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    will be analyzed. To begin with‚ in RTTS the heroine‚ Maurya‚ has been struggling against destiny all her life. However she is finally destroyed by fate when nature puts an end to the lives of her two sons. At this point the characters fall into disgrace in a sudden change in fortune called peripetia. As a result‚ a moment of catharsis is created. That is to say that the play arouses pity and fear. For instance‚ in RTTS Maurya’s lamenting speech in the first monologue causes the audience and readers

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    Summarizing his standpoint on the Nixon presidency‚ Zinn claims‚ that due to Nixon‚ the system was “out of control.” The author declares Watergate scandals a “political disgrace” to both the Nixon administration and the American people. Yes‚ Zinn believes many of Nixon’s political ploys adhered to Nixon above the people of the US. Zinn provides his audience with the numbers of the unnecessary casualties in the Cambodia bombing (55‚000)‚ describes Nixon’s fake letters and press and later‚ the president’s

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    Honor is a word that is used in many different ways. I will give a few examples and what honor means. When I think about honor I think about honoring certain or important people. I think the first person we should honor is God. We can honor Him in what we do. We honor God when we worship Him and sing. We can also honor Him by thanking Him and praising Him because He is so awesome. We honor God the way we treat his people. You can show them His love and tell them about Jesus. You should also honor

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    Living in Sin

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    ‘Living in Sin’ ‘Living in Sin’ is a poem written by Adrienne Rich in 1995. It has a continuous structure and is about an unmarried couple living together. In the 1950’s a couple living together without being married was frowned upon. In the poem Rich describes the couples relationship and feelings. ‘Living in Sin’ starts as ‘she’ is cleaning their ‘studio’. Rich says that the couple’s ‘furniture of love’ (their bed) has ‘no dust upon’ it. This implies that the man and woman are in a relationship

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    There are many ways in which a person can use their appearance as extensions of their personalities. Through viewing the attire of another‚ their age‚ income or class‚ interests‚ nationality or religion can be determined. A person with a pressed black suit‚ a gold watch‚ alligator skin briefcase and golfer tie can be classified as a middle aged‚ business man with a good income living in a city. This is all concluded from examining image that that man was presenting. The outward appearance of a character

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    Paper A Raisin in the Sun‚ a play written by Lorraine Hansberry‚ embodies the struggles of a black family in the 1960’s living in Chicago. Everyone in the Younger family seems to have an ambitious dream that they are all trying to achieve with insurance money earned by Big Walter. Walter Lee Younger‚ the man of the family‚ is a motivated man that is unhappy with his job as a chauffer. He has big dreams of opening up a liquor store to become a businessman so he can diminish his family’s poverty

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most widely known authors to use symbols in American literature. In the book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ he uses symbols to represent an idea. An example of this would be religious‚ moral‚ or philosophical concept or value. An allegory in literature is a story where characters‚ objects‚ and events have a hidden meaning and are used to present some universal lesson. Hawthorne demonstrates this type of symbolism in the book because the Puritans saw

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    Vanessa No Ms. Pate American Lit – Honors 4 September 2014 Social Class and Isolation in “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is a short story about the life of a woman with a tragic story. Faulkner’s interpretation on social class is apparent in the story as it centers around on the lives of townspeople who are obsessed with a Southern woman. The town’s social interaction and conflict with Emily is one of the reasons why she has shut herself out from their community. The

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    The Lumber Room

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    struggles of nature. Nature generally wins in the end. In this text the author colorfully describes interesting childhood of the little boy which name is Nicholas. This story told us about the one day of the Nicholas life‚ the day when he was in disgrace. In this day Nicholas was at home with his aunt. And he realized his dream and scrape in the unknown land‚ in the lumber-room. Nicholas saw many beautiful things there. His imagination painted the great pictures in his mind. But his aunt began to

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    Understanding Islam

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    Comprehensiveness By Omar Tarhuni Royal Holloway University Introduction The Story of the Elephant For some non Muslims Islam is chopping hands and having four wives. How would we describe Islam.? Is Islam the acts of worship that we know.? Or is it morality and good manners? ‚ Creed? Or legislation? Islam is a message for all times and generations. It is not limited to a particular period or time like other religions before Islam. The Prophet Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah to mankind

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