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    All successful drama consists of conflict‚ whether between or within characters. Henrik Ibsen’s work‚ A Doll’s House is no exception. Ibsen’s play studies Nora’s early courage and her confirmation of that courage at the end of the play. Nora’s strength of character in forging her father’s signature on a loan‚ and the repercussions of that act‚ provide much of the driving force for the drama. But Nora’s great choice remains until the last act. She speaks of "the most wonderful thing‚" she has countless

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    Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane forcefully depicts an epic adventure though war where the men fight for their lives. These men are subject to a scene which scars and destroys the human consciousness. The result of the war and its bloody landscape causes men to lose basic human judgment and replaces it with mindless violence. All of the men are stripped of what makes them unique and are subject to a merciless war. It is clear as shown by Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage the men are dehumanized

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    Sustainability Definition

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    values and our own continued existence. While each personʹs definition of  sustainability is seen to be the most relevant‚ the question is a universal one and  common to all.     Whether our definition of sustainability is anthropocentric‚ biocentric‚ egocentric‚  ecocentric‚ econocentric‚ sociocentric‚ worldcentric or perhaps simply personally  eccentric‚ they are all valid.     Collected here is a retrospective look at over one hundred perspectives from an  evolving list of thousands of definitions of sustainability‚ reflecting the different 

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    The Definition of Jazz

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    What is the definition of Jazz? Jazz music is a genre that is very hard to define‚ because it encompasses so much over the course of a very long time. It has been around for a century – over 100 years now! – and has permeated different facets of our nation throughout different fulcrums in time as well as other crucial moments within our history. All in all‚ jazz should undoubtedly be considered an art form for a variety of reasons‚ stemming from its interpretive and improvisational nature‚ all

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    Definition of Beauty

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    exquisite beauty…without some strangeness in the proportion” (Confucius‚ Roosevelt‚ and Poe). Confucius tells us‚ “Everything has beauty‚ but not everyone sees it” (Confucius‚ Roosevelt‚ and Poe). There are many opinions about what beauty is. A general definition of beauty is‚ a combination of qualities present in a thing or person that pleases the aesthetic senses or brings about deep satisfaction. However‚ what may please the aesthetic senses will be different for every individual. There are many types

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    Throughout the story of To Kill a Mockingbird the theme of real courage was portrayed multiple times. Two characters in particular embody this theme‚ and provide many examples of what real courage truly is. The first character that possess real courage is Scout’s father‚ Atticus. Atticus is fearless and courageous for taking on the case of Tom Robinson. He knew that the odds were stacked against him. Regardless he tried anyway because he was going to fight for what was right‚ even if he was the

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    Name Professor American History 1301 Date A Brief Look at Stephen E. Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and the Opening of the American West Undaunted Courage is a very detailed account of what Ambrose considers the most important expedition in American history‚ Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the west. Ambrose attempts to project Thomas Jefferson’s vision of a country that stretches from sea to shining sea‚ of an open road to the west‚ of an "Empire of Liberty"

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    Definitions of Beauty

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    hair. There is a Western influence felt today by civilizations. The entertainment and media industries in Europe and America have become experts in presenting and promoting a fixed definition of beauty to the world. For the Eastern‚ in many Southeast Asian countries‚ the fairness of skin is considered to be a definition of beauty. Unlike

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    The Definition of a Hero

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    Definition Essay Would a hero be considered someone like Superman? Or someone like Abraham Lincoln? People have said‚ "It’s not what you do or say‚ but what you are". But would anyone think of Superman as a hero if he never saved people’s lives? What’s so amazing is that there are many kinds of hero’s‚ but if someone ever mentions the word ’hero’‚ people automatically think it’s from a comic book where the hero’s are all built and have superpowers. A hero can be almost anyone‚ or maybe even an

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    Curriculum Definition

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    seen as the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content‚ materials‚ resources‚ and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives according to the Oxford English Dictionary. However‚ as educators‚ creating a working definition for curriculum requires a delicate balance of ideas. As a people and as a society‚ we are ever evolving. It is necessary then‚ that curriculum needs to evolve to meet the needs of the population it educates as well. English and Larson (1996) have

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