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    Short-Answer Questions: 1. The strength of the British empire in North America was due in large part to the religious toleration and freedom established there. This liberation from persecution in many colonies was the deciding factor for many immigrants as they wanted to escape from the Anglican church in England. Also, mercantilism in the British American colonies helped to create economic diversity and success by creating a higher demand for colonial products. In addition, with the labor of…

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    p < 0.01. In addition to the ANOVA test, paired sample t test was also used to look at the two conditions. Significant differences were found between three digits versus nine digits, p < 0.01, five digits versus seven digits, p < 0.05], five digits versus nine digits, p < 0.01, and seven digits versus nine digits, p <…

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    Christianity in the sixteenth and seventeenth century illuminated new tolerance and deep conflict. The literature published around this time that involved religion and Christianity was generally controversial in nature. This includes Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, which focuses around the title character and his quest to avenge his father’s death. After the wedding between his mother, Queen Gertrude, and his uncle, Claudius, Hamlet soon finds out Claudius murdered his father. He vows to kill…

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    The Kite Runner Analysis

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    Alexander Pope once said, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” (PhraseFinder). An adage many are familiar with, Alexander Pope’s thoughts on forgiveness reveal that everyone makes mistakes. We all sin. And eventually, we seek redemption to find peace. Khaled Hosseini delves deeper into this aspect of human nature in his novel The Kite Runner. A story about two inseparable friends, Amir and Hassan, growing up in pre-revolutionary Kabul, and experiencing a harrowing journey in the midst of…

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    something that is not to be proud of. It is as the sins, anger, sloth, and greed. By being considerate of only ones feelings it disregards another person feelings. Therefore by commiting this sin and knowing that it is wrong just as the rest of the seven sins. This one sin should be the…

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    As the first part of the epic poem Divine Comedy, the Inferno was written in the beginning of the fourteenth century by Dante Alighieri. Inferno describes the journey of its author through nine circles of Hell. For the whole duration of his journey, Dante is led by a poet Virgil, the representation of Human Reason who is familiar with many of the sinners in the underworld. Each circle in the epic poem illustrates a different type of sin with contrasting consequences, fluctuating according to the…

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    I watched the film Seven (Se7en) with a critical mindset and found it quite intriguing. It almost felt as if I was Sherlock Holmes searching for evidence to prove “who’s the real killer”. The film is based on a killer and his estranged obsession with the Seven Deadly Sins and him fulfilling Gods good work by teaching people in the world a lesson. The Seven Deadly Sins are those transgressions which are fatal to the spiritual progress. People have always been immoral, shiftless, and…

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    In his romantic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne explores the nature of sin and it’s effects on those who commit it. Although at the beginning of the book, it is made known that the main sin that the story revolves around is adultery, Hawthorne explains the true sins of each of the characters, which slightly disagree with the Puritan’s views on sin. During the time period when the story takes place, Puritans believed that all sin is equally evil and should be punished, however…

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    The purpose of James was to encourage people to live a Christian life, to resist temptation and be faithful to God in all ways. "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him (James, 1:12). So as people live in the Christian way by spreading the word of God and living in the light of Him, doing right, they will be praised. God promises the Kingdom of Heaven to those who are faithful, and…

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    Proctor's Inferno Analysis

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    What has brought upon this madness? It is as though the entire town of Salem has been swept up in a wild inferno of vengeance – an inferno surely herding us all into the wrathful grasp of Satan. Surely, for all the years of learning, the wisdom I have found in my books I should have doused this folly before it began! I see the brand of condemnation on my hands, as bright and stained as it were the ink that with those hands sold the souls of the good Christian men and women of Salem. I have not…

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