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    Topic: People choose Abortion over an Adoption Thesis statement: Terminating a pregnancy gives no future to a child. At least with an adoption‚ the child will have a life. Brown‚ Kristi Burton. Adoption: Why So Many Choose the First and What We Can Do. Live Action News. www.livenews.com.15 May. 2012. Apr. 2018 http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/17/why-do-more-people-choose-abortion-over-adoption. Do mothers considering abortion realize that families go on waiting lists to adopt newborn babies?

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    A4 23 February 2009 “It may serve‚ let us hope‚ to symbolize some sweet moral blossom‚ that may be found along the track‚ or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human fatality and sorrow‚” (Hawthorne 44). In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ light and dark are used to compare and contrast the inner nature of Hester‚ Pearl‚ and Dimmesdale‚ All of these characters describe the theme of sin and suffering‚ but throughout their own struggles they strive and succeed to end up on the other

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    Daniele Luetke AP English 12/20/12 Nature Essay The Role of Nature In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ there are several chapters devoted to nature and its role in the novel. Every main character has some kind of an interaction with nature. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne relates a rosebush to the footsteps of Ann Hutchinson who‚ in the eyes of early Puritan society‚ was a criminal. However‚ nature knows she was innocent‚ so it responded to her with a pure rosebush. Whether

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    Robyn Walz 9/01/2013 Prompt 2 Sexist Punishments? : Protofeminism in The Scarlet Letter In the eyes of some‚ The Scarlet Letter may seem like a protofeminist novel. In the eyes of some‚ had Hester been a man‚ her punishment would not have been nearly as embarrassing and deceitful. In the eyes of some‚ Hester did nothing but the right thing based on her trying to protect other women from gender-based prosecution‚ though it meant completely disregarding Puritan laws in her society. Then again‚

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    avoided. Fluoride has hidden dangers that not enough people know about and should be removed from water supplies despite false reports that it is actually beneficial‚ and the practice of water fluoridation should be completely eliminated. (Thesis Statement) Fluoride is an endocrine disruptor that can affect your bones‚ brain‚ thyroid gland‚ pineal gland and even your blood sugar levels. (Preview of Main Points) In order to explain to you the dangers of fluoride‚ I will focus

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    The Scarlet Letter Essay Prompt #1 As far as women are discussed in past societies‚ they are usually not the heroes. Nathaniel Hawthorne thought otherwise in his literary work‚ The Scarlet Letter. Heroes are often characterized as courageous‚ strong‚ and ones with humility. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character Hester Prynne exhibits all of these qualities of heroism. Due to Hester Prynne taking responsibility for her sin of adultery and deciding to continue to work arduously in a society where she is

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    Perhaps the foremost purpose of The Scarlet Letter is to illustrate the difference between shaming someone in public and allowing him or her to suffer the consequences of an unjust act privately. According to the legal statutes at the time and the prevailing sentiment of keeping in accordance with a strict interpretation of the Bible‚ adultery was a capital sin that required the execution of both adulterer and adulteress--or at the very least‚ severe public corporal punishment. Indeed‚ even if the

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    Zakk Hartwig PIB English 10 Period 2G October 20‚ 2010 The Scarlet Letter In the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses many different settings to portray important functions and significance. Several of the settings such as the prison and cemetery‚ the town‚ Governor Bellingham’s house‚ the scaffold‚ the forest‚ the lighting‚ and so on have a deeper definition. The settings act as theme enhancers that make the novel more complex and classic. Hawthorne’s use of setting is spectacular in

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a great work with many excellent things that could be said about it. One thing that makes The Scarlet Letter stand out is the character of Hester Prynn‚ who is one of the strongest female characters in literature. Having a female character with such strength raises the question of whether or not The Scarlet Letter is a feminist novel; by looking at what feminism is and analyzing the book itself‚ one can see that the book is more a commentary on society

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