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    Scarlet Letter Final Essay Assignment There were many different themes expressed in The Scarlet letter, but the theme that kept recurring was sin.All of the main characters in this book are sinners, and a sin is the act of doing wrong. Both Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's sin was Adultery. Roger Chillingworth's sin was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale after he had an affair with his wife. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne is married to Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth…

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    The Middle Ages were a time of chaos and inequality. Royalty was an outstanding aspect of the culture, religion played a large role during this time, and women were not treated fairly compared to men in society. Thomas a’ Becket was a man in Canterbury, who was in the eye of King Henry II. Initially this was a good thing because Henry admired Becket so much that he made him Chancellor after seeing him achieve different missions for Theobald, the current archbishop. As Becket’s and Henry’s…

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    hiding on the top floor of Otto franks business. They all moved into a room called, the secret Annex. They also invited in a few family friends. There were the Van Dans, and a dentist named Mr. Duesel. Margot and Anne shared a room until Mr. Duesel came and ended up sharing the room with Anne. Anne was ok with it at first but over the years they both got on each other's nerves. It was a little weird at first for everybody, but eventually they all got used to each other. During the day everyone…

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    Elizabeth The First Dbq

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    Elizabeth the First was the Queen of England. She was the ruling monarch from 1558 to 1603. Elizabeth the First achieved and maintained peace and stability during her rule. Although she is viewed as important figure in English history today, she was affected and opposed by the standards of gender and the enforced roles at the time. Elizabeth was influenced by the religious views of conservatives that a women was incompetent to rule a country. She responded to her critics by making conscious…

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    Anne and her family emigrated to Amsterdam from Germany to escape Nazi persecution, they went into hiding in June 1942. Anne Frank is a young jewish lady who is in a secret annex with a few others. Anne is in the annex with Margot, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter, and Mr. Dussel. Everyone in the annex are jews, the hitlers and the natzis are trying to kill or put then in a concentration camp which is the reason why they’re in hiding. They have a two people who are helping them…

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    Elizabeth's Coronation

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    In 1558 the health of Mary got worse and by November 1558 it was acknowledged that the Queen would die soon. She did not want to be succeeded by Elizabeth, but the Council petitioned her to accepted Elizabeth as her heir and on November 6, Mary accepted it. On November 17, 1558, Mary died at the age of forty-two. (Whitelock n.p.) According to Anna Whitelock, Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen just six hours after Mary’s death. (Whitelock n.p.) With the death of Mary Tudor, Philip lost his rights…

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    remembered as “Shakespeare the world's greatest playwright.” He began going to school for free at Stratford in 1571, six years later his father took him out of school and made him a local butcher’s apprentice. Shakespeare fell in love with a girl named Anne Hathaway a few years later and married her in 1582, they had their first child in 1583 and her name was Susanna. Two years later they were blessed with twins, Hamnet and Judith. Right after the twins were born they moved to london, on the…

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    Hazel who is a sixteen year old teenager, has thyroid cancer and doesn’t really have many friends at all. Her mother makes her go to a support group with many other teenagers with illnesses. These support groups are ran by a man of the name Patrick, who is a survivor of cancer himself. Here, at these support groups Hazels begins to become friends with this boy named Augustus. Augustus is a amputee, which means he has lost one of his legs, one night after support group Augustus asked if she…

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    How Did Shakespeare Exist

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    Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford, England. No birth records exists. People believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564. This is the date scholars acknowledged as his date of birth. Shakespeare is the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local banded heiress. He has two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund. Scholars have claimed that he most likely attended the King’s New School in…

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    horrors in world, we’re lost.” Anne said to her fellow roommates. In the play, The Diary Of Anne Frank written by , Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The Franks, The Van Daans, and Dussel are all hiding in a secret annex living in fear during World War 2 trying to remain optimistic. Hope and optimism are shown in the play through encouraging and determined characters, energetic and celebratory events, and a everlasting perseverance through hard times. Anne and Mr. Frank provide hope…

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