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    they want‚ sometimes it works and the results are catastrophic‚ but there are situations where the empty promise is seen right through. Christopher Marlowe’s works both “Dido‚ Queen of Carthage” and “The Passionate Shepard to His Love” along with Walter Ralegh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepard” display such extremes as previously mentioned. Making promises and then possibly breaking them‚ only adds to the effect that the piece has on the reader by making the piece more relatable to the reader

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    The Passionate Shepherd

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    nymph has a much different philosophy. In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”‚ Raleigh expresses how passion deceives the mind into irrationality by countering the shepherd’s persuasive remarks. The nymph’s philosophy on love differs immensely from the shepherd’s emphasis on superficial things; sure coral clasps and amber studs are great gifts‚ but “All these in me no means can move / To come to thee and be thy love” (Raleigh 19-20). The nymph does not

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    Indian was respectful but they were pushy‚ intolerant‚ and the priest depended on them for food. Then Don Luis led his people to murder the priest and Menendez learned about what was going on. He came with help by attacking Don Luis people. In 1584 Sir Walter Ralegh was send by Queen Elizabeth I to search for any New World lands that was owned by Christians. They realize if they assist the Indians they could get them to compromise with the profit‚ empire‚ and Christianity.

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    Raleigh eventually gained approval from the royal crown to delegate an English colony in the unfamiliar land. Seven ships- and two flagships- departed from England on April 9‚ 1585. In total‚ there were 500 hundred men‚ including Manteo and Wanchese. Months thereafter passed and on June 26‚ 1585‚ the ships landed a mere 80 miles southwest of Roanoke. Unaware of the treacheries to navigate around the alien world‚ the Tiger‚ one of the quainter ships‚ ran aground and a generous portion of the cargo

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    Love as an Entity

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    varieties of love‚ each with its own capabilities to invoke powerful emotions. An idealistic love is a form of love which in many ways is quixotic and lacking essential attributes‚ proof of which can be found in the works of Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Ralegh. Another potent form of love is pure love which is unconditional and timeless as expressed by Shakespeare and Elizabeth Berrett Browning. On a different note‚ a twisted love is flawed and bound to fail as revealed by Robert Browning. In

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    Puritans: A Brief Summary

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    The first expedition was dispatched to the New World by Water Raleigh and consisted of 2 ships‚ a reconnaissance expedition‚ set out in 1584. Roanoke was reached in July 1585 and had on board John White a mapmaker and a painter who left a number of high-quality water color drawings representing Indians‚ their village‚ dances‚ and their way of life. Hariot‚ a scientific expert who was also on board‚ published in 1588 „A Brief and true report of Virginia”. On board there were many other specialists

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    The Lost Colony of Roanoke On May 8th‚ 1585‚ Richard Grenville‚ a famous naval commander‚ set sail for the island of Roanoke‚ a small island off the coast of modern-day North Carolina. With the hopes of establishing a colony‚ John White‚ an explorer and artist‚ was appointed the role of Governor. The colonists arrived sometime in July of 1587. There were a few small attacks from local Native Americans within the first few months‚ and the colonists desperately wanted John White to return to England

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    Richard Allen was born February 14‚ 1760. During this time period more than one million people‚ representing a population increase of significant proportions‚ were living in the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic coast. disease‚ and infant mortality rates in the colonies were much lower than those in England‚ and life expectancy was considerably higher. Just under a quarter million blacks lived in the colonies‚ the slave numbers increased‚ along with the white population‚ through a combination

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    Shepherd vs Nymph A story about two love interests in two poems ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ and ‘ The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’ is written as a note to another and a response back to the other. They are both quite different than it seems but they still do have their similarities. Its like a Ying and Yang‚ Positive and Negative‚ Up and down. They may seem short‚ but they show a lot of positives and negatives. The way it goes can be such a sorrow when the Nymph hits him with the truth

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    Thomas Paine Diary Entry

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    We first came to the colonies four years ago‚ among an unnamed ship coming our farm near a town in south-east england called Canterbury. Although we started to get ready in Canterbury‚ we had first go say goodbye to family in Thetford‚ a town about four-hundred and twenty kilometers away round trip. Our cousin Thomas Paine seemed quite convinced that something was bound to go wrong‚ and that going to the colonies was a large blunder on our part. On our way we crossed the Thames near Dartford on

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