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    (Chorus) We are one but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice I am You are We are Australian I came from the dream time from the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame I stood upon the rocky shore I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I’d been the first Australian I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains I cleared the land‚ endured the lash and waited for the rains

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    Mister Pip By Lloyd Jones

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    children’s questions. Mr. Watts reads to them everyday and explains what is happening in the book. When Matilda tells her mom what she is learning in class‚ her mom questions it. When she confronts Mr. Watts about this‚ he knows how to handle the situation. One day‚ Matilda’s mother‚ Dolores‚ comes into class and talks about how the devil and God do exist‚ because Mr. Watts does not believe in them. Matilda says “If my mum had set out to insult Mr. Watts and show him up‚ then she failed-if Mr. Watts’ smile

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    Conflict and Reconciliation between King Stephen and the English Church Assistant Dr. Monica Oancă The civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda was an Anglo-Norman crisis with deep implications both for the English aristocracy and for the ecclesiastical authority within the realm. Although the political repercussions of the splintering of the Anglo-Norman ruling elite have often been discussed‚ the position of the Church and its bishops has been usually overlooked although

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    Philadelphia in 1793. The novel follows Matilda and her survival in disease-ridden Philadelphia‚ for everyone around her seems to have caught the illness. An example of this is in chapter 9‚ as mother is thought to be alright‚ but is later seen awaking violently while throwing up black vomit. Black vomit is a common sign of the fever‚ though it isn’t the prettiest. Matilda also becomes infected while helping out‚ but this isn’t until chapter

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    Exit scene of Oslec and Antonio * Antonio and his new girlfriend had an argument with Samantha but during the commotion Antonio offended his girlfriend and Oslec defended her thus after that they ran away together never to go back. i. Yaya Matilda and Simang * Simang asks Yaya to buy her celery and another stuffs and reminding her not to buy cheap stuffs. j. Simang and Antonio * Simang and Antonio were in the Party and Simang always boasts about New York and insulting her hometown

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    Shakespeare's Monk

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    Shakespeare’s Monk If there is one thing that Matthew Lewis’ novel The Monk: A Romance teaches us about writing‚ it is that William Shakespeare was an amazing creative author. Just about every facet of Lewis story is‚ at least in some part‚ borrowed from Shakespeare’s work. The most obvious allusion to Shakespeare in The Monk: A Romance‚ is the plot line of Lewis’ novel and Shakespeare’s work Measure for Measure. The story of Measure for Measure centers on Lord Angelo‚ who is given control

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    The Castle of Otranto

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    Title: The Castle of Otranto Author: Horace Walpole Year: 1764 First Gothic novel: horror‚ romance‚ fiction‚ fear. Motto of the book: Fathers’ sins are hereditary. Gothic novel - an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries‚ characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting. (shocking people‚ gloomy‚ dark‚ depressing‚ also mental fog‚ different symbols‚ voices

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    In Book III of The Republic‚ Plato addresses the basic principles of education and the role of censorship in a just nation. He begins by compiling that education should consist of music‚ and poetry for the rational part of the soul‚ and physical education for the spirited part of the soul. Both together generate a harmony in the soul which is‚ the ultimate goal of education. Plato then states that education in music and poetry begins before the physical training. He then describes that beginning

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    the most and wasn’t able to trust her mother Dolores because she stole the book the white man was teaching the class about. Feeling isolated and unloved she asks her teacher “Is it weird I can hear pip’s voice‚ like really hear him” (jones 181). Matilda`s able to remove herself from isolation by opening herself up to Dickens book and the protagonist in that book. This form of literature must have been a strong influence to her because she was able to visualize herself with the protagonist of the

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    Compare Happiness and Life Between D. H. Lawrence ’s "You Touched Me" and Friedrich Nietzche ’s "The Use and Abuse of History Taken From The Twilight Of the Idols." INTRODUCTION In this paper‚ I won ’t stick to only one topic. I will compare different topics‚ such as happiness and life between two romantic writers‚ D. H. Lawrence and Friedrich Nietzsche from D. H. Lawrence ’s You touched me and Friedrich Nietzche ’s The use and abuse of history taken from The twilight of the Idols. I will start

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