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    The Impact of Religion on Ethno-Religious Conflicts: in Israel and Palestine‚ and Bosnia and Herzegovina Abstract Religion is supposed to be a positive factor in solving problems and disputes not only between individuals‚ but also between nations. Unfortunately‚ throughout history we have seen that religion was and still is used primarily by radicals to achieve their political‚ social‚ or religious agenda. This negative exploitation of religion by people of interest and radicals has distorted

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    COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Content Introduction………………………………………………………………….………………....2 Comparison of Adjectives...........................................................................................................3 -er‚ -est comparison…………………………….………………………………..............3 more/most comparison….………………….....................................................................5 as ... as and not as/so ... as comparison...........................................................................

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    When analyzing the world’s current situation concerning terrorism‚ it is difficult to say whether the global war on terrorism has been a successful one. Since the September 11‚ 2001 attack on the World Trade Centers in New York City‚ George Bush‚ former president of the United States‚ vowed to defeat terrorism. Eight years later‚ this promise has yet to be fulfilled‚ and even with the help of many countries globally‚ the threat of terrorism is still evident more then ever‚ which questions whether

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    story displays the importance of sacrifice through her selfless decision to save her family at the expense of her own life. This story develops concurrently to Joe’s hunger strike and is a metaphor expressing Fergus’ gradual acceptance of Joe’s martyrdom. Mel’s narrative also allows Fergus to view the bog as beautiful rather than a monotonous environment that takes children’s lives. The commencement of the novel portrays the bog as brutal and comfortless through the description of the soil as “foaming

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    “low fever” or typhus‚ forced the withdrawal of many students‚ some of whom died. Maria developed consumption while at Cowan Bridge and was harshly treated during her incapacitating illness‚ an incident Charlotte drew on in portraying Helen Burns’s martyrdom at the hands of Miss Scratched in Jane Eyre. Patrick Bronte was not informed of his eldest daughter’s condition until February 1825‚ two months after Maria began to show symptoms; when he saw her‚ he immediately withdrew her from the school and she

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    Rebellious Silence is a photograph by Shirin Neshat‚ who is also the subject. In the work‚ Shirin Neshat ’s face is covered by Islamic calligraphy and is divided (left to right) by a rifle (assumedly but not necessarily held by herself). The calligraphy covers the parts of a woman ’s face that one must hide in Iran ’s theological state. The photograph is black and white‚ adding to the already serious tone of the work. The first impression received is one of oppression‚ it seems as though the woman

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    ambulance driver‚ she falls in love with Mary‚ another ambulance driver‚ and for a short while they defy the world with their happiness. This feeling‚ however would not last. The invert’s doom forces Stephen to the last exertion of self-denial and martyrdom when she renounces to her love for Mary and surrenders her to their common friend Martin to take care of her because she‚ not being a man‚ would never be able to give her an authentic life. Nowadays‚ the novel is considered and sold as a lesbian

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    In light of the description of anthropomorphism‚ I think it is only fitting to use the novels Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down to demonstrate them. While both of these novels show animals behaving in different manners‚ they are both uncharacteristic of normal animal behaviour. Charlotte’s Web shows animals behaviour as primarily human while Watership Down demonstrates animals behaving mostly as animals. This said‚ we see that both these novels show their characters with human traits‚ however

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    Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 (c.1814) is a responsive painting that was intended to honor those who suffered from the occupation of Napoleons army during the Peninsula War in Spain. This large 8in x 9in oil on canvas painting is used to represent the art of Goya‚ and depict the valor of Spanish revolutionary war. The influences on this piece‚ as well as its characteristics and influence on later work will be examined. The painting reflects the turmoil during the time period‚ and contains

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    In Nathaniel Hawthrone’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ both main protagonists‚ Hester and Dimmesdale‚ present behaviors which do not correlate with what they feel inside. According to Psychoanalytic ideology‚ "[the study] to bring patients’ repressed memories and wishes to the surface"(Psychoanalysis)‚ Hester and Dimmesdale are repressing their real emotions and projections ones that they are not feeling. In the beginning of the novel‚"When the young woman- them other of this child- stood fully revealed

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