“rogue‚” using the term in the sense of a male animal gone bad” (Crichton 5). Edward Pierce was described as a refined gentleman who turns to the lower-class to carry out a crime. Pierce committed the robbery by obtaining a motive to maintain his social status and wealth; he was able to sustain this motive by turning to crime and by using his cunning traits to outsmart authority. Crichton manages to point out Edward Pierce’s social status. To retain his wealth‚ he contacted people involved with
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addressed during a time of spiritual restoration‚ the Great Awakening. During his sermons‚ Edwards uses a selection of persuasive methods‚ containing descriptive images and simple metaphors to influence sinners to repent. Edwards used many images to convey the power of God to the people because many of the people he preached to were illiterate and couldn’t understand complex words. One of the imageries that Edwards uses to make people turn away from their sinful nature is the comparison of God’s wrath
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Jonathon Edwards knew what he intended to be understood when writing his sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God." He makes the audience of the eighteenth century grasp onto their chairs and look away in fear of the sight or sound of hell. He wants to make sure the audience is aware of heaven and hell‚ so they may achieve the "right one." Edwards scares the audience to believe that God can do away with them at any second. He uses dramatic comparisons to show the wrath of God. To make
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Document 6: Francis Ralston Welsh to Professor Emily Greene Balch‚ 21 November 1924‚ Swarthmore College Peace Collection‚ Hannah Clothier Hull Papers (Microfilm‚ reel 5‚ section 3). Introduction The following letter from extremely anti-Communist Francis Ralston Welsh (see also Document 21) apparently replied to correspondence from Emily Greene Balch‚ Vice-Chairman for the U.S. Section of WILPF‚ asking Welsh to refrain from repeating "false or libelous statements" about the organization.
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Name ----------------------------‚ Date ________________ In class assignment total points___50__ CHAPTER 16 – EUROPE TO THE EARLY 1500s: REVIVAL‚ DECLINE‚ AND RENAISSANCE 1. As compared to its experience in the early Middle Ages‚ western Europe in the High Middle Ages was a. more decentralized. c. less militaristic. b. less isolated. d. more religiously diverse. 2. During the late Middle Ages‚ a. kingship was despotic and absolute. b. kings
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In "States" the author‚ Edward Said‚ discloses the story of his people‚ the Palestinians‚ in an epic to express to the world the disconcerting challenges endured by the struggling Palestinian culture. The underlying claim is that of which is fair for any people to aspire‚ the dream to be master in your own house. Thus translated into the ideals of nationalism: blood and belonging. Said uses a combination of both photographs and writing style to tell a story that is deeper than the plain text.
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How has your understanding of Letter Two reshaped your understanding of marriage and female identity in Pride and Prejudice? In Weldon’s novel‚ Letters to Alice‚ she scrutinises and exposes the reality that women faced in the Regency period in regards to marriage and female identity. This forces the reader to rethink their prior views of women that were shaped by Austen’s context‚ thus appreciating her novel on a deeper level. In comparison to Austen’s text which emphasises the necessity for Georgian
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Conformism in an aspect of our life which‚ although we don’t like to admit it‚ influences ourselves well as the opinions and traits of others as a social class. Intolerance and discrimination against difference is inherent in conformity‚ Tim Burton’s film ’Edward Scissorhands’ and the anonymously written poem ’About school’ explore these idea through means of techniques such as symbolism‚ repetition and motifs. Both the cinematic elements and poetic devices conveyed in these texts showcase an idea of conformity
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the mood of this passage. The mood of this passage is persuasive angry admonitory which means it’s a warning for people. 2. Using specific examples‚ give one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. a. Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as. For example: In the sermon the metaphor of loathsome insects describes sinners. The congregation’s
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For Jonathan Edwards those that have received the Holy Spirit as a free gift receive the affections that the Spirit brings with it. The Spirit is the one that causes mankind to act in line with the will of God and according to Edwards those actions only come about through the affections in which they feel. This is not something that happens only for Christians though. In fact‚ Edwards argues that all humanity is driven by the affections of the heart. Meaning that those that have not received the
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