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    Blood Throughout Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”‚ the motif of blood is a reoccurring motif. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth‚ the beginning in the battle field scenes all the way to the very end. The words ‘bloody’ and ’blood’ are repeated on almost every page. This draws importance to the motif. The motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of a major theme. It leads us into the theme of guilt‚ which is how Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth feel throughout the whole play. It also

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    Should the law depend on luck? On a snowy Saturday afternoon‚ Harry and Paul watch football and drink beers at the local pub. Both drives away intoxicated‚ and both lose control of their cars on the slick roads‚ Harry collides with a tree‚ while Paul collides with a young girl playing in the snow and kills her. Harry can expect a fine of seven hundred dollars along with temporary suspension of his license. Paul’s punishment is far different: for vehicular manslaughter‚ he faces two to fifteen

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    Goodnight and Good luck‚ a dramatic film directed by George Clooney‚ illustrates the life of an Icon; an American Broadcast Journalist‚ Edward R Murrow. In 1953 he was one of the best-known newsmen on television by hosting an informative show on CBS. The show informed people of Joseph McCarthy; a U.S senator from Wisconsin who had a powerful influence on America‚ and how he is charging Milo Radulovich‚ an air force pilot‚ of being a communist. The story illustrates the clash between Murrow and McCarthy

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    Joy Hester Joy St Clair Hester‚ or Joy Hester‚ was born 12th August in 1920 in Elsternick‚ Melbourne. Hester was an Australian artist during a time period where the work she produced was exceptionally unappreciated. After dying of cancer at age 40 (4th December 1960) she has become acknowledged. Hester’s work particularly is largely made up of human faces. Hester’s “Girl” and “Cancelled Sketch of Pauline McCarthy” display the use of human faces and her artistic style. Joy Hester’s father‚ Robert

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    JOY FROM PEACE WITH OTHERS I. Introduction In today’s society‚ it is an “all about me” world. Everywhere you turn‚ from TV commercials to t-shirt messages to Facebook‚ the sentiment is the same to “do whatever you want” or “look at me” or just “pamper yourself-you deserve it.” The world tells you to promote yourself and your desires. There is no focus to help others or strive together with others. Despite all of this self-gratification‚ many people‚ including some Christians‚ are surprisingly

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    Willa Cather‚ from “The Joy of Nelly Deane” (p. 223) Willa Cather writes the story of The Joy of Nelly Deane‚ describing Nelly’s joy as “unquenchable‚” especially‚ Nelly’s joy attracted all the Baptist ladies who admired the prettiest girl in Riverbend‚ Nebraska (Cather‚ p. 225). Nelly fluttered from one social event to another‚ parties‚ picnics and dances‚ and sings like a “prima-donna” in the Baptist Church choir‚ where she met Peggy‚ the narrator of the story. Peggy was named‚ by the Baptist

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    The things that brought joy in life such as nature‚ music‚ good books‚ routine pleasures serve as minor indicators. One cannot make them their central focus. If so‚ such things will disappear. The Chronicles of Narnia complement Lewis’s own experience‚ for in them one finds joy Lewis found ultimate joy only in Christ‚ and the Narnians‚ only in Aslan. The first Narnian tale foreshadows the last symbolic of how Christ is the Alpha and Omega In The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe at the first mention

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    For my essay I chose to describe the light and dark motifs in "Romeo and Juliet". A motif is a term used to describe a passage in literature that has more than one universal meaning. It is used when a character or narrator is comparing one thing to another. For example the light motifs represent light things such as goodness‚ while dark motifs represent dark things such as death. One light quote from the story is during the balcony scene when Romeo is talking about Juliet. He says "It is the East

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    Mental Disorders A mental disorder is a mental or behavioral pattern‚ is an anomaly that causes distress and disability. Mental disorders are defined by a combination of how a person feels‚ acts and thinks‚ according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)‚ over a third of people in most countries have problems at some time in their life (diagnosis of one or more of the common types of mental disorders)‚ and the causes of mental disorders in some cases are unclear. According to: http://en.wikipedia

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    One of Strongest Motifs in Oedipus is light and darkness‚ and as the story goes on it only evolves to great lengths throughout the novel. Additionally‚ this in particular motif is used quite frequently to the gods and Oedipus himself. The tragedy offers many examples of blindness being used for specific scenes and characters. Lastly‚ this plays biggest tragedy can only be summed up as blindness. The play has plenty of examples of the motifs put to great use. First‚ one incredibly ironic character

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