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    My parents own six rental houses around St. Cloud‚ so the majority of my summers are at these houses‚ fixing things‚ mowing‚ and remodeling. On this specific summer day in 2006‚ my dad and I were repairing a fence at the house that I have always referred to as the black shutter house. I wasn’t actually helping of course‚ I was running around the fenced in yard‚ picking the tiger lilies on the side of the house and doing whatever six year olds do. I remember walking over to my father’s silver pick-up

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    The idea of a character feigning madness is not foreign to great literary works; in fact‚ many authors use it to show the sanity of the character. Odysseus shows his sanity by pretending to be mad in Homer’s The Iliad to avoid going to war. If his plan had been successful‚ he would have stayed safe at home‚ away from the dangers of war. The idea of feigning madness is also apparent throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The tragic character puts on an act after he is told of his father’s murder‚ perhaps

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    Madness‚ as portrayed by the media‚ is defined by its visibility. From the popular press to TV soaps and films‚ the depiction of madness always borders on the extreme: violent outbursts‚ fits‚ hallucinations. But beyond the violent depiction of madness portrayed by the media‚ it can take many forms. It can reveal itself as brutal public outbursts‚ as well as simply torturing the mind of it’s victims. Madness is unfortunately inevitable in some cases. Even those of strong character and will have given

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    Formal Analysis of "Relief of a Winged Genius" Yahaira Guzman Art History 09/29/10 Relief of a winged genius is a two-dimensional stone relief sculpture currently located on the first floor of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston‚ in the Ancient Near East Gallery (Accession number: 81.56). It is an Assyrian artifact excavated from the palace walls of the capital of ancient Nimrud‚ dating between 883-859 B.C. The unknown artist’s deliberate use of size‚ material‚ scale‚ style and

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    Hamlet‚ he was believed to have feigned his madness. I believe he did this as a way to get away with murder. The entire time Hamlet knew what was coming for him if he succeeded at getting revenge for his father’s murder. Overtime‚ Hamlet begins to cross the line into madness. Ophelia‚ also feigned her madness just to get Hamlet’s head back in the game. She was on a mission to figure out why Hamlet has gone mad. Hamlet’s method to have feigned his madness may have been to have a reason to get away

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    The Proof of Jesus Resurrection So many people question whether Jesus Christ’s resurrection is fact or fiction. I am writing this paper to prove that it was indeed real with the facts I have found from many different sources including the bible. These facts such as the empty tomb‚ many witnesses‚ the apostles‚ the brother of Jesus‚ conversation with Paul and those who sacrificed their lives for their belief in Jesus proves that there was a reason for it all and that was the resurrection

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    Genius is one per cent inspiration‚ ninety- nine per cent perspiration.” This famous saying by Thomas Alva Edison is very relevant in our present day context.It means that it is hard work that makes a person a genius.Edison was of the view that geniuses are made‚ not born.I agree with his views.Not everyone in this world who has good luck is a genius.Usually we find that the people who work hard to achieve their goal are the ones who are successful.Many times

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    Ten Years of Madness by Fens Jicai is a prime example of rebelling against the rebellion. The narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976) is exposed through irony and ambiguity in several personal accounts of what this terrible decade generated. The madness this movement created was engulfed by the constant confusion the populaces endured. The movement gave rise to false nationalist ideologies; in the end creating subjective damage to the masses. There are several personal accounts that

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    Pow #1- a Digital Proof

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    A Digital Proof Write-up The problem in A Digital Proof has two parts. The first is to fill in five boxes with numbers that fit the criteria: each box has a number‚ and the digit that is placed in each box must be the amount of times that number appears in the whole five digit number formed by the boxes. The second part of the problem is to prove that there is only one solution. How I went about solving this problem was somewhat simple; at least‚ it was at first. I started from the ‘four’ box

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    Earthquake Madness and Jack London‚ an Eyewitness Did you know that San Francisco had an earthquake that completely destroyed most of the city in 1906? The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London is a close up detailed memoir of this event. In 1906‚ there was a major earthquake in San Francisco that destroyed most of the city. After the earthquake many fires broke out‚ forcing people out of their homes and businesses‚ and also there was many fatalities. Jack London uses excellent literary devices when

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