The letter K comes from the letter Κ (kappa)‚ which was taken from the Semitic kap‚ the symbol for an open hand.[2] This‚ in turn‚ was likely adapted by Semites who had lived in Egypt from the hieroglyph for "hand" representing D in the Egyptian word for hand‚ d-r-t. The Semites evidently assigned it the sound value /k/ instead‚ because their word for hand started with that sound.[3] In modern-day English slang‚ the word "k" is used as a substitute for the abbreviation "O.K."‚ or "Okay." In International
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Scarlet Letter‚ sin makes a permanent `mark on a Puritan Salem Massachusetts in Boston. Through the actions and reactions of both the community and characters‚ we learn that guilt not only influences behavior but it also transforms us. Guilt is a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense‚ crime and wrong‚ which can overwhelms the people and weight heavily on the heart and mind. Guilt is the primary catalyst in the transfiguration of characters in The Scarlett Letter. Dimmesdale
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“New England Sources of The Scarlet Letter” that the setting of the novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne greatly influences how the characters act and feel‚ having a major impact on the events in the novel. The effect of the setting on the characters and events is apparent in the first four chapters of the novel. Because of the dark and gloomy setting of the jail and the scaffolding‚ the townspeople have a very negative attitude towards Hester and her bright letter A‚ which stands out in the grayness
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A Sample Apology Letter Tim Spencer 16741 North Greasewood Street‚ Surprise‚ AZ‚ United States (623) 583-3500 December 27‚ 2008 Michelle Anderson 2480 Fairview Avenue North‚ Roseville‚ MN‚ United States (651) 633-4366 Dear Michelle: I’m really sorry that I could not come to your Christmas party. You had told me about this party and asked me to be there. However‚ I could not manage reaching the party. I had gone to meet my parents who stay in Chicago last week. While returning
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Letter of Advice Dear Tammy and Edward‚ Frist of all I would like to congratulate you on your new engagement. I am truly honored for you to ask my advice on interpersonal communication for your relationship. Throughout this letter‚ I will cover various aspects of communication and basic principles. Hopefully this information will not only help you with your communication with one another‚ but with others as well. The best advice I can give you is to keep your communication with one another open
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Kristin Moseley Professor Hooks English 101 20 July 2009 The Scarlet Letter: Literary Criticism Published in 1850‚ The Scarlet Letter is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s most famous work‚ and the first quintessentially American novel in style‚ theme‚ and language. Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts‚ the novel centers around the travails of Hester Prynne‚ who gives birth to daughter Pearl after an adulterous affair. Hawthorne ’s novel concerns the consequences of the affair
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Tran Thi Luong Binh Lecturer of Banking & Finance Faculty Foreign Trade University Telephone number: (+84) 948 034 777 Email: binhtranha@yahoo.com Dear Sirs‚ I am writing a recommendation letter as the request of Nguyen Thu Huong‚ who is applying for the Undergraduate Exchange Program. She was one of my students who had taken my class for two semesters at Foreign Trade University (FTU). Huong was the most outstanding students in my class for her intelligence‚ creativity and hard-working
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Letter of Recommendation Physics Teacher I have known him since the past two years. I am his physics teacher in the XI and XII standard. During his stay at our school‚ Arjun has been amongst the toppers of his class in physics. He is always zealous to acquire knowledge and as a result his knowledge is excellent and his participation in extracurricular activities is exceptional and his image is an inspiration for many sportspersons. He possesses very good intellectual and analytical abilities
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