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    Feminism in Jane Eyre

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    the readers’ interest as any heroine in your novels does." In 1847‚ Charlotte realized her prediction. One of the significant characteristics of feminism is the revolt consciousness to the leads of the social – male. The females all have been in the subordinate‚ the attachment‚ but seldom revolted. Therefore rising spiritedly to revolt strives for being equal is the question which the feminism must solve first. The rebellious spirit was precisely the starting point of the heroine in” Jane Eyre”

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    The unofficial religious leader of the slaves had seen a solar eclipse in February of 1831 and believed that God had chosen him to lead the revolt and “slay my enemies with their own weapons.” On August 21st‚ Nat Turner gathered seven slaves and killed his master‚ starting his slave rebellion. Although only seventy-five others joined Turner‚ his revolt was one of the most extensive slave rebellions in the pre-Civil War United States. Turner and his men used non- firearm weaponry to kill white

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    The Black Death was one of the deadliest and most impactful events that the world has ever witnessed. It is believed that the plague originated in Asia and it began to spread to other parts of the world around 1345 to 1346 when the plague struck water for the first time. Supposedly‚ this happened when Yanibeg‚ a khan of the Golden Horde‚ which was a part of the Mongol Empire‚ began catapulting the bodies of plague victims over its walls into the Black Sea. Once the plague hit the Black Sea‚ there

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    ~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical

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    little role in pre-modern civil wars. Modern nationalists have commonly read past revolts (such as Scotland against England or Catalonia against Spain) as early stirrings of nationalism‚ the truth is that these conflicts were in fact feudal or dynastic rather than national. There are some pre-modern civil wars that can be seen as fueled by religion (the Jewish Revolts against Rome)‚ but these can also be seen as revolts by a servile people against their oppressors or uprisings by local notables in an

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    . Surely this is the case with William Wallace the following essay by Matt Ewart was printed in the Herald newspaper in Scotland on Saturday November 15th‚ 1997. The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins which will boil along till the floodgates of time shut in eternal rest. Robert Burns For William Wallace‚ Scottish patriot‚ the floodgates of life closed on that terrible day in 1305 when‚ after a cynical mock trial at Westminster Hall in London‚ he was dragged through

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    audience to grapple with the morality of the revolt from both perspectives. By developing certain characters and strategically utilizing rhetorical devices‚ Gillo Pontecorvo successfully persuades the audience to weigh the relative morality of both the French and Algerian causes with an unbiased lens. During The Battle of Algiers‚ the deliberate emphasis of characters highlights Pontecorvo’s intention to present an objective depiction of the revolt. Throughout the film‚ both sides of the revolution

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    Proles are uneducated and unorganized with little security. They do not have specific rules to obey by‚ creating more freedom among the people which could lead to an up rise against the party. The proles could change the way the society is run through revolts against the party‚ the population of the proles is 85% of the total in Oceania‚ despite the struggles to change the prole’s demeanors‚ they could ultimately be successful by hard work‚ their strength‚ and the determination to bring down the party

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    Holy Roman Empire was on the of the first major conflicts of the sixth century and started the ball rolling through Europe creating mass revolts and defiance against those who oppressed them. The spark started in a bohemian revolt and spread into the rest of the Empire creating the thirty years war.Then the French civil war exploded between

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    ---- ------ Professor Marilyn R. Stern English II September 23‚ 2013 The First Spark to Fuel the Age of Enlightenment Revolution cannot be achieved without first‚ a revolt. During a time where religion held social authority over its own people‚ Martin Luther rebelled against over a hundred and a half centuries of Christian fundamentals. Luther made critical objections against the church even when faced with the possibility of being burned alive at the stake. He is considered

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