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    Anne ‘Dudley” Bradstreet lived an extravagant and successful life. She was born March 20th, 1612 in Northampton. She had a British nationality and was considered to be a serious poet. Spending a lot of time in the library, she better understood literature. Anne graduated from Cambridge University at age sixteen. Two years later at age eighteen, she left England with her family and the Winthrop Puritan Group and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Bradstreet was the daughter of Dorothy Yorke and Thomas

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    When did the British settlers arrive at Australia? The first fleet arrived at Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788 which was later declared as an official prison. The Captain of the fleet, Captain Phillips however found out that the harbour was in lack of fresh water therefore was unsuitable for conviction. The fleet then redirected to Port Jackson which then marked the official first European landing on Sydney Harbour. While setting up the official penal colony 751 convicts along with 252 marines

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    High priority issues for SOUTHCOM and partner nations can differ despite their long history of working together. For SOUTHCOM, a heavy focus is on ensuring that the limited funds made available are used wisely. In contrast, the partner nations would like to see: (1) the establishment of regional impunity commissions with the highest priority nations being in El Salvador and Honduras, where everyone is charged with crimes and those found guilty could be held accountable regardless of their political

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    the spring of 1942, what should Japan have done next?” “I can run wild for six months … after that, I have no expectation of success.” Unconfirmed quotation attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief Japanese Combined Fleet. Setting the stage Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is believed to have foretold of the suffering that was to befall Japan, and in fact was said to have argued heavily against waking a “sleeping giant.” Did Yamamoto recognize the shortcomings

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    Anne Bradstreet was born in England in 1612. At the age of sixteen Anne married her beloved husband Simon Bradstreet. In June 14, 1630 Anne and Simon along with her parents immigrated to America. Once in America, they lived in Pioneer Village in Salem, Massachusetts. Anne Bradstreet was one of the most prominent English poets of North America and also the first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. She is also the most prominent Puritan Figure in American Literature

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    The New England Convicts

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    Convicts were first bought to Australia in the year 1788 with the first fleet which was led by Captain Arthur Phillips. In the first fleet, there were 11 ships with a total of 717 convicts aboard. The ships were called, Alexander, Borrowdale, Charlotte, Fishburn, Friendship, Golden Grove, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply. Out of these 11 ships, 6 of them were used to transport convicts. These 6 ships were, Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince

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    find out it was my boss William asking me if I was alright. ¨Yes Sir. I am fine.¨ I said. ¨Alright then get back to work.¨ William said. So I continued my work until the final work whistle rang. As I walked to my home in mist, I see people on the streets asking for change and begging for the scrapes from the bakery. As I got to the house where I live. When I came into my house my wife was cooking a stew on the stove. She asked, “How was work today honey.” Well I wanted to tell her about my day dream

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    On the surface, a good number of films produced by Tim Burton prompt similar themes of dark satire and grisly outcomes. However, throughout the progress of the film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I found my initial impressions of the typically grim director to be baseless and skewed. From being introduced to songs like No Place Like London and my personal favorite, A Little Priest, to the surreal interpretation of lust, loss, and revenge; Burton’s establishes his take on mischief

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    Sweeney Todd Summary

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    I. Intro. The play Sweeney Todd has been performed on numerous stages since 1979. The 1982 version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, was directed by Harold Prince. Unfortunately, I watched a recoded production of the play; the recoding took place in 1982 but was based off the 1979 production. Over all my impression of Sweeney Todd, is that the play has a bitter-sweet tone that supports all the killing, lying, and deceiving that goes on in the play just so that Sweeney Todd could

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    The 1955 dramatic film, East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, is a movie adaptation of the popular book written in 1952. Throughout this drama, moviegoers embark on a journey through various thematic topics such as the idea of good vs evil, the importance of repentance and redemption, and the human ideal of free will. For example, multiple characters in the film are split into two categories: those who are naturally good and those who are naturally evil. With this idea, characters either act how

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