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    Power of Simile

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    murderers that he hires to eliminate Banquo (Hudson). Shakespeare conveys the concept of the battle between Norway and Scotland by using simile. “Doubtful it stood‚ as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art” (I.ii.7). Here‚ the Captain tells King Duncan that the armies were like two effete swimmers clutching each other for their lives. At the commencement of the play‚ Shakespeare seems to use a significant amount of similes in order to make the reader visualize the battle.

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    Cayden and I have always loved swimming. It started out as just playing at the pool. Marco Polo‚ Colors‚ and Mermaids‚ we loved mermaids. We are best friends‚ she was mine and I was her’s. We had so much in common. We both liked crafts. We both liked to talk. We both had younger siblings and we both took swim lessons! We loved it! My teacher’s name was Jacob. We went to his house. My brother‚ Kai went first. Stroke by stroke I watched him do his lessons. Then I would go. His pool was a odd shaped

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    5 English Module 20 Using Possessive Forms of Plural Nouns A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development To the Learner Hi! Here I am again to help you in your studies. In this lesson‚ you will learn to use the possessive form of plural nouns. Have fun doing the activities. Let’s Learn This Plural nouns have different ways to showing possession. This module will help you learn how plural nouns show possession. Let’s Try This Rewrite

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    Introduction Astrand-Rhythmic test is a test conducted to find the maximal oxygen uptake also known as the VO2max of an athlete. It can be used on elite athletes and individual athletes. This test helps to measure the ability to perform. The test can be done on an ergometer or on a treadmill. The measurement of the VO2max is the best measure of the cardiorespiratory system. This is important information as it indicates the body’s ability to transport and consume oxygen. There are two ways to measure

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    The Five-Forty-Eight

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    According to the story ‘The Five-Forty-Eight’‚ the writer John Cheever tells us about Blake’s stalker Miss Dent. A woman‚ whose psychological and emotional instability‚ becomes the aim of Blake’s dishonesty. Blake is a successful businessman‚ who preys on people who are weak. He is very confident that there will be no serious penalties. When Miss Dent gets the job as his secretary‚ it is her chance to re-form herself‚ and get over her mental sickness. Instead‚ Blake took advantage of her mind‚ has

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    Who Has the Power? Sometimes‚ the person who should be the one wielding the power has none at all. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ he recounts the events of the Salem Witch Trials. As he tells the events that occurred‚ he clearly paints out who held the power and who should have been in power during the trials. In Miller’s play‚ the person who holds the most power in Salem during the Witch Trials is Abigail Williams. Despite being a child and an orphan‚ for her parents had died and she

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    The Crucible

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    she did not like in the town. “We must tell the truth Abby!”(Act1 line 318) this was Mary Warren trying to convince Abby to tell the truth. It appeared that Elizabeth was committing witchcraft because of the voodoo doll found in her house when Cheever went to her house to arrest her. “Tis’ hard proof?(To Hale)I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it‚ sir.(Act2 lines 812) Marry Warren told her she was mentioned in court but not yet accused and she attempted to clear her name but

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    denyin’ it? There are them that will swear to anything before they’ll hang; have you never thought of that?” By this‚ John Proctor is saying that all the accused that confessed did so only to be set free‚ and were not really witches. After Ezekiel Cheever finds the poppet in John Proctor’s house and Proctor’s wife is being accused he also says: “If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent‚ or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s

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    There is a controversy that John Proctor is the nobleman of the story and presented as an archetypal tragic hero. John Proctor is a farmer that lives outside the town with his wife Elizabeth. He is a good man with many good deeds but has one sin that is his biggest downfall. His admiration for Abigail Williams. Which sparks off the plot of the novel The Crucible John Proctor is a tragic hero by his actions during the trials‚ his tragic flaw‚ and how faces and accepts death with honor. John

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    that Proctor had a compact with the Devil‚ he is a witch and he made her sign Lucifer’s black book. The officials also watched what you said to let them know you are a witch. “You heard that sir! Ripped out of the world! Hennrick‚ you heard it!”(Cheever-952) He was referring to what Elizabeth said‚ so now she is officially accused of witchcraft. They often tried to get those who confessed to tell on others. “Did you ever see anyone with the Devil?”(Danforth-991). Danforth was trying to get Proctor

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