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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Evolutionists in Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ written in 1955‚ is an exceptional play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton‚ Tennessee. Previous to the trial‚ the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law‚ high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act‚ Scopes was taken to
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Joan of Arc was the first woman to lead France in battle. She was born in 1412 in Domremy‚ on the outskirts of France. Joan was an obedient child‚ who spent most of her time at church and reading the bible. During the time of her birth‚ the English had invaded most of France and were very close to winning the Hundred Years’ War. At the age of thirteen she started hearing the “voices” of St. Catherine‚ St. Michael‚ and St. Margaret that God sent down to earth to talk to her. The “voices” told her
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The Divine Wind ‘The Divine Wind shows how difficult it is for communities to accept cultural difference.’ Discuss. The community of Broome before the advent of World War II in The Divine Wind at first appears to be an idyllic town in which Malays‚ Koepangers‚ Japanese‚ Manilamen and Australians all work in relative harmony in search of the elusive pearl. Hartley Penrose‚ the central narrator of the novel‚ seems to enjoy describing the tropical existence of Broome and its harmony: “mangoes and
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Every time Christmas arrives‚ Santa Claus is on the minds of many children across the country. Their belief about a jolly old man in red called Santa Claus often results from the parents’ harmless lies of Santa’s existence. Once the kids are old enough to use logic and reason‚ they begin to question the inconsistencies of their childhood story and come to realize that Santa Clause doesn’t exist‚ thus altering their belief because the reality of Santa’s nonexistence has always been concealed. In Harper
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exploded soon after.” This story of humility and sacrifice can be compared to literary and also non-fictional people and can be applied in many different ways. The first things that Eva and Winkelreid had in common was their acts of sacrifice. In The Wind is Free‚ Eva’s mother had told her to go to the baker’s wife and tell her‚ “The bread is sour.” She was opposed to her request‚ but put her own feeling aside to carry on with her job. In this world‚ most anyone nowadays presumably would not accomplish
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Argument Analysis Essay of Saint Joan George Bernard’s play Saint Joan was written about the life of a French woman in the late 1420’s who was on trial for spreading heresy. The Inquisitor presented a case against Joan to the juries of the church court. His argument opened with an appeal to ethos. Throughout the rest of his speech he would keep up this type of appeal‚ preferring the approach of ethical appeals to that of logic. Due to his lack of logical appeals‚ he seemed to revert to logical
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In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most
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In the short story Ashes for the Wind‚ the protagonist Juan martinez is faced with conflict both external and internal. The story takes place in a village in Colombia that is going through political injustice and change. Juan and his family are told that they are being evicted from their house‚ and need to leave immediately. The first conflict was presented when Simon Arevalo’s son explained to Juan that he needs to clear out of his house. Although Arevalo and his parents had been friends with Juan
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If I were Santa‚ I would think the reason why the Elves had neither the experience for‚ nor the interest in work like that is because they had never expressed interest in that type of work. I‚ Santa‚ had always taken care of all the big picture and operational work in the past from when the company had first started until now. There was a culture established long ago that I handled the operations and the procedures. If there was a better way of doing things then I would let the Elves know and
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