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    The Symbol of the Moon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream In William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s dream and also the movie A Midsummer’s Night Dream written and directed by Michael Hoffman‚ the moon is not only used to represent the difference between day and night but also as a symbol to represent love‚ lust and dreaming. Throughout the play and the movie‚ the moon takes on different meanings depending on the charactes’ situations. . Most of the play and the movie take place during night

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    Have you ever thought about where the moon came from‚ or how the moon came together to be "the moon?" The moon is an astronomical body that orbits earth‚ being earths only permanent natural satellite. Over many years‚ scientists have came up with different theories on how the moon was formed. Scientists have came up with theories then another scientists proves it wrong. I believe that the moon was formed from the big impact. The first theory is the co-formation theory. The co-formation theory also

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    Scientific Facts for Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists: An Essay on the Apollo 11 Conspiracies Tatiana Odishoo Ms. Betances‚ English 1 Pre-IB Global Issue Research Paper June1‚ 2011 Odishoo‚ Tatiana Ms. Betances/ English 1 Pre-IB Per.5 Global Issue Draft 20 May 2011 Scientific Facts for Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists People around the globe are familiar with the triumphant words‚ “One small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” However‚ nearly 20% (Russo) believe they were

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    Were the Moon Landings Real? Did the moon landings in 1969 really happen‚ or did the U.S make it all up to win the race between the Soviet Union? The Soviet Union and N.A.S.A were having a race to see who could get a human on the moon first. The president at the time was John F. Kennedy(JFK)‚ JFK promised the U.S that he would make sure the U.S lands on the moon first. Most people are starting to think that the moon landing is faked and there are many reasons why. After reading we’ll see

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    where two super nations compete to put the first man on the moon come with a reasonable doubt about whether it actually happened or not. Some conspiracy theorists say that the moon landing was just a big hoax and that the United States (U.S) government wanted to be the first people to put astronauts on the moon to display how superior we were. First‚ the reason this theory started on why the U.S wanted to be the first to put someone on the moon was because of something called the space race. “The space

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    The Apollo landing on the moon was a important time in America history. Three important parts were John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Speech at Rice University‚ America landing on the moon‚ and America winning the space race. To begin with the Space Race started with a bet. The bet was tot see who could be the first one to get to the moon. This bet was between the Soviet Union and America the prize was pwer. Who ever got to the moon first had the pwer to send nuclear rockets to other countrys. This

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    President John f. Kennedy challenged NASA to land a man on the moon. To make it to the moon it required many advances in technology. There were many Apollo missions before the actual moon landing. Apollo 8 and 10 flew all the way to the moon‚ around it‚ and back to earth. Finally mission Apollo 11 was ready to launch the Saturn 5 space shuttle. On July 16 1969‚ Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They traveled to the moon and arrived in lunar orbit on July 19. On board the Saturn

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    blaming weird things on the moon. Dogs and cats are howling? It’s a full moon. You see a weirdo hairy dude acting odd at the market? He’s a werewolf and it’s close to the full moon. Maybe not so much today‚ but a long time ago‚ a lot of stuff got blamed on the moon. Although a majority of people no longer blame the big bad moon‚ some people believe that the moon has an affect on us. This is called the Lunar Effect. Actually several studies have been done to see if the moon really affects humans and

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    The moon as depicted within this photograph directly correlates to the imperative role it plays as a motif within the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In this story of passion and heartache the moon appears time and time again serving more than just its literal meaning. It provides the audience with a greater understanding of both the characters feelings and the environment in which a scene occurs. This is done through the use of symbolism that is demonstrated in a variety of ways‚ representing more

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    Michael Koon Informative Speech Theories on the Formation of the Moon Intro A. Attention Getter “We are the music makers‚ and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers‚ and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers‚ for whom the pale moon gleams.” (O ’Shaughnessy). Truer words could not have been spoken for the moon does gleam for us‚ it gives us light in the darkest of nights‚ it controls are tidal shifts and some scientist even believe that

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