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    After Pericles’ death‚ Thucydides foreshadows the plight of all later leaders‚ noting they were unable to rule the people as Pericles had‚ instead they “managed all these affairs in the opposite way” and “resorted to handing over affairs to the people’s pleasure” (2.65)‚ resulting in frequent missteps. Although this is presented to the reader‚ they still search for hope as the later leaders struggle to find the perfect balance of rationality and wisdom Pericles had achieved. There are frequent similarities

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    Funeral Food

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    In Jill Conner Browne’s “Funeral Food” she implies a message to the readers. The message she implies is that even when someone when someone dies and you go to a funeral there is always a better side to everything. Her humorous approach to death and the mourning process that follows is one of her many ways to make her essay more effective. She uses her sense of humor to lighten the mood and distract the reader from the funeral aspect. Her distraction comes from her sarcastic jokes about food being

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    -Clearly the North had a distinct advantage in its ability to produce soldiers and supplies -The the South counted on the North not having the stomach to stay in the war -They counted on the Union eventually giving up and allowing them to secede. -What they failed to take into account was the resolve of Lincoln. It is said the longer the war went on‚ the better the Norths’ chances of winning. Clearly this was true and as the war grew longer and longer the South was eventually doomed.

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    traditional funeral is basically a ceremony in a church or home where you celebrate and remember the life of a person who has died then proceed to the burial and repast. In New Orleans‚ things are done a little different and by different I mean Jazz Funerals. Jazz Funerals combines elements of African‚ French and early American funeral ceremonies that features a brass band‚ two lines of mourners which includes family and friends of the deceased‚ and many social clubs. Jazz funerals can be the total

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    Saurav Sharma English 11 Mrs. Hotchkiss 11/4/12 The Allegory of the Funeral Funerals: the encapsulation of morbidity‚ alongside the certainty that something has been lost. Funerals are done so systematically‚ that one begins to feel more and more despondent as they continue. Emily Dickinson in her poem “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain”‚ uses this systematic organization of a funeral to provide a familiar situation that readers can understand‚ and that also emphasizes the loss of her

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    He claims that Caesar was a tyrant and his place in power was only hurting Rome. However‚ his speech has several flaws: it is delivered in prose and filled with irony. After Brutus finishes‚ Antony harangues the crowd with his famous funeral oration. This oration is said to be some of Shakespeare’s finest writing. The meticulous lucubration that encompasses Rogerian structure and clever word association allows Antony to manipulate the plebeians in opposition of Brutus. To begin‚ it is widely known

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    My Funeral

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    For my funeral‚ I would like everyone I know to come to it. Also I would very appreciate it if no one cries or is sad. I would just like it if they share my memories instead of mourning over them. I don’t mind if my funeral is not that fancy‚ because I will not be there to see it‚ but I sure don’t want the mood of the funeral very melancholy. I would also like people to dress in white‚ as per our Indian culture. I do not want to be buried underground and just rot away‚ but I would like it very much

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    The Sculptor's Funeral

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    The Sculptor’s Funeral A major theme in this story is the effect that close-mildness can have on an individual’s life. This story is set in the small town of Sand City‚ Kansas. Most of the people in the town are greedy and materialistic‚ but above all they are very close-minded. The story centers on the funeral of Harvey Merrick. There were very few people in the town who actually understood Harvey Merrick‚ and because of this very few people liked him. Harvey Merrick did not measure up to the

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    being lonely. During her study‚ she wanted to research what risk factors cause people in Canada to be lonely and how to reduce them. Loneliness is the quantity or quality of one’s social interactions and expectations regarding them. She went on to address the misconception that social isolation and loneliness is a normal part of ageing. Loneliness affects all ages and in different ways. Some individuals like to spend their time alone‚ but they are not necessarily lonely‚

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    The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This is the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred on July 1st-3rd 1863 in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. More importantly Gettysburg was the clash between the two major American Cultures of their time: the North and the South. The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco‚ corn‚ and cotton‚ with many large plantations owned by a few very rich white males. These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers

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