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    Dachau Monologue

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    shall I forget that day. The day we were treated rightfully like criminals, rather than the undeserving victims who died in that horrible camp. We were responsible for the lives of countless individuals, who were burned indignantly in those hideous chimneys and left to float around eternally in a tainted blue sky. They showed us what we had done when they wheeled the remains of those not subjected to the flames of the crematorium through the sinful streets of our town. In that wagon, we saw the…

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    Sometimes I dream that I am again standing at the pathway of the Burkley house. The chimney billowed with smoke, and the magnolia bushes in full bloom; like they once did in that spring time air which curled around your every movement. I dream of again clomping my over-sized shoes against the ever twisting stone path, catching rain drops and petals in my unkempt hair. I will not lie; I do long for the Burkley house, for the essence of my youth still stays trapped in those lengthy hallways. I…

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    Three Little Pigs ( The Big Bad Wolf’s Perspective ) That day was a horrible day, it was a very dramatic and sarcastic day. Those pigs had deserved what they got even though, I didn't do it. Nobody wants to listen to my side of the story. Everyone thinks I died when I fell into that pot of boiling water but, that’s a lie, a really big one. I just got burned like really bad. Instead of listening to my side, they threw me in a maximum security prison deep in the woods. My mom ( Momma Wolf ) was…

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    It was not uncommon for children to be chimney sweepers. They would be lowered into a chimney, where they would clean until perfection, but many times breathing in the debris had detrimental effects on the child’s body. It was also not uncommon for children as young as five to begin working in the factory. A vast number…

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    “The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney-corner at night, staring drearily at my for ever companion and friend, tied upon my tongue” (49). "With an alphabet on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to print and smear this epistle: 'mI deEr JO i opE U r krWitE…

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    In act 2 scene 3, we come across Lennox stating that, “the night has been unruly...” due to weather issues. He says thing such as “our chimneys were blown down” and “... the Earth was feverous and did shake.” Lennox states this right before they are all informed that King Duncan was murdered. The use of setting in this case is foreshadowing a tragic event that will occur. When Lennox says…

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    Valley Forge Dbq

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    place 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia. They made their own little huts to live in but they had a little problem, it is winter and it is extremely cold, so they need heat, they made a fireplace in the huts, but the smoke wasn't going through the chimney right, so they had a house full of smoke which is bad for breathing and made their clothes smell like smoke. The question is would You have quit? I would say yes. It it complicated because you have a lot of bad in this situation, no supplies…

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    The age of the Elizabethan era was a very important era in English history that is often depicted as the golden age. The Elizabethan era was a time to which many great people and other types of things. One of these things was the architecture, and the uniqueness of the style that it follows. The aspects of these homes and architecture come from the style, the way these buildings or homes were built, and the decorations that were used. First, the time of the Elizabethan era and the styles…

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    reaction to the mansion of a Boston merchant. He states that the furniture alone, "cost a thousand Pounds sterling. The Turkey Carpets, the painted Hangings, the Marble Table, the rich Beds with crimson Damask Curtains and Counterpanes, the beautiful Chimney Clock, the spacious Garden, are the most magnificent of any Thing I have ever seen" (p.79). If you think about it, this rising of consumer goods didn’t help those who were poor or needy. Breen also seems to neglect the goods that were…

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    Tom Walker Greed

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    black man due to her greed and him deciding to make a deathful deal he becomes a hypocrite faking to be religious which leads to his death. His wife did not share anything with him. “She was secure to a new laid egg”. No smoke ever curled from their chimney. No one ever stopped at their door. When the devil first appears in the story he is described as a human-like figure neither Negro nor Indian. With a hoarse voice he asks “What are you doing on my grounds”. Tom noticed a tree marked with…

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