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    protagonist John Proctor committed the ultimate sin of adultery; damaging his image and relationships with others. Initially. Proctor is a hot-headed‚ guilt ridden man‚ however‚ as the story progresses‚ he transforms into an honest man--truly desiring redemption. As the play begins‚ John Proctor is easily agitated and carries an abundance of guilt. His affair with Abigail Williams severely damaged his relationship with his wife. Proctor shows disfavor for her‚ suggesting she “ought to bring flowers in

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    When the inmates are relased after years of being suck in Shawshank‚ they find difficulty functioning in the real world‚ this is the effects of Institutionalization. Institutionalization is a major theme in "Shawshank Redeption". Institutionalization by definition means to become a part of a well-orgainzed system and follow a rotine. The inmates follow a set routine and dont make any of their own chocies in life. After so long of not being able to make their own desicions‚ the inmates can start to

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    The most common basic issue in school management is checking of the student’s attendance. Calling roll numbers or names of the students like traditional ways has turned out to be an old thing. Implementing such a system to the academic environment using an Android phone can help the professors to ease their daily routine in checking the attendance of his/her students. The main purpose in creating this application is to make the work of the professor to be simpler and automated and to maximize the

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    Literary Devices In Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin‚ Compare and Contrast is shown throughout the novel. Baldwin had shown that there are characters that have similar situations‚ but other who contrast among themselves. For example‚ Florence and Elizabeth are similar because of their situations‚ while Florence and Gabriel clash because of their attitude and beliefs. Another example of compare and contrast is Frank and Richard being similar in nature‚ but Esther and Deborah being pictures

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    In the ”Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln incorporates literary devices in his address to achieve his purpose. Lincoln uses repetition‚ antithesis‚ and parallelism to remind those who were present of the lives that were lost and the dream that should continue to live on for them. Abraham Lincoln utilizes repetition in his speech to make it very clear what his point is. By repeating words it emphasizes Lincoln’s point and the importance of it. He says‚ “... we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate--

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    The sentence structure and diction revealed another side of Hamlet in act 3. In previous acts‚ Hamlet’s sentences were short and choppy. However‚ in act 3‚ his sentences were much longer‚ and included many semicolons‚ commas‚ and colons in each one. For example‚ “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question:/Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?” (A3S1) In this one sentence‚ there are

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    better existing things is the only way to go forward." A young philosopher. "…And it may be that I have a chance to find out‚ but that is the future….something cons teach themselves not to think about" Red‚ Shawshank prison on hope. Red‚ Andy DeFrense’s close friend at Shawshank‚ at first looked forward to his parole hearings. Hoping the highest hope to fool those "damn parole board bastards" (a tone similar to that reflecting the opinion of all inmates) or maybe convince them that for one

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    ACT 1 Period 4 October 8‚2012 Setting and Plot Act 1 Scene 1 Setting – The opening of Julius Caesar is set in a street‚ in Rome‚ after the feast of Luprical. Analysis – The celebration is very important to the story and to the common people‚ because this is the 1st entrance of Caesar after conquering Pompey and winning what was the Civil War. Plot – The actual scene shows workmen dressed in formal attire and celebrating Caesar. The most important dialogue in the scene is the two

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    Beginning with When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats‚ we as the reader’s first notice the rhyme scheme used. Readers observe that the first and fourth lines of the poem rhyme‚ as well as the second and third lines. Correspondingly‚ the poem grasps an iambic pentameter which gives Yeats poem a more musical characteristic. The word “And” appears in this poem more than six times just in the first stanza alone which keeps the rhythm of the meter constant. In my opinion‚ I believe that the narrator

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    Set in the middle of the yellows woods‚ the poem The Road not taken by Robert Frost‚ is an extremely powerful poem‚ which talks about the difficultly of decision making in life. The poem is a story about a the poet‚ who is at an intersection in the woods with two diverging roads‚ and is faced with the decision of choosing between the two equally good roads. There the poet is conflicted with decision‚ as he wants to travel both roads yet must on chose one as he can on only travel on one of the two

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