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    Bahadur Shah Zafar and the fall of his empire Bahadur shah zafar was the last Mughal emperor of india who hold the rule from 1837 to 1857 for a time period of twenty (20) years. As the second child/son of Akabr ll and Lal bai‚ he was not the first choice of his father to rule the throne‚ but due to some circumstances it finally led to his act of rising to the throne after his father’s death. Even as a emperor he did not rule over a large empire‚ his rule barely extended beyond Delhi’s Red Fort

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    theses specimen. Annie Dillard portrays her thoughts differently in her passage‚ incorporating a poetic sense that is carried through out the entire passage. Dillard describes the birds she is viewing as "transparent" and that they seem to be "whirling like smoke". Already one could identify that Dillard’s passage has more of poetic feel over a scientific feel. This poetic feeling carries through the entire passage‚ displaying Dillard’s total awe of these birds. She also incorporates word choices

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    World War II. The alternate book cover I created is a drawing of Anne Frank as she writes in her beloved diary that she called “Kitty.” Along with this portrayal of her‚ I included thought bubbles to depict the many different emotions and thoughts whirling in Anne’s adolescent mind as she wrote in her diary. Among those in hiding‚ Anne was the youngest and was constantly picked on by her sister‚ mother‚ and the other family that was seeking shelter with the Franks. In her diary‚ she discussed her

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    them in a tube in a horizontal circle. The dense particles tend to move along the length of the tube to a greater radius of rotation‚ displacing the lighter particles to the other end. English military engineer Benjamin Robins (1707-1751) invented a whirling arm apparatus to determine drag. In 1864‚ Antonin Prandl invented the first dairy centrifuge in order to separate cream from milk. And in 1879‚ Gustaf de Laval demonstrated the first continuous centrifugal separator‚ making its commercial application

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    The music of Turkey‚ dating back to the Silk Road Era‚ contains dissonantly dramatic chords unlike what many Westerners are accustomed to (Sheehan 86). Although the musical foundation of Turkey was created by the blending of customs from outside influences‚ stylistic choices vary throughout the country because individual provinces developed without a sense of national unity (“Turkish”). Turkish music theory practices have been influenced by the history of the Ottoman Empire‚ the Islamic faith‚ and

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    Group One: " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills‚ When all at once I saw a crowd‚ A host‚ of golden daffodils;  Beside the lake‚ beneath the trees‚ Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.  Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way‚ They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: 10 Ten thousand saw I at a glance‚  Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside

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    Harlem Renisance Poem Meaning During the time known as the Harlem Renaissance‚ there where many historical figures who contributed to the works of the newly found African American movement. Many people of the African race or ancestry‚ where bold enough and willing enough to write songs and/or poems with underlining messages expressing there feelings towards society and themselves. Such a poet was Langston Hughes‚ one of the most historically known figure throughout the era. He wrote poems

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    Jerry getting pummeled (possibly to death) represents the “death” or end of the chocolate war. “ The shadows of the goal posts sprawled on the field like grotesque crosses” cross also symbolize to death Imagery: “...an October afternoon‚ leaves whirling around them like giant confetti...”‚ “...leaves which fluttered to the ground like doomed and crippled birds”‚ “ The shadows of the goal posts sprawled on the field like grotesque crosses”‚ “...Broken nose‚ a scar on his cheek like a stitched shoestring

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    only friend she is the only one who understands me. She is my family and I can’t lose more family. She replies “Who are you?” whispering back to me. I can’t‚ I can’t reply‚ my mind is going faster than I can comprehend‚ every thought and image is whirling like a tornado around in my head. My thoughts‚ my insecurities all plaguing my mind‚ I feel trapped in a hole on that I can’t get out of. I can feel their hands on me‚ there horrid breaths‚ there yellow teeth‚ hear their voices and feel the

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    on the sky‚ by using techniques such as swirly brushstrokes to depict the night sky in such a way which creates emotion and feeling to the canvas. This artwork was mainly built on Gogh’s imagination memories‚ feelings‚ thoughts and emotions. The whirling forms in the sky portrays the sky like a wave‚ signifying his emotions where unstable which conveys many ups and downs that he went through. This allowed him to express his imagination more freely and helped him to have more originality among other

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