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Bible. "Jesus does equate committing adultery with having lust in your heart (Matthew 5:27-28) and committing murder with having hatred in your heart (Matthew 5:21-22)." This excerpt from the Bible implies that all sins are equal, but only in the…
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one who demanded the most respect. In his presence, no one dared to talk, nor breathe loudly for fear of attempting defiance. When he approached it was as if the world had gone into mute. Thunder-struck boys spoke tersely in controlled whispers, and…
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play, about a school trip to Conwy castle. The 'progress class', a class for illiterate children, are on a trip to Wales where the liberal Mrs Kay and the strict Mr Briggs have completely different ideas about the day should be organised.
Mrs…
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are most significant and revealing of his character. Even in his first words of the play, Hamlet can be labeled as a character not happy with others' decisions. This comes into play with Hamlet's mother Gertrude because of her marrying to early…
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being one player down, they immediately made their presence felt with a volley of shots at the goal, but their attacks came to nothing as shot after shot failed to find the back of the net. This shook the whites back into action, who until then…
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two versions of Rip Van Winkle that I read have some similarities and differences. I read the original Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving and a retold by Catherine Storr. Both were very interesting the way they were written. The two…
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many instances of symbolism. As easily noticed with the title of the book, the use of a scarlet letter is very repetitive. Hawthorne's use of the letter is simplistic yet very intricate. The A first symbolizes "adultery" but later stands for "able."…
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Browning's "How do I love Thee" from "Sonnets from the
Portuguese" portrays a relationship and love in an exceptional manner that is not
very common by today's standards. In the opening line, the speaker portrays the
joy and delight felt by this…
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is a vivid picture of the crueltiy of slavery. It is a novel that depicts the horrifying practicies of enslavement in the early Nineteenth Century in the United States of America. It is a depiction of the horrible conditions under slavery and the…
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we see that Nicholas Barber is searching for a father figure. Unfortunately he is not only extremely religious but also very idealistic, which makes it difficult for him to find someone who can live up to his standards.
When we first meet Nicholas,…
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