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    The Sea Spirit

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    o’er the wrinkled blue­ Lo! the sea is fair‚ Smooth as the flow of a maiden’s hair; And the welkin’s light shines through Into mid-sea caverns of beryl hue‚ And the little waves laugh and the mermaids sing‚ And the sea is a beautiful‚ sinuous thing! I scowl in sullen guise­ The sea grows dark and dun‚ The swift clouds hide the sun But not the bale-light in my eyes‚ And the frightened wind as it flies Ruffles the billows with stormy wing‚ And the sea is a terrible‚ treacherous thing

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    Sea-Fever

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    SEA-FEVER BY JOHN MASEFIELD The poem Sea-Fever by John Masefield‚ depicts a sense of urgency to return to the sea. The persona hears the call of the sea and it is a must to answer the call; it is an irresistible invitation to adventure‚ exploration and freedom. The persona is longing to go back to the sea and he wishes for the simplicity of life on the sea and a sense of freedom. His extremely simple desires suggest that he wants to renounce all the usual entrapments of everyday life and

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    In the Heart of the Sea

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    In the Heart of the Sea What caused an 85 ton Sperm whale to crash into the side of the Essex‚ causing one of the most disastrous and tragic accidents in maritime history? Was this a calculated attack? Did it see the whaling ship as an unwanted rival in its territory? Did the crew of the Essex have anything to do with the whales’ sporadic behavior? Or was this simply an unexplainable act of nature’s unpredictability? On November 20‚ 1820 the crew of the Essex spotted an unusual sight‚ an extremely

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    Law of the Sea

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    Territorial Sea is established up to 12 miles from the baseline of the coast. This is an extension of the land and the coastal state exerts full sovereignty over the area. It is an area of national jurisdiction. Also establishes a contiguous zone where the coastal State may exercise the control necessary to (1) prevent infringement of its customs‚ fiscal‚ immigration or sanitary laws and regulations (2) punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial

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    auras‚ their miracles and bringing of hope. Gabriel Marquez dispels this image in “An old man with wings”. Through unexpected turns in his story‚ Marquez displays that expectations hinder people’s ability to be open to new possibilities. Marquez takes a well-known figure‚ an angel‚ and completely reverses the character in his story. In the first paragraph‚ Marquez describes the angel as “an old man‚ a very old man‚ lying face down in the mud”. This description is almost the complete opposite of how

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    The aral sea

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    main cash crop decided to plant cotton in the desert areas of middle Asia. To water these areas‚ the communist engineers decided to use most of the main rivers that fed the Aral sea as the water source. When the cotton plant did not take to the hard ground. In affect taking more and more water from the source of the Aral sea. What environmental and human costs have resulted? The environment has eroded away and become nearly inhabitable by human. Buildings have fallen to the ground from the salt

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    deceiving to her dialect‚ and this shows how reality is much different than many may think. Finally‚ in the end of the story when Huck and Tom discuss how to break Jim out of prison‚ Huck says‚ “...the first dark night that comes steal the key out of old man’s britches after he goes to bed‚ and shove off down the river on the raft with Jim...Wouldn’t that plan work?” (233) Huck tries to find the most reasonable way to break Jim out of prison‚ but Tom thinks the plan is too simple and because it is so

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    The naturalist period is a time in literary history that consists of literature that illustrates how man lives in and out of harmony with the nature around him. Throughout Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage‚ naturalism is not difficult to pick out and analyze. This piece of literature fits into the naturalism period by the way Crane describes the intertwining of nature in the life of Henry Fleming. Fleming’s life is not the only area in which nature plays a large role in. Through this book

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    The Deep Sea

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    EK115008S The Deep Sea (2012) It is odd that a planet with 65% of its surface covered by ocean and 57% by 1000+m of deep-sea is called the ‘Earth’. Some 49% of the globe’s surface is 3-6 km below the ocean waves and the average ocean depth is 3.8 km. The deep sea is dark‚ devoid of plants but home to many animals which have been collected on hooks and lines‚ in nets‚ from the stomachs of other deep-sea beasts‚ viewed and photographed from tethered cameras‚ ROVs and deep-sea submersibles. Yet

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    Village by the Sea

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    The Village by the Sea is set in a small village called Thul‚ which is 14 kilometres from Bombay. Lila‚ the eldest child among four siblings‚ is thirteen years old‚ yet she already has the maturity of an adult. Her brother Hari‚ twelve‚ is the only person with whom she can share her troubles. Their mother is ill and needs constant care and nursing. Nobody knows exactly what she suffers from but she grows weaker and weaker with each passing day. Their father‚ who has been out of work for months‚ is

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