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    This story happened about 200 years ago in Boston. It tells the story of love between three people. The punishment of the woman. Hester Prynne and her husband. Who claimed to Roger Chillingworth. He is an old man and a doctor deformity. Hester did not love him. Another man was a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position ministers and respected among his people in the town. Hister and Dyer love one another. But their love is forbidden during that time. It is sinful. For this reason,…

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    The shootout scene plays like a five-minute heroic journey, during which the hero loses his confidence after his first shot, then risks it all to save the victim. This format is meant to invest the audience in the protagonist’s future and to influence their expectations in a manner that incites joy when the protagonist fulfils them. As Decker et al. explain in their book, “it is the journey that is important. The possibility of [the antihero’s] transformation and reemergence as someone more than…

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    Charles' reign began with war against Spain, so initially his masques were not as extravagant and expensive as his father's were so famously known for because his money was going towards "more needful purposes ". His masques always argued his claim to the throne and included the most current political and legal events which suggest that the King was actively involved in their composition. "Charles was not merely being entertained by his masques, the form was an extension of the royal mind ". In…

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    small to get medicine for her disabled grandson. While reading along with the story about her challenges the story opens the reader’s eyes and start to feel what the main character is going through. The author shows that Phoenix Jackson is both a Martyr and Warrior for what she does and goes through. Phoenix Jackson’s grandson was in need of a medicine after swallowing lye, the medicine could only be found in a Medical Clinic in Natchez,Mississippi. They lived in…

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    *Walk out holding apple* *Take a bite of apple* Did you know you are 34.7% more likely to choke on an apple than any other fruit? And that Julius Caesar actually banned apples because he thought they were making his people sick? Or, would it surprise you to learn that none of those "facts" are true? As Mark Twain once said, "There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Perhaps some of you were convinced by the precise statistic I provided, or assumed that a student…

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    Charles I was very much a key part in causing the regicide, as his unshakeable personality and damaging fatal flaw of stubbornness made sure he was unwilling to accept any sort of compromise from Parliament or the New Model Army. As he had shown earlier in his reign, in his rejection of the 1641 Nineteen Propositions (where Charles would have been able to stay in power to an extent and Parliament would have taken control of many of England’s political and religious policies, but Charles would…

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    Short Reflection Paper- Theology 202 One of the doctrinal topics that we have discussed in this class is the origin of humanity. Many people wonder about their purpose and identity, which is answered when people learn about the origin of humanity. There are many different perspectives people have in the image that humanity holds, but the Christian view is distinct from other views. The different perspectives view humans as machines, animals, sexual beings, economic beings, free beings,…

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    According to the least research, approximate 2.2billions people in the world are Christians and over half of them are Catholic, which means estimated 16 percent of the world population belonged to Catholicism. These facts make Christianity the largest and most universal religion group in the world. All of these such as enormous amount of disciples; wide distribution in the whole and integration with culture are much attributed to diligence of Apostles and evangelization in the first 500 years…

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    Saint Cecilia is said to have been born in the 2nd or 3d century A.D in Rome. However, the exact dates are unknown. She is believed to have been to daughter of an extremely wealthy Roman family and was a faithful Christian from birth. Cecilia was given in marriage to a pagan named Valerian, but she had vowed her virginity to God, and wore sackcloth, fasted and prayed in hopes of keeping this promise. Saint Cecilia disclosed her wishes to her husband on their wedding night and told him that an…

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    Throughout time, love has led people to take daring risks and make impulsive decisions. This is evident in the works of Shakespeare, in Hallmark movies, and even in the Bible. In A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, the characters Doctor Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton all impulsively conceal some aspect of themselves for the sake of Lucie Manette, whom they love. How are these characters’ morals shown through their deception and how do the nuances of their motives impact both…

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