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Spenser's "The Faerie Queene"

I. Introduction When Edmund Spenser wrote his romantic epic The Faerie Queene, he intended for it to be an allegory. An allegory is a literary device used to give a literary work two different meanings. One meaning is easily understood, but the second meaning is expressed through a more ...

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Plato Vs. Aristotle

Plato and Aristotle, two philosophers in the 4th century, hold polar views on politics and philosophy in general. This fact is very cleverly illustrated by Raphael's "School of Athens" (1510-11; Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican), where Plato is portrayed looking up to the higher forms; and ...

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Gangs: A Violent Reality

Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short ...

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Amazing Grace A Book Report

As part of the summer reading assignment this year, I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book, he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor, rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the ...

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A Comparison Of The Medieval And Renaissance Eras

It is amazing how significantly various aspects of society can and will change over a prolonged period of time. Between the time periods of the Medieval era and the Renaissance, one can note numerous significant changes, mainly those pertaining to art and religion. In general, ideals and ...

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Secular Ethics

1. Of members of the clergy: Living `in the world' and not in monastic seclusion, as distinguished from `regular' and `religious'. 2. Belonging to the world and its affairs as distinguished from the church and religion; civil, lay, temporal. Chiefly used as a negative term, with the meaning ...

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Greek Gods 2

Zeus is the king of all the gods. Zeus had to kill his father who eats Zeus’s brothers and sisters, so that he can free them. He than had to marry his sister Hera. He was not always with Hera, but with mortal women. Hera the wife of Zeus is always jealous of Zeus sneaking of to another ...

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Woman On The Edge Of Time: Mother To The Tribe

Throughout time people have been questioning their society. Many wonder if the beliefs and customs of their culture are actually what is in the interest of themselves or even the masses. Times of hardship can create strong and powerful people to bring about change; however the means to achieve ...

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Intelligent Design As A Theory

ABSTRACT: For the scientific community intelligent design represents creationism's latest grasp at scientific legitimacy. Accordingly, intelligent design is viewed as yet another ill-conceived attempt by creationists to straightjacket science within a religious ideology. But in fact intelligent ...

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Dementia

is an organic brain syndrome which results in global cognitive impairments. can occur as a result of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct (MID), and Huntington's disease (HD). Throughout this essay ...

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Free Will Versus Determinism

The controversy between free will and determinism has been argued about for years. What is the difference between the two? Looking in a dictionary, free will is the power, attributed to human beings, of making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such as ...

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Animal Farm

was first published in 1945. is a satire on Stalinism and the Russian revolution. As Russia was an allied of England in 1945, Orwell had a hard time publishing it. The British author George Orwell, pen name for Eric Blair , achieved prominence in the late 1940's as the author of two brilliant ...

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Tales Of The City

When you sense the affection where people enfold their loving kindness you are probably amidst the tenants of 28 Barbary Lane, San Francisco 94109. Perhaps ‘tenants' is the wrong word, it should be something more like a friendly community of people. In Tales of the City , by Armistead Maupin, the ...

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The Cat In The Rain: Self Control And Communication

It was a windy spring day in Chicago. I stood on the bridge of Michigan Avenue looking down the Chicago river. The river was choppy and crashed against the concrete walls. The water was powerful and swayed in a massive motion under the bridge and away from me cutting threw the city. There ...

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The Atmospheric Ozone Layer

The stratospheric ozone layer exists at altitudes between about 10 and 40km depending on latitude, just above the tropopause. Its existence is crucial for life on earth as we know it, because the ozone layer controls the absorption of a portion of the deadly ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. ...

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Acid Rain 3

Acid rain is caused by extra amounts of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Natural sources of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides do exist, but are balanced by nature. Normal rain reacts with alkaline chemicals from the region's bedrock that are in the air, soils, lakes, and streams. This ...

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Capital Punishment: Against

More money is spent executing humans than keeping them in a penitentiary for life. Compared to capital punishment, life in prison is far worse. Mistakes may be made and no one can bring another human back to life. Juries are often white and this may lead to racial decisions. Of the 144 executions ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird

Purity and Innocence to Knowledge of Nature All Children everywhere begin life innocent and without prejudice, Harper Lee effectively portrays this in the novel "". In the beginning of the novel, Scout and Jem hold nothing but innocents, uncorrupted by our world of prejudice and racism. Their ...

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The Old Testament Myth Or Trut

The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who have their individual influence upon the final work. “Today, thanks to the rediscovery of (ancient) literature, it is possible to recognize that the Old Testament is in fact saturated ...

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Report On Book Titled Black Li

How did the book make you feel and what did you think about as you read it? Were you secure in your feelings or uneasy about them? Explain. While I sat back and read this book feelings in me became more and more evident as I went on in my reading. I am no where near “ok” with any type ...

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