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    1) What is the difference between religiously based myths of origin and creation stories derived from scientific accounts? The difference between religiously based myths of origin and creation stories derived from scientific accounts is that religiously based myths can just be accepted and believed once heard from a person. The scientific accounts claim to be truer and make much more sense. They can be checked and cleared by anyone/anything for proof. The creation stories rely largely on fields

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    hundreds of years‚ Hags fulfilled the vital function of wise woman and protector in the village and everyone lived in harmony. This all changed in the mid 13th century when suspicion and prejudice for magical people was strong. Hags were accused of witchcraft and worshipping the devil.

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    The Crucible: The Witchcraft Hysteria In 1692‚ in Salem Massachusetts‚ the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out of the ordinary was accused of being a witch and then the accuse would actually be forgiven if the blamed their accusations on another individual. This was the main idea of a play entitled‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In this play a group of young girls act up and are then accused of being witches. These girls then blame

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    First let’s define what are witches? And witchcraft. Witches are individuals who practice witchcraft which is the practice of sorcery‚ enchantments‚ heretics or the belief in‚ or use of‚ certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. The art of witchcraft during the early medieval period was in essence basic sorcery or folk-magic established over the centuries from its roots in the Ancient Period‚ which did not involve demons or devils. It was only till the inquisition had arrived around 1184 and

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    would often be able to create medicines from common herbs. (Elizabethan-superstitions) The reason so many people knew about herbs and how to craft poisons is that witchcraft was seen as religion and so was passed on from generation to generation. (Witchcrafthistory) Bibles are one of the main ways the idea of witches and their witchcraft being evil was spread. Bibles were the first of the printed books‚ and since the bible was so popular many people read it. In the bible‚ the witches were talked

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    of magic and witchcraft was something the Church have condemned as the influential work of the devil. During the 15th century‚ accusation of witchcraft started to rise and some within or related to the Church were jumping on the chance to prosecute any accused witches. One of these early prosecutors was Heinrich Kramer‚ an inquisitor who as expelled due to his senile actions. He would later be joined by German bishop Jacob Sprenger to prosecute those in question of dealing in witchcraft. And in 1487

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    Introduction "Metaphysical poetry is the poetry of the great age of our drama. Its master John Donne was‚ we are told‚ ‘a great frequenter of plays ’ in his youth. As an ambitious young man of social standing he would not have considered writing for the players‚ and his work is too personal‚ wilful‚ and idiosyncratic for us to imagine him doing so with any success. But his strong dramatic imagination of particular situations transforms the lyric and makes a metaphysical poem more than an epigram

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    History of Witchcraft Little was it known for us people living in the 21st Century that witchcraft has a vast and long history. Witches were hated and avoided at. They have been accused of casting evil spells for which they have faced trials that condemned them their deaths. In the Middle Ages to the 1700’s‚ in accordance with buzzle.com‚ in which they have stated in their website‚ “Starting from around 700 A.D.‚ this practice [witchcraft] was viewed more and more as heresy‚ or the rejection of

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    The Effects of Pictures on Learning Vocabulary Hossein Maskani Hakim Sabzevari University Abstract This research explored the effects of pictures on learning new vocabularies. Learning vocabulary is one of the most important components of any languages and we attempted to represent a way to learn new words more effectively and easily. This study compared the learning words through pictures and paired with translated equivalents. Our experiment on learning and recalling English words shows that there

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    Summary: the picture of Dorian Gray CHARACTERS Lord Henry (Harry): he had a thin face and clever‚ dark eyes. His voice was slow and beautiful. People listened to him when he talked. Dorian Gray: His face was pale and beautiful. His eyes were bright blue. His hair was blond. Basil Hallward: He had black hair and strong‚ intelligent face. He was a successful artist. He worked hard and painted many pictures. Sibyl Vane: She was small and beautiful‚ with shining brown hair. She worked as an actress

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