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    The Ultimate Sin Ezekiel 16:49 Intro: There are many horrible and wicked things done every moment‚ every day. If you were to write down what the most offensive‚ egregious‚ wicked sin is‚ what would it be? Perhaps unbelief‚ fornication‚ anger‚ bitterness‚ adultery‚ hypocrisy‚ murder or any other sin could be compiled in this list as wicked and horrible. We might classify these as an abomination unto God. In our society‚ much is made of the sinful lifestyle called homosexuality. This lifestyle is

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    Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller released the instant classic‚ Sin City. Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novels‚ or simply comics‚ the motion picture offers something riveting and new around every corner‚ either in its shady characters‚ intense storyline‚ or astonishing visual effects. Frank Miller’s Sin City is a non-stop action thriller armed with an extremely unique and innovative style as well as a cast of incomparable talent. Sin City may be the most faithful comic translation ever portrayed

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    Max Brudvig Scandinavian Literature Authun and the Seven Virtues As long as there has been recognized sin in recorded history‚ there has been the virtuous equivalent by which good people live their lives. Before Christianity‚ there were the Pagan virtues‚ and when Christianity came into dominance in Scandinavia‚ it adopted these virtues and added several spiritual virtues of its own. Each virtue can be seen as a reflection of societal thought. The virtues tell how the ideal person lives their

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    Nick Migliaccio Migliaccio 1 Mr. Bryner English III December 10th‚ 2007 Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a magnificent and extremely talented author‚ wrote a set of short stories called The Canterbury Tales. The tales are contained in what is called a “frame tale”‚ which is the main tale that every other one revolves around. These tales are told by a collection of pilgrims on an adventure from Southwark to Canterbury

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    Deadly Unna

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    we watchers/readers begin to relate to. However on the other hand Deadly unna is based on a different story/setting The setting of Deadly Unna was in a small town in port Victoria‚ Australia. The reason why Phillip Gwynne made the book set in that particular area was because that’s where he grew up‚ and nearby port Victoria was a place called Point Pearce which was dominated by aborigines. The shooting in the book “Deadly Unna” was based on a true story as in 1997 two aborigines were killed

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    Review on ‘Deadly Unna?’ by Phillip Gwynne - Review By Denbeigh - Age 14‚ TAS ’Deadly Unna?’ By Phillip Gwynne ‘Deadly Unna?’ was the first novel of the famous Australian author‚ Phillip Gwynne‚ published in 1998. The fascinating drama novel expresses the inter-racial friendship between two teenage boys‚ Gary “Blacky” Black and “Dumby” Red. The book focuses on many complications the adolescence face‚ for example racism‚ favouritism‚ relationships‚ families‚ exclusion and more. ’Deadly Unna?’

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400)‚ known as the Father of English literature‚ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis‚ Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat‚ courtier

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    with locks as curly as if the had been pressed" (chaucer 82 & 83). He does not live to serve his king or his country‚ he lives for himself and the ladies. He is always more worried about his appearance than fighting on the battle field although he does respect his father he is not at all a good squire. The knight‚ our model‚ however "to ride abroad had followed chivalry‚ truth‚ honor‚ generousness and courtesy‚" is the example that Chaucer set of what the military class should be.

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    N.S. Thompson‚ Chaucer‚ Boccaccio‚ and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales. Oxford: Clarendon‚ 1996; 354pp.; Nigel Thompson’s book resists alignment with current concerns in late-medieval studies: he has little or nothing to say about manuscripts and their dissemination; about the audiences‚ reception‚ and imitation of the works he treats; about gender and its representation; about contemporary social and political developments and how these works

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    Deadly Unna Questions Chapter 1 1. Who are the Nungas? Nungas is the word that the Aboriginal people are associated with. 2. "Usually people just call us blacky". What does this suggest about the attitudes of other people? The other people are real bogans and come up with nicknames for a lot of things. Chapter 2 3. What are the "worst two things you can be" in Blacky ’s town? Which of these do you consider to be the worst and why? The two worst things you can be in Blacky’s town

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