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    Humanities Test

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    A famous speech by Shakespeare's Falstaff questions the value of: honor 1.  ( T or F ) Aristotle considered plot more important than character or thought. True 2.  ( T or F ) Aristotle was both a theater critic and a philosopher. True 3.  Aristotle's famous analysis of tragedy is found in a work called: The Poetics 4.  Aristotle's work on comedy is how long? 5 acts long 5. What did the Commedia delle'arte specialize in? 6.  What is satire? a literary genre or form, although in practice

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    Censorship - A Clash of Wills and Morals A list of the greatest literature of the English language could be compiled almost solely by using a chart of the works most often censored by schools and libraries. Some people believe that the books most frequently banned consist only of trashy paperbacks and frivolous “beach-reading.” However, usually in censorship cases, there is a clash of wills and morals between the teacher or librarian who finds a work worthy of students’ and

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    Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong Eba Mohamed Author’s expertise: • English Author • Former Roman Catholic nun (joined at 17) i) Left in late 1969 1. Due to her being treated badly 2. Led to her crisis 3. Criticism: People in the Catholic Church saw her as a trader because she supports Islam Significance: Nothing about her education qualifies her to write books on religion or history. • Attended St Anne 's College i) Majored in English literature ii) Did not end up getting her

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    Blasphemy

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    The mandatory capital punishment accompanying the charge has long been denounced as excessive and disproportionate to the crime. It is a matter of controversy even within the Islamic circles. 3. The wording of the blasphemy law is vague and open-ended. So often, the wordings are misinterpreted according to the wishes of the plaintiff. Often the accused do not have the necessary knowledge of Islam to

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    Table of Contents Letter of transmittal …………..………………………………………………….pg i Executive summary ………………………………………………………………pg ii Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..pg 2 Blasphemy laws in Pakistan Offenses relating to religion: Pakistan Penal Code…..pg 4 Critique ……………………………………………………………………………..pg 7 Cases ………………………………………………………………………………..pg 12 Recommendations …………………………………………………………………..pg 17 Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………..pg iii Introduction The blasphemy laws under

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    people.   The Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth. Her character was inspired from the play ‘Holinshed’s Chronicles’ by Shakespeare. She was a blend of the two personalities that were in the accounts of King Duff and Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s determined character was acquired from Lady Macbeth (the same person, different story) in the account of King Duncan, which stated: “The words of the three Weird Sisters also (of whom before ye have heard) greatly encouraged him hereunto; but specially his wife

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    Essay about Romanticism

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    Romanticism, Romanticism, in a way, was a reaction against rigid Classicism, Rationalism, and Deism of the eighteenth century. Strongest in application between 1800 and 1850, the Romantic Movement differed from country to country and from romanticist to romanticist. Because it emphasized change it was an atmosphere in which events occurred and came to affect not only the way humans thought and expressed them, but also the way they lived socially and politically (Abrams, M.H. Pg. 13). “Romanticism

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    upon a time, a Shah became the leader of Iran in 1941. The Shah greatly pushed for westernization in Iran, and rose to power due the fall of an aristocrat. The United States ran much of the Iranian society. In 1944, the Shah's reign is marked of controversy and conflict, by an Ayatollah. The Ayatollah believes in taking Iran toward empowerment and away from elitism, in order to unite a diaspora group of political movements under one power. The Ayatollah strongly suggests that Iran must be united under

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    Things Fall Apart

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    1. The book Things Fall Apart and the film The Gods Must Be Crazy has similarities and differences between them. One of the similarities is tension was created within the tribe due to Western cultures and influence. In The Gods Must Be Crazy, when the bushman encounter the coke bottle, they though that it was the Gods that sent it since it fell from the sky. In the beginning, the coke bottle help the tribe in many different ways such cooking, building, or making music because they never seen a

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    Signs, Symbols and Signals of the Underground Railroad A journey of hundreds of miles lies before you, through swamp, forest and mountain pass. Your supplies are meager, only what can be comfortably carried so as not to slow your progress to the Promised Land – Canada. The stars and coded messages for guidance, you set out through the night, the path illuminated by the intermittent flash of lightning. Without a map and no real knowledge of the surrounding area, your mind races before you

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