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    Essay Topics: 4. According to Paul Cezanne: “Art is as harmony Parallel to Nature.” Discuss with reference to Cubism. “The history of Cubism consists chiefly of the ongoing battle between the two dimensional plane and three-dimensional nature‚ between the artists painting construction and the emotional contact with nature.” Jacob Bendien (1890- 1933) Cubism was a powerful influent in the visual arts style of the 20th century‚ in the modern art period. This movement was specifically established

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    The Mystery of the Salem Witchcraft Trials In a plain meeting house in 1692 a woman stands before her judges. She is accused of tormenting innocent girls with an unseen evil. Standing there‚ the poor woman is ridiculed in front of her whole town. She is surrounded by people accusing her of witchcraft based only on the hallucinations of attention-hungry schoolgirls. It makes us wonder was there no justice? It did not matter; superstition got the best of them. Eventually these superstitions claimed

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    1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts was a time of fear‚ allegation‚ and deceit. It was the time of the Salem witch trials. Family feuds‚ eccentric personalities‚ and even keeping dolls in your home were reasons for accusations. Fueled by religious fanatics and young girls screaming for attention‚ literally‚ no one was safe from the insanity of the witch-hunt. This paper is intended to discuss the causes of this hysteria‚ some of the trials that took place during the year 1692‚ and what finally stopped the

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    The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were events that took place in the Salem Village between June and September of 1692. Hundreds of people were being accused of practicing Witchcraft and were put on trial. At least 20 people were executed. Victims of witchcraft were said to have Fitts‚ the act of screaming‚ throwing things‚ and outburst of gibberish. It was a strong belief that the devil could give certain people or “Witches” the power to harm others in return for their

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    in Salem Village‚ and there is no evidence from the time that Tituba practiced Caribbean black magic‚ yet these trials and executions actually still took place‚ how can you explain why they occurred? <br> <br>The Salem Witchcraft Trials began not as an act of revenge against an ex-lover‚ as they did in The Crucible‚ but as series of seemingly unlinked‚ complex events‚ which a paranoid and scared group of people incorrectly linked. And while there were countless other witchcraft trials‚ Salem ’s trials

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    Literary Term #14: Parallel Structure Parallel Structure: Repetition of the same words or phrases within a sentence or passage. Example: “‘Don’t put your feet up there‚ Huckleberry’; and ‘Don’t scrunch up like that Huckleberry’...‘Don’t gap and stretch like that‚ Huckleberry’” (2). Twain‚ Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Bantam Dell‚ 2003. Print. Function: The author used parallel structure within the beginning of the story because he wants to emphasize how much Huckleberry Finn

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    Lab 4 – Series and Parallel DC Circuits PHY2049L Friday Lab 1:00 8th February‚ 2013 Introduction The purpose of this lab experiment is to test the predictions for current‚ voltage and resistance of the relationships of parallel and series circuits. The procedures strive to prove that the theoretical outcomes are consistent with the corresponding measured results. After setting up the closed circuits we want to test our own results into the equations

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    A time of death‚ fear‚ witches‚ scapegoating‚ and bizarre miscommunications between a community all in one area Salem‚ Massachusetts. Accusations broke out between the populace and people in 1692. The Salem Witch Hysteria (meaning a chaotic level of fear) of 1692 began with two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ daughter of Samuel Parris‚ and Abigail Williams. The young cousins first accused Tituba‚ a West Indian brought to assist them in their fortunes. Not too long afterwards‚ the young girls began acting strange

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    Arlin Alvarado E Gross English 111H Period 4 March 3‚ 2013 The Salem Witch Trial When people think about The Salem Witch Trial‚ the first thing that comes to mind is “oh it ’s just a bunch of wannabe witches being killed.” But in reality they were innocent people being accused by a bunch of little girls trying to get got of trouble. People were very suspicious and paranoid about everything back then-if a few people in the village suddenly became ill‚ it was because of a "witch". Remember‚

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    name!” This quote shows both the dilemma in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which Arthur Miller set his story in‚ and the era of McCarthyism which he kind of writes about; John was going to confess to being a witch but couldn’t because he didn’t want to ruin his name for his family. He was an innocent man but died because he didn’t confess. This is very similar to what was happening during the 50’s when McCarthyism first started. Arthur Miller’s use of the Salem Witch Trials in the Crucible demonstrates

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