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    Paradise Lost, is an interesting fictionalized interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis in the Bible. John Milton, author, writes about the character of Satan with aspects of being victimized, becoming the potential hero, and looking for the way to freedom from God, the tyrannical ruler. Milton also gives the characters of Adam and Eve a greater sense of awareness to their surroundings and the development of actions other than devoting their lives to worshiping and…

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    Women take a backseat during Romantic Literature, as they are not prominently discussed during the literature of the time. In the Romantic Era, women are no longer lusted over, instead they are once again just seen in poor light. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein was a new type of literature for the time, as culture began to shift towards placing a heavy emphasis on science. This emphasis on science was very different than the emphasis of rebellion as seen in the Metaphysical Era. Shelly had a sense…

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    Contrapposto pose directly comes from Greek art, which shows the naturalistic beautiful body and giving the figure a sense of movement. The statue left upper body reach a little backward, hip thrust out against a the tree truck makes to supports the most of his left body weight, right leg spread out relaxed and another feet little backward. On the other hand, he bended left arm aside his chest so that the skin of the lion in Nemean forest pendent from his left forearm as the symbol of his godly…

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    Essay On Alzheimer's

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    has been learned about the disease was discovered in the past fifteen years. The hope is that with research and new developments in medicine the disease won’t just be slowed down it will be stopped in its tracks. There are people all over the world looking for way to cure and manage the effects of the symptoms with the ultimate goal of a…

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    Finally, being able to orient myself, I walked towards the source. I came to a hill. Looking up, I saw lights. And the movement of people breaking up those lights, people! Maybe I actually found my way back. I started the climb back up the hill. Slipping occasionally on the patches of wet leaves on mud, I leave my own trail of crunched leaves…

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    My Argument Justyn Roach Palm Springs High School P.4 My Argument Steve Job is the co founder/CEO of Apple Computers and Pixar Animation. He gave an impeccable commencement speech to a graduating class at Stanford University. He shared 3 stories about his personal growth over the years and how it impacted to his life. After reading his speech I was inspired by his raw truths about life. I agree strongly with Steve Job’s outlook about connecting the dots, to find your path you can never…

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    Action Plan Evaluation When looking back on my action plan and how much of what we planned actually got done, I can see that as a class, we made an effort to stick to it – I just don’t think we made enough of an effort and I think we could have completed nearly everything when we planned to if we tried hard enough. On multiple occasions we moved dates forward because we hadn’t completed them. For example, on the 12th November, we were supposed to have auditions but we had to move that to the…

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    The repetitive and circular nature of history is embodied in both the past and present of Crick’s life. This circular movement is most easily identified and elucidated in the details surrounding his wife’s incarceration. According to “The Construction of Cyclical Time in Waterland,” Swift “constructs circular time not only by structuring Waterland's narrative cyclically but also by didactically presenting time as circular” (Rao). With that being said, along with attempting to refute Price’s…

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    Conclusion After reviewing all the theories of justice in the Pham murder case, the best theory to bring to this crime is the parallel theory. The parallel theory of justice is the best model compared to other models because it allows representation for both the victim and the offender. The parallel theory in this case allows the victims proper help and the offender’s proper punishment. The utilitarian and retributive theories only focus on the offender, with a young girl deceased…

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    Beauty of our Planet (3) The earth is round. It is rotating every 24 hours with one complete rotation on its axis. That one rotation, is called a day. Imagine that sun shines as a flashlight that descends on the earth. That flash light won’t shines the whole earth but only a part of it. While the opposite side of the earth would be dark, our side would receive the sunlight. Sometimes, a solar eclipses occur at New Moon, when the moon is between Earth and the Sun. Lunar eclipse occur, when Earth…

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