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Hundred Years White Men
1,509 wordsCoromantien was a part of Africa, which in the seventeenth century was one of the chief resorts of the slave traders. Its king was a man of more than a hundred years old. Thirteen of his sons died in battle, and he had left for a successor one grandchild, called Oroonoko. He was sent into the field to be trained to war as soon as he could bear a bow. At the age of seventeen he became one of the bravest and most expert of captains. The old General, a father-like figure, who had trained Oroonoko i...
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Tale Also Implies Tale Also Implies That Females Sexual
1,147 wordsWe have all heard of strange and gory stories that are supposedly true, experienced by a friend of a friend. Whether true or not these so called "urban legends" tend to circulate throughout society thriving on each individual's fears and curiosity. What most people don't realize is, within these tales lies the attitudes and values of a community. These tales do not survive throughout the years solely on the basis of their entertainment level, but due to the fact that they reflect society's fears...
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Sir Francis Drake Santo Domingo
572 wordsHuron Indian myth has it that in ancient times, when the land was barren and the people were starving, the Great Spirit sent forth a woman to save humanity. As she traveled over the world, everywhere her right hand touched the soil, there grew potatoes. And everywhere her left hand touched the soil, there grew corn. And when the world was rich and fertile, she sat down and rested. When she arose, there grew tobacco... The sacred origin of tobacco and the first pipe (Schoolcraft) c. 6000 BC: Expe...
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Tells Oedipus King Laius
969 wordsThe play opens in front of the palace of Oedipus at Thebes. Oedipus asks a priest and his supplicants what they are wanting. The priest thanks him for saving them from the Sphinx, but tells him that the city needs saving again from a plague that has descended. Oedipus admits this and says that he has sent a messenger to Apollo's shrine to find out what he must do to save the city. The messenger arrives just then. The messenger says that Apollo told him that the man who murdered former King Laius...
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Appearance Versus Reality Theme Of Appearance Versus
1,217 wordsAppearance vs. Reality in Hamlet Shakespeare's Hamlet is the tale of a young prince determined to uncover the truth about his fathers recent death. Hamlets uncle (and also the deceased kings brother), Claudius, marries his mother the queen, and therefore, takes the throne. In the beginning of the story, Hamlet is told by the apparition of his dead father that it was Claudius who in fact murdered him. The theme that remains consistent throughout the tragedy is appearance versus reality. The chara...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse Bureau Of Justice Statistics
767 wordsDrug Abuse: Cracking Down On Those Who Use An estimated 14. 8 million Americans were current users of illegal drugs in 1999, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (Highlights) Drugs have been a problem in America for many years. There have been many proposals on how to reduce the problem, none of which have had much success. Drugs are easily available to almost anyone who wants them. Obviously it is very hard to stop drugs from getting into the U. S. , or to stop the production. That wo...
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Duke Of Milan Deserted Island
1,120 wordsOn a ship heading back from his daughters wedding, the king of Naples and his men are swept up in a huge storm. The crew does everything they can, but the ship crashes on an apparently deserted island. Stranded on the same deserted island for twelve years, the former duke of Milan tries to explain the situation to his daughter, Miranda. He tells her the story of his brother and the king, who arranged for he and Miranda to be lost at sea, so his brother can have his title. He explains also that h...
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Cyrano De Bergerac Man Named
754 wordsCyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostand and translated by Brian Hooker. It tells the story of a man named Cyrano with a long nose. Cyrano is in love with a woman named Roxane. However, Roxane loves Christian and asks Cyrano to teach Christian how to write about love. Cyrano helps Christian win Roxane. The story takes place in Paris, France. It is during theme of the French war against Spain. It starts at the Hotel deBougogue. Then, in Act 2, it is at Rageaneau's Bakery. Act 3 isat Roxan...
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Antony And Octavius Mark Antony
770 wordsThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a play about loyalty, betrayal, love, and deception. There are many characters with fairly in-depth personalities. Some of the main characters are Cassius, the crafty, deceptive, witty man who is the leader of the conspiracy that killed Caesar. Brutus, the noble, honest, honorable man who is one of the key members of the conspiracy. There is also Antony, who is Caesars right hand man. He is shrewd and ruthless man, willing to do anything to get revenge for Caesars...
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Sir Toby Sir Andrew
540 wordsIf the play was based upon one single plot, Twelfth Night would not have been as it is. It is the linking of the various plots that really completes the whole story and brings out the nature of the characters and the connection between them. The play starts with a major plot, Orsino wooing Olivia. Orsino has been asking Olivia to accept his love, but Olivia refuses it. To woo Olivia, Orsino sends messengers to speak on behalf of him. This is the reason why Viola is dragged in the middle of this ...
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Speed Of The Vehicle Phazer Sends Police
387 wordsNowadays, speed-detection technology has become more and more advanced, and not getting a speeding ticket is almost unavoidable. There are a lot of devices around that can help drivers detect the police traps, but these devices are illegal in many states. As people are driving down the interstate with their cruise control set over the speed limit, many get scared of a police car parked on the side of the road. Right after they pass the trap they look at the speedometer and their rear mirror, hop...
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Miss Drew Train Tracks Billy
987 wordsBilly Bathgate, is a book of a young boys transition into manhood. It is an amazingly well-written book that intrigued me the entire way through. It starts out in Billy's hometown, the Bronx of New York in the twenties; a time of social unrest and prohibition. The apartment building Billy lives in is not the epitome of cleanliness. The streets are littered with papers and loud noises of the trains that go by every hour. Rundown little bungalows and an occasional three-story fake brick building s...
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Midsummer Night Dream Hand In Marriage
1,070 wordsThroughout both Much Ado About Nothing and Midsummer's Night Dream, much jealousy is demonstrated. Not only do Claudio, in Much Ado About Nothing, and Oberon in Midsummer's Night Dream become jealous with the woman they love, but they actually will succumb to revenge, embarrassment and rage to try to over come their jealously. Even though by the ending of both of the plays both characters get what they want, they have a constant battle with jealously to get there. Claudio, a very highly decorate...
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Senator Boyd Boyette K O Lewis Mark
1,139 wordsThe story begins in Memphis, Tennessee, with eleven year old Mark Sway and his younger brother Ricky sneaking out into the woods to smoke a cigarette. As they smoke, they stumble upon Jerome Clifford. He is obviously drunk, and proceeds to stick a hose from the tailpipe of his car into the back window to allow exhaust into the cab. Mark recognizes this as a suicide attempt. He crawls out, three times to remove the hose, making Jerome angrier every time he finds it unplugged. On the third and fin...
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Epic Hero One Hundred
736 wordsWhat is an epic hero? Homers Odyssey is about an epic hero named Odysseus and his quest home. Odysseus is an epic hero because he is valiant and brave, the gods favor him, he shows respect to the gods, with the help of the gods he can survive things most men couldnt, and he is Odysseus shows he is valiant and brave when he fights the monstrous Polyphemus and stabbed him in the eye with a giant olive tree. He proves he is brave during this battle because Polyphemus is a giant Cyclopes, and Odysse...
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern King And Queen
1,335 words... crafts and Guildenstern that his "madness" might not be all that it seems. Polonius informs Hamlet of the arrival of the players and shortly afterwards, several enter. Hamlet greets the lead player warmly and asks him to recite a speech he had once heard the player do. The player gives a moving recital and Hamlet, et al. are amazed at his ability to summon up all his emotions for the speech. Hamlet charges Polonius with seeing to it that the players are well cared for while at court and scol...
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Hamlet And Horatio Rosencrantz And Guildenstern
1,365 words... s and Gertrude follow, fearing this will once again send him into a rage. Act 5 Scene 1: Two gravediggers are discussing a person who is to be buried that day. The discussion centers around whether or not the person, a woman, should be buried because there is a suspicion that she committed suicide, an offense which is against the church. They agree that it appears people of a certain station in life are granted more privileges than more common folk. They discuss other items and the first gra...
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Bury Her Brother Pg 750 Line Antigone
576 wordsAntigone is a very strong willed character. In the very first scene of the book Antigone is talking to her sister (Ismene) about how their two brothers (Eteocles and Polyneices) killed each other fighting over the thrown. Antigone is enraged over the fact that Creon (Antigone's uncle and the new king) has buried Eteocles with military honors but has left Polyneices to rot. Creon has declared that any person who buries Polyneices will be killed, but Antigone doesn't care. Antigone is driven to bu...
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Starting Point English Law
2,693 wordsThe transmission of such a price-list does not amount to an offer to supply an unlimited quantity of the wine described at the price named, so that as soon as an order is given there is a binding contract to supply that quantity. If it were so, the merchant might find himself involved in any number of contractual obligations to supply wine of a particular description which he would be quite unable to carry out, his stock of wine of that description being necessarily limited. I entertain, I confe...
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Lord Jim Bad Luck
1,853 wordsSummer Reading Project Lord Jim The main character of Lord Jim is none other then, Jim. He is also referred to as Lord Jim and Tuan Jim. Jims main goal in life is to be understood by someone, anyone at all. Jim does a lot of day dreaming. His dreams consist of a hero (him) performing some kind of a heroic act. But despite all the day dreaming, he never does perform his Heroic deed. When Jim had the chance to perform his first heroic deed, he failed. He was on a ship, transporting pilgrims, but w...
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