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    Extended Response – Emma and Clueless Both Emma and Clueless have almost identical values. Life for women during Emma was all about who you married‚ what family you came from and the amount of wealth you and your family had. Clueless highlights some of the values that Cher and her friends have‚ including who you go out with‚ the amount of money you had and could spend on items‚ and for Cher in particular the importance of family. The context of the novel and the film are completely different. Emma

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    Two ancient renowned protagonists: Spartacus and Gilgamesh. They both lived in the before christ era‚ Gilgamesh lived in the 2700 B.C (Sarah). However‚ Spartacus lived from 109-71 B.C (Czech). Both of which have different stories from one another. One being a gladiator turned slave turned rebellion leader. The other being a demigod and king of Uruk. They both have traits that would make them well admired by modern society. However‚ Spartacus would more than likely be more adored. This is because

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    We live in a world that is fast paced and has a constant stream of choices all following each other. We rarely give the time to reflect on and understand the decisions we make. Most are content with living life‚ trying to get by with the technical knowledge they know‚ and a superficial understanding of one’s self. However‚ Murakami‚ in Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage‚ argues that in order to understand and be confident in one’s self‚ one has to confront truths about themselves

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    The NBA is a growing professional basketball league‚ and has 30 different teams. All of the teams have differences and similarities. Others‚ however‚ look very similar from the outside‚ but in reality‚ they are completely different. Although the Lakers and Clippers are both located in Los Angeles and they share the same arena‚ the differences between the two prove how much better the Lakers are. Although the Lakers and Clippers share some common traits‚ they also are completely different. Both teams

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    In Zeffirelli’s and luhrmann’s individual movies on the Shakespearean play of Romeo and Juliet‚ they show a great deal of focus on the theme of conflict‚ which had occurred mainly between the two rivals of the play‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Although the movies are based on the same play‚ they differ quite a lot. Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet was set in the 1600s‚ which was accurate for the play. For luhrmann’s version‚ he set the movie in the modern era which inevitably causes

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    Beowulf and Gilgamesh are both unique epics in their own ways‚ yet share a connection. Gilgamesh‚ a long narrative poem written over five thousand years ago from Mesopotamia‚ now present day Iraq‚ is among the earliest known works of literature. Regardless‚ of losing over a thousand words from its ancient text‚ it is still a great story about the protagonist‚ Gilgamesh king of Uruk. Beowulf‚ written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D.‚ describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian

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    One can find many similar recurring themes in the novels Siddhartha‚ by Herman Hesse‚ and Perfume‚ by Patrick Suskind. Both authors use an aspect of nature as a symbol‚ the river. Since the time of the ancient Chinese‚ Pharaohs‚ Romans and Greeks‚ people have believed that the flow of the river represents the flow in one ’s life. They use the river to symbolise peoples ’ existence. In both books‚ the river portrays spiritual aspects that tell the characters ’ life stories‚ whether they take place

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    Characterization is the process of an author developing a character’s qualities or personality by describing him or her in a fictional story. In the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a hunter‚ is trying to keep himself alive on Ship Trap Island‚ where a nefarious man named General Zaroff is hunting him for sport. Rainsford and Zaroff the two men going toe-to-toe are shown through characterization that they contrast and compare from each other. The two characters

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    A French philosopher and writer‚ Voltaire‚ wrote the novella Candide in the late 17th Century. Candide is a dark comedy describing many atrocities and dark events throughout the life of the eternal optimist‚ Candide‚ the main character. A similar masterpiece‚ Tartuffe‚ was written in the 17th century by Moliere as a satirical display of religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe is a production of vice and virtue that involves a witty and brusque family that idolizes a single religious figure who tries to insinuate

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    At first glance Joshua seems to just be a story of the Israelites and the settling of the Promised Land‚ however‚ there may also be a prophetic vision of God’s plan for Salvation of His people. The book of Joshua shows the difference between living a life‚ like Moses‚ under the Law of the Old Testament and under the freedom‚ which came from Jesus Christ‚ as Joshua did. One could certainly make a strong case that Joshua 1-6 can be looked at as a metaphor of Jesus Christ and man’s salvation through

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