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15 Cards in this Set
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What is natural liberty?
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society that comes at first thought, one man in the wilderness, needs help from other
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what does paine consider to be the best balance between society and government
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elections is the only way for society to have a voice in gov't and be involved
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what two tyrannies does he find in the English constitution?
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tyranny of the monarchy, tyranny of the aristocracy
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what arguments does paine have against monarchy from a biblical perspective?
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God told Samuel to warn them of what a king might do, God punished the people to show them not to desire a king
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what verses does he use to back up this argument?
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Judges 8:22-27, Matthew 22:21, Luke 20:2
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what arguments does Paine have against monarchy from a historical persective?
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mohammed crammed hereditary rights down the throats of the vulgar, hereditary succession does not assure job skills, a king appointed by the people feels responsibility, prince/princess feel entitlement
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Pit and the Pendulum
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Edgar Allen Poe, a man in prison, tries to find way to escape, explores prison, finds pit and rats, pendulum with swinging scythe, almost killed, rats chew ropes off, walls close in on him, French army saves him
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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
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Stephen Crane, Jack Potter and new wife go to yellow sky, Jack is the sheriff in town, scratchy Wilson drunk, points gun to jack's head, backs off when sees his wife
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The roads we take
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O. Henry, bob tidball and shark Dodson rob a train, sharks shoots bob in the head and takes the money, sharks find himself dreaming in his wall street office, while making a cheat deal with someone
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The Use of Force
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William Carlos William, little girl sick, doctor comes, have to force the tongue depression into her mouth, ends up she was sick and was trying to hide it
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The Ambitious Guest
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, stranger comes to mountain home, earthquake/landslide, all leave house, all die, but house stands-irony
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what does paine say about the hostility between England and the American colonies?
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England is not a parent, bc we had many citizens from different countries,-future looks bad if we stay with Britain, trying to stunt our growth, hold us back, they can't be a mother country if they don't act like it and don't take care of us
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what does he believe to be the best course of action?
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fight, WAR, revolution, leave a better future for the generations to come
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continental charter
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securing freedom and property to all men, free exercise of religion, temporary legislators and governers
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Young Goodman Brown
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Nathaniel hawthorne, Goodman Brown goes to the woods, meets spiritual figures, they all want him to deny and lose his "faith" won't do it, they torture him andh is wife, lives in agony
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