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    Australian Visions

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    Australian Visions Strictly ballroom by Baz Luhrman is a specular film that conveys many Australian Visions from beginning to end. It is a story of an individual‚ who wants to do his own steps‚ failing his partner. Fran an ugly duckling of a beginner class offers Scott partnership. Fran persistence and ideas convince Scott to dance their own steps on the Pan-Pacific championship displaying multiculturalism and breaking competitions under conformity. The composer has used many techniques like camera

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    Pride In The Crucible

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    downfall. Of all the sins‚ pride is considered the most negative character trait one can have. It is defined as; a deep pleasure derived from esteem in one’s own achievement‚ a super confidence and high esteem in one’s own abilities and inordinate vanity. Pride fools a person into thinking the source of greatness is only found within themselves. Pride considered to be the most negative attribute for the reason of being the key to all other deadly sins. All in all‚ pride corrupts the common good. In

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    Australian Pows

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    The treatment of Australian POW’s‚ particularly under the Japanese‚ in WW2 was horrifying‚ and is considered one of the greatest war atrocities Australia has ever seen. This essay will showcase the ___ treatment of POW’s in Changi‚ Singapore‚ and along the construction of the Burma –Thailand railway line as well as mentioning the experiences of those in Europe and the experience of POW civilians and nurses. All those who interred during WWII faced harsh conditions‚ and their experiences has significantly

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    Pride in the Crucible

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    Presence of Pride in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" In Miller’s "The Crucible" the pride of the people of Salem leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is delight or elation arising from some act‚ possession‚ or relationship. One of the main characters‚ John Proctor‚ has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has pride in her ability to use the trials as an ultimate revenge against Abigail Williams. John Hale is the "expert" on witches his pride springs

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    Fortunato's Pride

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    While pride has the possibility to be beneficial‚ it also demonstrated through much humility that it has the ability to be detrimental. Where there is pride that comes from being pleased by hardwork that lead to achievement‚ there is also pride that originates from In Edgar Allen Poe’s work of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe gives an account of a man by the name of Montresor‚ a clever and vengeful man‚ who seeks lethal retribution against his acquaintance Fortunato for causing him many injuries by

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    mother‚ Octavia‚ encounter trying to get to the dentist‚ the theme of transition develops. James‚ being only a young innocent boy‚ is forced to grow up because his father is no longer with the family‚ and his family needs a strong man. Strength and pride is a continuous theme throughout the story because of Octavia. Gaines uses several literary devices to make his audience aware of the social injustices African Americans face in The Sky is Gray. The point of view in The

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    Pride and Prejudice

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    Elizabeth’s Pride and Darcy’s Prejudice? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a timeless social comedy which is both satirical and full of sentiment. The title refers to the personalities of the two main characters and cues the reader to Austen’s broader thematic purpose: to satirize nineteenth century manners and morals‚ especially as they relate to courtship and manners. Although both characters contain both these traits‚ it is mainly Mr. Darcy who exemplifies ‘pride’

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    Australian Deserts

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    Australian Desert 1. The Tropic of Capricorn passes thru the center of Australia. This means the country lies close enough to trade wind latitudes for the prevailing winds  to be from the southeast. These bring maritime conditions‚ with abundant rain‚ to the coast of New South Wales and Queensland. 2. Inland lies the Great Dividing Range‚ a mountain range running the length of the country parallel to the east coast. 3. Lands to the west of the mountains lie in a rain shadow. 4. 40% of Australia’s

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    Gay Pride

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    The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity‚ that sexual diversity is a gift‚ and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered. Marches celebrating Pride (pride parades) are celebrated worldwide. Symbols of gay pride include the rainbow flag‚ the Greek lambda symbol‚ and also the pink and black triangles reclaimed from their past

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    Pride In The Crucible

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    having the choice of living or dying. Of course the the obvious choice is the live‚ but say that the cost of living is losing all pride. In the Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ John Proctor chooses death of over living without pride. Some people say that living without pride is better than dying with pride. The truth is that John Proctor did the right thing dying with pride because he died by staying true to his morals. The main point that most readers would make is that lying is alright if the result

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