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Italics Mine Red Cross
1,068 words
How is the condemnation of moral duplicity in Book
I of the Faerie Queen compatible with the
duplicity or multiplicity of meaning that allegory
requires? In answering the above question, it is
necessary to focus on the function of duplicity /
multiplicity in the two contexts presented. In the
moral context, duplicity is equivalent with
dishonesty, it involves purporting to be one thing
whilst being another; it is a necessary deceit. In
contrast, multiplicity in allegory involves an
affirmation o...
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Score Points Opposing Team
535 words
Football is a team sport mostly played in the US
and Canada by high school, college, and
professional players. It is a dangerous sport
because there is a lot of physical contact. While
millions of people watch the sport, not all of
them understand how the game works because it is a
difficult game to understand right away. It gets
easier to understand the game after you have
played it. The object of the game is to score
points by carrying the ball across the goal line
of your opponent, or by kick...
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Sir Gawain King Arthur
1,084 words
The three heroes discussed here, Beowulf, Sir
Gawain and King Arthur, are heroes for different
reasons. Beowulf, our earliest hero, is brave but
his motivation is different than then other two.
To Sir Gawain personal honor and valor is what is
important. King Arthur, Sir Gawain's uncle, is
naturally the quintessential king of the medieval
period. Though all men to a certain extent share
the same qualities, some are more pronounced than
in the others. It is important to see how these
qualities ar...
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U S News Amp World Amp World Report
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Cloning is the process of taking cells from a
donor, placing them in a culture dish where the
nutrients are minimal, so the cells stop dividing
and switch their "active genes." The cells are
then put next to an unfertilized egg. The nucleus
is sucked out of the egg leaving an empty egg cell
containing all the cellular machinery necessary to
produce an embryo. An electric shock is used to
fuse the egg and cell together. A second shock is
then used to mimic the act of fertilization and
help begin ...
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Spouse Abuse One Day
1,199 words
Marriage and Romance are everywhere in our
society. Almost everywhere you look there are
signs of them. Magazines, movies, books, most bare
stories of this nature reflecting the wonderful
perfect relationship between a man and a woman, or
at lest how to be in one. Childrens stories of the
Prince that saves and marries the Princess are
just as common. We grow up hearing about this
perfect and wonderful thing, where the prince who
is strong and handsome loves and cares for the
princess who is beau...
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Aggressive Driving Highway Traffic
997 words
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that
aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction
I. Attention Getter: Speeding, tailgating, giving
the finger and outright violence. Each day
Americans grow more and more likely to take out
their personal frustrations on other drivers. It
is called aggressive driving and it is on the
incline. II. Definition: Driving is a curious
combination of public and private acts. A car
isolates a driver from the world even as it
carries him through it. The s...
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Tupac Amaru Shakur Biographical Info
744 words
DOB: June 16, 1971 - Brooklyn, NY DOD: September
13, 1996 - Las Vegas, NV Height: 5 ' 10 Weight:
168 Mother: Agent Shakur Father: William Garland
Step Father: Jean Wayne Williams AKA Mutulu Shakur
Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur Half Brother: Maurice
Harding (Mopreme of Thug Life) Godfather: Elmer
"Geronimo" Pratt Music Groups: One Nation Emcees,
Two From The Crew, Strictly Dope, Digital
Underground, Thug Life, Outlaw Immortal/Outlaw
Aliases: MC New York, 2 Pac, Makaveli (the don)
Marital Status: Di...
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17 Th Century 21 St Century
1,092 words
... ans on this earth for reproduction, or that He
will take care of them. All of these excuses bring
religion into the matter, which could be an
effective tool in reasoning with women to consent
to sexual intercourse. Donne's second poem, "The
Flea, " brings many strategies of seduction to
light. The poem begins with the image of a flea
that represents sexual. For the remainder of the
poem, Donne uses the "flea" as a metaphor implying
that intercourse is as small and insignificant as
a flea. Do...
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Stream Of Consciousness Absalom Absalom
602 words
I'll admit straight off the bat that I'm not a
huge fan of stream-of-consciousness narratives. In
fact, I dislike such styles more often than I
enjoy them. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! was also the first
work by William Faulkner that I have ever read,
which (judging by the reviews on this site) is
apparently not the best place I could have
started. Yet despite these potential problems, I
quite enjoyed the overall book. There were several
places where I found the narrative voice to be
quite tedious, but the...
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A Persuasive Speech Against Underage Drinking
970 words
I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: By a show of
hands, how many people in this classroom are under
the age of 21? As you look around the classroom,
you will see that many of you are under this age.
Now think to yourself, even though you are under
the age of 21, does it mean that no one in this
classroom has ever tried alcohol? According to
Prof. Rosenberg from the Psychological Bulletin
1993, alcohol is the most serious problem facing
teenagers. B. Link to Audience: We are all
students at col...
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Ken Kesey One Flew Over Cuckoo Nest
910 words
The Viking Critical Library edition of Ken Kesey's
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is worth every
cent of its price, not that it's a high one
anyway. The page count is double that of the
novel, and what you get in this excellent edition,
is a preface, a short biography, and a plethora of
literary criticism, a very exhaustive collection,
ranging from forgettable, strained and biased work
to brilliant criticism. It's not just a novel,
it's a compendium you get for a price of one. I
strongly reco...
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Good And Evil King Lear
767 words
As the play opens, one can almost immediately see
that Lear begins to make mistakes that will
eventually result in his downfall. His character
encompasses both power and weakness, good and
evil; however, not all characters in this play
have both of these characteristics. Two of Lear's
daughters, Goneril and Regan, have evil tendencies
such as ambition, disloyalty and deception but
Kent, Lear's servant, is not only loyal to his
king, but also truthful and compassionate.
Accordingly, Shakespeare s...
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Cannabis Plant Mind Altering
1,170 words
For Legalization The cannabis plant has been the
topic of much debate throughout the history of
this country. Many people don't know that it was
not the effect of cannabis that originally spurred
its banning. It was actually originally the work
of the cotton industry who put big money behind il
legalization for the plant's mind altering
effects. The cotton industry was afraid that hemp,
a product of the cannabis plant, would soon
overpower the strong hold of cotton since it was a
more durable te...
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French And Indian War Stamp Act
1,288 words
The American Revolution was an inevitable
conflict. The French and Indian War had major
effects on the British and American colonists.
This war doubled England's already existent debt.
America's little financial and military help
outraged many British offical's during the war,
which largely benefited the Americas. They were
also bitter about the Colonists trading goods with
enemies of the British. Because of this the
British increased authority over the colonies
after the war. The British began ...
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Death Penalty Evil Deed
1,030 words
The average homicide rate in the 13 states without
the death penalty is lower than the average
homicide rate in the 37 states where it is legal.
Between 1972 and 1990, the homicide rate in
Michigan which has no death penalty, was generally
as low or lower than the neighboring state of
Indiana, which restored the death penalty in 1973.
The U. S. Bowers- Pierce study analyzing
executions between 1907 and 1963 concluded, that
an average of two additional homicides were
committed in the month after ...
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Search Machine Search Machines One
755 words
Appearance of... Google: looks poor, helps much
Good clothes open all doors. English proverb. Its
not an advertisement of one of the biggest Web
Search Engines, I dont get paid for choosing
Google as an object of my essay. Its just that I
didnt want to write about any of my friends or
myself; it would be too personal. But I decided to
remember the relative experience of my yet not so
long life and pick up a thing which appearance has
deceived me but in the good sense of this word. It
was not a d...
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Crash Of 1929 Stocks And Bonds
942 words
Causes of the Great Crash In 1929 there had been a
bull market for some time, and it seemed like it
would never stop. However, such prosperity would
not last forever. In October of that year, the
market came to an abrupt halt. It was not a simple
matter however. There was no single reason why the
market finally crashed as it did but rather there
were many factors that had lead to this
devastating event. The first reason that had
helped contribute to the stock market crash of
1929 was the huge mi...
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Amount Of Time Assisted Suicide
703 words
Euthenasia In Australia Euthanasia Sometimes, life
can deteriorate to the point where a person loses
their dignity and self-respect, and are unable to
communicate; life like this is longer worth
living, as the most enjoyable of things are
no-longer enjoyable. Euthanasia could, in my
opinion, be practiced when a person reaches this
point, and then only passively. If the person in
question is able to communicate rationally, then
their opinion must be asked first. Assisted death,
other than passive...
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Common Man P 89
2,316 words
Morality is often overpowered by materialistic
pursuits. In A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt
shows the corruption of those who put self
interest above all other values. His use of such
characters as Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich,
Chapuys and Wolsey help convey this corruption.
There is yet another character who is a pragmatist
that Bolt successfully represents. Thomas More is
an idealist as well as a pragmatist, for he is
prepared to give up everything for his beliefs and
takes all precautions...
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High School Patrick Worth
345 words
When Prom Speech 2000 Speech When we were younger,
we couldn t wait to graduate from high school and
be done with school. Well, now it s here and we
are still pretty exited to be finished, but
graduation has taken on a whole new meaning for
us. We have come so far. From lying on the ground
to reaching for the stars realizing it is o. k. to
have a dream. I still remember the very first day
we arrived, everything was so easy. But before we
knew it, things became so much harder to
accomplish. Every...
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