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    give Lwanda Magere a wife as a peace offering. However‚ the real task the beautiful lady had was to figure out the source of Lwanda Magere’s strength (Ogutu‚ 1995‚ p. 23). The Lang’o lady managed to seduce him in a manner like that used by the Philistines to eliminate Samson in the biblical story. She then discovered that the source of his strength was his shadow.

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    Song of Solomon). King Solomon was the ruler of ancient Israel who reigned from 961-922 BC (8). He is the son of David and Bathsheba. Solomon succeeded his father as king and his territory extended from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines‚ and to the border of Egypt. With his wealth he built the great Temple of Jerusalem. In 950 BCE Solomon’s household included 700 wives and 300 other mistresses (1). To insure the future peace and security of his kingdom‚ Solomon yielded to the

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    JOHN McGRATH: AN ANTI-CLASS BASED SYSTEM PLAYWRIGHT One of the most prolific and outstanding figures in British drama‚ John McGrath was committed to socialism and used the stage as a political arena ( Kershaw‚ 1992: 149) to promote his opinions and provoke the labour class audience to react against the established capitalist system in Britain (Holdsworth‚ 2002: xvii). With socialist insights into the nature of social struggle and the provoking tone concerned with the issues of oppression‚ McGrath’s

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    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES Bo. Obrero St.‚ Davao City 2008-2009 Thesis Statement: “Vandalism is an act which causes defacement in the surroundings and a crass erection of an eyesore.” In Partial Fulfillment of The Activity in English 2 Writing in Discipline Submitted to: Fe Aileen S. Paul Submitted by: Esrely Evangelista Laianne Formentera Joel Daniel Dedoroy Kurtney Ceñal Lyka Mae Coronas TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Introduction……………………………………………………………… Background of the Study………………………………………………

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    Karl Marx has greatly influenced the creation of the modern world and was one of the first revolutionary communist. Through his literary works and philosophies he helped to inspire many 20th century communist regimes including the Soviet Union‚ China‚ Cuba‚ and North Korea. Marx’s ideas did not end at communism; his religious ideology also helped shape and mold the 20th century world. Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier‚ Germany and died in 1883. He was a philosopher who turned to economics

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    Ancient Hebrews 3‚000 years ago. Forced out by different invaders‚ lastly the Romans. A tiny Jewish community continued to live there‚ having never left. What is the Palestinian claim? Also descended from Abraham. Lived along the coast – the Philistines. The land had been populated by Arabs since at least the 7th century. When the Arab conquerors arrived‚ there were Christians and a smaller number of Jews living in the area. Many of the Christians had been descendants of the original Jews who

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    Kaiser‚ Walter C.‚ Jr. A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars. Nashville‚ TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers‚ 1988. 540 pp. Summary Walter C. Kaiser‚ Jr.‚ in the introduction of his book‚ A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars‚ describes how scholars have gone from generally accepting the Biblical account as historically accurate to discarding any supernatural events or anything that disagrees with their interpretation of archaeological artifacts

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    Classical music is boring. That sentiment may be most closely associated with the unappreciative philistine or perhaps someone who has simply never developed a taste for classical music. However boredom with the classical forms of music must have been widespread amongst some of the nineteenth century’s most prominent musicians and composers.Tired of the conventional standards of music‚ composers began to adapt classical models to create a new form music which allowed them to more freely express emotions

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    Eliot writes of culture as "the way of life of a particular people living together in one place. That culture is made visible in their arts‚ in their social system‚ in their habits and customs‚ in their religion.(Milner‚ A (1994) Contemporary Cultural Theory: An Introduction. London: UCC Press.) A culture‚ then according to Eliot is one which is shared in common by a whole people‚ although he believed it was not shared equally between the people. Eliot divided the people into two groups‚ the elite

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    Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi was not the first to paint Judith Slaying Holofernes. Her father had painted Judith. Michelangelo‚ Botticelli and Caravaggio had painted Judith. Donatello had sculpted Judith. But she was the first to interpret the story of Judith‚ in a time when women had few rights‚ as an allegory for female dominance. In comparison with other contemporary versions‚ the composition‚ dramatic style‚ and emotions of the characters present a violently feminist

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