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    Enlightenment Philosophers DBQ What were the main ideas of the enlightenment philosophers the society? The enlightenment philosophers where writing about four different areas of human society. In the late 17th and 18th centuries many changes were accruing and these philosophers helped make these changes with their ideas by meeting in French salons and English drawing rooms. John Locke political ideas‚ Voltaire ideas of religion‚ the economic ideas of Adam Smith‚ and the woman’s independence ideas

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    Aisha Garcia 3A 9/7/11 Analysis Essay on The Awakening In the novel The Awakening‚ Chopin uses personification‚ sensory imagery‚ and irony in order to reveal that the Pontellier’s marriage is emotionally unstable‚ unhealthy‚ and unhappy. A way in which Chopin is able to reveal the relationship of Mr. and Mrs. Pontellier’s is through personification. “It broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night” (43-44). Chopin gives the night human like characteristics when stating there was a mournful

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    The Awakening: Public Controversy The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ was a book that was truly ahead of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right‚ but yet she was seen as a scoundrel. At the time‚ it was "a world that values only her performance as a mother‚ whose highest expectations for women are self sacrifice and self-effacement." ( ? ) The people of that era were not ready to admit or accept the simple but hidden feelings of intimacy or sexuality and the true nature

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    Bryce Lapham Flowers and Awakenings Essay “So I guess I did it for all the dumb people like me.” In Flowers for Algernon‚ the main character Charlie wanted to get smarter so he then had an operation done on him and slowly became smarter! He beat the mouse Algernon in a race and eventually was very intelligent. But later on he lost all of his intelligence. Why do the operation if it’s not going to last. In awakenings it is a lot worse than flowers for Algernon. In this story the ends did not justify

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    ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence TWO of the following? Abolitionism Temperance Utopian communities The Second Great Awakening was a powerful religious revival that swept the nation during the mid 1800s. While it was potent in every region of the country‚ it had a particular effect on three social areas of the North: abolitionism‚ temperance‚ and the development of utopian communities. All three rose from the ideas of the Second Great Awakening‚ which held that the

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    Clayton Gordon 7th Hour AP Lit In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening‚Edna’s suicide was the best thing she could do because it was her escape from reality. When the narrator sounds to start like Edna at the end‚ this allows us to have sympathy and side with Edna in almost all situations. Chopin draws many similarities with Edna but only when Chopin is in her ideal world. We know this because Chopin actually says‚ “Perhaps it is better to wake up after all‚ even to suffer‚ rather than to remain

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    picture being trapped inside your body which is turned to stone. Think about being robbed of a beautiful future just because of your condition. These are the things that we should take a closer look at as we watch the wonderful and touching movie Awakenings. The film is based on Oliver Sacks’ book in 1973. Sacks is a clinical neurologist who in 1969‚ administered a drug called L-Dopa to a group of catatonic patients with whom he diagnosed with post-encephalitis syndrome. The movie adaptation centers

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    Clothes appear to have significant meaning in The Awakening‚ enough so that they are mentioned at almost every description of the characters. Edna Pontellier starts the novel fully dressed and appropriately dressed for a woman of her responsibilities‚ however‚ at her final moment‚ she is naked on the beach. Other women in the story also represent their ‘position’ and the way they feel in the way they dress. For example‚ Madmoiselle Reisz never changes her clothes. This could possibly symbolize her

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    A Review of: A Crude Awakening The documentary A Crude Awakening is a very descriptive and informative film that helped me further understand the degree of dependence that we have on crude oil and why we became this way. Most points made in the film are facts that I could look up and prove on my own because they were‚ for the most part‚ historical or factual. The film describes how our dependency on oil became very large during and after the industrial revolution due to fast production and high

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    Enlightenment was time of many philosophers who shared their own ideas on society‚ religion‚ science‚ economics‚ and government. Some philosophers include Voltaire‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ and John Locke. These philosophers shared their opinions‚ but had many different thoughts on society. Voltaire was a very famous philosopher. His ideas are still used around the world today.Voltaire was famous for his idea of freedom of speech. He also said people should be able to have their opinions about the government

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