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    How to Be Alluring Person

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    guest (pick your nose‚ pass gas‚ adjust your nylons‚ pick a wedgie‚ adjust your bra‚ use the restroom‚ etc.). Yes‚ he will see you get dressed in the morning‚ which a guest would not see‚ but be careful to never get so “comfortable” with him‚ that you show him your grosser actions. If you managed to behave well before you married him‚ you can keep it up. To violate this‚ diminishes you in his eyes‚ and frankly‚ diminishes him in yours. If you act better in front of strange men than you do your husband

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    Proctors Hamartia

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    Proctors Hamartia What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is someone of noble stature that is good but not perfect and has committed a fatal flaw. As a result of this flaw he is judged and has a downfall on his grand stature. He realizes his mistake‚ and learns from it. He then accepts his death with dignity. In the play The Crucible written in the early 1950’s by Arthur Miller‚ does John Proctor qualify as a tragic hero? During the playwright‚ John Proctor does have the elements to qualify as a tragic

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    Selfish Change -

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    Selfish Change For centuries advancements in society have inspired materialism. In the short story‚ "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker‚ a scarred fire victim‚ Maggie‚ was treated poorly by her older sister‚ Dee‚ who tried to take family heirlooms while visiting. Dee had integrated into a society where blacks and whites were equal. Her mother‚ who had not fully adjusted to the change in civil rights‚ had grown up in an era of black repression. Dee ’s materialism and selfishness interfered with her

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    Proctor in the Crucible

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    John Proctor in the Crucible The novel The Crucible takes place in a small town in Massachusetts named Salem. The town is extremely strict and there is little you can do‚ so everyone lives under serious morals. Throughout the story there is a lot of accusing‚ betrayal‚ and hysteria over witch craft after three girls are found playing in the woods. Since‚ Betty‚ reverend Parris’ daughter‚ ends up being ill after that incident they blame it on witchcraft. John Proctor is a farmer who is married to

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    no matter what. A child is born selfish with only the "id" personality trait of need and want. Later on in life‚ one learns the rights and wrongs of their actions‚ but life or death decision making‚ most always comes down to a generally selfish‚ evil nature. In the novel the Lord of the Flies‚ the author brings up the question of whether or not the true nature of humans are good or bad throughout his writing. The children on the island were once‚ assumingely‚ good kids before they

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    This is what leads to the uprising in the town. The Puritans are viewed as being very religious they believe in God and everything he did for them. They believe in an unconditional election in which God has no obligation to save anyone‚ no matter how little the problem is. The Puritans use this during the witch trials in which they hanged many people that were innocent of witchcraft. These hangings happened because everyone believed everything the girls said and showed. People in the crowd seemed

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    24-hour rainfall: Specify amount: Terrain (select one and mark) Flat X Steep _ Is the facility located in a flood-prone area? (select one and mark) Yes ___ No X Ground Water Depth of groundwater table (meter) 0 to less than 3 3 to 10 Greater than 10 III. RECEIVING MEDIA/RECEPTORS Air

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    Odysseus Is Selfish

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    I think Odysseus is not a hero. Most people would say he is‚ but I think this because he is a selfish man and kills people. At first‚ he sounds like a good guy who is an excellent man. Wait till you find out what he has done. Odysseus is a very Selfish man. In other words‚ he puts himself before others. When Odysseus and his crew sailed past the Sirens‚ he made the team put wax in their ears. He tied himself up so he could be the only man alive to hear their song. In addition to that‚ He cheated

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    Andrew Suazo 12/4/11 P.4 John Proctor VS. Arthur Dimmesdale The sixth commandment states‚ "Thou shall not commit adultery." This is something that both John Proctor from "The Crucible" and Arthur Dimmesdale from "The Scarlet Letter" committed. John Proctor’s partner in crime is Abigail Williams and Arthur Dimmesdale’s is Hester Prynne. The big difference between these two men is that John accepts his sin and Arthur does not. They both share the same sin‚ but they lived two different

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    John Hale‚ from the Crucible Dynamic‚ Reverend John Hale needs only this one word to describe him. That is what separates Hale from any other character in the Crucible‚ while most characters are entirely static‚ with the exception of Elizabeth. That is why I consider him to be the best‚ and most flushed out character in the Crucible. In this report I will describe and analyze the character of John Hale and try show why his is the best character in the Crucible. In the first paragraph I will

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