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    he recurring theme in literature that is “the classic war between passion and responsibility” transpires throughout A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens using Jerry Cruncher to represent this theme through his conflict between his personal pride and his moral duties. The nature of this conflict affects Cruncher and has overall significance to the work. Cruncher‚ who struggles to support his family‚ must dig graves at night and sell the bodies to doctors for money. This conflicts with his morals because

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    5:14). This scripture states the power of prayer and that God has the direct power to fully heal any illness that overcomes a body. It also means that God has power over someone who is sick or for someone who is praying (elders of the Church)‚ over a sick person‚ and the power to keep praying until the person is healed. This bible verse also means that if a person is a follower of the Lord they will be relieved of their sickness and their sins will be forgiven.  The roles of various team members in

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    Tomas Rivera gives us this book showing us that during the 40’s and 50’s(20th century) Mexican immigrants were treated very inequitable manner. Depicting the struggles and hardships‚ he’s able to make the reader sympathize with the characters and their stories. Stories such as “The Children Couldn’t Wait” and ”It’s That It Hurts” are a pretty great example that shows us the discrimination towards the immigrant children and how they are denied access to water‚ and quality education. Rivera also shows

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    The Importance of Prayer

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    How important is prayer in today’s society? Introduction Prayer means different things to people in different religions all around the world. Some people may not identify as religious but still practice a form of prayer. This could be in the form of reflection or meditation. Some people pray many times a day‚ others just in times of need. This essay will predominantly focus on Catholicism and along with the results from research and surveys will seek to discover how important prayer in today’s

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    Hamlet's Hesitation

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    April 26‚ 1998 HAMLET’S HESITATION In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ a ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle‚ Claudius‚ is responsible for the death of his father. Hamlet is driven to reveal the truth of his father’s death and seeks to avenge his murder to achieve justice. In his quest to right the wrongdoing‚ Hamlet delays acting toward justice for many reasons. The main factor for Hamlet’s hesitation is attributed to his self-discipline. He lacks of ability to act on his emotions. Hamlet is an intelligent

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    5 years and nearly an entire continent separated King Philip’s war from the great pueblo revolt. Compare and contrast the causes and consequences of these 2 conflicts. The Great Pueblo revolt of 1680 all started with the droughts of 1660 when the Southwest had severe drought that brought famine and disease. During this‚ hungry Apaches who couldn’t find food on plains attacked the pueblos. This angered the people on the pueblos‚ but there new leader Pope’‚ a mysterious medicine doctor‚ tried

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    Araby by James Joyce is a coming of age story about a boy who is looking for love. He likes this girl and he decides that he will go to a bazaar in Araby that she cannot attend to try and bring something back for her. Despite his efforts‚ he was met with failure because by the time he got to the bazaar‚ it was closed and he could not purchase anything for the girl. The Boy‚ at the end of the story‚ learns an important lesson about the vanity of life and fleeting feelings for human love that does

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    Pi spent in India set him up to survive on the lifeboat with an orangutan‚ Hyena‚ Zebra‚ and a Bengal Tiger. Pi was able to survive because of three beliefs that he learned in India: accepting cruelty when killing creatures of the sea to survive‚ praying gave him courage to not give up hope‚ and Pi had knowledge of how animals adapted to circumstances to survive. One belief that pi had in India that he had to modify on the lifeboat was cruelty in eating animals which made him become a vegetarian

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    The production of Othello was put on by the Shakespeare Theatre Company‚ located in Washington‚ D.C. The setting occurred in Venice at the time of war between Venice and Turkey‚ later moving into the island of Cyprus. Though the play is originally set in the late sixteenth century this adaption was portrayed in post WWI. The change in the time made it possible for a changes in costume and more modernized battle scenes. The main plot point starts with the conflict‚ which is whether Iago’s plan to

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