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    Authentic works of folk literature versus manufactured ones differ in many ways. The definition of folklore was changed from an “‘oral cultural tradition of a specific group of people’” to an “‘oral poetic creation of the broad folk masses’” (Miller 5). The concept of tradition and cultural origin which is usually ingrained in the authentic folklore is void in the more modern‚ manufactured ones. Manufactured folktales also have much more thought put into to them in terms of “controlling” the folktale

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    of accounting and finance with a sinful soul. Analyzing the text‚ the words ‘retire my soul’ and ‘sin’s accounts’ has connotations to the Catholic religion; ‘heightened consciousness of soul’s vicious passions as a consequence of original sin’. The word ‘pleasure’s’ has subtle inclination to the word ‘melancholy’ as melancholy has multiple shades – sadness‚ longing‚ uplift‚ excitement; both ‘displeasurable’ and ‘pleasurable’. The fourth line of the song sums up the sinfulness of human existence

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    Sub-Saharan Africa: Change and Continuity Essay Summaries Period 3 1 600-1450: Trade Routes and Their Impacts by Stephanie Lin 2 100-1450: Politics by Rebecca Lee-McFadden 3 1450-1750: Politics and Economics by Emma Loh 4 Sub-Saharan Africa’s Relationship to Global Trade Patterns - 1750 to the Present by Douglas Chee 5 1450-Present: Religion by LJ Cabutaje 6 1914-Present: Formation of National Identities by George Kitsios a using evidence from specific countries

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    Love Song Hypothesis

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    mother it is so I figure it out that my mom had a regular pasles because I had her to listen to regular music like she listened 2 A Love Song So then I tested on my younger brother that goes to my school. So then I found out that he had a regular post because I be able to listen to a hip hop song like Juju on that beat and I made him listen to a love song True Love

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    The excerpt A Sorrowful Woman can be regarded as a sequel to A Secret Sorrow. Both stories have a lot of similarities than they do differences‚ it’s as if the author of A Sorrowful Woman intended for her short story to be the twisted sequel of A Secret Sorrow. In the story a secret sorrow the woman loved her husband so much that she was trying to leave him because she couldn’t have children and she didn’t want him to feel trapped in a marriage with her and she couldn’t give him what he wants. In

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    My favorite song

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    My favorite song is no exception. Since I have decided to study abroad‚ I have been faced a lot of problems in my life that make me stumble sometimes. “Through the Rain”‚ sung by Mariah Carey‚ has lyrics that sometimes touch my heart‚ so it easily became my favorite song. It became one of my favorite songs because of its inspirational lyrics and the powerful voice of Mariah Carey. The touching lyrics of “Through the Rain” are the first reason it became my favorite song. The lyrics in

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    Tripartite Soul Book IV 435c-441c The soul and justice within the soul are issues that Plato endears much time and effort into explaining. The existence of ones soul and its influence upon society is a definite argument by Plato‚ yet viewed very differently by various scholars of the time and centuries to come. Through this essay I intend to address Plato’s interest in the just soul in relation to his tripartite vision of its existence. As Plato lays out in his work The Republic‚ the soul is a

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    Wanderer’s song

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    The poem that I picked is called Wanderer’s song. This poem is from a famous Chinese poet called Meng Jiao‚ and it is talking about his mom’s love. The setting takes place in ancient China‚ where there was no sewing machine that can make clothes before the industrial revolution. Most of the clothes that the Chinese had at that time were store bought from tailors‚ but the most common source of clothes that they owned were from their mom‚ who would sew their clothing. Jiao really emphasizes the hard

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    dialogues between Socrates‚ a major philosopher‚ as well as some others including Cebes‚ Simmias‚ and Echerates. The overall idea of the book is Socrates trying to convince his colleagues of his theories‚ which explains the fundamental argument that the soul is immortal. Since Socrates is introducing such unheard of ideas‚ and seeming to be challenging beliefs‚ he is sentenced to death. While awaiting his fate‚ Socrates asks only one thing of his colleagues‚ which is to share his theories. Some of his

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    Christina Rossetti’s ‘Song’: Death and grief. Love and tragic loss are key themes of the Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature movement‚ and ‘Song’ combines the two beautifully in a way that neither glorifies nor portrays a detrimental idea of death and the outcomes it brings. Rossetti uses a variety of natural imagery to beautify the idea of life. She tells the reader to ‘plant no roses at my head’ where the symbol of the ‘rose’ embodies the theme of love‚ which was key in such a Romantic Era

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