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    Show how the playwright creates tension and how this increases your appreciation of any aspect of the play. Arthur Miller’s modern tragedy Death of a Salesman is rife with tension regarding the protagonist‚ Willy Loman‚ a salesman eluded and deluded by the American Dream. The play follows Miller’s reworking of the Aristotelian hero in the final twenty-four hours of his life. Willy’s obsession with his Dream and all associated with it – personal attractiveness‚ business success and family success

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    Why Do We Have Liberty?

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    political views‚ but what does it mean to have liberty? Most importantly‚ how does having liberty affect your day-to-day life‚ and is it really worth having in the long run? As stated before‚ liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restriction imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views‚ but I don’t believe this definition gives the word complete justice. Liberty‚ in my opinion‚ means that you don’t have to worry day-in and day-out about someone

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    Puritans In The Crucible

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    Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible‚ take’s place during The Salem Witch Trails of 1692. The characters in this play are Puritans. They believe that after death‚ comes judgment‚ and judgment determines if eternity awaits in heaven or hell. With that side‚ this play portrays many conflicts; lying‚ cheating‚ jealousy‚ and lust. Characters throughout this play accuse one another of witchcraft‚ in which the only punishment is death unless you confess. The actions that lead to the death of Giles Corey

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    Contradictions In The Puritan Religion Life is full of many contradictions‚ and the basis of the Puritan religion is no exception. The Puritans believed that they were God’s chosen people‚ as mentioned in the Bible. They saw themselves on a level above the average man‚ but in reality‚ their religion was full of inconsistencies. The Puritans believed in something known as the ‘Doctrine of Elect‚’ hinted at in Romans 8:28-30‚ 9:6-24‚ and later at the Synod of Dort.. The doctrine contradicted

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    THE SECRET IS REVEALED IN THE NOW! A Reflection “Human beings are living in great despair because they are not aligning themselves with the now. Think and act in the now. Live a life which is aligned to now.” – E. Tolle Human beings are bombarded with a lot of things in life due to things that they think. These include the dreams‚ desires‚ worries and concerns that the human beings wanted to realize in the future which made them forget to live in the present – in the magical now. According

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    LED TV

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    based on technology. Hypothesis 3: Ho: There is no association between age group and consumer prediction about the future success of Micromax LED TV H1: There is association between age group and consumer prediction about the future success of Micromax LED TV Age Group * Method Of Buying Cross tabulation     Will MICROMAX be successful in its LED TV product           Yes No idea No Total Age Group 18-30 12 17 3 32   31-45 5 7 3 15   46-65 0 3 0 3   65 and above

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    Why Should We Have Curfew

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    than 10. I guess there are reasons why we should have this but I’m going to disagree with them. Here is reasons why we shouldn’t have curfews. Kids my age normally are out till like midnight because that’s what we’re used to and that’s normal for us. They are also deciding this because they think it will prevent us from like drinking or doing naughty stuff. However‚ in reality‚ it won’t change anything because we would just do it sooner than normal‚ or we would ignore the curfew and just try

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    Puritan Synthesis Essay

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    Synthesis Essay The Puritans dream was to create a model society for the rest of the Christians. Their goal was to make a society in every way connected to god. But to really understand what the aspirations of the puritans were‚ we must first understand their beliefs. These beliefs were expressed through their writings which have been read through the years by American students. With this‚ American students were taught Puritan lessons of devotion‚ virtue‚ and conformity. Devotion can be defined

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    I think families should be able to have "designer babies" where the genes of the baby are chosen. There are four main reasons. First‚ this is a very interesting technology. We should try it‚ since people can choose what their babies to be like. Secondly‚ this is a big step of improving in the science area. There is no such thing before. We should let the families try this and see how it goes. If it workswe can put this technology on then other animals. It might help us to get earn more money by

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    In Romeo and Juliet the main conflict revolves around the Capulet’s and the Montague’s old feud. This then creates tension throughout the play because this old feud branches out into a lot of conflict between individual people. The prologue is very important in this play because it sets the way for the rest of the play‚ warning the audience that it is going to be a tragedy. The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet with a strict rhyme scheme and using iambic pentameter. This shows the audience

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