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    people sing his songs. "Yet after writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band" (wikipedia.com). There was only one answer to this Matthews explains. "I didn't really have a vision, or a plan," says Matthews, acknowledging that some of his musical sensibility came from spending time in so many different places as a child. "I'm sure it gave me a little bit of openness. The most diverse music in the world is in…

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    Leo stood at the helm of the Argo II. He was thinking about Calypso, obviously. He thought about the things he and Aphrodite had talked about a few days ago. Aphrodite slowly led him into the dining hall and then she sat down regally on one of the chairs. "Sit down," She said to him with a smile on her face. As Leo slowly sat down on the edge of one of the chairs, she ran her hand through her long auburn curls. "You know Leo, you and Calypso make a good couple." She looked at him an amused…

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    The “Sermon on the Mount” is recorded in Matthew 5-7. It is a collection of a number of Jesus’ teachings. In class, we talked about how Jesus was giving the disciples a new law. The Sermon on the Mount is the first times we hear of Jesus’ giving a sermon, according to the gospel of Matthew. The Sermon is so rich in things we need to do, think, and say, but I’m going to focus on the attributes that Christians need to display in order to have blessedness, how to pray and what to pray for, and a…

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    will people who are in the LGBTQ+ ever feel safe, when they keep being discriminated? Matthew Shepard was an early-twenties college man, who was sweet, kind, outgoing, and caring. But he was also gay. This affected the way people looked at Matthew. Some with disgust, and some with open-heartedness. But for a Matthew Shepard, it was his final day, he was looked upon with disgust. This lead to his murder.The Matthew Shepard Act is an American Act of Congress, passed on October 22, 2009, and signed…

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    Titus is a film directed by Julie Taymor. This film, adapted from Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, premiered on December 24th, 1999. It's set in a modern Rome, perhaps the 1950's, but maintains ancient Roman culture. As in Richard III, music plays a prominent feature in Titus. Taymor, unlike Loncraine, uses music to exaggerate specific emotions displayed by her characters. In the scene where Tamora vows to massacre Andronicus and his family, sinister sounding music interrupts the steady stream…

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    Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” looks into the complex lives of the Bennet family. The novel takes place around the 1800’s in Hertfordshire, Great Britain. The Bennets consists of five unmarried sisters, an overbearing mother, and a lackadaisical Mr. Bennet. The excitement begins when an upscale estate known as Netherfield park is occupied by the rich, handsome Mr. Bingley, accompanied by his sister Caroline and his close, mysterious friend Mr. Darcy. The newcomers attend a dance,…

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    then retitled and eventually published it as Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is the second novel from Austen that is adapted to movie and the most popular movie who is starring Keira Knightley (in an Oscar-nominated performance) and Matthew Macfadyen. It was released United Kingdom in September 16,…

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    adaptation of a famous and respectable book. An example of such book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This book has several adaptations. The movie that will be compared to the book which is the 2005 adaptation starring Keira Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen in main roles. The Pride and Prejudice was written by British author Jane Austen and was first published in 1813. The book tells the story of a young woman Elizabeth Bennet and the way she deals with issues of marriage, manners,…

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    “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen, 1813, p. 1). 
Pride and Prejudice is English Author Jane Austen’s second book, first published in 1813. Over 200 years later, this book on the social life and practices in early 19th century England still holds a strong relevance in our lives. The book revolves around the everyday antics of the Bennet family’s five daughters, hilariously foot-in-mouth mother and slightly…

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