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    Madonna-a Legend

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    engineering. Madonna’s mother‚ an x-ray technician and former dancer‚ was of French Canadian descent. After their marriage in 1955‚ the couple moved to Pontiac‚ Michigan‚ to be close to Tony’s job as a defense engineer. Madonna was born three years later‚ during a visit with family in Bay City. The third of six children‚ Madonna learned early on how to handle her role as the middle child‚ admitting that she was "the sissy of the family" who often used her feminine wiles to get her way. Her parents’ strict

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    Myths and Stereotypes

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    Myth and Stereotypes: Racial Profiling Wendy Horton Kaplan University A stereotype is an exaggerated belief about a group that can be positive or negative but generalizes without allowing for differences (Louisiana Voices‚ 1999-2003). One example of a stereotype would be racial profiling. Racial profiling is an inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered more likely to commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act or to behave in a “predictable”

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    mauri myths

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    today to talk about maori myths and ledgends and their role in society. I would also like to tell you about a demi god Maui who influences many Maori myths and also share to you a particular myth about maui and the sun. Myths and legends have been apart of maori culture for thousands of years. They are set in the past and often have to do with the supernatural. In traditional times the stories were used to remember important events or teach important lessons. These myths present ideas about the

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    Norse Myths

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    Are the great myths and legends of old nothing more than superstition and wives tales‚ or do some of them actually provide great insight into the way that our world works? This is a question that many people who have studied these myths ask themselves. In some cases these myths may allude to things that are actually going on in the world around us‚ however in other cases they are nothing more than nonsensical stories that were made up due to the hopeless desire to understand the world that humans

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    Defining Myths

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    Defining Myths Before there was knowledge of why phenomena occurred‚ people told tales called myths to explain them. Origin myths were told through oral tradition‚ and they were passed down from generation to generation to explain the beginning of Earthly life. The nature and characteristics of myths help to support the purpose‚ which was essentially to explain what was unknown. Native Americans did not have a written language‚ forcing them to pass myths on through oral traditions. The myths were

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    Containment as U.S. policy during Cold War Era From after World War II and up until 1991 the foreign policy of the United States was based on Cold War ideology and the policy of containment; to prevent nations from leaning towards Soviet Union-based communism‚ as first laid out by George Kennan and later used as one of the key principles in the Truman Doctrine (LeCain). As this essay will argue‚ because of this policy the United States made a commitment to fight communism everywhere in the world

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    Female African-American slaves were required to bear many children before they were 20 . Though Infants birthed by slaves had a 28-50% mortality rate‚ this was a common practice in the south. During the slavery era‚ female African-American slaves lost their humanity; They were sexually abused and had their families broken apart‚ hindering their ability to recover after their freedom. Body 1:  Harriet Jacobs once said‚ “Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women‚” And she could

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    The legend of Santa Claus has been told for centuries and is still told to this day. Every year‚ many children make Christmas lists and send them to Santa. If they are good‚ they will get presents‚ but if they are bad‚ they will get a bundle of coal in their stocking. Santa is usually visualized as a happy‚ white-bearded man‚ with a red stocking cap‚ and a red suit with white cuffs and black boots. In other cultures‚ he is referred to as St. Nicholas‚ Sinterklauss‚ and Father Christmas. Santa Claus

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    The Romantic Era

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    The Romantic Era Have you ever heard of the word romance? Love is the 980th most commonly used word in the English language‚ which connects to the word romance‚ so there is a very good likelihood that you have. The real question‚ however‚ is do you really know what romance means? Romance has several different meanings and the Romantic Era encompasses them all. Despite the fact that the Romantic Era was a hundred years‚ the Romantics contributed so many things‚ some of those being romance‚ the

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    Elizabethan Drama: Stagecraft and Society Introduction Elizabethan drama refers to the plays produced while Queen Elizabeth reigned in England‚ from 1558 until 1603. It was during this time that the public began attending plays in large numbers. The opening of several good-sized playhouses was responsible for this increased patronage‚ the largest and most famous of which was the Globe theatre (1599)‚ home to many of Shakespeare’s works. The most popular types of Elizabethan plays were histories of

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