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    1765 British government needed money to afford the 10‚000 officers and soldiers living in the colonies and intended that the colonists living there should contribute .The Sons of Liberty‚ a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy‚ was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party The name Sons of Liberty was derived from a 1765 debate in Parliament over the Stamp Act. During the

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    night‚ a place that represents his sins. Dorian’s carriage “jerks” into a “dark” area‚ the sudden movement suggesting that the horse is instinctively nervous or scared. And the “low roofs and jagged chimney-stacks” that looked like “black masts” shrouded by a mist of “ghostly sails” paint a nightmarish image of hostility due to harsh words like jagged‚ and fear with mentions of ghosts; both add to the tension. In the next paragraph Wilde uses diction such as “hastily” and “quickly” to build the

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    Sarah Saoud Professor Al Samarrai 20th Century English Literature 29 April 2007 Araby: Escaping Reality through Fantasy Reality is often bleak. It is only natural when the bleakness becomes too much to bear‚ that fantasies of escape are born. These are latched onto‚ basked in‚ and consumed until they take over the senses and drive the spirit to the edge of feeling. Then‚ they hurl their owners into despair‚ for fantasy‚ in the very end‚ will slam into the harsh wall of reality‚ and dissolve

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    Benjamin‚ as the title of the film implies‚ is nothing short of extraordinary but under the stress of time he eventually becomes commonplace. As time passes he begins to realize his fate‚ accepts it‚ and in turn ends up ordinary; his sole grace being the memories he leaves behind. Starting out inquisitive‚ adventurous and bold‚ Benjamin acted on impulse; doing whatever he felt like. On one such occasion‚ Benjamin journeys through Manhattan for the first time in his life‚ he may not have done much

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    ‚ 芸 (gei) meaning art‚ and 者 (sha) meaning ‘person’ or doer. These two words combined mean ‘person of the arts’ or entertainer. It is said that the geisha inhibit a separate world from the average person‚ for centuries it has been a secret world shrouded in mystery

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    The Norse trickster god‚ Loki is undoubtedly the most debatable figure from Norse mythology to this day. Though he appears to be a scheming‚ mischievous deity who has no real loyalties‚ his role is shrouded in mystery; what was his purpose in the ancient stories. Was he merely a plot device‚ a foil for the Aesir‚ and the pantheon of gods in Norse religion? In the tales‚ Loki is portrayed as a scheming coward who cares only for shallow pleasures and self-preservation. He’s by turns playful‚ malicious

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    iconic symbol of Chicago to the rest of the world‚ but Pablo Picasso himself never visited Chicago. While Picasso seemed pleased to gift Chicago with artwork as he was also doing a piece for another “gangster city‚” Marseille‚ France‚ all else is shrouded in mystery. Any analysis needs to consider that there can be no definitive conclusions; only suppositions about the true meaning of this work. The “abstract form” of the untitled Picasso will always provoke more questions than answers since Picasso

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    many meanings. A master poet‚ Emily Dickinson employs darkness as a metaphor many times throughout her poetry. In “We grow accustomed to the dark” (#428) she talks of the “newness” that awaits when we “fit our Vision to the Dark.” As enigmatic and shrouded in mystery as the dark she explores‚ Dickinson’s poetry seems our only door to understanding the recluse. As she wrote to her friend T.W. Higginson on April 15‚ 1862‚ “the Mind is so near itself – it cannot see‚ distinctly”(Letters 253). In this

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    This passage is an excerpt from the novel “The Bondwoman’s Narrative” written originally by Hannah Crafts in 19th Century. The author uses first person narrative to directly address her experience as a fugitive. From our contextual understanding of this novel‚ she does not intend to aim for a particular audience but rather gives a personal anecdote on her life as a recount. She employs both figurative and literal language devices to convey her thoughts and feelings as lively as possible to readers

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    places are more powerful than others. Tirumala is one of the rare places in the globe where people gather in great number‚ from various parts of the world‚ irrespective of caste‚ creed‚ race‚ language and nationality. The temple beginnings are shrouded in great antiquity and its origins are still a matter of scholarly debate. Sangam literature‚ the earliest of Tamil literature (dated between 500 BC to AD 300) mentions Tirupati as Tiruvengadam which used to form the northernmost frontier of the

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