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    Victim Of Fate In Macbeth

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    with and you must be careful what you wish for is the other life lesson because Macbeth wanted to be king so badly that he would do whatever necessary to have the crown and to keep it. Macbeth ended up dying with the crown, he caused the famous quotation “fair is foul, and foul is fair” since he died everything is restored and foul is foul and fair is…

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    “Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies” This quotation proved that the government took the aboriginal children away from their home, and there were many policies for the aboriginal children. However, once those children were forced to removal from the home, they would place in a new place and forced…

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    Summary: Echols’ article begins by discussing how the medium of radio was effectively used for storytelling, particularly in telling horror stories. She does not immediately offer her thesis in this introduction, but rather gradually builds up to it by introducing key elements of her argument throughout the introduction. One important element she mentions is that radio was about “focusing on the individual listener” (43), particularly by making the audience identify with the characters and…

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    LaVaughn says “I’m standing in their smelly apartment looking over the way things are going to be, me with these two small ones that I can already tell are leaking liquids everywhere” (7). This quotation shows that during the beginning of when Jolly was living in her smelly apartment the environment showed that the messiness of the apartment didn’t just change the identity of Jolly, but her kids Jilly and Jeremy as well. LaVaughn then shows Jeremy…

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    The passage by Jane Ayre has a tone that indicates the scene is positive and uplifting. There are many examples of this all over the passage. The first example of a pleasant tone is “She kissed me, and still keeping me by her side (where I was well contented to stand, for I derived a child's pleasure from the the contemplation of her face, her dress, her dress, her one or two ornaments, her white forehead, her clustered and shining curls, and beaming dark eyes)”. The reason this sentence is…

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    Jordan Peterson Moment

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    In “Now Is the Time to Talk About the Power of Touch” from The New York Times, David Brooks discusses how emotional touch or lack thereof can have adverse effects on a person’s psychological development. Brooks makes an allusion to Austrian physician that studied how empathetic physical contact affected infants. This anecdote introduces the point that Brooks is trying to make and further develops his argument by providing information from an external source. In this piece, Brooks also references…

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    aforementioned quotations indicate that, for Aristotle, there is some merit in the democratic view that ordinary citizens can have a legitimate claim to political power in a city because the diversity of experiences and skills in the citizen body necessarily contributes to the formation of collective intelligence in the citizenry. This collective intelligence, according to Aristotle, will enable the citizenry to be act cohesively as one decision-maker who…

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    is established between both Madeline and Porphyro they decide to leave. Once Porphyro had succeeded into tricking Madeline he says, “‘Hark! ‘tis an elfin-storm from faery land … Let us away, my love, with happy speed’” (Keats 343, 347). In this quotation it is demonstrating how love in this poem is private. Instead of Porphyro staying to show off his victory, Porphyro instead insists of them leaving. This exchange enlightens the readers to Porphyro priorities. Privacy is very important to the…

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    Odyssey Of Feast Analysis

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    Food, Festive Events and Colors always make people think of and connect to laughers, happiness and joy. Once there is a saying “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream. And that’s kind of the SAME THING!” The Odyssey of Feast showcases the joyful moments created by food and beverages in the 17th century with wide ranges of Still Life and Dutch Golden Age paintings. If you are looking for some Still-Life and Dutch Golden Age paintings, or you perceive yourself as a foodie. The Odyssey…

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    In section 5 of the allegory “The Lord of the Flies”, the symbol of civilization has been shattered near the end of chapter 10 and the majority of the boys have fully descended into savagery. In addition, the position of “chief” has been transferred for Jack. This is evident as Jack and Ralph argues over who claims the title of “chief in Chapter 9. Jack uses the meat given to the boys as a strategy to listen to him. Ralph says “I’m Chief, because you chose me. And we were going to keep the fire…

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