The Iliad and the Funeral Games
War brings about honor and dishonor, sometimes at the same time. The two themes in Book 23 are the dishonor shown the body of Hector and the honor shown the slain Patroclus. Both were killed in war.
Hector got drug around on the ground behind some ...
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Not Everything Is As It Seems: Dr. Sheppard on TrialIf there were ever an unjust trial, it was the murder trial of Dr. Samuel Sheppard of 1954. In this case, a prosperous doctor was sentenced to life imprisonment for gruesomely murdering his pregnant wife in the comfort of their home, while their seven-year-old son slept soundly only one room away. ...
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The Book Of RomansNext, we turn to the text from Romans. In Romans 1:1-17 Paul introduces himself as a servant of Jesus Christ. Here the word "servant" means "bond-servant," or one subject to the will and wholly at the disposal of another. Paul is completely at his Mater's disposal. The essential theme of his ...
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The Skull in ConnemaraIn the play The Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh, the character of Mick states at one point, "But, sure, if down the disco Mairtin was, how would I have ended up with his bastard brains dripping down the bloody front of me?" This statement comes at a key point in the story and relates what ...
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