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    the novel’s subtitle is “The modern-day Prometheus.” that is a reference to Titan from Greek mythology named Prometheus. Prometheus makes the primary of mankind out of clay and then makes the big mistake of stealing hearth from the Gods in order that mankind can live on and prosper. and then he’s punished in a ridiculously painful manner regarding birds tearing out and consuming his liver. This punishment is everlasting via being reincarnated every day with the same fate killing him. Frankenstein

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    Allegory of the Modern Day Cave “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” was the philosophical story of people who lived in this cave‚ and never left. They were bound to one spot‚ and could never move. The only light was this fire in the middle of the cave‚ that was on the other side of a wall that separated the fire from the cave dwellers. There were also other people who carried objects above their heads on the fire side of the wall. This made shadows on the actual cave walls‚ which were the only things

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    Hooke S Law

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    Exploring Hooke’s Law and the Constant (K): Data Collection and Processing: Data of the Hanging Masses and the Caused Displacement of the Spring Mass Hanging (kg): Displacement of Spring Including Original Length (m): 0.050 0.413 0.100 0.451 0.150 0.458 0.200 0.485 0.250 0.504 0.300 0.522 0.350 0.543 0.400 0.567 0.450 0.587 0.500 0.610 0.550 0.633 0.600 0.655 0.650 0.674 0.700 0.698 Original Length of Spring (m): 0.392 Table 2.1 Constant K: 22.5kg/ms2 *Refer to attached graph and calculations.

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    Modern Day Hero Essay

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    H. English 12 February 27‚ 2013 Hines Ward as a Modern Hero There are very few people in the world today we can consider heroes. These people are almost always brave‚ honest‚ compassionate‚ and smart. These qualities can all be found in Hines Ward. The things that make him a modern hero are his outstanding football career‚ dedication to charity‚ and perseverance for equality. Hines Ward would have never been able to achieve any of his goals or aspirations without his football career. It is

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    Puritan vs Modern Day

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    Puritan perception and modern day perception though sometimes still can be viewed as similar have changed drastically over time. There are several concepts that were viewed as shameful in Puritan times that people in modern day will just look pass. For example‚ going against the bible by sinning was look upon way more harshly than in today’s society. There are still concepts Puritans had to deal with that we still see being took into affect today‚ such as shunning. The act of shunning can be done

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    Activity 1 I was wondering about the night life here in wellington since it was my first few days in the country. My flat mate (receiver) is from a conservative muslim family who don’t live a night life‚ when I’ve (sender) asked him (channel) about it in more details but he seems less aware of the night life and so I said to him that he’s a “momma’s boy” (noise) of which he wasn’t happy about (massege) and started going bonkers (feedback). Hehe anyways then I had to explain (context) more in details

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    Modern Day Parallels in Macbeth Shakespeare’s Macbeth is unquestionably one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies from the use of foreshadowing to the topics of conflict still present in modern day society. It’s almost as if he knew these conflicts would plague man for centuries to come. Then again its almost as if Shakespeare could predict the future. An example is Othello‚ Shakespeare’s depiction of a black man in power‚ was way ahead of its time. In Macbeth we see many conflicts that are still

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    Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

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    wondering “What is Babylonia?”. Well it was in the middle east and it is now modern day Iraq. Babylonia leader was Hammurabi‚ he was the man who created all this code of laws‚ a code is a set of laws. So I would be really confused if I have not been reading and learning about Hammurabi’s code‚ so Just‚ what does it mean. Well think about fairness and Justice and that is Just. There are three areas of law where Hammurabi’s code can be shown to be unjust. These are family life‚ personal life and personal

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    Modern Day Witch Trials

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    Modern-Day Witch Trial The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial was anything but quick and simple. The case lasted a total of seven years‚ and cost the government $15 million dollars (Source F). Peggy McMartin Bukey and her son Raymond along with a few other teachers were accused of a crime that would change their lives forever. The charges consisted of everything from animal sacrifice to pornography and satanic rituals. (Source D). It first began with Judy Johnson‚ mother of one of the preschool’s young

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    combine elements from horror and romanticism. The main elements are gloomy and decaying settings‚ supernatural beings or monsters‚ curses or prophesies‚ heroes‚ romance and intense emotion (Marinaro‚ Francesca.). The book‚ “Frankenstein and or The Modern Prometheus” (Shelley‚ Mary.) could be considered a gothic novel even though it contains themes that incorporate other elements. Throughout the story‚ there are examples of each element of a gothic novel. The first example is the title of the book

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