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    Bladerunner and Frankenstein Q. Changes in context and form offer fresh perspectives on the values of texts. How does Scotts Bladerunner reveal a new response to the values in Shelley’s Frankenstein? Include the following: * Topic sentence * Context * Quote/techniques A. Thesis: In society‚ values are relatively constant overtime regardless of the changes in context. However underlying the transcending values‚ the perspectives of individuals in different contexts fluctuate as

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    The Play of Love (Hook) Everyone knows the tale of the two star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ who fall madly in love with each other‚ but eventually end up dead. It’s a classic! (C.1) Readers don’t usually focus on the other types of love the play portrays besides Romeo and Juliet’s love. (G.S #1) Romeo‚ of course‚ cherishes Juliet throughout the whole entire play and Juliet shows it back equally without being caught. (G.S #2) The Nurse’s relationship with Juliet‚ being able to keep secrets with

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    Life within two countries hardly compare. America and France have been there for each other for quite sometime. France gave America the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of friendship. Recently‚ three Americans received France’s highest honor because they stopped a gunman on a train to Paris. Along with acts of peace‚ they have had their battles‚ too. America and France have their common shares‚ but their education systems‚ languages‚ and cultures are different. Of course‚ both countries’s school officials

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    Sedaris remembered visiting his grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and could barely recognize him. Sedaris acknowledged that Hugh traveled to different places made him more experience (Sedaris 297). Both authors are making distinctions between lives abroad and in the United States. Gullen explains how living in Denmark did not change her‚ but allow her to discover her true

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    Greek mythology has sometimes thought to be the building blocks of our modern society. Aside from a male dominated culture‚ there are few differences in the way we live our lives today compared to thousands of years ago. The story of Penelope and the Suitors is a good example of a woman’s loyalty and respect to her husband without being asphyxiated by patriarchal community. Both Penelope and the Suitors by J.W. Waterhouse and “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker use the myth of Penelope’s suitors to show

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    Competition between rivals causes a battle over the mead halls. Jealousy leads to rage between protagonists. These leaders include Unferth‚ Beowulf and Grendel. In the stories Beowulf and Grendel‚ there are fierce encounters between enemies who attempt to defend their boasts and seek revenge‚ leaving no true hero. “…I can show the wise Hrothgar a way to defeat his enemy and find respite…” (Beowulf 21). In Beowulf’s call to adventure‚ he is not invited to help the Danes; Beowulf takes it upon himself

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    In his novel Candide‚ he thoroughly shares his thoughts on religion. In the text‚ the Pope himself has a daughter‚ breaking the papal oath. Voltaire also used an interaction between Candide and an old man to stress the hostile practices of the church. When Candide was questioning a man about his people’s religion‚ he asked the man about meeting a priest. The man replied that there were no priests‚ and everyone worshipped God

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    their narratives based upon Mark’s while John’s version of events is drastically different. Mark’s tale showcases Jesus’ agony while John’s tale depicts Jesus making peace with God’s ultimate plan. Audience criticism helps explain the variances between Jesus’ arrest within Mark and John. In the gospel of Mark 14:32-52‚ Jesus and his disciples came to Gethsemane where he told them to sit and wait for him to return. Jesus took Peter‚ James‚ and John aside from the group and expressed his emotions

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    address the issue of how science and technological advancements‚ such as Galvanism‚ have given humans the ability to create artificial life and act as ‘God’. As life is created‚ the question of ‘what actually is human’ arises‚ and as the relationships between creator and creation are seen‚ audiences are made to reflect

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    After Macbeth has successfully gained the throne‚ he goes to the witches for another prophecy because he wants his sons to gain the throne instead of Banquo’s. Macbeth found out his prophecy in the form of apparitions which were ‘cooked up’ by the witches in a cauldron. one witch shows him a crowned child which means beware Macduff‚ the second which shows him a bloody child which means no man born of a woman can harm him‚ and the third which shows an armed head which means nothing shall overcome

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