AP Exam Essays 2001-2010 2010 AP Exam Essays 1. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 2. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783. 3. Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming
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…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The incline was the same down which d’Urberville had driven her so wildly on that day in June. Tess went up the remainder of its length without stopping‚ and on reaching the edge of the escarpment gazed over the familiar green world beyond‚ now half-veiled in mist. It was always beautiful from here; it was terribly beautiful to Tess to-day‚ for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing‚ and her views of life
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In Tess of the d ’Urbervilles‚ Thomas Hardy has directly satirized nature. This novel revealed the tragedy of common people’s destiny and flayed hypocritical gentlemen and morals. In this novel‚ Hardy demonstrated his deep sense of moral sympathy for England ’s lower classes‚ particularly for women. He succeeded in portraying an artistic image –a village girl with kindness‚ tenderness and amorousness. The novel‚ which indicated the tendency of anti-religious sentiments‚ against feudal morality and
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old-fashioned‚ agricultural nation to a modern‚ industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs‚ or "new money‚" joined the ranks of the social elite‚ as some families of the ancient aristocracy‚ or "old money‚" faded into obscurity. Hardy ’s novel Tess of the d ’Urbervilles clearly illustrates his views on the harsh social changes in his time period‚ which were the exact opposite of many of his conservative and status-conscious readers. In the novel‚ Hardy mocks the power of high class society and industrialization
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This will be the second time I make one of these essays and as a person who has experienced an AP course I am thrilled to express what I have accomplished and the objectives I want to attain for my future in AP. Before entering my first AP Class there was only a feeling of fright and a part of me was ready to bail so I could run back to the normal classes. However‚ now that I look back I am glad that I did not run away. Due to the Pre-AP and AP course that is offered by the school I was capable of
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The Analysis of Symbol in Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tomas Hardy is an controversial writer in the era of Victorian，his life span stretches over two centuries. In view of the influence of family life and the background of education， Hardy is aware of many ancient Greek fair tales and biblical stories. In his representative fiction‚ Tess of The D’Urbervilles‚ Hardy used different types of symbols to expose the tragic destiny of Tess‚ just as the famous word which Hamlet says “Frailty‚ thy name
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In the column “The Ethicist” by Randy Cohen‚ he received a question from a reader. It demonstrated how parents are concerned about teachers exchanging donations‚ from students‚ for a grade. They believe that this action defeats the purpose and value of charities and donations. Students can easily set expectations for receiving a reward after achieving a considerate act. However this exchanging process is able to inspire students to take generous actions in their future. The exchange can give a student
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Thomas Hardy wrote this novel in the end of the last decade of the nineteenth century. This novel is remarkable like all the other Hardy’s novels for the tragic vision it indicates; there is a story which ends in a tragic manner. In so far as Hardy is concerned‚ he writes tragedy of fate which has a major role to play. This novel is almost like the Greek tragedy in the classical Greek tragedy in the sense that they wrote play in a way where Aristotle wrote Greek tragedy and other things. He was dealing
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The Comparison between Jane Eyre and Tess Jane Eyre and Tess‚ two famous literary characters in the Victorian Period‚ there are many similarities and diversities between them. It is very helpful to do the paper work through studying theirs similarities and diversities. 4.1 The Comparison of theirs Background In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre‚ the heroine’s family was very poor‚ and she lost both of her parents when she is very young‚ then she became an orphan girl and had to living rely
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Esmeralda Perez 1-18-2013 Per 2 AP English AP Essay Huck Finn The novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by Mark Twain. He wrote the book to show some of the manger issues in the 1800’s. Mark Twain uses a lot of satire and irony in the story to get his point though better. Some of the issues in that time were slavery and the judgment of your race or skin color. Mark Twain shows these issues though the eyes of Huck Finn sometime children may have better heart then the elders
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