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    The Judgement of Sin in The Scarlet letter Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an exciting romance novel. Hester Prynne had just committed adultery and is forced to put a scarlet letter A on her chest. She suffers punishment at the hands of the townsfolk‚ her husband‚ and the rules of puritan religion. Hawthorne shows us how people judge quickly when others sin‚ but forget quickly when they do the same. Hawthorne uses imagery to show that there can sometimes be good at the end of a dark

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    In the story of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ there are plenty of themes surrounding the deep story. One theme in particular stood out‚ and that was price of untold sin. It plays a major role throughout the story and Pearl‚ one of the main characters‚ is a product of sin. In this story‚ set in 17th century Boston‚ Hester Prynne suffers the ignominy of having to wear the Scarlet Letter on her bosom for the rest of her natural life. After committing adultery‚ Hester must endure the pain

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    As Atticus said‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”‚ because they have done nothing to anyone but try to please. There are many people in the world and in stories that symbolize mockingbirds‚ that were killed innocently. There are not many mockingbirds in Maycomb County‚ but until Boo Radley showed up no one knew that he was a true mockingbird. Mockingbirds do nothing but try to please humans by singing‚ and try to help. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout goes through many hard times and learns

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    Even though both Rusalka and Cho-Nue Gui-Sin might help people‚ they have mainly negative images on them. Many regions conducted some forms of actions to avoid harms from those spirits. Although Rusalka was believed to live near the water because they cannot be survived without having a wet hair‚ people believed that in a certain period of time‚ which were varying from regions to regions‚ they were believed to come to visit their villages. While Rusalka might provide moistures to their land and crops

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    Name : Tung Sin Ting Course: LANG1002I T04 Title: Photography Instructor: Professor Jan Pople Photography is an interesting topic that can be discuss in many ways. In order to explore this issue‚ this essay will first cover the reason why photography was a game-changer by explain how photography changed human’s life. After that‚ this essay will advance the idea that conditions allowed photography became a game-changer through some histories of photography and it’s increasing

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    February 8‚ 2013 “Three Sins in Killing Three” The seventeenth century saw the creation of the anti-Petrarchan poem. Its purpose was used in a satirical way to make fun of another popular poetic style of the era‚ the Petrarchan poem. The Petrarchan poem is notorious for glorifying women and portraying them as unrealistic‚ goddess-like creatures; and so the anti-Petrarchan poem did quite the opposite. “The Flea”‚ written by John Doe is a perfect example of an anti-Petrarchan poem. “The Flea” is

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    Madame Defarge vs. Sydney Carton “‘Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop‚’ returned Madame; ‘but don’t tell me’” (Dickens 606). In A Tale of Two Cities‚ by Charles Dickens‚ the French Revolution is in full effect. Madame Defarge is a wine shop keeper by day and a murderer by night‚ and Sydney Carton is a pessimistic lawyer with a massive heart. Obsession consumes both Madame Defarge’s and Sydney Carton’s lives. Although they are both obsessive‚ Madame Defarge is more consumed with an obsession

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    "Hypocrisy of sin" Being fake‚ hiding their true selves and who they really are‚ you can hide from anyone you want‚ but you cannot hide from God. Two story’s both show different ways of puritan beliefs and effects of sin‚ one by Jonathan Edward called "Sinners in the hands of an angry god"‚ and the other by Nathaniel Hawthorn called "the ministers black veil". The people they preach to are hypocritical‚ and refuse to see the truth. While Edwards portrays an angry god and fearful Sinners‚ Hawthorne’s

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    Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan directed by Luis Buñuel is an ethnographic surrealism documentary first shown in 1933. The film was not made to spew facts at its audience members but to make the audience think about what they were seeing and hearing. Buñuel’s film is a documentary but in a broad sense of what a documentary is. It is no wonder that his move is different to any other movie out there because he was forced to learn how to film himself because cameras were just starting to be used. Even though

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    Kelly McLaen WGST 199-01 Professor Uman 1/28/14 1. Tatar suggests that Madame de Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” demonstrates her desire to turn the fairy tale into “parables of instructions”. This is to display vehicles for indoctrinating and enlightening children about the virtues of good manners‚ good breeding‚ and good behavior. Throughout Beaumont’s tale‚ Belle begins to learn such virtues. She gains such virtues from the willingness to sacrifice herself. Belle sacrifices herself and agrees

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