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    Claudio humiliates Hero in front of the entire society, which means he figuratively killed her. When the play continues, Claudio’s feelings towards Hero changes tragically, “ Out on thee, seeming! I will write against it.You seem to me as Dian in her orb, As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown. But you are more intemperate in your blood than Venus, or those pampered animals. That rage in savage sensuality. ” This is tragic because Claudio did not come to Hero and ask her what happened. Instead,…

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    Usher Downfall

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    Usher,” the story ended with the house physically falling on Roderick and Madeline’s bodies, as well as the fall of the family line. The narrator explains: “While I gazed, the fissure rapidly widened- there came a fierce breath of whirlwind- the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight.” (Poe 430) This was able to illustrate a picture of the foundation of the house cracking widely, which caused it to fall. It can additionally be interpreted as the very foundation of the Usher…

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    Do we finally have proof Heaven exists? Dr. Eben Alexander believes it to be a certainty following a near death experience (NDE) caused by a severe and sudden onset of gram-negative bacterial meningitis in November of 2008. He is the author of the book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife. Within four hours of falling ill and rushed to the hospital, Dr. Alexander slipped into a deep coma for seven days. The neocortex of his brain had completely shut down and he had, at…

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    Willpower Research Paper

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    LESSON 6 : Willpower as mental power similar to how strength represents physical power. Those with magical ability use willpower to perform magic.If an indiviual can get their mind focused upon the target of his spell and think about the effect of the spell to the exclusion of outside stimuli , it will cause his him to direct more magic toward his effort. The levitation charm , requires more willpower throughout the casting of the spell. However , if you dont have enough…

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    “Well, the main character always comes last!” He grinned, his green orbs shone, “Okay, I’m kidding. There’s an upheaval back in the secret hideout. Saraki wants us.” “Then let’s go already.” The female replied, tucking a loose strand of her brown hair behind her ear. “Yes, yes, boss.” “Don’t call me that.” “Alright…

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    Bright Blue Monologue

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    Bright blue orbs looked up at the night sky, wonder filling every drop of them. A girl with tear stained cheeks yet a smile on her face. White clouds floated by. A white moon shinning ever so brightly. It was as quiet as could be, and the girl had all of this to herself. How lucky she is to be alive. She completely forgot about the reason she was sitting at the edge of the cliff. She just forgot everything and looked up at the sky. There were what seemed to be millions of stars staring back at…

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    find my flashlight in my fanny pack. I pushed the button and the dark cave lit up. As I turned to the left, to examine my surroundings, we came face to face with the grossest, most hideous creature we had ever seen. It was a slimy, purple, floating orb that had one giant eye in the center, and ten smaller eyes at the end of its squirming tentacles. It had a large mouth with needle sharp teeth inside, and its breath smelled like rotten pickles. My friends and I looked at the…

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    on what happened it is easy to see that Fortunato is drunk, making him vulnerable to Montessor. When Fortunato looks at Montressor, he can tell that Fortunato is drunk just by his eyes. "He turned towards me, and looked into my eves with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication"…

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    Xcom/285 Week 1

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    Week one started with a bit of a hiccup. The traveler’s DTS was not approved in a timely manner, resulting in a failed link up on Sunday to report to the course. After returning to base to modify the authorization, the travel was completed to report as required to attend the course. Although the travel was conducted, it was not without incident. A lengthy eight-hour delay due to inclement weather delayed the travel even further. Upon arrival at Ft. Bragg, the traveler reported to Pope Army…

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    them eyes/To see this vaulted arch and the rich crop/Of sea and land, which can distinguish ’twixt/The fiery orbs above and the twinned stones/Upon th’unnumbered beach, and can we not/Partition make with spectacles so precious/’Twixt fair and foul?”(Cymbeline, Act V Scene IV, page 12). Regarding this quote, author Dan Falk writes that “The “vaulted arch” is surely the sky; the “fiery orbs above” must be the stars, and the “spectacles” symbolizes a telescope”(Falk 138). In these two scenes,…

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