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    notable people. Did you know that Samuel Finley Breese Morse is most commonly known for his invention of the single-wire telegraph and morse code. Morse was actually a painter before he became interested in electricity while in college. If it wasn’t for Morse‚ we wouldn’t be where we are at with today’s communication systems. Since Samuel Morse was the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code‚ The U.S. should create a monument in his honor. First of all‚ Samuel Morse is the inventor of the telegraph

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    passage I selected‚ 1 Samuel 1:28‚ tells the story of the birth of Samuel and begins with a story about Samuel’s mother‚ Hannah‚ who prays for a child during the family’s annual pilgrimage to worship at Shiloh. Eli‚ the priest at Shiloh‚ hears her prayer and tells Hannah that her prayer will be answered. Hannah promises the Lord that if she is granted a child‚ she will return him to the Lord and his life will be dedicated to the Lord’s work. The birth of Samuel was the first step

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    Themes in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’. Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ is a typical example of what is referred to in literary terms as ‘Absurd Theatre’‚ a phrase referring to 20th century works that depict the absurdity of modern human creation‚ often with implicit reference to humanity’s loss or lack of religious‚ philosophical or cultural roots. Such works depict the individual as essentially isolated and alone‚ even when surrounded by other people and things. Many modern comic

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    Department of English College of Arts University of Mosul NOVEL: The Oriental Elements in Samuel Johnson ’s Rasselas Hamed Mahfood Hamed Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784)‚ often referred to as Dr Johnson‚ was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet‚ essayist‚ moralist‚ literary critic‚ biographer‚ editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory‚ and has been described

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    may seems like an impediment‚ the author speed up the tempo: “The girls use such terms as ‘hurry now‚’ ‘just today‚’ ‘today‚’ ‘now‚’ and ‘at this right moment your can find him.’” Within this section‚ Samuel and his servant encounter women from the nearby city. They inquire as to where the seer could be found. The women inform them that they will find the seer. Verse 14 is the execution of the proposal the women make‚ Saul and his servant head up to the city. Verse 15 functions as the outcome of

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    In Waiting for Godot‚ Samuel Beckett produces a truly cryptic work. On first analyzing the play‚ one is not sure of what‚ if anything‚ happens or of the title character’s significance. In attempting to unravel the themes of the play‚ interpreters have extracted a wide variety symbolism from the Godot’s name. Some‚ taking an obvious hint‚ have proposed that Godot represents God and that the play is centered on religious symbolism. Others have taken the name as deriving from the French word for a boot

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge   Date of birth: October 21‚1772   born at: Ottery St Mary‚ United Kingdom     Education: Jesus College‚ Cambridge   Christ’s Hospital     Poems from Samuel Taylor Coleridge  ● a broken friendship   ● a day dream   ● a mathematical problem   ● cologne  ● a christmas carol   constancy to an ideal object by samuel taylor coleridge   Since all‚ that beat about in Nature’s range‚  Or veer or vanish ; why should’st thou remain  The only constant in a world of change‚ 

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    A Discussion of the Avant-Garde Characteristics of Samuel Beckett’s Play The term ’avant-garde’ means literally in French the ’fore guard‚’ the part of the military that goes before the main force. (Calinescu‚ 1987) In this ’going before‚’ the avant-garde of a military force not only exposes itself to greater risks from enemy positions (which may or may not be known)‚ but it also can avail itself of greater strategic and tactical opportunities if it finds the enemy unprepared. As a term of art to

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    short stories anthology‚ ‘Ways of sunlight’‚ Samuel Selvon uses characters to present the themes and explain the actions they undertake in their lives. Using five short stories from the anthology we are able to understand how different characters have been used to highlight the major concerns. The stories selected include; Johnson and the Cascadura‚ Down the main‚ Cane is bitter‚ Erasers dilemma and Obeah in the grove. The book ways of sunlight by Samuel Selvon mirrors the lives of Caribbean in Trinidad

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    Samuel De Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain‚ on the border of northern New York state and Vermont‚ named in 1609) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World. In 1603‚ Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont’s expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay

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