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    expected results. The case of Fran and Octavia is a clear example that can explain the doctrine of promissory estoppel. In this scenario‚ Fran approaches Octavia to give him a room to conduct her business of storing her goods. She promises Octavia that indeed she will consider lending the house for her business deals. The warehouse had no functional extractor fan in which Fran requested Octavia to put in place. In the case‚ Octavia asked Fran to promise him that she will take the house

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    The song is an observation of those things and trying to find some redemption in it. It’s so overwhelming to be completely surrounded by that feeling all the time; I had to find some redemption and to take back the definition of revolution.” – John Butler. (Change slide) Good morning/afternoon‚ students and teacher‚ Through songs‚ emotions and issues within society are expressed through the lyricists’ perspective. Through music and poetic devices‚ songs can appeal to an audience by engaging them

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    William Butler Yeats: Annotated Bibliography "William Butler Yeats." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation‚ n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2017. . In this article‚ the authors describe William Butler’s life and legacy. It tells of his nationality and how it impacted him not only as a person but as a better writer. He was highly spoken about by W.H. Auden‚ sparking his career as a writer. The article then starts to talk about his first publication in the Dublin University Review‚ it gave him some publicity and

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    Jesus lived out the parable of the sower in Matthew 5:1-23. Jesus sowed the seed of the Word of God with many and some of the seed fell on the pathway‚ some on rocky ground‚ some on thorn infested ground and some on good soil. In Luke 10:2 Jesus told the 70 seed sowers “The harvest is plentiful‚ but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest‚ therefore‚ to send out workers into his harvest field” Luke 10:2. The parable of the sower can be defined with five “S” words. 1. Sowers – men and women

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    “William Butler Yeats deals with an interesting variety of subjects and his poetry is full of powerful images and impressive descriptions. Discuss.” Submitted by Hollie McLaughlin. I very much enjoy reading the poetry of William Butler Yeats. What I like about the poetry is the multi-faceted man who emerges. In Inisfree he is the searching‚ restless 25 year old‚ looking to nature as a kind of redemptive force. In ‘September 1913’ he is the ardent political critic of the soul-destroying materialism

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    My dad‚ Jimmy Butler‚ Eric Berry‚ and Bo Jackson. My dad influences me because he is the most hardworking human being I know‚ and he would do anything for me. Jimmy Butler influences me because he has one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard. Jimmy Butler was kicked out of his house in high school by his own mom and had to live on the streets. Luckily a family took him in during his senior year. Jimmy butler only got one college offer‚ and that college

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    Insubordination‚” Juith Butler argues that gender is performative. The discourse of gender produces us: the identity of women performs the characteristics of women; the identity of men performs the characteristics of men. Also‚ people form their identity by imitating others; in another word‚ performance constructs gender in a repeat process through imitating from appearance to inner thoughts. Kumu Hina‚ directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson‚ introduces us the

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    Notes: Judith Butler – Gender Trouble PREFACE (1999) Gender Trouble has been received as a “provocative ‘intervention’ in feminist theory” and as a “founding text of queer theory.” “In 1989 I was most concerned to criticize a pervasive heterosexual assumption in feminist literary theory. I sought to counter those views that made presumptions about the limits and propriety of gender and restricted the meaning of gender to received notions of masculinity and femininity. It was and remains

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    David Arnett English 102 May 1‚ 2013 Paper Six Certainty is perfect knowledge that has total security from error; no certainty is used in this play. Emotions are the only fact in this play. Doubt‚ A Parable by John Patrick Shanley‚ was written in 2005. This play is a classic antagonistic pair. Shanley writes about the suspicions of the principal of a catholic school about the new Father at the parish. The principal‚ Sister Aloysius is the hard charging strict nun‚ and Father Flynn is

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    From the play written by John Patrick Shanley and titled Doubt: a Parable‚ the readers get a central question‚ asking whether certainty can be equated to truth or not. From one side‚ some hints outlining the fact that certainty can be equated to truth are evident. On the other side‚ there are doubts as to whether certainty can be equated to truth. The doubt is thus left unresolved. The play begins with father Flynn’s sermon lecturing regarding certainty as he claims‚ “Doubt can be a bond as powerful

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