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    noise coming from the chimney? Norma (lying). It's been doing that off and on. Roy (deep voice). Ho ho ho. Suzy, Santa is coming with your presents. Suzy (excited). Santa, is that really you. Roy. Yes, I’m coming down right now with your presents. [Roy jumps down the chimney and gets stucks] Borden. What was that. Santa are you okay? Roy (in a Santa voice). Yeah I’m fine, but I think I’m stuck. Suzy (angry) Grandma, why is did Santa get stuck. It's all your fault, your chimney should be…

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    and also “condemnation by church officials.” This dual meaning symbolizes that the monarchy is manacling people with their bans on the streets and the river in the first two lines and that the people are manacled by the church’s condemnation of the chimney-sweep children in the following lines. “Forged” also has a great deal of meaning. A forge is used to make metal malleable so it is easier to shape. Blake uses this as a metaphor to describe how the people’s mind are being shaped to the bonds…

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    Blake's Poem

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    of the poem. Blake not only addresses the reader, but additionally establishes the entire tragic past of our protagonist within just the first two lines. The chimney sweep is simply a victim of his circumstance; the narrator states that “my father sold me while yet my tongue / Could scarcely cry ‘ 'weep! 'weep!…

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    Blake And Christianity

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    It is obvious Blake was a Romantic writer because he mentions spiritual beings such as Jesus often in his work. In the lamb Blake speaks of a lamb he says "Little lamb who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?" (Blake,335) Jesus is referred to as a Lamb. When I read further I was able to make the connection between the Lamb, Jesus and how this relates to Christianity. Blake is asking the Lamb several questions and references the Bible. The Romantic Era focused heavily on emotions, Blake…

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    critically discuss Blake’s statement as a philosopher who bemoans the state of man but suggests that there is hope for redemption. I will closely examine Blake’s famous poetry namely Introduction (Songs of innocence and songs of experience), the chimney sweeper (songs of innocence), Earths answer and others. Blake was against the view of dualism example Heaven and hell, Blake believes that dualism limits human beings in achieving their full potential however the language and vision of Blake’s…

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    The romantic period had many themes presented throughout the period. One of the most prominent of the themes was despair. William Blake, Mary Shelley, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge all presented despair throughout their works. Despair can be presented throughout many different aspects of life, whether it be around death, inventions, or events in their lives that affect them. The lives of the people depicted in the romantic period were all defined by despair and that despair caused overwhelming in…

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    After you have a chimney cleaner come out and clean away all the grime that build up in your chimney over the past year, you are also going to want to clean your fireplace as well. By cleaning your fireplace right after you have your chimney cleaned, your fireplace will be ready for next fall before summer even starts. Here is what you need to do in order to effectively clean your stone fireplace. Put On Protective Wear The first thing you are going to want to do is put on protective eye wear,…

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    Installing a gas fireplace in your home is a very good option to consider due to the various advantages that it has over wood-burning fireplaces when it comes to the safety of your home and the health of your family. Listed below are just a few of the reasons to consider a gas fireplace. It Is Much Easier To Start A major reason to consider a gas fireplace is that it is always going to be much easier to start than a wood-burning fireplace. Rather than having to carry fire a lot of logs to the…

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    St Nicholas Biography

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    used their money to provide for the sick and poor. One of his most recognizable stories is when he gave 3 sisters 3 bags of money. He learned that they didn’t have enough money to pay off all their taxes, so he dropped 3 sacks of money down their chimney overnight. After 3 nights, the father spotted St. Nick and thanked him for all that he had done. The father used the money to marry one of his daughters. Saint Nicholas’s miracle was when he checked into an inn and something was wrong. He used…

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    Imagine working an 18-hour shift six days a week. To most adults today, that would be unbearable, but for many child laborers in Victorian England, such labor was the reality. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens portrays many cruelties imposed on children in the Victorian Era that reflected reality. Dickens’s portrayal of children in the Victorian Era was not at all dramatized and depicted what many child laborers faced in the Victorian Era. The creation of factories in Britain had many…

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