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    The proposition that warfare caused hardship for civilians is a valid reason because all the sources agree on it to some extent civilians. Firstly sources 1 and 2 tell us that warfare did cause hardship for most people during that time. Due to all the bombs being dropped many people were forced to move out of their homes. This caused a lot of hardship for the civilians because people had to move house due to the “ghastly [air] raids” source 2 says. Source 2 also tells us that “For amidst such

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    temptation and resolves to live and die with his mortal wife and watch his son grow up. THE GLASS MENAGERIE: 1) “But the wonder fullest trick of all was the coffin trick. We nailed him into a coffin and he got out of the coffin without removing one nail. . . . You know it don’t take much intelligence to get yourself into a nailed-up coffin‚ Laura. But who in hell ever got himself out of one without removing one nail?” The speaker of this quote is Tom Wingfield and the composer is Tennessee Williams

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    business in a room full of nigger men.” She says she will make sure mama’s coffin is closed shut that night.”. Again the Granny doesn’t make an effort to use Jesse’s name but refers to him as a ‘nigger’ this further presents the point were she doesn’t want to give them human like features or see them as individuals but instead as a collective group. Then later Jesse presents the fact that her Granny made sure that the coffin was closed tight that night because she was drawing off past thoughts that

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    It was September 2 of 2015‚ the air was just a little chilly‚ and‚ for once‚ I was glad I was wearing my grey sweater. I stood outside of my mother’s Yukon waiting for my brothers to pile in the back. When they finally did‚ my mother drove us to the funeral home. The drive was long and quiet‚ it was as if someone had grabbed a television remote and muted us‚ so I decided I would listen to music to drown out the silence. Finally‚ we arrived at the funeral home‚ and it just so happened that

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    mumbles rang through the air. "May Our Lord grant peace to his soul.."Priest Winchester droned on; a strong distorted his voice and zig zagged through his hair‚ causing it to sway to an unknown beat. Anguish ridden eyes glazed as Sam’s body lay in it’s coffin‚ mouth opened in a silent cry‚ eyes stretched wide open as if gazing into an unknown horror. His half torn cheek was fringed with maggots. The gruesome sight sickened many who were very close to the once lively young man. Amanda sniffled‚ trying

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    "Call me Ishmael‚" Moby-Dick begins‚ in one of the most recognizable opening lines in English-language literature. The narrator‚ an observant young man setting out from Manhattan‚ has experience in the merchant marine but has recently decided his next voyage will be on a whaling ship. On a cold‚ gloomy night in December‚ he arrives at the Spouter-Inn in New Bedford‚ Massachusetts‚ and agrees to share a bed with a then-absent stranger. When his bunk mate‚ a heavily tattooed Polynesian harpooner named

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    is quite amazing how even when these people were going through tough times‚ they managed to still think of others. They had so much spirit and wanted to help everyone else as much as they could. Even though the book did not say much about the coffin ships‚ these people’s lives aboard the ships were very miserable‚ and all of these people continued to stay very brave. There was a lot of disease and illness spreading quickly through out the ships. Many ships departed from Ireland in the

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    Queequeg’s coffin. When it is first mentioned‚ it is representing the theme of the idea that death is always impending. Melville strongly drives the thought of death always coming closer and closer every day lived. The coffin’s meaning changes after Queequeg’s decision changes in Moby Dick. He decides to continue living his life and therefore his coffin represents his choice to live and the new him coming out of this decision. Going along with the idea of a new life‚ Queequeg’s coffin serves as a

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    exception of all of them being vampires. Another example of why Madeline is a hemoglobin craving beast is the fact that see escaped her tomb. In the story the narrator and Roderick bury her in the basement inside a wooden coffin. If it wasn’t hard enough to get out of the coffin the fact that the walls and ceiling were made out of copper and there was a heavy metal door sealing the basement off makes this escape better than any of

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    Significant artefacts found in kings Tuts tomb The wealth of artefacts found in the tomb of Tutankhamun‚ has increased our knowledge of the ancient Egyptian society‚ culture‚ religion and what roles the Pharaohs played in the society. The Tomb of Tutankhamun was described by Howard Carter as being in a state of ‘organised chaos’. It contained around 700 items‚ some for decoration‚ some because they belonged to the king‚ some to tell stories of the king and some for protection and guidance into the

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