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    myths and legends

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    psychology‚ customs‚ or ideals of society. Definition of legend A legend is an unverified story which has been passed on from person-to-person. A legend usually includes an element of truth‚ or is based on historic facts‚ but with ’mythical qualities’. Legends usually involve heroic characters or fantastic places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs of the culture in which they originate. Difference between myth and legend Legends are generally stories‚ which have an actual historical event

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    Case Study – VANS – Skating on Air 1a) What were some of the key characteristics of Van’s earliest customers in the 1960’s and 1970’s? Some of the key characteristics of Van’s customers are teenagers who needed strong and durable footwear for their rough sports like skateboarding‚ people who needed customized shoes sizes due to various width and lengths of their feet‚ people who just simply want a shoe customized to their style and liking‚ and schools that needed shoes that could match the school

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    Edgar Allan Poe used literary devices of setting to create a dark ‚threatening tone in his short story Tell‚Tale‚Heart Which are mood and atmosphere‚time‚and population. The most powerful tool that poe used was mood and atmosphere. One example was when the old man’s room blocked out all ray of light.This enhances the darkness and threatening because it makes the reader feel scared at night in their room.(pg.538:2). Another example of fear darkness that Poe used was how the murderer

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    The Legend of Banana

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    The Legend of the Banana Long ago‚ before Philippines was invaded by other countries‚ the only religion Filipinos know is Paganism. They know no God until it was invaded by the Spaniards and killed everyone who refuses to give their riches. In the town of Davao‚ one rich family planned to hide their beautiful daughter named Corazon because they heard that the Spaniard captain wanted their child. Corazon was one of the most beautiful maiden in the town. Every man wants to have her hand in marriage

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    Discuss the Techniques Used by Shakespeare to Present Othello’s Transformation The transforming of Othello is perhaps one of the most important parts to the play. Shakespeare uses a number of techniques to get across the monumental change in Othello and to dramatically present both the characters and the story. Perhaps the most climatic of all the approaches is Othello’s given state of mind. To begin with‚ he is calm‚ reserved and commanding‚ knowing what he wants and how he is to get it. Shakespeare

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    Legend Story

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    Angelo Alberto M. Hermoso BALM 1-A The Magical Legend of Destiny Once upon a time there was once a majestic creature with a body of dolphin and a face of a crab‚ he was named Crabsimus Prime of the Crustacean race who lived in the eastern shores of the east. Their land was full of peace and prosperity until the Lion King attacked. Many have died from this great war‚ because of this The Great God Jebus cried for the loss of his creations‚ He cried and cried and cried many tears of sadness it was

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    Legend Of Zelda

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    The legend of Zelda is a video game series with a recurring plot line about a hero named Link clothed in green saving the Princess Zelda from the Demon King Ganondorf. For the majority of the game Link explores‚ battles evil‚ and accomplishes tasks for key characters. To begin with‚ for part of the game Link or the player explores terrain in Legend of Zelda. The first portion of the map Link explores is the Kokiri Forest. Link is raised here by the Great Deku Tree‚ a Tree that is like a father to

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    In the beginning it started at the night in the house. When Sleepy Dreamer was sleeping in the house with her side Kick called The Sleepy Girl and they lived in a city called New York. Sleepy Dreamer was sleeping on his own room and The Sleepy Girl is sleeping in her own room. They was very lazy to do thing and they were very sleepy people because that alls they are good at doing. Sleepy Dreamer is a person who sleeps a lot and these strange dreams and sometimes wake-up but not most of the times

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    In Jeannette Walls novel The Glass Castle Jeannette successfully and effectively accomplishes her purpose to tell people how she grew up and her life story with all of its new twists and turns life throws at her but to also encourage people to achieve their dreams and not have the past holding you back from getting them. Jeannette utilizes this purpose by using inspiration she choose this method because she wanted to not only inform about herself but inspire others that their past does not define

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    The writer aims to describe to the reader the nature of love through what love is not‚ and uses techniques such as repetition and allusions. In the opening lines of the sonnet‚ the persona bids the reader to “Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments.” It is inevitable that we make a connection to the Episcopal Book‚ where it is stated‚ “…if either of you do know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in marriage‚ that ye confess it.” While it is important to

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