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    In chapter 8‚ Hester Prynne is facing whether or not Pearl will be separated from her. Though she is an ill-fit parent and she will be raising Pearl alone in seclusion and sin‚ she has every right to keep her child. Pearl will be a living reminder of her mother’s sin‚ and it will give Hester the opportunity to use her sin as a lesson to her daughter. Moreover‚ it is known that a child’s relationship with their biological mother benefits both the child and the mother. In multiple cases throughout

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    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made his case Thursday to the American people and the world for "a constructive approach" to contentious issues including his nation ’s nuclear program‚ arguing that failing to engage "leads to everyone ’s loss." "We must work together to end the unhealthy rivalries and interferences that fuel violence and drive us apart‚" Rouhani said in an op-ed published Thursday evening on the Washington Post ’s website. It ’s not the first time a leader from a country often

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    Friends are people you put your trust in and expect them to do the same. They are some kind of non-blood related brothers to you that are going to be with you when you feel sad‚ happy‚ nervous or calm. This is friendship. In every society this kind of relationship is important‚ in some more than in others‚ but in every society it’s very appreciated and encouraged as it makes you more sociable and puts you in the position of making the decision of trusting or not someone in a dificult situation (like

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    The Judgement of Sin in The Scarlet letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an exciting romance novel. Hester Prynne had just committed adultery and is forced to put a scarlet letter A on her chest. She suffers punishment at the hands of the townsfolk‚ her husband‚ and the rules of puritan religion. Hawthorne shows us how people judge quickly when others sin‚ but forget quickly when they do the same. Hawthorne uses imagery to show that there can sometimes be good at the end of a dark

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    As Atticus said‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”‚ because they have done nothing to anyone but try to please. There are many people in the world and in stories that symbolize mockingbirds‚ that were killed innocently. There are not many mockingbirds in Maycomb County‚ but until Boo Radley showed up no one knew that he was a true mockingbird. Mockingbirds do nothing but try to please humans by singing‚ and try to help. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout goes through many hard times and learns

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    Even though both Rusalka and Cho-Nue Gui-Sin might help people‚ they have mainly negative images on them. Many regions conducted some forms of actions to avoid harms from those spirits. Although Rusalka was believed to live near the water because they cannot be survived without having a wet hair‚ people believed that in a certain period of time‚ which were varying from regions to regions‚ they were believed to come to visit their villages. While Rusalka might provide moistures to their land and crops

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    Name : Tung Sin Ting Course: LANG1002I T04 Title: Photography Instructor: Professor Jan Pople Photography is an interesting topic that can be discuss in many ways. In order to explore this issue‚ this essay will first cover the reason why photography was a game-changer by explain how photography changed human’s life. After that‚ this essay will advance the idea that conditions allowed photography became a game-changer through some histories of photography and it’s increasing

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    February 8‚ 2013 “Three Sins in Killing Three” The seventeenth century saw the creation of the anti-Petrarchan poem. Its purpose was used in a satirical way to make fun of another popular poetic style of the era‚ the Petrarchan poem. The Petrarchan poem is notorious for glorifying women and portraying them as unrealistic‚ goddess-like creatures; and so the anti-Petrarchan poem did quite the opposite. “The Flea”‚ written by John Doe is a perfect example of an anti-Petrarchan poem. “The Flea” is

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    Sin is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin‚ which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected‚ and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds‚ encloses‚ and strangles them. There was no escaping from its cruel consequences. Hester Prynne’s sin was labeled an adulteress‚ and the result of this was that she had to wear the scarlet letter "A." She feels that

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    debating is “A Victims Deliberate Use of Deadly Force is a Just Response to Repeated Domestic Violence”. Domestic Violence is a pattern of behavior which involves the abuse by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage‚ cohabitation‚ dating or within the family. I value the life of both parties including the person who is committing the act of domestic violence. The victim of domestic violence isn’t justified in using deadly force unless the person is committing an

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