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    even killed. People couldn’t go to the same bathroom as whites‚ or even use the same entrance as the whites. Some blacks were servants for whites‚ and whites would use other names for colored people that weren’t nice. Whites believe the black were cursed and chosen to be servants for the whites. And blacks weren’t humans beings and they were not made to be as smart as whites. The laws helped whites be separated from the blacks they laws were. Blacks and whites couldn’t shake hands because it showed

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    If you could have any wish in the world‚ what would you wish for? In “the Monkeys Paw” by W.W. Jacobs a family is torn apart when they receive a cursed talisman from a friend. Herbert was responsible for his own death which will be seen through several examples from the text. The evidence will show that Herbert is responsible for his own death. In the text Herbert is the one that suggested the wished that killed him‚ as by this point his mother and father haven’t decided yet. The text quotes “If

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    One Thousand Faces of Makeup: How FX Makeup Came to Be Makeup‚ by definition‚ means an assortment of things: the way in which something is composed or arranged‚ cosmetics applied especially to the face‚ and materials‚ such as cosmetics and costumes‚ that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role ("Makeup.") Aside from normal cosmetics‚ theatrical makeup has been around for as long as 4000 BC. In the earlier years of theater‚ makeup was used in order to portray different ages‚ genders‚ and

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    Cortez is a young woman about thirty with nine children. Her husband left her when she was about sixteen‚ and the babies have had a number of different men for fathers. Teresina feeds her family entirely on beans and tortillas‚ but they are healthy in spite of their limited diet. Danny: Danny is the leader of the group of paisanos‚ his house serving as the “Round Table of King Arthur and his knights.” Danny was born and raised in Tortilla Flat. At the age of twenty-five he joins the army to fight in

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    Hamlet becomes obsessed with revenging Claudius and proving his own authority: "The time is out of joint; O cursed spite‚ / That ever I was born to set it right!" (1.5.1017-18). Both Pip and Hamlet are doomed to carry out their "father ’s" wills.     A second fatherly figure is present in Pip ’s journey to attain his "Great Expectations" (140; ch. 18). Joe Gargery

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    beggars under sacks‚’ and although we do not know what or who is being compared to this unpleasant description‚ it is already clear that this poem is not going to praise war but harshly criticise it. The next line‚ ‘Knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge‚’ again draws a terrifying picture in our minds. We are still unsure of what the poem is actually referring to at this point‚ however the portrayal of the scene creates a mood of apprehension and sets a gloomy feel to the poem. ‘Towards

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    Compulsory English Grade 10 Full marks : 75 Time: 2:15 hours Pass marks: 24 1. Read the following poem and do the activities that follow. 5 Breathes there the man‚ with soul so dead‚ Who never to himself hath said‚ “This is my own‚ my native land

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    mariner‘s compass‚ pointing up the irony that Bosola‘s own final journey is directionless‚ away from justice”. It could be said that Hamlet also comes to terms with his fate and carries it upon his shoulders like a burden. “The time is out of joint: O cursed spite‚ that ever I was born to set it right!” (Act I‚ Scene V)‚ here it could be said that Hamlet indisputably feels that he was born to avenge his father’s death‚ thus he vows to dedicate his life to vengeance. In the final scene Hamlet realizes that

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    Surrounded by an atmosphere of mystery there is always a secret waiting to be solved. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ hidden laws of nature unfolds as lives are destroyed when knowledge is acquired and understanding is unstoppable. The mystery ‚ the feeling of terror in the reader‚ and the supernatural elements are the essential ingredients in Frankenstein. Mary Shelley established an atmosphere of mystery in the novel by not giving the readers every single detail of an event or creation

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    Arachne’s cottage just to witness her weave fine soft cloths. But because of her fame‚ she got blinded and sees herself being superior to others‚ to the point that she even challenged the goddess Athena. And because of her insolence‚ she was punished and cursed by Athena and turned her into a spider. Moral of the story: Be humble enough to accept the fact that you’re not the only one who’s good at a certain skill. If you have an outstanding talent among others‚ share it and don’t brag about it. Boastfulness

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