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    Flight by Doris Lessing

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    head was the dovecote” and the action of watching pigeons are described by a series of phrases such as “full of strutting (walk proudly with head up and chest out)‚ preening (make feathers smooth with beak) bird; broke on into small rainbows; lulled (make somebody relaxed and calm) by their crooning (sing quietly and gently)”. Then‚ his hands “stretched up toward his favorite‚ a homing pigeon; grasped the bird”. He puts his hands out straight and captures the pigeon he likes best.  At that very

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    being harmed. In the play Elizabeth Proctor is married to a man named John Proctor. The audience finds out in the play John Proctor cheats on his wife with a teenage girl named Abigail Williams before the play takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective wife‚ to supportive wife. In act two Elizabeth Proctor shows the character trait of being powerless women when she is confronted by Mary Warren. Elizabeth says‚ “I couldn’t stop her

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    Chapter One London‚ 1818 Elizabeth was not a saint. That’s not to say she was cruel‚ indecent‚ or unrespectable. She was human and aware enough of her character to try to be kind‚ thoughtful and dutiful to others. She was prone to melancholy but also knew joy‚ not as frugal as she ought to be but not a wastrel‚ she loved her family madly but frequently sought time alone from their society. She was neither lively nor indolent but she hated the pastimes females of her station passed for work;

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    Intro Elizabeth Blackwell was a doctor who made many achievements and overcame hardship. She was the first woman ever to graduate from medical school. She also made many medical achievements and opened hospitals and schools to help save countless lives. About My Scientist Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3‚ 1821‚ in Bristol‚ England. And was the third of nine children. Her family moved to the United States when she was 11 years old. They first s settled in Ney York City but later moved

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    First flight of my life

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    First flight of my life I couldn’t forget the day when I got a chance to travel by plane for the first time. I was in grade five and I was 10 years old. Unfortunately‚ I had to travel alone because my parents didn’t get a leave from their office. I was flying from my hometown of Kathmandu to Pokhara. Although‚ that was a domestic flight I was so excited while travelling to my maternal uncle’s house. The plane was shaking abnormally at the time of take off. I was so scared‚ for a while I thought

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    dinner‚ they don’t have to worry about where to find their next meal. Elizabeth Murray went through an extremely hard struggle in her life. Elizabeth Murray didn’t graduate college. She went to college in Harvard‚ and was receiving $12‚000 a year. Elizabeth Murray left Harvard in the Spring of 2003. Elizabeth isn’t sure what she wants to major in‚ but plans on pursuing theater‚ film and literature. Elizabeth Murray is currently working at the New York Times and they offered

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    Queen Elizabeth I

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    Queen Elizabeth I six - 1547 - illegitimate - 1533 - Jane Seymour Protestantism - Thomas Seymour - 1558 - 2 and half - imprisoned - Anne Boleyn Elizabeth was born in ___1___ . Her parents were Henry VIII and ___2___. Her mother was beheaded when she was ___3___ years old and she was declared ___4___. Henry’s new queen ___5___ was kind to her but she died when Elizabeth was ___6___ years old. After Henry VIII’s death in __7____ he was taken in by Henry’s sixth and surviving wife‚ Katherine Parr

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    Queen Elizabeth 1

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    Elizabeth I (also known as Elizabeth the Great‚ or the "Virgin Queen") was born in 1533 into a dangerous world of political intrigue. When she was only two years old‚ her father‚ King Henry VIII killed her mother‚ Ann Boleyn‚ because she had not yet produced a male heir. Henry’s routine killing of her successive stepmothers every few years traumatized Elizabeth‚ who loved her father. Although Henry finally did father a son‚ Edward VI‚ the boy did not live long‚ dying at the age of sixteen after a

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    thing kept her alive. Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped out of her bedroom at night. She was kidnapped for nine months before she was found‚ but while she was there she was raped everyday. Elizabeth Smart was brave and strong throughout her kidnapping because of how she dealt with it‚ before she was kidnapped‚ when she was taken‚ and finally when she got home. Louis Smart was just trying to help out her husband‚ she never knew it was going to affect her daughters life. Elizabeth Smart’s mother Lois

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    REACTION PAPER ON THE FILM " ELIZABETH" Introduction (Film Review) At about 1553 when King Henry VIII has died. His sickly son Edward VI reigns for a short while before dying so his eldest daughter‚ Mary‚ a childless Catholic‚ has ascended to the throne. Under Mary’s reign‚ Protestants‚ known as heretics‚ are being burned to death. Mary is ill and her half sister‚ Protestant Elizabeth‚ is next in line to the throne. Regardless of Mary being queen‚ she would never allow a Protestant to rule

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