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    Dante talks to many souls while he is in hell. None of which repent for their sins. All of the souls in hell are being punished so if any of them do repent it cannot be known if it is genuine or not because they are being tortured‚ and for repentance to be repentance it has to be for the love of God. Repentance is not a turning to God to gain forgiveness. Repentance is not a turning to God to avoid punishment. Repentance has is asking for forgiveness from God because of the love that one has for

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    Comedy Critique Goethe’s Faust and Voltaire’s Candide were two of the most interesting books that I have ever read! Both comedies were very different from each other in many ways. The structure of both books varied significantly. I enjoyed Candide more than Faust partially due to the structure. I found that because Faust almost entirely rhymed that it was harder to follow. It was very distracting to me and I felt as if the rhyming took away from the story. Candide was told more like a story and

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    humor. Some may find it offensive because the joke makes fun of their culture or their personality. We experience comedy in our everyday lives‚ or when we sit down to watch a funny movie. In modern day most comedy targets a certain group of people or race. Humor is the quality or being amusing‚ however it is funny only to some extent otherwise it may become a form of bulling‚ and comedy is in our nature so people should laugh to stay happy. Humor is something amusing that makes you and other people

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    Research topic 5 2. Literature study 6 2.1 Article 1 6 2.1.1 Summary 6 2.1.2 Analysis 7 2.2 Article 2 9 2.2.1 Summary 9 2.2.2 Analysis 10 2.3 Article 3 11 2.3.1 Summary 11 2.3.2 Analysis 12 2.4 Article 4 13 2.4.1 Summary 13 2.4.2 Analysis 14 2.5 Article 5 15 2.5.1 Summary 15 2.5.2 Analysis 16 4. Global evaluation 17 5. Bibliography 20 1. The play 1.1 Summary The Comedy of Errors is a play that takes place at one day in one place: Ephesus. The play begins

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    (New Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 1993‚ 10‚ 467). Satirical works are commonly critical. Hawthorn (2005:197) states‚ "Satire attacks alleged vices and stupidities either of individuals or of whole communities or groups - and its tools are ridicule‚ exaggeration and contempt." However‚ Sutherland (1958:2) points out that not all satirical works are equally critical. He argues that: 12 Some works are satirical throughout; in others the

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    The History of Comedy. From Old Greek to the Present Day What does Comedy mean? In old Greek times comedy was a village festival where people came together and sang‚ there were jesters to entertain the audiences. The Greeks created theatre; comedy soon followed which to the present day is known as ‘old comedy’. Old comedy is seen as very political‚ meaning that the performance

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    Ray Schumacher Sister Black English 106 13 11 May‚ 2016 Work Ethic is Divine I strongly believe in teaching children about hard work. As a child growing up‚ my parents taught me the importance of a strong work ethic. Fortunately for me‚ my parents were sure to instill in me the mindset needed to be a productive member of society. Because my dad did not see me as much of a “thinker”‚ he showed me how to use a shovel‚ an axe‚ a pick axe‚ and many other hand tools. Since he was a hard worker himself

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    Figuring out who you are is hard‚ but for Edmond Dantes‚ it’s even worse. So many things have happened to him‚ shaping his character from person to person. Being in prison for so long took all the optimism and hope he had when he first came off the ship. Being someone else after he escaped so people wouldn’t know who he was changed him. He started acting like the person he was pretending to be and less like himself and how he was before prison. His life became revolved around the aspect of revenge

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    The first period of the ancient Greek comedy is known as Old Comedy. Out of the forty poets who are named as having illustrated the style of Old Comedy in 460-404 B.C. Aristophanes was one of the chiefs‚ whose works‚ with their political satire of sexual innuendo‚ effectively defines the genre today. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Comedy) Also known as the Father of Comedy and the representative of Old Comedy‚ Aristophanes has been said to have recreated the life of Ancient Athens more convincingly

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    The Insanity of Edmond Dantes In the story The Count of Monty Christo by Alexander Dumar‚ Edmond Dantes is to become the captain of the ship Pharaon. He is framed for collaborating with a traitor. Edmond is sent to prison without a proper trial. The prison‚ Château d’If‚ is a terrible place. Dantes finds the captivity more than he can bear and becomes suicidal (59) Edmond is actually insane and hallucinates most of the story. Edmond is actually in his cell for the majority of the book‚ and predicts

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