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    it tastes so…" Oh goodness‚ Keya. My mind has reverted. Wake up Keya and get back on the topic of being delivered from the temptation of marijuana. The devil doesn’t need but a thought to get you off your game and I just allowed my mind to

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    This hints at a midlife crisis‚ as Longfellow frantically searches “for restless passions (Longfellow 6)”‚ and never succeeds. From the explanations given in the poems‚ it’s clear that both authors had quite polar reasons for their destruction: Keats toils in his affliction‚ which explains his lack of vivid emotion‚ and Longfellow dotes of the many of life’s merriments that he failed to seek. Both poems follow a similar pattern of rhyme schemes: both Keats and Longfellow endured the hardships of life

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    those with whom no one is. Poor Cinderella grew up without her mother‚ and then later was raised fatherless in an abusive environment by her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. Deprived of her possessions‚ rights‚ and dignity‚ she is forced to toil daily in the house her family once owned but although she lost a lot but she never loses hope. Cinderella is shown as a good hearted young lady. She is hard working and does her best to make her dreams true. She is loyal to her friends and her work

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    idea of people as commodities suggested by Roy labelled as a ‘prize’ embodies a cautionary message through a foreboding biblical reference to Lucifer‚ “you seek knowledge…may be a serpent to sting you’ to reinforce the irony of Victor’s prolonged toil of pursuing more knowledge with little benefit. Hence‚ Victor’s unchecked scientific investigation is depicted as ultimately self-destructive and to that end‚ Shelley induces us to appreciate the need for moderation by exposing the complications of

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    literally about food adulteration and still others have seen the poem as a feminist tale with a female hero creation. Rossetti strived to use this poem as a religious guide for her readers. The only valid interpretation is the representation of temptation‚ the fall‚ and the redemption of man. Growing up‚ Christina Rossetti had her talented and religious family as a strong influence. Her roots being deeply planted in the Anglican Church served as instruction for her life. The author‚ being so devoted

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    1 Samuel 14:1-14 Principle Illustrated: Numbers do not limit God‚ “For there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.” Jonathan was a man of great faith. He knew that with God’s power he could defeat the Philistines. With his armourbearer‚ Jonathan went to the Philistines’ garrison. He told his armourbearer if the Philistines told them to come unto them then the Lord would deliver them into their hands. The men of the garrison told Jonathan and his armourbearer to come unto them. They

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    to the last author we read‚ Crèvecoeur‚ "The American is a new man‚ who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinion. From involuntary idleness‚ servile dependence‚ penury‚ and useless labour‚ he passed to toils of a very different nature‚ rewarded by ample subsistence" (931). It is plain to see that more then one person thinks America is a new world‚ full of new ideas and new understanding. Emerson perhaps embraces these ideas of a "new principle" and sets

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    Then a short way into the novel‚ he admits his drive to learn became abnormal. When Victor decides to build a human‚ he completely isolates himself from his family‚ friends‚ and teachers. He toils for hours without sleep or human contact. He often refers to his living quarters as a cell or asylum. When describing how he felt while making his creation‚ he says‚ “Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever‚ and I became nervous to a most painful

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    good Fleance‚ fly‚ fly‚ fly!” -Banquo 18. “The times has been That‚ when the brains were out‚ the man would die. . . . “ -Macbeth 19. “I will tomorrow‚ And betimes I will‚ to the weird sisters. . . . “ -Macbeth 20. “Double‚ double‚ toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.” -All Witches 21. “Beware Macduff!” -First Apparition 22. “. . . none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” -Second Apparition 23. “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood

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    would ask many African-Americans what tribe they came from assuming they were poor or lived outside. Crocodile Dundee presents many examples of how the white race is a burden. Numerous amounts of people assume too quickly about someone’s race. “But toil of serf and sweeper” (Kipling 27)‚ Kipling states. This demonstrates how one race has assumed something of someone. If the world can begin to stop making assumptions of other races‚ then there won’t be “strangers” as portrayed in “The White Man’s Burden”

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