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    is as he is not subject to any threats. In Act 3 Scene 2, Shakespeare uses diction, imagery, symbolism, and the motif of sleep to display Macbeth’s guilt and its effect on the mind. Shakespeare begins the speech with diction and the symbolism of a snake to express…

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    characters are in the short story Sweat. Delia Jones portrays a hard-working, southern black woman who constantly brings forth the food to the table and makes sure a roof remains over her head. Her husband, Sykes Jones, could be clarified as meaner than a snake. Sykes Jones uses the resources Delia has provided such as food to the table every night, a house, and transportation with her pony. Delia’s hands are very weary along with her body. She's frail, almost paper-like. Behind her stands a man…

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    Snake was a devious character with little moral or sympathy and was not the type of person you would typically associate yourself with; however this devious individual was also very well connected, and was Omed’s only hope of salvation. Omed had found himself…

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    subject. It is independent because objects in reality exist as they are without the experience of observers. This ontology emphasizes a subject-object divide. For example, if a boy thought he saw a bracelet on the ground, but it was really a snake, the snake would be seen as in “reality,” and as more real than the bracelet. The boy’s perception would be seen as outside reality…

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    “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, is “Good triumphs over evil.” In this case, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who represents good, defeats the cobras, who represent evil. Rikki, the mongoose, and the garden animals triumphed over Karait, a venomous, yet small, snake, and Nag and Nagaina, the king cobras. Another possible theme of this short story is “Knowledge can help us prepare for the future.” I am certain I can prove this inaccurate. It is critical to remember that even if Nagaina had been informed…

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    In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck has a few interesting moral changes that happen. Many of the morals are learned and changed when he is off on his adventures with a slave named Jim, while most of his original moralities come from his family, friends, and the townspeople of St. Petersburg. Throughout the book Huck’s morals are influenced by others actions. Huck often questions everything including his/others morals, when Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas are teaching him the…

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    have been the cause of her death.Cleopatra has always been the most memorable Egyptian Queen of Egypt, but her death has been questioned over again and no one is really sure how or why she died. Scientists have discovered a theory other than suicide, snake bite and poison, that I very much agree with, the theory of murder. Historically, Cleopatra has been mainly known as Egypt’s last Queen/Pharaoh, but no one has ever questioned her death.There…

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    “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a short story from his The Jungle Book collection that tells the tale of a young mongoose adopted into a family of mother, father, and son Teddy. The mongoose, the titular character, is kept about the house in order to ward off or kill snakes that may harm the family. As the story develops, Rikki becomes increasingly human-like. Eventually, the denouement arrives as Rikki kills the two cobras that had become the central threat in the story. Both the appropriation and…

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    Burmese pythons. They just threw them out and they all went to the Everglades. That is why we need to be extra censurable for our pets. The Informational Article states," It is among the largest snake in the world, capable of growing the length of 23 feet and weigh up to 200 lbs." That is certainly an long snake that can do a great amount of damage. This is why we should research about an animal before we buy it. Or even let it loose in the wild. The Newspaper Article says, "With no…

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    In this selection, the protagonist, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, was washed out of his burrow during a summer flood, leaving him in a new home. Later on in the story, he encounters two snakes, and because of his courage, he changed the garden. ¨Now, if I kill him here, Nagaina will know; and if I fight him on the open floor, the odds are in his favor… If I don't break his back in the first jump, he can still fight, and if he fights- it…

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