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    Chamber of Commerce will please take notice.” | The author exaggerates in this sentence making it seem as if no one in the whole state was friendly or welcoming. Like if they were all grumpy and impolitely. | (2) Rhetorical Shift | | “When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville‚ she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change” | As I was reading the passage‚ I notice a rhetorical shift in this few sentences. When the author wrote “…she was no more.” Makes it seem as if she

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    sports‚ and music of the Elizabethan Era Elizabethan era culture was very different‚ but also similar to our culture today. There are many mysteries surrounding the Elizabethan era. This era started when queen Elizabeth the first took power hence the name Elizabethan Era. During the year the ra took place (1558- 1603) there was a distinct culture of England. People of the Elizabethan era were into many different things like sports‚ food‚ and clothing. People of the Elizabethan era were into sports

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    which the Shakespearean play‚ Othello is set in is a clear representation of the writer’s context. The values‚ attitudes and beliefs that Shakespeare reveals in the opening and closing scenes of Othello‚ are the exact to the ones accepted by the Elizabethans of the sixteenth century. With the limited number of Black people being around‚ in Othello we can see the racist remarks that are being made upon one‚ as well as the resilience to accept one within a society. Even though the play itself is set

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    After being charged with a penalty‚ the bulk of criminals were sentenced to a prison until either released or punished. There were exactly eighteen prisons: the Tower‚ the Gatehouse‚ Fleet‚ Newgate‚ Ludgate‚ Poultry Counter‚ Wood Street Counter‚ Bridewell‚ White Lion‚ the King’s Bench‚ Marshalsea‚ Southwark Counter‚ Clink‚ St. Katherine’s‚ East Smithfield‚ New Prison‚ Lord Wentworth’s‚ and Finsbury. Each of the prisons in London had different levels of accommodation for its prisoners. The section

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    marriage was dissolved in 2003. At the time of his death‚ Crichton was married to Sherri Alexander‚ who was six months pregnant with their son. He had many careers such as a physician‚ teacher‚ film director and screenwriter before becoming an author. Two of Crichton’s books written were A Case of Need (1968) and Jurassic Park (1990). Crichton wrote A Case of Need while on a plane and won the Edgar Allan Poe award for it. Many of Crichton’s books became movies. Crichton’s theme was techno-thrillers

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    Elizabethan Knights During the Elizabethan era‚ 1558 to 1603‚ knights played a huge rule and were very important. Becoming a knight was not was not easy at all. They were important when protecting the land and the people. Without knights there would be no one to protect the magnificent Queen and also others. Knights were very interesting and important to the Elizabethan era and impacted the civilization in many ways. “Becoming a Knight took years of training‚ during which a young man learned how

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    Gambling was a favourite past time in the Elizabethan era. Anther word for gambling is gaming. Gambling is games that you bet money in the hope of winning more money back. These games ranged from board‚ card and dice games. Gaming/gambling were sometimes played in theatres such as the ones that Shakespeare’s plays were in. Other popular venues were gambling dens and houses. Although the stereotypical gambler is a poor man spending his wages‚ Queen Elizabeth I did like to play these sorts of

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    The efforts of five women known as the Famous Five has had a lasting effect on the rights of women in Canada to this day. These women‚ all from Alberta‚ were Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards. Emily Murphy pressured the Alberta government into passing the “Dower Act’ which protected a wife’s right to one-third (⅓) share of her husband’s property. Nellie McClung was very active with organizations and was involved in politics from 1914 to 1926

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    Have you ever wondered what it was like back in the Elizabethan Era? Have you ever wondered what armor came to be and what weapons were made of? If you read this text you’ll see that it’s full of interesting facts. You will find that in many ways the rich gets more than the poor. You will also learn who makes the weapons and how . In the Elizabethan Era many weapons were made to protect its user . Many of these weapons were obtained by different classes of people. Rapiers and other weapons were

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    During the reign of Henry VIII (1485-1509) in England‚ the royal confiscation of monastic land s and church properties put a huge crutch on the entire charitable system. Between 1536 and 1544‚ one would have to search far and wide for medical help‚ and there was absolutely no help for indigent people in the city of London. In 1569‚ royal hospitals were finally restored‚ including Christ’s Hospital for Children‚ St. Mary’s of Bethlem for mental cases‚ and general hospitals such as St. Bartholomew’s

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