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    much information of importance. It was very informative, exciting, and mesmerizing as each famous leaders, subject, book, and school was presented. What struck me the most, I did not know many leaders were signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Majority of our famous leaders came from prestigious universities such as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard. These universities trained their students to be ministers of the Gospel. So you did not have time to play around in school.

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    cannot survive without the moral support of women; this mindset is proven true in Julius Caesar through the character interactions of the couples. As usual, few women populate the play. Women’s prerogatives are to serve and be loyal to their husbands, but their thoughts and fears are disregarded. Throughout the play, the only two women ingratiate themselves in the eyes of their husbands by calling them “My Lord”, showing that they are below them. Had Portia and Calphurnia been allowed to intercede

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    discipline and structure. C) Children will learn the importance of teamwork. III. The dangers of tackle football for children. A) Examining the negative aspects for children 14 years old and younger. B) Children will be susceptible to injury. C) The side effects of the damaged incurred and short/long term maintenance. IV. Safeguards currently and potentially incorporated to protect children. A) Establishment of standard procedures and requirements for game play. B) Physical examination guidelines by non-biased

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    The theme of pride is constant throughout and principle in Sophocles’ play entitled Antigone. The play illustrates pride as a grave characteristic that can lead to considerable pain and, in some cases, even death. Evident in various characters and a theme that drives the story forward, pride is said to be the primary and most powerful theme in Antigone. The first example of pride in Antigone involves Oedipus' sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who were too prideful because they did not agree about what

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    making a commitment to one another. Marriage is the legally recognized union of a man and a woman as partners in a relationship. In the play The Importance of being Ernest, Oscar Wilde used satire to make fun of marriage and the marriage process. This essay will portray the concepts of marriage and what marriage is about and it will explain how satires marriage in this play. When people think of marriage you think of two people who have been in love with one another for a while and have decided to move

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    The use of food in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," may seem inadvertent and innocent, but it's carefully and cleverly placed throughout the play to highlight the ridiculousness of aristocratic excess and to juxtapose indulgence and lack of restraint with the stuffy social adherences of the Victorian aristocratic lifestyle. Its function is to mock falsity and point out the very lack of "earnest-ness," in Victorian life, which is the implication of this comedy of manners. Food is used

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    The Importance of Reputation in The Crucible In Arthur Miller's The Crucible the theme of having a good reputation is crucial to the story and holds more significance in my opinion than any other present theme. Miller presents the importance of reputation to us through the direct statements of characters and also through the fact that a character may represent an idea that pertains to reputation. As an example one of the leading characters John Proctor makes it very clear throughout the play that

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    Stone by J.K. Rowling. In in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch encounters issues regarding gender roles, which greatly impacts her identity. Similarly, in the novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hermione Granger expresses the importance of gaining new perspectives through education, which is an aspect significant to her identity. Moreover, in the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Ron Weasley

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    biblical stories, fairy tales, music, art, and plays. Ancient Greeks chose to display their ideals through plays and through this media were able to have their thoughts put out to the public and preserved in some cases. As the name would suggest, Greek tragedies do not paint humanity in the most positive light. Oedipus, Antigone, and the Bacchae all end with sorrow and loss. This is the dominant theme across the three writings, while there is much more at play, the other themes tie to

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    Saul in Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese demonstrates the importance of perseverance and resilience through the many challenges that he has to face. First, when Saul is young, his grandmother Naomi, who is the one person he has left freezes to death right before he gets kidnapped and taken to a residential school, where he endures physical and sexual abuse. Life at the residential school is torture for the kids. They are beaten, threatened, and given labour work. Many kids commit suicide because

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