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    The book The Blackthorn Key is about an apprentice named Christopher. He lives in a small village that is very remote from the rest of the kingdom with his friend Tom. The Blackthorn key starts from May to June in 1665. In the beginning, Christopher builds a cannon and ends up setting the place on fire. Of course, since only special masters were allowed to mix gunpowder, he got in trouble. Then, Master Benedict , who was Christopher's master, was arguing with Nathaniel Stubbs, who wanted the house

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    assistant to his master, Verrocchio), the compositional placement of the Archangel Gabriel define the patriarchal power of a male figure in contrast to the submissive figure of Mary in this painting. In Roman Catholic patriarchal traditions, the male figure of Gabriel was sent down to impregnate Mary with the Son of God, which confirms the patriarchal symbolism of Leonardo’s spatial representation. In Crivelli’s work, the Archangel Gabriel also presents a powerful placement of the public figure of Gabriel

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    Ezgi Yavuzalp 20112001768 EL 482 – Final Paper HIERARCHY IN PARADISE LOST BY MILTON In engaging himself to ‘justify the ways of God to men’ Milton has implicitly accepted the humanist goal of justifying man’s ways to men. The action he presents, if it is to be worthy of his ‘great argument’ must answer in reasonable ways all the certainties which reasonable Christians have named or felt in the story of the first human crisis. (Stein 87) As Arnold Stein expresses in the lines above, Milton aims to

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    between the pacific ocean and the arctic ocean, and he also is interested in finding the secret of the earth’s magnetism. Walton has been planning this voyage for six years, and he is confident of reaching his goal. He says to her sister that once in Archangel, Russia, his “intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and

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    just creates the cycles of his damnation. Not only is it Satan that had free will and free choice, all of the archangels have most of the same qualities as Satan. Nobody questions if the archangels should have be punished or not when they have the same choice making traits as Adam and Eve. The punishment of the archangels was much worse than Adam and Eve’s because in relation the archangels decision created a far worse situation than Adam and

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    what it means to be a hero. While we tend to favorite the idea of a well dressed superhuman like Superman or Captain America. A hero can be a firefighter, a man in spandex and a cape, a Geatish warrior, legendary knight and king, or a protective archangel. All of them have the basic underlying definition previously stated. Now that we have covered the basics of a hero and established a somewhat simple definition for it. I would like to go back to heroes of British literature and discuss the popularized

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    Israfel Allusions

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    In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Israfel,” the Islamic angel Israfel is used to contrast life on Earth with life in Heaven. Poe achieves this through the use of allusions, tone words, and irony. For example, the title of “Israfel” alludes to the archangel mentioned in the Koran. Israfel is the angel that will return to Earth on Judgement Day to bring the humans to Heaven. Poe takes a direct quote from the Koran to illustrate the musical inclination of Israfel, “‘whose heart-strings are a lute’” (2). Another

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    have known was there unless it was shown to them like this. They were in a chamber in which was a bright light coming out of a hole in the ground. The other angel said, “As the previous archangel, and the One no longer here, we need a new One. You are the only suited. And your friend here would suit well as an archangel. Will you accept?” They both nodded their heads and walked into the

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    three persons, but Islam doesn't believe. Christians believe Islam should. Even though Islam and Christianity have their differences, we still have little things in common that allow peace between religions. When Muhammad was in his forty's, the Archangel Gabriel came to Muhammad and told him to say "In the name of your lord." This was his first revelation of many that became the starting point of the Quran. Islam was founded on the teachings of Muhammad as an expression of surrender to Allah, the

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    associates and me at the event of the funeral of my brother, Ivan V. While we all mourn the death of my half brother, Ivan, we will be also be recognizing me as the single ruler of Russia. The funeral of brother the will be held on February 10th in the Archangel Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. At the event many high-status citizens, such as yourself, are welcome to come to mourn the death of an excellent ruler and an even better brother. We plan to reflect on Ivan’s life, but also look into the future for what

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