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    captain‚ while the crew only got one share. On board the ship‚ there was absolutely no stealing or striking another man‚ or else you would be punished by getting lashes‚ having your nose or ears slit off‚ getting shot‚ or being marooned with a bottle of rum‚ a rifle‚ and one

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    where you see two figures that are standing in the background‚ hidden by a curtain of darkness. The use of atmospheric perspective is overly emphasized here as well to once again‚ push the battling men in the foreground even farther ahead. Dante’s eyes leads us to the right side of the painting where a winged demon is flying overhead and watching with glee on as the two fighters claw at each other mercilessly. His wings carry the visual line to the right even more and even farther back in the scene

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    Silver Linings playbook is a movie about a man named Pat who finds his wife cheating on him and beats the man almost to death‚ he also finds out he has been suffering from bipolar disorder which then leads him to be in a mental facility. He then meets a friends sister in law Tiffany who lost her husband and suffers from depression with manic episodes. Tiffany promises to help Pat get his wife back (that he if fixated on). Tiffany and Pat create this unconventional friendship but in the end‚ end up

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    Iago’s motive: “The Moor‚ howbeit that I endure him not‚ is of a constant‚ loving‚ noble‚ nature” (3-4). Thus he is conveying his envy towards Othello. Othello symbolizes the person Iago wants to become‚ but cannot. Seeing that he has inner demons he is battling with. Othello can be seen as the person Iago admires in a sense that he desires the life he has. Further dramatizing the scene‚ seeing that he is plotting his revenge towards Othello. Leaving the audience wondering what Iago’s next move will

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    boat arrives at Hell’s Shore and a whole bunch of demons and terrifying creatures await the passengers. You have so many different actions happening in this scene where men are being dragged from the boat and tortured. You also have the Devil with all his evil followers awaiting the men to be dragged from the boat. To the right of the scene you have a total different story called ‘The Resurrection of the Dead’ where you have evil and good battling to save or damn the men. You have angels that are

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    could be a part of such hypocrisy against their belief than God doesn’t exist in Salem. That quote alone shows how level-headed Proctor really is. Not only was he intelligent and selfless‚ he was also honest. In The Crucible Proctor was battling with his demon of adultery that was

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    the ancient Persian Empire‚ which once controlled the entire Middle East and attempted to conquer the Greek city-states in the 5th century B.C.E. 2. Zarathustra‚ known as Zoroaster‚ was the founder of Zoroastrianism. Legendary material states that demons tried to kill him several times as an infant because they recognized him as an enemy. At the age of 30 he believed he had seen visions of God‚ whom it called Ahura Mazda. During the next 10 years‚ Zoroaster has other visions of Ahura Mazda. He

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    attempt to illegally order an alcoholic beverage shows that he has little to no admiration for the law and its importance. Even after having his order rejected‚ he proceeds to negotiate with the waiter in an attempt to compromise for a small amount of rum instead. His disregard concerning legal behavior helps to form the verification for his Anti-Social Personality Disorder. Although his insolence clearly links to his condition‚ it is not enough to act as concrete evidence just

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    (1982)."Sociocultural Variants in Alcoholism‚" Encyclopedic Handbook of Alcoholism. New York: Gardner Press. Hornik‚ E.L. (1974). You and your Alcoholic Parent. New York: Association Press. Levine‚ H.G. (1995)."The Good Creature of God and the Demon Rum‚" International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. Westport‚ CT: Greenwood Press. Rorabaugh‚ W.J. (1979). The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press. Varley‚ C. (1994). Life Issues-Alcoholism. New York: Marshal

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    the acceptable norm. When I was little and after school my dad would come pick me up from after school hockey practice in the winter and softball practice in the summer. When we get home he would open a new bottle of either vodka‚ whisky‚ gin‚ or rum. And he would sit on the porch and watch the forest life all night. He was never a violent drunk‚ just a distant one. His drinking became a big problem when my parents divorced when I was nine. I went to stay with my dad because I wanted to move to

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