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    On the 11th November 2016 I went to see a play called Blood Brothers at Mayflower Theatre‚ it was written by Willy Russell.It was set in the 1960s in Liverpool. It was performed by the Professional Play Group and directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright. The play was a musical which meant during the performance there was songs suited to a specific moment within the play. Before attending the performance I already knew the story line however I was intrigued as to how they could perform the play themselves

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    The Case of Nathaniel Wu The case of Nathaniel Wu deals with discrimination against a man’s career‚ because of a very serious potential health problem. As part of the application process Nathaniel submitted a blood sample‚ which revealed Nathaniel had the allele for Huntington disease. Nathaniel’s case involves the questioning of ethics. Should Nathaniel be recommended or not. Nathaniel exhibits many positive aspects that could contribute to IPC. Nathaniel Wu is a top-notch microbiologist‚ who

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ on July 4‚ 1804. His parents were Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and Elizabeth Clark Manning. His father dies of yellow fever when he was four years old. He then grew up in the manning household with his grandparents‚ uncles‚ and aunts. Nathaniel Hawthorne was fond of taking long walks by himself and reading excessively. He studied Shakespeare‚ Pope‚ Milton‚ and Thompson. He went on adventures while he took these long walks and he wrote about his adventures

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    yet avoiding letting any of them completely off the hook. The Last Stand‚ by Nathaniel Philbrick‚ presents of the facts mostly from the point of view of 7th Calvary‚ with bits from the Native Americans. The pace of the book is steady‚ much like the pursuit of Sitting Bull‚ and his Lakota. Philbrick follows carefully the trail of the 7th Calvary‚ piecing together various accounts to present a continuous panorama of

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    “ I must escape this dirty and filthy prison of a place‚” Nathaniel‚ a mere frail and poorly treated slave from the kingdom of New Smorgas with nothing but rags from potato sacks as clothes‚ whispered to his friends‚ Caden Crompton and Alejandro Paul‚ as he clutched a burlap sack from a shelf. Within the sack‚ Butters had packed enough food to last for about a month which he had stolen from his master‚ a man whom people called Lord Matty‚ for no one knew his true name due to the fact that the only

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    Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about one man’s journey into the woods of Salem Village. When reading this story‚ the audience may experience many moods that correlate with gothic‚ or dark‚ literature. Hawthorne crafts scenes that create a sense of sadness‚ urgency‚ suspicion‚ fear‚ confusion‚ and suspense to accentuate the eeriness that lies22 within the settings. In paragraphs one through four‚ the audience is introduced to Goodman Brown and his wife Faith. When Faith asked

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    The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Birthmark‚ the narrator introduces us to Aylmer‚ a brilliant scientist who spent his life studying nature extensively to the detriment of his own personal life. His wife‚ Georgiana‚ has been marked with a small‚ red birthmark on her cheek that most men found attractive all her life. Aylmer only sees this birthmark as a flaw and his desire for perfection can only result in death for Georgiana because becoming an ideal

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne had many obstacles to overcome as a child. Hawthorne was born in Salem‚ Massachusetts on July 4‚ 1804 (American Writers 223). During this time period‚ Hawthorne witnessed the fall of Salem due to the Embargo Act. It caused the shipbuilding industry to slowly diminish which immensely impacted Hawthorne’s family since his father was a shipbuilder. Suddenly‚ at the age of four‚ Hawthorne lost his father forcing his family (now consisting of his mother and siblings) to move in with

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    101 21 June 2014 MAYFLOWER AND THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT Master Christopher Jones and several business partners purchased the ship Mayflower about 1607.  Its origins prior to that remain uncertain.  Its first documented voyage of record was to Trondheim‚ Norway‚ in 1609.  Andrew Pawling hired the ship to take a cargo of London goods to Norway‚ sell them off‚ and buy Norway goods (lumber‚ tar‚ fish) to return back to England.  Unfortunately on the return voyage‚ the Mayflower encountered a severe

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne was a Gothic writer who wrote short stories like “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”‚ “The Artist of the Beautiful”‚ and “The Birthmark”. Hawthorne’s writings often reflected romantics’ beliefs in nature and contained his message about science and man’s quest for perfection. An example where these ideas are shown‚ are in Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark”. In this story‚ a scientist named Aylmer grows tired of his beautiful wife’s birthmark and asks her if she would remove it. Although

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