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    “But the tears are necessary. Don’t you remember what Othello said? ‘If after every tempest came such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death.’ There’s a story one of the old Indians used to tell us, about the Girl of Mataski. The young men who wanted to marry her had to do a morning’s hoeing in her garden. It seemed easy; but there were flies and mosquitoes, magic ones. Most of the young men simply cannot stand the biting and stinging. But the one that could-he got the girl.” “Charming

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    Take the Great Ocean Road Tour Today The Great Ocean Road in Melbourne is a marvelous stretch of beach front street that offers a large group of lovely and characteristic historic points. Situated along the south eastern shoreline of Australia, the Great Ocean Road was worked by hand through the span of 16 years by servicemen, as a remembrance to the individuals who passed on amid the First World War. Taking The Great Ocean Road Tour is one of the most ideal approaches to see all that The Great

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    Not everyone is a criminal just because they have a criminal past. People can change through time and experience. Individuals are capable to recognize this through pieces of writing which shows the characters from the beginning through the end. In We Were Here written by Matt de La Pena in 2009, there were three main characters which are Miguel, Mong, and Rondell. Miguel committed a horrible crime and got sent to a group home for a year and was obligated to write in his journal, so the judge can

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    The main characters of Pride and Prejudice and To The Lighthouse are women with a different kind of mind set than the rest of the characters. Elizabeth Bennet, in Pride and Prejudice, cares about her happiness, good-manners of people, virtues, and believes she can choose a man without being impressed by his wealth or title; practically going against women at the time. Then Lily Briscoe, in To The Lighthouse, is an uncommon woman in the novel because she doesn’t regard society, is unattached to family

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    A Hero's Incentives (Analyze and discuss three motivations for Beowulf) Almost every culture is represented by a story-like poem called an epic. One of the oldest, written around 1000 C.E. is called Beowulf. Originally, this story was told orally, but much later was written in old English. This language was a hybrid of many other languages and has developed into the modern English we have today. Beowulf is about an Anglo-Saxon warrior who embarks on a journey to another land to kill a demon named

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    A few of the education opportunity that I have taken advantage of since I entered school are The Light House Community Center, Nicholas Academic Center, and the After school Program. They are all wonderful programs that I would recommend to go and check it out. All of these programs helped me with my education and helped me identify myself as a person. One of the ways that the light house community center help me out in exploring myself as a person, is when they took me out for camping. This happen

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    3 Finest Australia Beach Wedding Destinations Australia is home to gorgeous coastlines, making it popular worldwide for its sun and sand landscape. Choosing a beach destination among its clear azure waters and golden sands can be a tough choice, however, especially if you want to hold your wedding day here. Here are some ideal beaches for tying the knot: Langford Island Beach, Queensland A virtually uninhabited stretch of spectacular blue and emerald, the Langford Island Beach is a feast for your

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    There are many famous poets who have changed the way people view poetry, one of those people is Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a black, insecure, influential poet who lived during the Harlem renaissance and the great depression. Langston himself was influenced by many other poets and people as well. Here is some information about Langston Hughes and those who influenced him. Langston Hughes had many influences throughout his life including leaders and role models that inspired him to write

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    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World takes place primarily in the World State, a society where people are genetically engineered and conditioned from the time of fertilization in order to live a life in a predestined social caste. Social relationships like families and significant others do not exist, and everyone is conditioned to be happy. Social classes range from Alphas to Episilons, Alphas being the highest and most intelligent and Episilons being the lowest. The social class that a person ends

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    Roman ships are rather simple in design. Many ships simply had a single main mast which carried a rectangular sail. However some ships also had small sails at the bow and stern. Roman ships were steered by large oars as opposed to rudders. Lighthouses were placed by Romans to aid shipping to avoid crashes into dangerous cliff sides and rocks.Romans built large merchant ships called cortia. These large ships could carry up to 1,000 tons of cargo easily.Majority of Roman merchant ships transported

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