I was running with the ball at my feet‚ my arms and knees where heavy from all the training I had been doing‚ but I felt good. I knew I was going to make a good play. I looked up and saw two defenders but‚ with no hesitation I charged towards them with the ball. I cut left hard and flew past one defender. After him I approached a tall defender and nutmegged him‚ passing the ball in between and through a player’s legs. I then passed the ball up forward to a friend of mine who almost scored an amazing
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finishing my last lap out of the 4 miles. I had called my mom to pick me up and ten minutes ago‚ but she was not here yet‚ I just assumed she was just running a little bit late. I can tell you standing outside in the flaming fiery sun‚ covered in sweat with no water bottle in hand is no fun. As I was waiting beads of sweat‚ thermoregulatory sweating‚ started appearing on my skin. The two types of sweating are eccrine glands‚ armpits‚ and apocrine glands‚ in the palms and soles of my hand. I knew my body
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absolutely flawless? Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts on July 4‚ 1808. He was a famous American novelist and short story writer. In 1821 Hawthorn was accepted into Bowdoin College where he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. “The Birthmark”‚ one of his short stories‚ was published in March of 1843. During that time science was having many new discoveries. Although‚ many people were still unfamiliar with science and were doubtful of its importance‚ it was increasingly more interesting
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much of a success in the sleep department. The reason was I was nervous because my mom told me she had scheduled an appointment for me to see the doctor because she was concerned about my nutrition and whether or not I was doing okay. In my mind it was just going to be a regular routine check‚ up‚ but‚ oh‚ was I wrong. My mom is not the strictest parent. She suggested I stay home that day and miss school since my appointment was at 10:20 a.m. But I insisted on going. I
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Beauty is the eyes of the beholder. One man’s beauty can be misery for another. For perfectionists it can be difficult to find the perfection. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” is a story of a couple’s foolish search for perfection which ends with a tragedy. Georgiana‚ who is the victim of god’s small mistake‚ is one of the main characters in the story. On the outside‚ she looked so in love with her husband that she was able to give up her life to satisfy him. On the inside‚ she was an egotistical
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The Duchess of Malfi is one of the most famous plays of the Elizabethan period which bears an well-expressed indication of women’s position in that society by Webster. In this play‚ the Duchess is young and beautiful but unfortunately she has become widow very early. She wants to marry again but there were several objections in the society against her marriage. Remarriage was a thing of hatred at that time and it was customary believed that‚ “None wed the second but who killed the first”. By acting
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The “Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story that I know can still appeal to the current day and especially in the past history. The story takes place at a time when scientific discoveries and experiments were going on to try and have an understanding for everything since at the time scientist were very curious about almost everything. Unfortunately one of the experiments they would conduct were on humans. From the Story “The Birthmark” we easily learn that human experimentation is very frowned
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was a major asset to the transcendental movement‚ and this short story is a perfect example why. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’sThe Birthmark‚ the main character‚ Aylmer‚ wants to have a perfect wife. His wife‚ Georgiana‚ is a very beautiful woman with just one flaw‚ the Birthmark on her face. As a scientist‚ Aylmer tries to create an elixir that will rid Georgiana of her birthmark‚ thus making her perfect. According to Hawthorne‚ however‚ this is not possible. During the transcendental phase of American
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THE DUCHESS AND THE JEWELLER Oliver Bacon‚ the jeweller‚ is really the only developed character in the short story "The Duchess and the Jeweller" by Virginia Woolf. The author uses the indirect stream-of consciousness technique as well as her own words to depicts the enterprising merchant as a many-sided man: He is both ambitious and sympathetic. The jeweller is highly arrogant and ambitious. His strutting smugness is evident through the animal metaphors used to portray him-from his physical
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John Webster‚ The Duchess of Malfi Introduction 3 Learning outcomes 3 Background 3 Description 4 Act 1: setting the scene 5 Courts ideal and real 5 Discussion 5 Description 8 Bosola the malcontent 8 Discussion 9 Marriage for love: family opposition 10 Discussion 10 Love and marriage: Antonio the steward 13 Discussion 14 Love and marriage: the Duchess 15 Description 16 Description 17 Discussion 19 Act 2: discovery 21 Ferdinand 21 Discussion 22 Conclusion 24 References 24 Further reading 25 Next steps
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