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    Little Sister

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    SCENE 21 BELLA is walking down the hall. She has been crying. JORDAN spots her BELLA Do you have any chips? JORDAN No. … Bella‚ you okay? BELLA Fine. Don’t look at me. JORDAN No you’re not. What’s wrong? BELLA I need some chips. An economy size two-bag box of chips. JORDAN Tracey … Has she been bugging you‚ hurting your … BELLA Not her. Katie. JORDAN Katie … BELLA Sometime she can be incredibly mean. Everyone can be increadibly mean. JORDAN Tell me about it. Tracey

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    Joan of d’Arc The Middle Ages saw the rise and fall of empires. Wars and conquests where kings were crowned and their champions become legends. The tales of their deeds are still are written in our history‚ but like all legends there is a mixture of truth and myth. It is during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England that we hear of one such tale. The rise of King Charles VII and his champion‚ Joan of d’Arc‚ a mere peasant girl and devout to the Catholic Church who became a warrior

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    Tone Vale Hospital

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    Tone Vale Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the north west of Norton Fitzwarren‚ near Taunton‚ Somerset‚ England‚ in what is now the village of Cotford St Luke. It covered a large catchment area‚ with patients originating from places as far apart as Porlock (on the north western edge of Somerset) and Yeovil (on the south eastern edge). Contents   [hide]  1 History 2 Notable people associated with Tone Vale 3 Associated institution 4 In literature 5 Current

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    Anne Bradstreet Tone

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    Bradstreet utilizes an iambic rhythm‚ rhyming couplets‚ inverted syntax‚ and pronounced shifts in tone to exemplify Puritan ideals at the time as well as emphasize the ongoing internal battle between her attachment to material things versus her relationship with God. Throughout the poem‚ she establishes a consistent eight syllable iambic rhythm accompanied with rhyming couplets. This well structured rhythm mirrors the similar strict lifestyle of Puritans at the time‚ whose lives were often based

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    This essay will focus on both Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in an attempt to explain deviance in young people using explanatory theories. Jon was second born out of three children. According to Jon’s mother‚ Susan‚ his elder bother at three years old never stopped crying and was very difficult to manage. This indicates that the toddler was highly distressed and unhappy. However‚ there was only one year between Jon and his sister‚ who later were diagnosed with learning disabilities (Sereny‚ G

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    Friendships Worth Keeping

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    Could a Friendship Save a Life? "Friendship is unnecessary‚ like philosophy‚ like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." This quote by C. S. Lewis is indeed true in that friendship gives us a purpose in life‚ helping many of us wake up and get out of bed in the morning. Without companions in our life there wouldn’t be anyone or anything to share the great and not so great moments that occur in our lives. But is Lewis right about friendship

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    Robert Frost Tone

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    other. Frost plays on many aspects within each‚ while still keeping consistency of themes such as life‚ nature‚ and the emotions of the narrator and how they affect their lives and choices. With the undertone of life being a key component‚ one speaks of a choice to make and how it can affect the life from that moment forward‚ the other hints at a life lived and reflection. The narrator in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” brings tones to light that he is more introverted and reflective. He

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    Little Ducky Ouack Essay

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    Little ducky Ouack took a waddle around Boston in 1765. He saw many interesting things for a duckling his age. They may have scarred him for life. First he came across a crowd‚ he was curious‚ so he waddled over‚ his big webd baby duck feet plopping like he was walking with flippers on. Once he got to the center of the mob he saw figure covered in something like tar‚ with an outer layer of white feathers. In the air was a flag waving in the breeze‚ it had "Sons Of Liberty" written across it

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    My Mistress Tone

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    Analysis of the sonnet‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” William Shakespeare is well known for his unique style of writing‚ and really changed the tone of romantic poetry with his sonnet “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”. He wanted the readers to see a different side of what beauty was he wanted them to see a more realistic view of a women. In the 1600 time frame the writers made women seems so prefect and angelic; which is not at all the way most women really look. Shakespeare

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    50's Essay

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    General The 50’s was the decade that gave us the still well known and well loved music genre of Rock’n’Roll. Other than Rock’n’Roll country music‚ traditional pop‚ and rhythm and blues were the main genres of the 50’s. Rock’n’Roll Bill Haley & His Comets‚ a group that was founded in 1952‚ were some of the first to play this specific genre In 1954 the Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” became the first song ever used for a movie’s soundtrack. Is believed to be a mix of rhythm‚ blues‚ and country

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