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    The Ghost Dance

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    The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it

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    Anil's Ghost

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    Anil’s Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje‚ first published in 2000. Anil’s Ghost follows the life of Anil Tissera‚ a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship‚ during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil‚ along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena‚ discovers the skeleton of a recently burned

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    Ghost In Macbeth

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    of himself‚ and he also sees Banquo’s ghost sitting in his dinner chair at a party. In some plays in real life‚ Banquo’s ghost is present and on stage‚ and some plays‚ the audience has to imagine what Macbeth is seeing. There be a difference in the effects that will be made from having the ghost on the stage and having him off. In the tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the most effective way to have the ghost appear in the play is to present the ghost on stage. It will allow the audience to

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    Ghost Dance

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    religion. The whites were taking over and the one time Indians could feel safe and at home was when they did the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance was a religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. This practice is said to reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace‚ prosperity‚ and unity to native peoples throughout the region. The Ghost Dance‚ they claimed‚ brought about renewal of native society

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    Ghosts of Mississippi

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    Myrlie Evers worked for the conviction of the white supremacist who murdered her husband‚ heroic civil rights leader Medgar Evers‚ through two hung juries and over thirty years. "Ghosts of Mississippi teems with the carefully recreated details of a relentless quest for justice and features special appearances by three children of Medgar Evers and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Yolanda."(Rob Reiner) The three main characters in this movie were Myrlie Evers‚ Bobby Delaughter‚ and Bryon de la

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    The Canterville Ghost

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    Canterville that the house is haunted. Mr. Otis says he will take furniture as well as ghost at valuation. The Otis family includes Mr. and Mrs. Otis‚ their daughter Virginia‚ twin boys (often referred to as "Stars and Stripes") and their eldest son Washington. At first‚ none of the members of the Otis family believes in ghosts‚ but shortly after they move in‚ none of them can deny the presence of Sir Simon (The Ghost). The family hears clanking chains‚ they witness re-appearing bloodstains "on the floor

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    are ghost real

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    If you believe in ghosts‚ you’re not alone: A 2005 Gallup poll found that 37 percent of Americans believe in haunted houses‚ and about one-third believe in ghosts. Tens of thousands of people around the world actively search for ghosts as a hobby. Researcher Sharon Hill of the Doubtful Newsblog counted about 2‚000 active amateur ghost-hunting groups in America. Ghosts have been a popular subject for millennia‚ appearing in countless stories‚ from "Macbeth" to the Bible‚ and even spawning their own

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    The Ghost Bird

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    What do you say? How about a book by Roland Smith called “The Ghost Bird” and “Animal Distress Calls” by Eliot Schrefer? I’ll explain to you why I chose these two right now. Birds live in lots of many states over the world‚ but some species have become extinct and some are on the verge of extinction. In each passage they relate to birds in some way whether it have them being sick or extinct-or maybe that they could go extinct. “The Ghost Bird” and “Animal Distress Calls” have the same theme of

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    Ghost-Hamlet

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    The Role of the Ghost in Hamlet 1 The ghost of Hamlet’s late-father is a character from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark. In the stage directions he is referred to as "Ghost." King Hamlet appears as a Ghost four times in the play: in Act I Scenes i‚ iv‚ and v‚ and Act III Scene iv. The ghost arrives at 1.00 a.m. in at least two of the scenes‚ and in the other scene all that is known is that it is night. The Ghost appears first to a duo

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    A Ghost at the Gates

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    A Ghost by the Gates: A Look at the Role of the Ghost in Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark In the play Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the Ghost that appears performs an important role. Because the Ghost is a supernatural being‚ its utility is very flexible‚ and as such is a perfect way for Shakespeare to use him in multiple ways. The fact that the Ghost can do peculiar things such as ignore characters and only be seen by certain characters means that the audience will not question

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