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    The Rubican River Analysis

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    Knowing nothing about the Rubicon River I realised that I would have a lot of research ahead of me but unfortunately I did not realise how scarce the amount of evidence on the topic there was. I was expecting Caesar’s civil war to be simple with him winning due to the support he received. The Rubicon River added another element to the topic as if crossed by a general it was considered illegal. This changed my perspective of the event entirely as I realised that the River was a vital key to Caesar winning

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    Battle of Stone's River

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    The Battle of Stone’s River‚ also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro‚ was fought in Murfreesboro‚ Tennessee‚ and was the eighth costliest battle of the Civil War. The battle took place on December 26th‚ 1862 through January 5th‚ 1863; the Union declared victory on January 5th‚ but the bloodiest parts of the battle took place on December 31st through January 2nd. Although the Confederate Army seemed to have the upper hand in the beginning of the battle because they attacked first‚ inflicting heavy

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    Many Rivers To Cross

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    “Many Rivers To Cross” Briante’ Nimmons US History Professor Kane 19 November‚ 2014 Mumbet’s lawsuit for freedom was different because she a female African American slaves. Richard Allen was an educator‚ minister‚ and a writer. He is one of the most active black leaders. Richard Allen gained his freedom by buying it at the age of 17. Afterwards he went and found the first national black Church in the U.S. Philadelphia was so important to black African Americans because it opposed slavery on

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    The Secret River Analysis

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    The Secret River demands that the audience know the context of the play from very early on. Once that can be represented the audience’s prior knowledge of colonialism and the treatment of Indigenous Australians tells them all they need to know about the mindsets of the characters and creates foreshadowing for the climax of the show. Andrew Bovell uses his understating of the audiences prior knowledge and intricate details of each stage craft element to interpret the written playscript into a production

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    Indus River Valley

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    The Indus River Valley The people in the Indus River Valley followed the same set of rules and had very organized cities which allowed them to live for 1000 years. The Indus River Valley took place in India. India was east of the Fertile Crescent and had two large cities. India was 900 miles long and 250 miles wide. Some reasons why a great civilization between 2500 B.C – 1500 B.C thrived there was the advanced nature of arts‚ science‚ religion‚ and culture. One reason why

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    Steven Herrick’s work of “By the river” displays a bildungsroman novel in which harry goes on a journey through life‚ facing love and loss. Steven Herrick’s verse novel “By the River” is very successful in conveying the significant ideas about human nature. He uses key themes such as grief‚ environmental influence and coming of age to explore these ideas. To convey the themes Herrick uses multiple techniques such as imagery‚ repetition‚ personification and positive and negative influence throughout

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    Ten Mile River

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    Madison Dedman A2 Book Review: Ten Mile River Ray and Jose are the result of the foster system and have long ago deserted it. The style of writing is very creative while Paul Griffin uses a dialogue that demonstrates a different type of jargon of young teen age boys. They share a brotherly love‚ however many homophobic jokes establish that they love each other in a family sense. In Paul Griffin’s “Ten Mile River” (published 2009)‚ Ray is the brains‚ and on the other hand‚ Jose is the brawn. Despite

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    Children of the River The book Children of the River is about the difficulties and differences of immigrating to a foreign country and having to get used to a different way of living. As seen in this book‚ Sundara is having to accustom herself to living a different and usual way from what she lived before in her native country. In different

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    The Secret River Essay

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    SAC Essay the Good and Bad The Secret River By Shane Collins In the novel the Secret River by Kate Grenville it is shown that even people who are essentially good can do bad things. This show by William Thornhill whose actions were bad and harmful to others and still did them in order to protect and provide for his wife Sal and children. There are two actions of William in the novel

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    At The Pitt Rivers While “At The Pitt Rivers” may center around the development and progress of a couple‚ it also speaks to the influence that couple had on the narrator. Although the narrator may seem like just another pair of judgemental eyes‚ they (the gender of the narrator is never actually revealed--therefore could be referred as “they”) are looking at this couple very anthropologically. The narrator notices all the fine details of the way that they interacted: “They stood there looking

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