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    The Hollow of Three Hills

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    THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS The Hollow of the Three Hills is a story of dishonor‚ deceit‚ and death. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. She tries to run from her problems but comes to find out no matter how big or small a problem‚ trying to run from it will only make the problem follow.        The main character was so driven by curiosity and remorse that she brought herself to go see a witch. They met in a place

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    How Successful was Henry VIII In His Aims 1509-1514? I believe that Henry VIII was ultimately unsuccessful in his aims from 1509-1514. He had three mains aims during this time and these were to secure the dynasty that Henry VII had created‚ assert his authority over his new kingdom and Foreign Policy‚ which Henry was planning to completely change. Various factors and traits contributed to this lack of success‚ which will be explored in this essay. Firstly I believe that Henry VIII’s foreign

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    The Puritans constant desire for the “ city on the hill” seemed to give a cookie cutter idea for imperfect people who were told to be perfect instead of allowing individuality. It is commonly thought that a utopian society is ideal. Little did the common man know that in a population ruled by theocracy it would have a massive effect on the culture of literature‚ cultural environments‚ and texts that would be produced from these events of what were thought to be sin. In particular when we examined

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    time of permeating corruption and attempts to reform. The Progressives‚ including Muckrakers and the Progressive Party‚ tried very hard to reform government policies. The Progressives were quite successful in reforming the government at the Federal and State levels between 1870 and 1920‚ but only marginally successful at the municipal level. On the Federal level‚ the Progressives successfully pushed for multiple reforms. Progressives led to the Interstate Commerce Act‚ the Federal Food and Drug act

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    Hill Cipher

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    most straightforward use of cryptography. Two people may communicate securely by encrypting the messages sent between them. The paper presents modifications of the Hill cipher generating dynamic encryption key matrix Index Terms—Hill cipher‚ Matrix encryption‚ Permutation matrix NOMENCLATURE : Introduction: INTRODUCTION The Hill cipher (HC) algorithm [1] is one of the famous and known symmetric algorithms in the field of cryptography. HC is computationally attractive as using multiplication

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    Hills of Life

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    Mandy Lievre 1/28/13 The Hills of Life In Ernest Hemingway’s classic story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” we are taken to a train station in between Madrid and Barcelona with a couple that has to make a life altering decision. Besides each side of the train station lies the land that can either mean life or death to the child that the woman is bearing. Between the dividing tracks‚ we see two different sides. On one side of the track‚ there is a cold feeling‚ no trees‚ or shade. It

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    Europeans that were seeking religious refuge and freedom. However‚ to the lay-historian‚ the labels “Puritan” and “Pilgrim” are often used interchangeably in reference to the English colonists of the New World. This is an honest mistake; there is much ambiguity even in historical texts regarding the differences between Puritans and Pilgrims. The most erroneous assumption seems to be that the Pilgrims of Plymouth colony were Puritan. Again‚ an honest mistake‚ considering that both were born from the

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    Successful Relationships

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    people go to great lengths to preserve such a connection. What makes the most optimal starting point to a successful relationship? What makes a romantic relationship both enduring and satisfying? There are a multitude of factors that play a part in the answers to these questions‚ and many different points of view. There are many important factors when people meet to perpetuate a successful relationship. As stated by Myers‚ proximity is the most common way people meet one another and begin a relationship

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    Caliban Upon Setebos

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    In "Caliban Upon Setebos" by Robert Browning‚ the creature Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ reveals his views concerning life‚ religion‚ and human nature. In The Tempest Caliban is portrayed as a spiteful‚ brutish‚ and drunken beast who despises his powerful master Prospero and his beautiful daughter Miranda. He often appears as a coarse and thick headed character; he is overwhelmed by the wine that he is given by the butler Stephano and worships him as a god. Browning’s poem shows

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    Puritans‚ the people upon a hill of Christian faith‚ were known for their strict religious regimen‚ and thus often perceived as monotonous. Likewise‚ in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the author expresses his accusatory and judgmental view of the Puritan community mostly through the usage of selective detail‚ dismal and contemptuous diction; as well‚ he expresses his view of the Puritan community through his grim and suspenseful tone. By using details selectively‚ Hawthorne promotes his judgmental

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