Lions Arch an island city state located off the easten coast Galorin main land‚ is a naturally beautiful place due to its ancient trees and high mountains‚ lively forests and calm rivers. Its buildings are ornately decorated in a way that prevents them from destroying any natural environments. The city itself is a haven for philosophers‚ monks and anyone seeking enlightenment. The island is also home to Valorin’s greatest diplomats‚ famous across the whole continent. Its peaceful population consists
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Summer has ended in Bangladesh‚ but terrorism continues to heat up the country. On October 24‚ a Shia shrine in Dhaka was bombed on the day of Ashura‚ leaving one dead and over a hundred injured. A few weeks earlier‚ Kunio Hoshi‚ an elderly Japanese citizen‚ was gunned down in Rangpur district. His murder came a few days after Cesare Tavella’s‚ an Italian aid worker sprayed with bullets in Dhaka’s diplomatic neighborhood. Police sources reported that five homemade bombs were used to target the
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Chapter I Introduction In a beauty-pageant-crazy country like the Philippines‚ the annual Miss Universe pageantry is a most-awaited event for many Filipinos. It is that time when many Filipino people gravitate towards their TV sets with their eyes wide open as though entranced on the pageant events as they unfold. Probably next to boxing‚ the Miss Universe pageant is the most-widely watched worldwide event in the Philippines. As evidence of the country’s penchant for this event‚ the country has
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The opening of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura immediately immerses the reader into a fantastical world ruled by Venus. Creation and generation‚ nature and nurture‚ all lie within her realm. While perhaps foreign to modern audiences‚ such a world would have been familiar to Lucretius’ original Roman audience. In the next few lines‚ however‚ this familiar world experiences upheaval. Venus is usurped as Man becomes the protagonist. More specifically‚ Epicurus emerges as the champion of humanity. As the
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Starting at Stonewall The topic I choose for my Final Project Paper was “Starting at Stonewall: The Gay Rights Movement.” While researching this topic‚ my points of focus were how the events at Stonewall started. I also thought to focus on what the outcome of the event was. More of a “cause and effect” focus. To fully understand how the events at the Stonewall Inn came about‚ you need to understand how society was in that time. Gays were not openly accepted by the world like they are today. In
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Lysander’s advances? Answer: Helena knows how much liked Hermia‚ so she can’t understand why he has ditched her so suddenly and came after her. Evidence from the text: “You do advance your cunning more and more. When truth kills truth‚ O devilish holy fray! These vows are Hermia’s. Will you give her
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RIZAL: Filipino patriots who were brutally tortured to implicate Rizal: * Deodato Arellano * Dr. Pio Valenzuela * Moises Salvador * Jose Dizon * Domingo Franco * Timoteo Paez December 29‚ 1896 – Rizal was formally notified of the court’s verdict: death. “Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis - always had with him (Rizal). Documentary and Testimonial evidence presented against Rizal: * A letter of Antonio Luna to Mariano Ponce * A letter of Rizal to his family
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Justin Martyr (100 - 165 AD) wrote‚ “But if this idea take possession of some one that if we acknowledge God as our helper‚ we should not‚ as we say‚ be oppressed and persecuted by the wicked; this‚ too‚ I will solve. God‚ when He had made the whole world‚ and subjected things earthly to man‚ and arranged the heavenly elements for the increase of fruits and rotation of the seasons‚ and appointed this divine law--for these things also He evidently made for man--committed the care of men and of all
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arms. The older boys were chanting an intense drumbeat of “to the beach!”. Their intentions were clear. If I didn’t hold on‚ they would drag me away to the beach and beat me with the small tree. My friends slouched to the side‚ helpless against the fray. I still grappled the pine‚ my hands trying to find a crack or crevice in the rough bark to hold on to. I was wearing a hoodie that day‚ and one of the older boys began to pull at it in an attempt to rip me off of the tree. The pressure of the hoodie
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"Romeo and Juliet" is the tragic tale of forbidden love‚ fate and destiny. The prologue is important as it introduces these key themes and creates dramatic irony. It is introduced by a chorus - to give us a commentary and summary of the action. The dramatic irony whets the audience’s appetite for the play‚ and the prologue helps the lower class audience understand the storyline easier. Act 1 Scene 1 grabs the attention of both the higher and lower classes of audience with the use of poetry for the
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