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    led by people such as Victor Hugo. There are a lot of people in this area who showed a lot of great works such as Shelly, and Keats. Since we are talking about icons of this area here where two icons showed in this area, William Blake, and William Wordsworth. Those two icons who talked about the working class their spotlight where on child labor in “We Are Seven”,

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    Relationships with the Dead in Wordsworth's We Are Seven and Hardy's Digging   "[One] can outlast death not in a divine after life but only in a human one. If the poet dies or forgets his beloved, he murders her" (Ramazani 131); Thomas Hardy's belief of the "poet's duty of remembrance" establishes the basis for his, "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?". "[Fearing] he abandoned his own wife before her death," Hardy wrote the poem to assume "the memorial responsibilities of the poet" (Ramazani

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    The Strength of a Family The main character of William Wordsworth's poem, 'We are Seven'; is an eight-year girl that knows more about devotion to her family the most adults ever know. It seems that author is who comes across this child on his journeys. He takes a liking to her right away and even thought, 'Her beauty made me glad.'; I quickly find out that she is one of seven brothers and sisters and she is the only one that is alive and still at home. I say alive, because she has a brother and

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    In chapter seven, “The Land That God Forgot,” the author Wes Moore talks about different paths and how it influences the lives of both Weses. He clearly provided an example of a different course the other Wes took and how this worked out for him. The other Wes found Cheryl, his third and fourth children’s mother, unconscious on the couch from a drug overdose. He discovers that she has been addicted to drugs and was even using drugs during her pregnancy. This incident in Wes’ life led him to follow

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    In article of “Seven Reasons Why We Do Not Need a President” Gary ‘Z’ McGee, said that “No single human being should ever be allowed as much power as the president is given, no matter how competent, worthy, or wise they may be.” (McGee). He is stating that people who holds a power over other people are more likely to be corrupted by this power. He is not denying that it is possible that people from the movies or stories like Harry Potter or from the Roman empire like Maximus exists, but very doubtful

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    same. Each has its own cast of characters and a few select differences, but they still follow the same general plot lines and have similar endings. This is the basis of Christopher Booker’s work, The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories. Booker separates literature and movies of all sorts into seven basic categories, each with its own skeleton plot line. These categories include overcoming the monster, rags to riches, the quest, voyage and return, comedy, tragedy, and rebirth. While it is sad to

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    tudy, we have investigated the activities of seven terpenic compounds; namely carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, citral, eugenol, geraniol, menthol and thymol against C. tropicalis biofilm. Interestingly, it was found that citral, geraniol, and thymol were significantly effective against planktonic cells of C. tropicalis when compared to C. albicans. Antifungal activities of citral and geraniol were found to be similar with MIC50 (32ug/ml) while thymol was found to have half the MIC50 value (16ug/ml) against

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    is simple, if you do not have water, you will eventually die. The water crisis is a health crisis for everyone globally. Climate change is causing precipitation to increase, and when this happens water grows in the waterways. In the article, “Seven Reasons We Are Facing a Global Water Crisis” by Leah Schleifer

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    Tragedy is composed of, how Lucas utilizes tragedy within the Star Wars movies, and the psychological appeal of tragedies, it will be clear why the Star Wars films have become so popular. Literary critic Christopher Booker, in his book The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, explains that amidst the millions of stories created throughout history, they must all, in order to have a sense of closure, resolve in two main ways. The first is the most obvious: true love. This plot point, contemporized

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    Infant Mortality in We are Seven by William Wordsworth and On My First Sonne by Ben Johnson The two poems are 'We are Seven' by William Wordsworth and 'On My First Sonne' by Ben Jonson. Prior to 1900 infant mortality featured in most peoples lives but although it was expected it still created personal catastrophe which could be devastating. Although both 'We are Seven' and 'On My First Sonne' are both taking about the subject of infant mortality, they portray it in

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