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    Illinois said‚ "The treatment of women provided Europeans with an excuse to declare the inferiority of Muslims and their religion" (Siddiqui). Most of the ideas and assumptions drawn by everyone are misunderstood and completely wrong within the Islamic community. Muslims living in Canada especially females have a hard time explaining themselves to Canadians about why they wear what they wear and act how they act. A female Muslim living in Canada said "If Muslim women and men choose to settle their

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    reasonable and just. However‚ rules in certain societies hinder and harm a person‚ rather than correct their mistake. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ author of The Scarlet Letter‚ exposes the rigidity and cruelty of the Puritan society through the characters and plot. Set in the early colonization of New England‚ Hawthorne demonstrates society’s oppression on several characters through one woman’s mistake. The heroine‚ Hester Prynne‚ is cast away from society because of her sin against the church. Due to her

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    Women in American Society

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    Erica Lemble Composition II Mrs. Romines 23 October 2012 Word Count: 1188 Women in American Society In this capitalist country inherited wealth is frowned upon‚ especially with so many on the low end of the money spectrum. It is seen as having no real worth. Those people are assumed to have no work ethic and no concern for the rest of the world because‚ why would they. They are handed everything they need to survive from the moment they are born. With this negative attitude toward the wealthy

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    Society teaches us that heroes are usually superhumans. Batman‚ Superman‚ Supergirl‚ Elsa in Frozen and even Belle in Beauty and the Beast do heroic deeds to make the average person think they must possess superhuman powers. John Proctor‚ Susan Jordan and the men of Flight 93 all prove that any life could be taken by anyone at any time.     Arthur Miller demonstrates through his play the mass hysteria of the Puritan Society. The Puritan people let their emotions guide their actions in whether or

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    Answer all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.               The Richter scale is a numerical logarithmic scale developed and introduced by American seismologist Charles R. Richter in 1935. The purpose of the scale is to measure the amplitude of the largest trace recorded by a standard seismograph one hundred kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake. Tables have been formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake

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    1. Write balanced net ionic equations for all reactions that occurred during Activity I. 2. Identify the color of the mineral oil layer in the test tube when each of the following species is present: I2‚ Br2‚ Cl2‚ I–‚ Br–‚ and Cl–. 3. Identify the color that should have been present in the mineral oil layer in test tubes 1–6 if no reaction had occurred in any of the test tubes. Explain your answer. 4. Use the answers to the first three questions to create an activity series of metals

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    Puritan Beliefs

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    Many cultures have the idea or lifestyle similar to a Puritan’s views; nevertheless making each culture have a similarity. Having a certain connection with god like the Puritans is basis of what Puritanism is about. It is required in the Puritan faith that you have a relationship with God and you recognize and regret that sins you have committed. There is a huge population in the world that has a christian/catholic mindset‚ they use the bible as ways to better themselves and the rules that God implements

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    writers as a means to dominate the female form in our patriarchal society. She is often idealized‚ not ugly or deformed‚ nor does she appear to age. She is represented as an ideal form from a male perspective‚ which has lead to a highly objectified ideal represented numerous patriarchal societies throughout the western world. John Berger stated in the 1972 BBC documentary television series Ways of Seeing: “Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at” (Ways of Seeing). This quote clarifies

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne effectively portrays the Puritan society in a Dark Romantic point of view within The Scarlet Letter. He uses characters such as Hester Prynne‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth to show the dim side of emotions. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses these three main characters to show the responsibility one should take for his actions‚ the internal suffering caused by guilt‚ and the dangerous effects of giving into evil. Puritan Minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale’s role within

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    Puritan aspects

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    The scarlet letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the aspects of relationships‚ religion‚ community‚ discipline and punishment in the puritan community of 17th century Boston. Relationships between men and women were very constrained and that is what made adultery such a bad sin in the eyes of everyone in the community. Religion seemed to govern over all‚ people would look up to reverends and the community believed that fate was their destiny. Public discipline and punishment

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