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    Birds are often important signs in literature. Western tradition has associated doves with the Holy Spirit‚ a part of the Trinity in Christian tradition. In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ Coleridge uses the symbol of the albatross to convey the mariner’s journey toward salvation. This theme is imparted early on in the poem. The sailors welcome the albatross as a sign of good omen(Coleridge 64). Practically‚ its presence suggests there may be food nearby. Described as a Christian bird‚ it alludes

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    Rhyming of a Rime (Three messages provided out of the reading‚ Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ by Samuel Coleridge.) Imagine doing a deed so terrible that the rest of your life was determined by that one singular moment. Most people would imagine the initial moment to be like killing someone‚ destroying lives‚ or something of that scenarios. People wouldn’t imagine the defining moment in their life to be killing a bird. “...in a piece that cries out for simplicity and gets digital distraction instead

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    is where most cell membrane constituents are made and transported through (Alberts et. all‚ 2010). There are two different types of endoplasmic reticulum; the smooth ER and the rough ER. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is plentiful in membrane bound enzymes (Koolman & Rohm‚ 2005). These enzymes catalyze incomplete reactions in lipid digestion and biotransformation (the chemical alteration of a substance within the body) (Koolman & Rohm‚ 2005). The smooth endoplasmic reticulum are the sections that

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    but presents some of the oddest encounters I have ever read before. Not only are there unusual deaths of shipmates but also an albatross bird which is killed by the mariner for no known reason. Not only does this help build the story but it also keeps the reader thinking and on the edge of their seat. As the story progresses the mariner and his crew seem to have to overcome many obstacles along their journey. As the trip starts to get better and the sailors seem to make it out of the unnatural weather

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    Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano

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    The first piece we read by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was his poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In this piece‚ Coleridge tells a trying story of a Mariner who’s rash behavior resulted in the death of his ship mates. When his situation seemed irreversible‚ he happens upon a coast where he is rescued by three men. However‚ the journey that occurred cursed the Mariner to tell his story in order to eleven his heart of the burdensome guilt. Coleridge relays this story to the reader through lyrical

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    Out of the four cases I read from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks‚ The Lost Mariner was my favorite. All four of the case studies were very interesting and actually enjoyable‚ but this one stuck out and grabbed my attention the most. In The Lost Mariner‚ the patient Jimmie‚ who was drafted into the Navy when he was seventeen years old‚ had been sent to Sack’s place because he was said to be "Helpless‚ demented‚ confused and disoriented". We find that he has a very bad

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    it will not be easy. Lysander is the one to claim‚ “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read‚ / Could ever hear by tale or history‚ / The course of true love never did run smooth; / But‚ either it was different in blood‚ ”(Shakespeare I.i.136-139). This is to mean that love is not easy‚ but it is displayed to be rough and not running smooth. It is also shown that it is hard by keeping secret while in love. In act one‚ Lysander and Hermia are left on stage

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nature is portrayed in one million different ways it can be personified to portray human senses and appearances such as in this poem when Samuel Coleridge puts it in the Old Mariner’s point of view‚ this done so we as humans can see and relate to the character and also to what the feelings of the man are making you find your emotions. The image of death is represented to portray the fact that the mariner killed the graceful albatross as well as telling his curse

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    There are three major methods of persuasion‚ pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. These methods have been used commo until today by skilled writers‚ to persuade readers intoing or idea. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Othello‚ Iago the antagonist‚ Iago‚ applies the methods of persuasion including ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to prove to the tragic hero‚ Othello‚ of his wife’s disloyalty. There are many ways d in to fill Othello’s mind with images of Desdemona naked with Cassio. This makes Othello’s jealousy grow

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