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    briefly describes the short‚ sorrowful life of Nirupama. The name signifies ‘peerless one’ and was given to her by her parents‚ who were gratified with a daughter after having had five sons. Being treasured‚ her father searched long and hard to find a groom he deemed suitable enough for her. He engaged Nirupama to the son of a “grand” Raybahadur who asked for a dowry of 10‚000 rupees. Even though he had no way of paying the large sum he found such a chance hard to refuse and he procured a way to borrow

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    Blindness

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    In Shakespearean terms‚ blind means a whole different thing. Blindness can normally be defined as the inability of the eye to see‚ but according to Shakespeare‚ blindness is not a physical quality‚ but a mental flaw some people possess. One of Shakespeare’s most dominant Theme in his play King Lear is that of blindness. King Lear‚ Gloucester‚ and Albany are three prime examples Shakespeare incorporates this theme into. Each of these characters’s blindness was the primary cause of the bad decisions

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    Those Winter Sundays

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    The poem “Those Winter Sundays‚” by Robert Hayden is about a childhood memory. The childhood memory involved is indeed one that the speaker regrets‚ but also gains knowledge from the regretful state of mind. There are many children who either do not realize the amount of sacrifices that their parents go through for their sake. Having children and being able to take care of them is very important. Some children can grow up feeling unappreciative without the discipline of the parents similar to the

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    God and Dr. Lazaro

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    the latter told him that the baby will not be able to see God. Dr. Lazaro questioned the teachings of the church. He ceased to believe in God maybe because of the things that had happen to him in the past. The story ended by Dr. Lazaro calling his son Ben‚ Reverend Father Ben Lazaro with uncertain humor and he asked what should he do to gain eternal

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    Death

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    house‚ she spits on their door and swears at them. This all changes when Frau hears Liesel read The Whistler while waiting in the bomb shelter. Frau loses both of her sons. Her sons Michael and Robert were both sent to Stalingrad. Robert her younger son dies in Stalingrad after losing both of his legs in an explosion. Frau’s other son‚ Michael‚ takes his own life because he felt guilty for living. He felt guilty that he didn’t die instead of his brother‚ death made him feel guilty‚ death changed his

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    Desire Under the Elms

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    Running head: DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS: ARTICLE Desire Under the Elms: Article Brittany Merriweather 20th Century American Drama Daniel Pigg 4/9/12 This article discusses several different elements of the play. It talks about things such as the nature of the play‚ the setting‚ and even the concerns that were happen around the time that the play was written. The critic opens up by giving a brief synopsis of what’s happening in the outside world during the time that Eugene O’Neil wrote the

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    Practise essay on Change In the novel The Wave by Morton Rhue we see change occur in this novel when a classroom experiment designed to show students how to make people change and conform their behaviour to fit certain rules. The classroom experiment that the teacher created was the catalyst that caused throughout the schools behaviour and the students behaviour and attitude. Robert Billings is a student who rarely pays attention in class and is always getting low marks and sleeping in Ben Ross’s

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    Son” Essays The main conflict in “Beyond‚” the third part in Lois Lowry’s “Son‚” is both internal and external because Gabe‚ the protagonist‚ is longing to understand his past‚ but‚ in order to do that‚ he must face external challenges. Gabe spends many years wondering about his past and starts searching for his mother‚ from whom he was separated at his birth. Attempting to find his mother‚ Gabe makes a boat to search in villages along the river. Learning his mother’s identity at the same time

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    besides from that the content of the story is very interesting. So the play started with Santamaria’s family in Negros Oriental. The Santamria family has 3 sons‚ the eldest joined the guerilla movement‚ the youngest to the USAFFE‚ and the middle son to collaboration with the Japanese. In act 1 scene 1 the Santamarias Carlos and Amanda‚ their two sons Miguel and Franco and their daughters-in-law Isabel and Cristy-are enjoying New year’s Eve. In act 1 scene 2 the Japanese occupies Dumagute City which made

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    Blind Bartimaeus

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    about to leave‚ lo and behold‚ there was at least one heckler in the crowd. This one was perhaps different than many though‚ since he was a blind beggar‚ Mark tells us‚ and his name was Bartimaeus‚ son of Timaeus. Actually‚ there is a bit of a word play on his name‚ for in Aramaic‚ the prefix “bar” means “son of.” His name actually tells us who his father was—Bartimaeus. Mark doesn’t make it clear whether or not Bartimaeus was born blind—although he hints at him perhaps having sight earlier in his life

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