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    hiatus before starting up again in 1892. Once the modern Olympics had begun in 1892‚ it had effects on society. These effects include a social change of unifying people across the world of the same and different genders‚ a cultural change of a strong passionate desire to beat the other countries to win the gold‚ and an economic change of the Olympics costing billions of dollars to the host city. In 1892‚ Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic movement with intentions of unifying the world

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    important‚ their health is determined by so much more than the one-on-one care provided in a doctor’s office. How can the physician hope to keep their patient well‚ if the environment they exist in is inherently unhealthy or harmful to them? The modern day Hippocratic oath‚ charges physicians to do the following (Lasagna‚ 1964): I will prevent disease whenever I can‚ for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society‚ with special obligations to all my fellow

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    McGettrick English 4 Honors September 2‚ 2013 The Beowulf Poet was most likely written by a Christian monk or influenced. There are three examples of the Christian philosophy shown in this poem: you can survive with the protection of God‚ all gifts are driven from God‚ and the proper attitude of man is to be humble and unselfish. The author also mentions God frequently in the epic. He also gives many allusions to the bible within the epic Beowulf. The three examples stated earlier in the paragraph

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    Ivan the Terrible * Intelligent and clever man‚ but grew to be mentally unstable * His tendency to break out in fits of rage was a result from a traumatizing childhood * Father died from blood poisoning when he was three years old; mother was assassinated when he was eight years old * Exposed to court intrigue and constant danger while growing up – this environment is what nurtured much of the vicious and suspicious characteristics Ivan the Terrible developed during his reign

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    Arthur Dimmesdale Modern Day David Arthur Dimmesdale is a great man and also a priest‚ but later on in his life when he met Hester it seemed like everything turned to sin. Arthur was a very strong and knowledgeable man. He stood strong in the values he preached and also in the words he said. In the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne sin was entered by a man and a woman. It wasn’t planned to happen the way it did but when Arthur and Hester met it was instant love. This was shocking

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    age is capable of elucidating it. In Seamus Heaney’s narration of BeowulfBeowulf commences his heroic journey as a young‚ ignorant warrior‚ and as he grows in both age and experience‚ he gains wisdom and realizes that he is not the immortal warrior he once believed he was. Beowulf’s journey begins when he is implored by the Geats to defeat the monster Grendel. In order to “heighten Hyeglac’s fame and gladden his heart” Beowulf decides to forsake the use of weapon and shield in his battle with

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    The Civil War to the Modern Day The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American History. Even though the war was a tragedy because of the life lost‚ it helped to better the United States to this day. One might wonder how the Civil War has affected different aspects of the United States over the years. If one were to examine events that took place after 1865‚ they would be able to find similarities between these events and occurrences that happened during the Civil War.

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    Another difference is that it’s not all over the world. Back in the ancient world there was slavery everywhere there was people. In today’s days there is only certain places in this world that have slavery. Hear in America we don’t have slavery. That is a big difference because we live here and if we still have slavery us kids would probably all be in a field working to our deaths. Slaves in

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    Modern day Cinderella “Can I just get the new phone? Please everyone has it.” Asked Cinderella. “No! You don’t deserve the new phone.” Snapped her stepmother mom. “Ughhh you’re not even my real mother. I’m going to my room.” She cried. “Well my stepsisters get everything they want.” She whispered under her breath while making her way upstairs. After she got into her room‚ she slammed her door behind her. She pulled out her phone and started to her friends. The next day Cinderella had to drive

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    2013 Until the Dragon Comes The unknown bard who wrote Beowulf sang of heroes‚ calling his hearers to the heroic life‚ but holding out no false hopes. All must go down in defeat at last: Wyrd will have its way. And though no man can win his final battle with metaphysical death itself‚ Beowulf shows the people how to transcend the human condition by the willing battle with our own worst fears. Personified in three monstrous enemies‚ Beowulf faces physical‚ moral‚ and metaphysical Evil. Grendel‚

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