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Planting Flowers

Flowers seem to pop up all over Pennsylvania. Why can't they pop up in my garden? Through research, I have learned that wildflowers flourish because they are in an ideal location, and if I can recreate these conditions successfully, flowers will thrive in my garden as well. I am going to ...

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Addiction Treatment

This study will explore existing research data and reports from various agencies and journals in order to answer the question: does the length of treatment improve the success of people who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol? I have chosen several scientific journal articles concerning the ...

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Antigone

The debate over who is the tragic hero in continue on to this day. The belief that is the hero is a strong one. There are many critics who believe, however, that Creon, the Ruler of Thebes, is the true protagonist. I have made my own judgments also, based on what I have researched of this work ...

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Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone?

? The debate over continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the hero is a strong one. There are many critics who believe, however, that Creon, the Ruler of Thebes, is the true protagonist. I have made my own judgments also, based on what I have researched of this work by ...

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W.E.B Du Bois

"One ever feels his two-ness. An American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two warring ideals in one dark body whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." This was how William E. B. Du Bois described how it felt to be a Negro in the beginning of the twentieth century in his ...

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Resurrection In A Tale Of Two Cities

Resurrection is a powerful theme found throughout the plot of A Tale of Two Cities. Many of the characters in the novel are involved with the intertwining themes of love, redemption, and good versus evil. The theme of resurrection involves certain aspects of all of these themes and brings the ...

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King Lear - Disruption Of Order In King Lear And The Causes

Shakespeare\'s King Lear is a play which shows the consequences of one man\'s decisions. The audience follows the main character, Lear, as he makes decisions that disrupt order in his Kingdom. When Lear surrenders all his power and land to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love ...

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Macbeth - Imagery In Macbeth

In all of Shakespeare\'s plays he uses many forms of imagery. Imagery, the art of making images, the products of imagination. In the play \'Macbeth\' Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness and blood. (listed from least to most), Each detail is his imagery, it seems to contain an ...

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Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968) Early life Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Captain Arthur Keller and his wife, Kate Adams Keller. At the age of 19 months, Helen was struck with a severe illness (called "brain fever" ...

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Prayer In Schools: To Pray, Or Not To Pray?

? A very controversial issue faced in schools today is the subject of prayer in the classroom, and rightfully so it is an issue that should be discussed. In America there are hundreds, if not thousands of different religions and beliefs among people. Unlike thirty years ago, Christianity is not ...

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The Tragedies Of Shakespeare

"Your noble son is mad — ‘Mad' call I it, for to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?" (Wells and Taylor, 665) In Act two, scene two of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Polonius uses these words to inform Hamlet's parents of their son's insanity. He then continues on, ...

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Filling In The Gaps: Ideology In Faulkner’s “Dry September”

The story “Dry September”, by William Faulkner is at its core, a story about ideology. Ideology, being defined as the “system of interlinked ideas, symbols, and beliefs by which a culture seeks to justify and perpetuate itself,”(Bercovitch 635) is the impetus behind all the action in “Dry ...

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Dehumanization Of Infants

My article was from one woman’s perspective of how she felt that babies were looked down on from society pro- abortion movement. She says that its a lack of respect for life that is cousing the problem of increased abortion in America, She asked the question “ Why does it seem that the level of ...

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An Significant Experience

What Happened? "Evaluate a significant experience or achievement that has special meaning to you." With a cup of warm milk in hand, I stepped on to the roof of our house. It was a chilly post-rain morning and I didn't have a clue why I was up there. When I reached the top, I reflected on my ...

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Antigone: Who Is The Tragic Hero?

? Charles Woerner The debate over who is the tragic hero in Antigone continue on to this day. The belief that Antigone is the hero is a strong one. There are many critics who believe, however, that Creon, the Ruler of Thebes, is the true protagonist. I have made my own judgments also, based on ...

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Stranger In The Kingdom Vs. Sn

When I first read Howard Frank Mosher’s novel Stranger In The Kingdom I was astonished that something like that took place in Vermont. I have always been under the misconception that racism isn’t extremely prevalent in our local culture today. Once again my white American’s ...

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How Affirmative Action Effects

The roots of affirmative action can be traced back to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act where legislation redefined public and private behavior. The act states that to discriminate in private is legal, but anything regarding business or public discrimination is illegal ("Affirmative" 13). ...

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Beowulf 5

Lord Byron was born on January 22, 1788, on Holles Street, London. His parents, Catherine Gordon Byron and Jack "Mad Jack" Byron, had been living in France, but Catherine wanted their child born in England, so he was. She was a determined and frightening woman it was in her genes ...

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How Technology Effects Modern America

U.S. Wage Trends The microeconomic picture of the U.S. has changed immensely since 1973, and the trends are proving to be consistently downward for the nation’s high school graduates and high school drop-outs. “Of all the reasons given for the wage squeeze – international competition, ...

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John D. Rockelfeller

was a rich man who made his fortune in the oil refinery business. He created a monopoly in the standard oil trust company. He gave away most of his fortune. In my opinion Rockelfeller is a captain of industry. Vanderbilt, The New York Times, Allen Nevins, and an excerpt from Rockelfeller's ...

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