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    Chillingworth’s Revenge What does revenge mean? The definition is "to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of‚ especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit" (dictionary.com). What does that mean? It means to give punishment to someone who deserves it for some specific reason‚ especially if the reason was personal or offends to the person giving the revenge. In both The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter there was revenge. However‚ they both had different types of revenge and how it was

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    Anakin and Padme’s story in Revenge of the Sith is akin to Romeo and Juliet’s story. In Romeo and Juliet their families are essentially warring with each other‚ because this is the case‚ Romeo and Juliet have to keep their love for each other a secret. Anakin has no biological family left‚ and Padme’s family has no quarrel with Anakin’s family‚ they are still both lovers who must keep their love for each other a secret‚ since Anakin is a Jedi and the Jedi Code states that “There is no passion [for

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    The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber This short story has given justice to the world‚ this story shows the different types of people in our society and how they all play a very important role in our society.Between Francis Macomber and Mrs.Macomber‚ Francis Macomber was more of a believable character throughout the story. He is believable because he reacted to situations the way a regular person would react to them. “He only knew his hands were shaking and as he walked away from the

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    shooting of the lion were presented first? In the beginning of the story‚ “The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber”‚ by Ernest Hemingway (1936) we are introduced to the main characters‚ Francis Macomber an American hunter‚ Margaret Macomber‚ his wife‚ and Robert Wilson a hearty African hunter. We are immediately told that the cast are trying to forget something. It becomes apparent that Francis has killed a lion‚ and while he is quite proud of it (“He is a good lion‚ isn’t he?” Macomber said.)

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    Determining that Fernand‚ Danglars and Villefort committed wrongdoings‚ Dantes punishes them. But‚ did he really have this authority? I don’t think so. His revenge brings pain and suffering to innocents. Through his vengeance on Fernand‚ he brings suffering to innocent bystanders‚ Fernand’s son‚ Albert‚ and his wife‚ Mercedes‚ who used to be Dantes fiancee. Upon Haydee‚ the Count’s slave‚ proves Fernand’s illegitimate

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    book‚ “ When Saint Francis Saved The Church”‚ he spoke about Francis leading a revolutionary life. There were two points that helped support with Francis leading a revolutionary life. Those points were friendship and poverty. Sweeney spoke about how important friendship and poverty was to Francis. These points helped with Francis learning what kind of person he would be and do with his life. The first point‚ Sweeney spoke about was friendship. Friendship was a part of Francis leading a revolutionary

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    Literature 04 November 2014 The short happy life of Francis Macomber In “The short happy life of Francis Macomber” written by Ernest Hemmingway‚ Hemmingway writes about a man‚ Francis Macomber‚ who is a macho of sorts often tries to impress people with big feats which is something that is important to him‚ although his support network is often lacking in this story hunting a lion was something that was supposed to add to one of his many accomplishments. Francis is someone who throughout the story evolves

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    I have chosen Saint Francis de Sales as my saint name for Confirmation. Saint Francis is the patron saint of journalists and writers. I have chosen this as my saint name because his story is interesting to me‚ because he is the patron saint of writers‚ and because of how he devoted his whole life to God. Saint Francis was born in 1576 in France; his parents names were Francoise de Sionnz and Francois de Sales. He knew from the young age of twelve that he wanted to be a priest but when he learned

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    church and the church is their home. Also they live with other monks and they consider them brothers or fathers. And each one of them respects the elders of the church and or they respect the people that are a higher position. St. Benedict and St. Francis of Assisi were two saints that lived these lives and also made some major building blocks in both of these orders. Mendicant orders are similar to monastic orders with their requirements except the mendicant orders are much stricter. They do not

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    character is a rich man who longs to be with a girl named daisy. His conquest for her undivided affection eventually led to his death following the discovery of their extramarital affair. In Hemingway’s short story‚ “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”‚ Francis Macomber is a cowardly man who wants to keep his wife but is having her drift away from him and into an affair with a more masculine‚ confident hunter. Once Macomber becomes brave‚ just like once Gatsby becomes brave‚ he dies – just as Gatsby

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