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    The play Tartuffe by Moliere is a play with many underlying complicated themes, and one of them might be the way it mocks the weaknesses of the characters. The play exaggerates the human folly of characters like Orgon and their inability to see beyond their narrowed perspective and believing everyone else to be following the same train of thought. Also, the play highlights the strict conduct blindly followed by french society like gender norms and religious affiliation and puts them out of…

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    agreed. “Yet, how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed? He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble. He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.” her Master touted. “Even if I summoned him…

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    A single crack appeared through a rough stone wall in the back of the cavern. The crack slowly began to grow, and all of the soldiers were stunned and shocked by what they were witnessing. The inside of the crack began to glow dark, blood-red. An eerie smile crept onto the general's face, while he stared at the growing crack. The ground began to shake within the cave and a low rumbling emerged from deep within it. The general began to chuckle with delight. The soldiers became increasingly uneasy…

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    Foreword : I have always loved the beauty of Poetry, how words alone can grip the mind and stimulate the soul. Poetry is a feeling, like the tears of happiness or sorrow that we don't speak of. It's the cries of a breaking heart and the songs of love that we keep locked away. Within these pages lay just some of the hopes, trials and tribulations that have made me who I am. So take a deep breath if you dare, And settle into your favorite chair. Of my plights and dreams, have…

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    CHAPTER ONE The governmental inspiration based on the impact of inter-European energy challenges and competitors for preeminence. People from France, and Italy were competitive for energy within Western energy state policies. One way to demonstrate national preeminence was through the getting places around the world, including African-American. The public factor was the third significant element. As a result of industrialization, significant public issues grew in Europe: lack of employment,…

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    In the novel Frankenstein, Marry Shelly definitely shows the influence of the Romantic Period. One of the most important features of the novel is the way in which the creature convinces Frankenstein to comply with his request in Chapter 17. Throughout the better part of their exchange, the creature's tone is reasonable in the extreme: in fact, his desire for a companion seems almost noble. In this way, he will divest himself of his longing for violence and revenge, and lead a blameless life.…

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    Samantha Tsang Tsang 1 Mrs. Fenn ENG4U1-02 6th January, 2015 The Unbeatable Not every woman in the world owns human rights, and treated equally as men. Lots of women suffer a lot of pain through their life. But they do not surrender. Instead, they power up and face the problem together. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hassenin have a lot in common; they both contain the cruelty of being a woman; the challenges the female characters have…

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    industrialization in a result. As urbanization grew, the society transformed. The cities grew of the centers of manufacturing and industry. There was so much growth but only a little planning. That created problems like street lighting, poor transportation and wretched housing. The industrial Revolution created changes in social structure. It first destroyed old division of the clergy and nobility. It created bourgeoisie of traders and also the capitalists. In Western Europe the highest…

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    1.1 Why Postcolonialism? It is difficult to say what postcolonialism exactly is. There is no ‘tradition’ per se as there is a philosophical tradition for deconstruction or psychoanalytical theory. In anti-colonial movements and postmodern critique of colonialism as a project of modernity one can find ideas that preceded postcolonial theory. The most important feature of postcolonialism is a shift in the dominant ways in which relations between Western and non-Western people and their worlds were…

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    Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

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