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    all others‚ he thinks about her and her character traits and sometimes finds them attractive and other times not so much. An example is when he is critical of Lady Audley and how she rides a horse (XIV) and when he watches Alicia ride as a skilled horseman has thoughts about how charming and pretty she is but then in the same paragraph rebuke her for going out riding often and being free to do what she wants and seems to say it is a reason that he would not marry her (XV). Clara‚ as Shelby mentioned

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    In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ the Green Knight is a green horseman on a green horse who in the beginning of the story he looks for the “captain of the crowd.” The Green Knight is strange as he is green and receives many stares from onlookers. The Green Knight in the story shows to be merciful‚ cunning‚ and adoring. The Green Knight is a forgiving person as he forgives Sir Gawain‚ a respected knight‚ for kissing his wife twice; but the Knight forgives him as he gave Gawain two blows with an

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    Document-Based Question: The Mongol Terror‚ Mongol Peace Mark Fellows Mfellowes@revere.mec.edu The following question is based on the accompanying documents (1-6). The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. What was the significance of Mongol expansion and rule in Eurasia during the 13th and 14th Centuries? How did the settled societies of Eurasia respond to the Mongols and what were the consequences of the interaction between sedentary peoples and the Mongols

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    captivity. His ministry is meant to teach the God loves Israel and that he will give salvation to all. The first 6 chapters tell about Zechariah’s call for the Israelites to repent their sins and the context of his 8 visions. The first vision is a horseman among myrtle trees and it represents that God still loves Israel. The second vision involves four horns and four craftsmen. The four horns represent four kingdoms that oppose Israel and the four craftsmen will “throw down the horns.” God will defeat

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    The title‚ "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is an extremely interesting title making you want to read the story. The word "Occurrence" in the titlet made me want to find out what the "Occurrence" was. The title made me start thinking about what the story really could be about. The main character is a planter named Peyton Farquar. Farquar wanted to be a soldier in the civil war fighting on the Confederates side‚ but instead of fighting he stayed home to care for his family and farm

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    The world is still a fairly mysterious place‚ despite globalization and the rise of the Internet. It seems scientists continue to find new bizarre things on Earth. If you continually look to space and wonder what may be lurking behind the stars‚ you may be a believer. However‚ even believers can be surprised every now and again. Recent footage published on YouTube highlights an alien giant found in Japan. Could this alien giant be real? Japan has been known for bigger than life experiments. This

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    hang over the land‚ and to pervade the very atmosphere” (Irving 1819‚ 6) which sets the tone of the story and indicates to the reader how this is a mysterious place where anything could happen – and not too shortly after the ghost of the Headless Horseman is introduced. Additionally‚ emotions are transmitted through the description of landscape in the story. It can be observed how Ichabod becomes frightened when he is out in the streets throughout the novel. In such instances‚ the portrayal of the

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    system which combined a warrior ethos‚ knightly piety‚ and courtly manners‚ all conspiring to establish a notion of honour and nobility. In origin‚ the term chivalry means "horsemanship"‚ formed in Old French‚ in the 11th century‚ from chevalier (horseman‚ knight)‚ from Medieval Latin caballārius.

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    I do agree with the author that the Comanche people operated a massive empire in the American Southwest. “…Comanche’s built in the early nineteenth century a loose bit imposing empire on the southern plains and in the southwest...” (141). Although when the Comanche arrived on the South Plains‚ they were not a unified body. They arrived in numerous family groups. There were a lot of different Comanche bands‚ but there were five major bands that played the important roles in Comanche history. The

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    movies have plot twists in the middle of the story and twist endings. The movie “Sleepy Hollow” (1999) is a horror/mystery movie in which a police constable is sent from New York to solve the mystery of series of murders by a mysterious headless horseman. In “The

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