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    Innocent and Godly People Accused Salem was suppose to be built around the ways of God. However, this wasn’t the case when the word of witchcraft appeared in Salem. Rumors about colonist performing witchcraft didn’t come off too well on their reputation. Children were suppose to be seen and not heard, but this wasn’t the case for the Salem witch trials. Judges and priest believed children didn’t have the heart to lie or slander people. For the Salem the trials this wasn’t the case Abigail and…

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    Museums worldwide face the moral dilemma of what to showcase in their collections. Some governments and citizens have questioned the legitimacy of the entitlement to some ancient artifacts that were taken during circumstances like war. Countries have requested cultural repatriation of their artistic works. Cultural repatriation is the return of cultural relics that have been taken from their homeland. Items from around the world, such as Rome, Scotland, and Africa have faced this difficult…

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    Julius Caesar Honor Code

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    A common topic within the works of Shakespeare is the role that humanity plays in the creation of, and assignment of, virtue. Within Julius Caesar especially, the virtue of honor and allegiance to virtue is called into question. Had Brutus adapted his idea of honor, he would not have lost so much at the end of the play, but because he clung to his ideals, like Caesar, he too fell. To better understand the faults of Brutus’ honor code, one must understand the fall of Caesar. When Caesar looks…

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    “They must be either with us, or against us…” (as quoted in The Life of Andrew Jackson by John Spencer Bassett in Archon Books, page 156-157). Andrew Jackson should not be let in the Presidential Hall of Fame, From his way of the democracy and the spoils system, to his treatment of the Native Americans. Not to mention his immaturity of blaming the bank for his own personal financial problems.. These are just the basics of how Jackson should not have the privilege to be in the Presidential…

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    the overall meaning of the poem. The symbols that William Blake decided to use in the poem, include two distinctive characteristics: light and dark. An example of this characteristic of light and dark in the poem, is, “You know that the soot cannot spoil you white hair” (Blake 8). This is an example of the colors, since soot is dark and Tom had white (light) hair color. The mentions of these colors and ideas, contrast each other adding to the characteristics of the poem. Blake uses these…

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    Chronicling the fate of the House of Atreus - a bloodline destined to beget suffering and bleed until it is bled dry - the closing moments of Aeschylus’ Oresteia depict, more optimistically, the very best of what Aeschylus hoped society could be. Yet to ignore the issues of gender and sexuality - the binary opposition and conflicting gendering of its two female ‘heroines’ and their subsequent inversion of societal norms, for example - is to confine the text and its characters unnecessarily. It…

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    Collaborate The discussion touch on the police and minorities in the community and whether or not the use of brutality or police usage of deadly force is something worthy of attention and discussion. I think anything that has been a fatality in the community and family life, on an almost continuous basis deserve the attention whether it was an accident or something that was attentional. I think that it needs discussing because maybe something can change the situation the next time. The…

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    Another big problem with football are the head injuries that some players get when they are tackled. Brian Merchant from the website, Spoil Sport, talks about several sports that cause environmental damage. He lists sports that use fuel such as NASCAR, skydiving, boat racing and any sport that gets a large crowd such as soccer. If many people want to watch the sport it means that many…

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    angry because Daenerys, the queen of the Dothraki, has stopped him from rapping a woman from the village they had just conquered. The soldier in question believed it to be his right to do what he pleased with the women of the village as they were the spoils of war. This is just one example of rape in the show. The show also shows women who have accepted rape as part of life and in some cases it is men being raped. While we understand that this is a fictional world that takes place in a time…

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    other organs when the deer is hanging. Furthermore, the bladder is comfortable making skinning easier. Remove Organs The internal organs will have to be removed in this phase. It is also important to properly cool the carcass so that the meat doesn't spoil. Step 1: Remove the stomach membrane by starting at the bottom of the deer using a sharp knife tip since it could rupture the deer's intestines or stomach. Step 2: Have a large container…

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