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    On August 4th, 1892, a horrific murder took place. On that day, a young woman named Lizzie Borden was accused for murder, but some think she is innocent. I believe Lizzie Borden is guilty. She did not have good relationship with her step-mother, there were no signs of anyone trying to break into the Borden home, and she was lying about where she was when the murder occurred, she said she was outside in the backyard but there were no footprints or anything to prove she was. Lizzie Borden is guilty

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    The Vietnamese culture is one that is complex, from the years of war until today where the country, its culture and economy is booming. Vietnam has had its ups and it downs, but the country’s ability to recover and rebuild is important and has played a significant part with where they stand today. Let’s get into the complex meaning of culture and then explore Vietnam and its culture. If you search the word culture, there are various meanings that will arise. Culture is the total of the inherited

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    The question that I will be exploring over the course of this essay is: What is the best explanation we can give why Adam and Eve take of the forbidden fruit in the Genesis story of the Fall ( see Genesis 1-3 )? I will be dividing this essay into two sections and look at two aspects: Theological and Philosophical. In regards to this I will also look at the Genesis story and outline three things: 1. The Creation 2. God’s command not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge 3. Expulsion from Paradise The

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    they could not be more wrong. Especially between Toronto and Wichita Falls, Texas. It may sound obvious but there are geographical differences. For one, in the north we have more clear and fast rivers, and we almost always have a bay. While in the south, the soil is agriculturally more fertile, so in essence we see more farms and large areas of land. Also, there is an incredible difference in population difference between Wichita Falls and Toronto, which is easily amongst the biggest

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    The Byzantine empire had its start in 330 AD with Constantine moving the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire to Constantinople, present day Istanbul. This created a capital in which nearly no one could fully siege control over for centuries. This all changed on April 5,1453 when Sultan Mehmed II, ruler of the Ottoman Empire, determined that he would defeat the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople, took action and marched to the city. After a 54 day siege, on Tuesday, May 29,1453

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    1: The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 was the siege of Constantinople (New Rome), the capital of the Byzantine Empire which took place in 1453. The siege was led by the seventh sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the 21-year-old Mehmed the Conqueror, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, Sultan Mehmed II and his invading army who defeated an army that was commanded by Constantine XI Palaiologos. Consequently, the defeat of Constantinople on 6 April 1453, led to a 53-day siege. This event marked the fall and the

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    does not correctly do its job. Most cases are actually solved with the correct verdict. The Trial of Lizzie Borden was a confusing court case with many factors that did not add up at first, but eventually, everything did. Lizzie Borden was guilty. In Fall River, Massachusetts on August 4 , 1892, the Borden family’s maid, Maggie Sullivan discovered the bodies of Andrew and Abby Borden. The maid was resting in her bed upstairs after cleaning and heard Lizzie Borden, the

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    2. The Olmecs The Olmecs were the earliest civilization to settle in Mexico around 1200 BCE to 400 BCE. The daily life of the Olmecs included farming, weaving, pottery, and games. The men would go out and farm squash, beans, sweet potatoes, and even tomatoes. Men also would fish. While the men were farming and fishing, the women would stay home and cook. They would also weave and make pottery. An important game the Olmecs would play is “pok-a-tok”. Another part of their daily

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    He was flying through some sort of a futuristic city. People were bustling about through the roads and in between vehicles. The tall structures above him were unlike anything he had seen before. It was a dream, he was sure of it but it was just so life like. so real. Gabriel woke up to the loud beeping of his alarm. All that he could think of when he was doing his morning routine was the city. He remembered it so vividly. Every single detail of the people and the building he could describe with

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    Sixth Epigrams Essay

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    In the sixth epigram, the speaker witnesses a beautiful lady. We notice that the last epigram takes place within nature as the other two did. The speaker states, “At last so faire a Ladie did I spie, / That in thinking on hir I burne and quake” (Spenser 1-2). As we are coming towards the last of epigrams to be analyzed in a Theatre for Worldlings, we come to recognize that the speaker has been heartbroken twice in the previous epigrams. However, once he or she sees a “Ladie” we understand that

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