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    How would society run without computers? Keeping in mind that most every electronic device uses a computer one way or another‚ the world would be set much further back. The advancement of microprocessing and OS’s allowed a general increase in jobs and speed in development of ideas and designs. Computers have advanced the way people build and design things‚ store information‚ and communicate with each other. Microprocessors have shaped how computing developed through the years. The microprocessor

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    Compare and Contrast of Hester Prynne and Abigail Williams Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne were two very different characters in books about the same Puritan religion. The two had many differences and even a few ways they were alike. Their views on society and their reaction on how they reacted to the way they were treated by the Puritans. Hester feared society and thought that it was something to be avoided‚ while Abigail long to be the center of attention. While Hester attracted further

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    How does Atheism affect religion?” First of all‚ Atheism is defines as the rejection of the belief that there is a superior being. All of the things that has happened and those that are still going to happen revolve around science‚ logic and reasoning. However‚ that is contradicted by religion in which it is defined as the acceptance of a superior being‚ an almighty creator. Because of the great contradiction between the two beliefs‚ there are different effects. Many atheists refuse to believe

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    Hester Prynne‚ the antagonist of The Scarlet Letter is criticized for her characterization by English novelist and playwright D.H. Lawrence. Lawrence is especially critical of Hester’s adulterous and overall sinful nature. In his essay‚ Lawrence uses a critical tone‚ terse syntax‚ and relevant allusions to criticize Hawthorne’s views on Hester. Lawrence utilizes a critical and disdainful tone when referring to Hester. His tone further demonstrates his disapproval of her sinful nature. Lawrence

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    Scarlet Letter”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester is a woman who was punished for committing adultery. The Novel mostly focuses on how she lived and how her life was affected and changed after spending time in prison for her sin. It also focuses on her daughter‚ Pearl and the man she committed her sin with‚ Dimmesdale‚ and how their lives were affected by their sin. This essay will focus on Hester Prynne and her main problem and its resolution. Also how she grows and changes throughout the Novel

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    Dimmesdale deems it imperative to keep his secret‚ and it provides an insight to the possible harbinger of his momentous downfall throughout the novel. The townspeople cannot know he committed adultery with Hester Prynne. If detected‚ Dimmesdale would be an outcast and punished‚ especially because of his high honor. Since he cannot reveal his sin‚ the character must coexist with it‚ which continually clouds his thoughts and actions. Similarly‚ Hester Prynne‚ the wearer of the crimson emblem‚ whose

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    work is Hester Prynn. Prynn was sent to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England with her three month old child. She is a strong woman for going to the new area with her own baby‚ which at the time women were meant to only take care of the home‚ not support a family. The antagonist of the novel is Roger Chillingworth. Mr. Chillingworth is a very persistent character who had a burning passion to bring turmoil to Hester Prynn. Chillingworth had convinced Hester

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    Discuss how separation has affected characters in this extract and how Samuels presents separation elsewhere in the play. Separation is a key theme in Kindertransport. This theme is explored in a variety of ways throughout the play‚ and even more thoroughly in Act 2 Scene 2. Kindertransport was a rescue mission‚ which took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War; being the title of the play‚ we get the impression that the play will include some sort of separation. Jewish

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    Downfall A look At Tragic Hero Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter I.               Hawthorne presents Dimmesdale as a tragic hero through Dimmesdale’s fixation on his reputation‚ as well as his struggle with guilt throughout the novel. II.             Hawthorne uses an evil register of diction and repetition to establish Chillingworth as the antagonist of Dimmesdale. A.     “...It grew to be a widely diffused opinion that the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ like many other personages of especial

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    references in Beowulf that have led many scholars to believe it was of Christian authorship. These early writings show Christianity’s influence upon the culture‚ but as centuries went by‚ the tides began to turn‚ and the culture would begin to sway the religion. Any search into this claim will uncover examples and methods innumerable and interwoven‚ but the most influential aspects seem to involve the role of morality plays‚ the political influences within Britain itself‚ and perhaps most strongly‚ the

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