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    Northern Colonies‚ 1619-1700 Colonists in both the North and the South established differences in all of the following areas - patterns of settlement – economics – values - allegiance to England The following are the correct definitions - predestination – belief that from the moment of creation some souls were “saved” and others “damned” conversion - the sign of receipt of God’s free gift of saving grace antinomianism – belief that those whom God had marked for salvation need not obey secular

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    RANSOM BY David Malouf Characters Make brief notes in your workbook to describe who each character is Agamemnon Peleus Patroclus Achilles Priam Briseis Hermes Hector Hecuba Thetis Iris Somax/Idaeus Myrmidons Neoptelemus Polydamus Automedon Helenus Cassandra Background Homer’s epic poem‚ the Iliad‚ first started as an oral storytelling tradition dating from about 1100 BC‚ after the Trojan war. It is part of the great oral tradition of storytelling in the English language

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    The Tools of Philosophy: Socrates- the concept of integrity/ being true to yourself Importance in maintaining a state of virtue Wont compromise his strength of character “To thy own self be true” Attracted young people (energy and enthusiasm) and inspired them to ask questions The Socratic Method- challenged norms (Ex: “The sky if blue”) Challenged people in order to make them more clear in their own thought processes Forced people to stretch their ideas further/put together a base of knowledge

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    influence of the devil. By including the Indians‚ Hawthorne subtly contrasts the inclusiveness of this heathen community versus the exclusivity of the Puritan community. This perhaps also alludes to the dogmatic view of the Puritan doctrine of predestination which regards all outside their community as doomed therefore limiting the influence of the Christian faith. In addition‚ the sacrosanct act of ordination is undermined suggesting the meaninglessness of such appointments and celebrations when

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    INTFILO Rationalist believe in Apriori. Apriori comes before sense experience. EMPIRICISM – Senses (Page 191) 1. JOHN LOCKE – TABULA RASA = BLANK STATE Notebook Mind begins with clear state We use our senses to find out about the world Sense data or qualities World existing outside of us Primary qualities: Scientific characteristics of an object Substrata – what truly exists / reality a. HINDU MYSTIC – praying and sitting on a bed of nails What supports the Earth? A white elephant What supports

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    What can one learn from the story Black Orpheus? Are their even lessons to be learned from this piece? I believe so. In this story the audience becomes witness to predestination and the positive and negative effects in which love can bring. At the beginning of the story Orpheus and his then fiancé‚ Mira‚ seek a marriage license. When Orpheus told the man his name he the man immediately turned to Mira and said “And you must be Eurydice?” This infuriated Mira‚ as it would any other women about to marry

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    [He] loved for [himself]‚ for [his] pleasure" (Nabokov 145). These pleasures cause the downfall of those in his life‚ and in the last novella readers see the effects of his loneliness. Pechorin begins to question whether his life is a result of predestination or his decisions. After Vulich tests fate Pechorin follows suit‚ risking his life to capture a drunk Cossack. He then questions “How can one escape becoming a fatalist? But then how can a man know for certain whether or not his is really convinced

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    Dear Mr. John Adams‚ I am writing this letter in regards to the recent article that was printed in the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this week criticizing the study of Shakespeare in school and how it should be removed from the year 9 syllabuses. One of Shakespeare’s most famous works is the play of Romeo and Juliet which is also one of the world’s best-known love stories. A play such as Romeo and Juliet incorporates profound themes of human nature‚ father and daughter relationships and the inevitability

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    “Religion can be both a conservative force and an initiator of social change”. To what extent to sociological arguments/evidence support this view. There is great debate concerning the role of religion in society‚ and whereas some claim that religion acts as a conservative force (that is‚ it inhibits change)‚ others argue that religion is a major contributor to social change. As would be expected‚ many sociologists have took the middle ground‚ and argue that religion can act as both as conservative

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    Gibberish Jennifer Harrison When one reads Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett‚ one will assume that Lucky’s speech is full of Gibberish and gobbledygook. According to the Oxford University Press Dictionary ‘gibberish’ means the following: unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense. Origin: early 16th century: perhaps from gibber (but recorded earlier) + the suffix -ish (denoting a language as in Spanish‚ Swedish‚ etc.). But after a proper and detailed study of the speech

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