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    PART 1 MODULE 3 VENN DIAGRAMS AND SURVEY PROBLEMS EXAMPLE 1.3.1 A survey of 64 informed voters revealed the following information: 45 believe that Elvis is still alive 49 believe that they have been abducted by space aliens 42 believe both of these things 1. How many believe neither of these things? 2. How many believe Elvis is still alive but don’t believe that they have been abducted by space aliens? SOLUTION TO EXAMPLE 1.3.1 When we first read the data in this example‚ it may seem as if the numbers

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    This thesis will constitute what makes a noble death and what makes an ignoble death. In order to do so‚ it is necessary to compare and contrast the characters of Ahab from Moby Dick and Hamlet from Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet. Specifically the actions and decisions leading up to their deaths. In Moby Dick we see Ahab make impious and haughty decisions that lead to his death‚ as well as a lack of reverence towards others around him. In Hamlet‚ a man struggles with his own thoughts becoming mad and

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    The two books that have the most in common out of the books we have read so far would have to be The Great Gatsby and Moby Dick. These two pieces of literature both deal with the same things such as characters having a single goal and would do anything to achieve it‚ they both will do whatever it takes to get to the goal‚ and in the end the thing they want the most ends up destroying them. In the Great Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway is the narrator. He moves from Minnesota to New York in the summer of 1922

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    Often in great works of literature‚ symbols are incorporated to add depth. These symbols make it more interesting to the reader by making connections from one idea to another. Herman Melville depicts a great number of characters and symbols in his 19th century novel Moby Dick. Melville uses symbols to develop plot‚ characters‚ and to give the reader a deeper interpretation of the novel. (Tucker) The author successfully uses the symbols of brotherhood‚ monomania‚ isolation‚ religion‚ and duality to

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    the Tit-bit‚ and the Pequod” (Melville 77). Of these ships‚ Ishmael chooses the Pequod‚ which has three different captains: Ahab‚ Peleg‚ and Bildad. The Pequod also has three masts. While on the ship Ishmael’s lay is debated by Bildad and Peleg between either 777th or 300th‚ which are both divisible by three. Captain Ahab he has a three person family: himself‚ his wife‚ and daughter. Ahab is also stated to have “lay[ed] like dead for three days and nights” (Melville 101). The crew onboard the Pequod

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    Contained in the text of Moby Dick‚ Herman Melville uses many widely cultural symbols‚ stories and actions to tell the tale of a whaling ship bent on the desires of its captains abhorrence for a real‚ and also symbolic‚ creature in the form of an albino sperm whale named Moby Dick. The time is 1851 and civil unrest is looming just over the horizon: slavery is the main point of interest in American politics‚ the last major novel released was The Scarlet Letter‚ Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th

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    Historians today consider the book Moby-Dick by Herman Melville to be one of the great pieces of literature in American history. However when it was first published‚ critics thought differently (Cummings‚ Michael). The style of this novel was written in a very unusual narrative form. As a result of the books early unpopularity‚ Herman Melville wasn ’t able to sell many copies (Moby-Dick/Overview). Today it is widely appreciated as a literary classic‚ and Moby-Dick is read by a large portion of

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    1. In this video‚ we immediately learn of an obsessed captain who wants revenge. Why does he want revenge and against whom or what? We learn that he wants revenge against the giant whale that stole his arm. 2. Who is the narrator of Moby Dick and what is the first line of the novel? The narrator of Moby Dick is Ishmael‚ and the first line of the novel is‚ “Call me Ishmael.” 3. There are two significant Biblical allusions mentioned in the film. To whom do these allusions reference?

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    SKETCH NIGHT‚ 10 COMEDY SKITS FOR TEENS by Tim Kochenderfer Brooklyn Publishers‚ LLC Toll-Free 888-473-8521 Fax 319-368-8011 Web www.brookpub.com Copyright © 2001 by Tim Kochenderfer All rights reserved CAUTION: Professionals & amateurs are hereby warned that Sketch Night; 10 Comedy Skits for Teens is subject to a royalty. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America‚ Canada‚ the British Commonwealth and all other countries of the Copyright

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    think as to what they’re going to do when they capture the whales. One similarity in Moby Dick and Blackfish is that in both of these there are people trying to catch whales. For example‚ in Moby Dick it states‚ “The narrator becomes a sailor on Captain Ahab’s ship and joins the hunt for the whale that bit off one of Ahab’s legs years ago.” Also in the Blackfish movie trailer it recited‚ “This is the worst thing I’ve ever done.” This is quoted from a man in the trailer after hunting baby orca whales

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