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    "She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d‚ and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello‚ I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello‚" is pervaded by a dominant theme‚ one of love. Othello‚ the Moor of Venice falls madly in love with a woman named Desdemona. They marry and are very happy together. Othello and Desdemona face many trials during the course of their nine-month marriage. The most notable one occurs when Barbanzio‚ Desdemona’s father accuses Othello

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    Fitzgerald ’s Great Gatsby and Elliot ’s The Wasteland are two stories that similarly express the modernist post-war disillusionment. Both stories comment pessimistically on the direction that our world is moving in from the post-war modernist perspective. Both men looked past the roaring twenties‚ and realized that this time period was actually a moral wasteland. The final paragraphs of The Great Gatsby sum up their mutual lack of faith in American culture to improve. Fitzgerald uses a number

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    Reset Form BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES __________________________ Council APPLICATION FOR EAGLE SCOUT RANK (To be submitted to the Regional Office) Date: _____________________ The National Court of Honor Boy Scouts of the Philippines Manila Sir and Madam: Please consider me as a candidate for the Eagle Scout Rank. In addition to meeting the necessary requirements for the previous advancement badges (Tenderfoot‚ Second Class‚ Explorer‚ First Class‚ Pathfinder‚ Outdoorsman‚ and Venturer)‚ I

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    Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird Although the novel To Kill a Mockingbird raises many important issues‚ Harper Lee bravely addresses the issue of racism in Maycomb society. The issue of racism surfaces in the novel when Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. Even though no evidence is discovered to convict Tom‚ the jury‚ which was made up of twelve white men‚ finds him guilty. This decision had a significant impact on Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Jem Finch

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    Harper Lee and her Works Harper Lee knew first hand about the life in the south in the 1930’s. She was born in Monroeville‚ Alabama in 1926 (Castleman 2). Harper Lee was described by one of her friends as "Queen of the Tomboys" (Castleman 3). Scout Finch‚ the main character of Lee’s Novel‚ To Kill a Mockinbird‚ was also a tomboy. "Many aspects of To Kill a Mockingbird are autobiographical" (Castleman 3). Harper Lee’s parents were Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. She was the youngest

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    Jem is the brother of scout there relationship is sometimes good they have differents at sometime when jem stats to mature. Jem and Scout had always been friends‚ but once Jem began to mature he had different expectations of Scout as her big brother rather than friend. He distanced himself from her and consistently reminded her that it was time to start being a girl. This upset Scout because she had no idea why he changed towards her because he thinks that he is getting older and then he has to act

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    An analysis of the theme in Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ - By Kate ____ (year 9) In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Harper Lee explores prejudice and the unjust courts of the 1930’s America. The first thing introduced to us is how equality should be a part of our courtrooms. Justice has not always been a common aspect of our lives; however‚ it is arguably the most important feature in our courtrooms. As Atticus said‚ in his speech defending Tom Robinson‚ “There is not a person in this courtroom

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    “Characteristics of services compared to goods” Term paper on “Characteristics of services compared to goods” Course Title: Service Marketing Course code: MKT 367 Prepared for: Nazia Nabi Faculty‚ School of Business‚ UITS Head of the BBA Department‚ UITS Prepared by: 1. S.M. Salehine Sakib (ID: 11310221) 2. Shahnaj Kabir Raha (ID:11310196) 3. Hasnahena Lucky (ID:11310219) 4. MD. Shake Safi (ID:11310031) 5. Md. Borhan Uddin (ID:11310225) University of Information Technology and sciences

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee wrote the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which she based on people she knew from her hometown in Alabama. During the time this book was written many people were racist towards each other. She wrote this book based on a court case so she could show how hard it was for civil rights in the south for everyone. Scout and Jem finch are siblings that are alike and not alike. When comparing and contrasting Jem and Scout‚ there is a big difference in their coming of age‚ while

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    goodreads.com). In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ young Jem and Scout Finch spend their summers in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Through the years they wait for the elusive Boo Radley to come out of his house and watch their father defend a black man in trial. The novel displays thematic topics such as prejudice‚ courage and family dynamics. Harper Lee illustrates the theme that prejudice causes people to treat others unfairly. After the hearings during the trial scene‚ Jem‚ Dill and Scout walk out of the

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